Tutorial made with Paint Shop Pro 9.0.1, you can do any other more current version

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Jpg image: 356.jpg download here

Let's change the colors of an image, with the Colorize option at the same time, we use an effect that will give us relief and also the brightness and contrast. As I always say ... here is the art .. the rest, our imagination

We started!

1, Open a transparent image 400 wide by 300 high. Using the Rectangle Tool Selection:

And will the values ​​as follows:

We remain a selection like this:

Fill it with a color, and remove the selection

2 No Go to Effects / Distortion Effects / Ripples and put these values:

3 º Go to Selections / Select All:

Selections / Float:

4 ° We will now open the jpg image, we will use by clicking on the top of it, with the second mouse button on the menu that appears, click Copy:

The close or minimize and the image we have created a selection by clicking on the top, as before, on the menu, choose Paste, and there, Paste Into Selection:

Our image has to be so now:

Remember, when we always emphasize this step. Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen. At least once Remove Selection

5 ° Let Layers and duplicate once

Hide this copy and we stand on the first layer:

6 º Go to Effects / Texture / Terrain:

And we apply. The image left of a gray color and relief.

7 º Go to Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize:

See Tip about this option here

8 º Adjust / Brightness and Contrast

And these values:

9 º Go to the Layers palette and we stand on the copy we made ​​before we activate and change the mode to Multiply:

We signed the work, merge all layers and save as gif.

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