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Rose Tutorial for PhotoImpact 10
(Can be done using earlier versions of PI).

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Description:

Make a beautiful "painted" card using several filters.

Skill Level:

Beginner. I assume you know where the tools are in PhotoImpact.

Additional Files:

Image, mask and goldfill of your choice. You are welcome to use mine. You can download all the files from here. Put the unzipped folder on your desktop. We will open and save our files from there.

Simple Filters (freeware). You can download them from here. Please read the instructions.

Paint Engine (freeware). You can download them from here. Please read the instructions, otherwise this filter won't work.

FM Tile Tools. Not a free plugin but some of the filters will continue to work after the trial period has expired. Please download from here

If you need help with installing the filters, Debbie has a great tutorial about it. You can find it here.

Author: Wouter Démoet.

Terms of Use: Please read

NOTE:

Save your work often. I suggest you read the entire tutorial, before you start. And if you need help, or if you have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact me at wouter@demoet.nl

Instructions:
After installing the filters start your copy of PhotoImpact and open the rose and mask images. Minimize the mask. Ctrl+D to make a copy of the rose image. Close the original. Change to the Standard Selection tool and in the Attribute Toolbar use these settings: Set your background color to white. Click on the larger rose and right click: Convert to Object. Drag the rose object to a new canvas and minimize it for later use. Go back to the large image and right click: None to deselect. Go to Effect - Fantastic Machines - Paint Engine and use these settings: and click Apply. Go to Effect - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss and apply the default settings. Go to Effect - Fantastic Machines - Paint Engine and use these settings: Apply FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss once more. You will have something similar to this now:: We now need to apply the mask that you have minimized before. Leave it there and in the Menu Bar click on Selection - Import Selection. Your mask will show up like this: Right click and Convert to Object. Menu bar: Edit - Fill - Image tab. Browse to your desktop folder and find the wd-gold fill that was included in the zipped file. Right click: Shadow with these settings: Deselect. Open the minimized rose object. It should still be selected. Copy the object and paste it on your main image. Move it with the Pick Tool to the main gold frame on the left. Right click: Arrange: Send Backward. My image looks like this at this point. Deselect. Go back to the separate canvas with the rose object. Resize the object to 50%. In the Menu bar go to Photo - Focus and click the 3rd thumbnail on the top row. Copy and paste it onto the large image and move it to the top right gold frame. Duplicate and move the duplicate to the lower gold frame. In your Layer Manager select the layer with the gold frame: Right click: Arrange - Bring to Front. Right click: Select All Objects. Right click: Merge as a Single Object. Menu Bar - Photo - Focus - Options - Auto-adjust and click OK. Right click: Merge All. Add your name or watermark to the image. Optimize and save your image. You are done!.

Instructions:

After installing the filters start your copy of PhotoImpact and open the rose and mask images. Minimize the mask. Ctrl+D to make a copy of the rose image. Close the original. Change to the Standard Selection tool and in the Attribute Toolbar use these settings:

Set your background color to white. Click on the larger rose and right click: Convert to Object. Drag the rose object to a new canvas

and minimize it for later use. Go back to the large image and right click: None to deselect. Go to Effect - Fantastic Machines - Paint Engine and use these settings:

and click Apply.

Go to Effect - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss and apply the default settings.
Go to Effect - Fantastic Machines - Paint Engine and use these settings:

Apply FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss once more.

You will have something similar to this now::

We now need to apply the mask that you have minimized before. Leave it there and in the Menu Bar click on Selection - Import Selection. Your mask will show up like this:

Right click and Convert to Object. Menu bar: Edit - Fill - Image tab. Browse to your desktop folder and find the wd-gold fill that was included in the zipped file. Right click: Shadow with these settings:

Deselect. Open the minimized rose object. It should still be selected. Copy the object and paste it on your main image. Move it with the Pick Tool to the main gold frame on the left. Right click: Arrange: Send Backward. My image looks like this at this point.

Deselect. Go back to the separate canvas with the rose object. Resize the object to 50%.
In the Menu bar go to Photo - Focus and click the 3rd thumbnail on the top row. Copy and paste it onto the large image and move it to the top right gold frame. Duplicate and move the duplicate to the lower gold frame.

In your Layer Manager select the layer with the gold frame:

Right click: Arrange - Bring to Front.
Right click: Select All Objects. Right click: Merge as a Single Object.
Menu Bar - Photo - Focus - Options - Auto-adjust and click OK. Right click: Merge All. Add your name or watermark to the image. Optimize and save your image. You are done!.