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Blends Tutorial
This tutorial
is for Painshop Pro. (The caps are from PSP8, but it also works in PSP7)
There are many
different ways of making blends. Keep in mind that this isnt the only way
of doing it; as I always say, experimentation is the best way to find out
new graphics techniques that suit you best. Also, I'm definitely not the best
blend maker on the web, so there's definitely room for improvement on this...!
For this tutorial,
we're going to use three images. You can download these images by clicking
on the thumbnails below:
Create a new
image. Make it 500 pixels wide, by 300 pixels high, and give it a black background.
Copy and paste the above images as new layers.
You can arrange
them however you want on the image. I chose to put Harry in the middle on
the front layer, and Ron and Hermione behind him. Make sure the layers overlay
by quite alot.
Now, make a rectangular
selection down the edge of the Harry picture. It should look like this:
Do the same on
the other edge by holding the shift button down while you draw the selection.
Then go to Selection>Modify>Feather:
Another window
will open. It will look like this:
I put the Number
of pixels down as 60. Now, delete the selection by pressing the 'Delete' key
on your keyboard. You will have to do this several times to get the desired
effect. Do it until there isnt a visible line to define the edge of the picture.
It should look like this once you've done it:
De-select the
image (Selections>Select None)
You could leave
it at that if you wanted to, but I think the colours are a bit too different,
so I'd flatten the layers (Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)). Then,
duplicate the layer.
Once you're on
the duplicated layer, colourize it.
Now, you can
choose any colour you want for this. I'm going to use a deep red. (Hue: 0,
Saturation: 200).
It should look
like this:
Now, to be fair,
that looks horrible. So, we need to have a little fun with it. I'm going to
duplicate it again, motion blur the top layer, and add some blinds (colour:
white, opacity: 15, both horizontal and vertical). You can do anything you
want to make it more interesting. Overlay makes it look very weird, and in
a good way! I added a border to finish it off. This is my result:
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