PSP X: Soft Light Tutorial

[rukisuto]

This is a good tool to use with renders and stock images. It really increases the quality sometimes.
I use this with MANY of my pieces.
This should work with versions PSP 7 and up because the controls are remotely the same.

1. Open up an image you want to use this with. Here's mine:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_1.png


2. Go to the menu bar and click 'Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen'.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_2.png


3. Now go to the layers section on the right and right click your background layer. Click duplicate.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_3.png

Now you should see something like this:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_4.png


4. While having the duplicated layer selected go to the menu bar and click 'Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur'. Don't change anything on the menu, just click 'Ok'.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_5.png


5. Go to the 'Blend Mode' on your layers palette and click 'Overlay'.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_6.png


6. Your result should look something like this:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/concure/sltutgf_end.png


I hoped this helped some people :]

[conman1000]

Nice job, gave you rep.

[LiNuX]

thats pretty cool, her dull face came to life :-P

[rukisuto]

Thanks :]
I wish more people used PSP, I'd feel a lot more helpful. Lol.