Merlot

Original tutorial Here

This tutorial is written by Estela Fonseca the © is from her.
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Thank you Estela for the permission to translate your tutorials.

Temos permissão para traduzir os tutoriais da Estela Fonseca para o inglês.
Obrigado Estela pela tradução dos tutriais.

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Materials Used:
1 Mask – Merlot-Mask
1 Image – Textura-Merlot
1 Tube – Deco-Merlot
1 Tube – Image1Japanese Beauty_LR-06-19-09

Open these materials in PSP / Duplicate with Shift + D / Close the originals / Minimize the mask

Download Materials Here

Plugins Used:
Unlimited 2.0 – VM Distortion – Distortion by Saturation
Unlimited 2.0 – Graphics Plus – Quick Tile II
Unlimited 2.0 – Simple – Blintz
Unlimited 2.0 – Paper Texture – Papyrus
AAA Frame – Foto Frame

The translation was made with PSP 2018 , but can also be done with other versions.

Note : When working with your own colors , play with the Blend Mode and/or Opacity at your own discretion

Materials palette – Foreground color # 3e9197 / Background color # e3e6e6

Open a new transparent image of 900 X 550 pixels
Fill in the color # 3e9197

Layers – New raster layer
Selections – Select All
Open the Image Textura-Merlot – Copy – Paste into selection
Selections – Select None

Layers – Properties – Blend Mode Overlay
Layers – Merge – Merge Visible

Layers – Duplicate
Effects – Plugin Unlimited 2.0 – VM Distortion – Distortion by Saturation

Layers – Properties / Opacity 69 / Blend Mode Multiply (Or Other)
Layers – Merge – Merge Visible

Layers – New raster layer
Fill in the color # ffffff
Layers – New mask layer – From image Merlot-Mask

Effects – Edge effects – Enhance
Layers – Merge – Merge Group
Layers – Merge – Merge Visible

Effects – Plugin Unlimited 2.0 – Simple – Blintz ( 2 times)

Effects – Plugin Unlimited 2.0 – Graphics Plus – Quick Tile II

Open the tube Deco-Merlot – Copy – Paste as new layer
Effects – Image effects – Offset / 378 / 0

Effects – Refection effects – Rotating Mirror / Default

Effects – 3D Effects – Drop Shadow

Open the tube Image1Japanese Beauty_LR-06-19-09 – Copy – Paste as new layer
Image – Resize – Resize with 80% – Resize all layers unchecked

Layers – Duplicate
Adjust – Blur – Gaussian Blur / Radius 15
Layers – Properties – Blend Mode Screen
Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Layer palette – Click on the top layer
Layers – Properties – Blend Mode Multiply (only if the tube is clear)

Image – Add Borders – Symmetric Checked
1 pixel color # 3e9197
40 pixels color # e3e6e6

Activate the Magic Wand Tool
Select the border of 40 pixels
Selections – Modify – Contract Number of pixels 2
Effects – Plugin Unlimited 2.0 – Paper Texture – Papyrus