I used psp 7.4 for this tut so you may have to adjust for newer psp's Filters needed for tut are as follows- Athereize- Optik Verve Labs-Xero- Name suppressed..Font ernest

Save the image below that we are going to use and Go to colors- then Increase color , increase to 24bit


Select your retouch tool and scroll to color to target..the colors I used are #D6CABE skin..#998E83 hair..size 10 and opacity 50
#447244 eyes..#3E2222 lips..size 3 Opacity 5

Color skin and hair eyes and lips and lightly add color to cheeks..copy and paste av as a new image
With the image you copied go to colors and grey scale ..then go to effects then color enhance photo then click on color balance

settings are :strength 30 and temp 4379 click ok ..should look like pic below..
... Now take the same image and go to etherize

settings are as follows blur 83,hues 57,colorize39,haze4,Dreaminess4 Glue procedural+ .. Click apply or ok
Take your original av and copy and paste over copy of av and bring down the opactity to 60 and merge

Using the av you just merged go to effects and xero then to improver using the following settings
Smoothness Sharpness and Edge all set on 10 ..click landscape and OK..

Make a copy of this image ..Go to effects..xero and select soft mood ..your setttings are


First four set on 50 ..click lock sliders..bottom two are set on 0.. Hit ok. Av will be very dark but that is ok
Now we are going to copy and paste the Improved av over the darker av and bring opacity down to 60 or what ever setting
you like and merge..Go back to effects and select optiverve labs..settings are ..check film #1and speed 25asa
check On now the next settings you can play with and see the desired effect you like, I used cool
hit process. Now you can soften any areas you think needs it and get ready to font ..

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I used a small font for this ernest size 10 and spaced between each letter.. unchecked my antialis to give a
sharp look on the font.Floating checked.. Apply font and go to effects 3D effects drop shadow. Settings are Vertical 1..Horizontal -1
Opacity 100 and blur 2.5. Apply.. and duplicate font on layer pallette. drag one underneath the other and lower opacity
on the bottom font to 45..top font 70. Merge and Walaa your finished

Hope you found this tut useful and maybe learned something new, as you noticed you could have stopped at any
stage of this tut and had a nice paint..so play with it and adjust to your liking ..HAPPY PAINTING.. CHERRY BOMB-SEPT 1ST 2008