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Thank you so much for the superb translations!

 

The present tutorial is my own personal creation.

Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely a coincidence.

Please respect my work.

It is intended for personal use only and it is forbidden to copy part or all of it.

You can use this tutorial for PSP lessons but please put the link back to it.

Do not hesitate to let me know if you have any problem with the present tutorial.

Materials used:

Disclaimer: Modifying or renaming files or removing watermarks from the tubes of the original tubers provided in the materials
and sharing them as your own or using them for sale online or otherwise is prohibited.
The tubes used in the tutorial are subject to authorization by the authors.

1 character by Mina
3 selections
1 mask by Silvie
1 preset
1 wordart tube

My special thanks to Mina for the woman tube and to Sivie for the mask.

 

Plugins used:

Andrew's Filter Collection 55 - Big Filter - Here
[AFS IMPORT] - RINGTILE - Here
Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - Here
MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling - Here
Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - Here


Note: Plugin -Andrew's Filter Collection 55 - can be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0 and can be used alone.
Plugin - [AFS IMPORT] is imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0

If you already have the plugins there is no need to download them.

You can find my plugins page- Here

 

Materials

 

The present tutorial is written with PSP 2020
If you work with other versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

 

Note: In the latest versions of PSP the command
Image-Mirror has become Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal
Image-Flip has become Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

Note: I use a script for the old commands of Image-Mirror and Image-Flip

and I work with the old Material Properties - in PSP 2018, 2019, 2020

under File - Preferences - General Program Preferences - check Use classic Material Properties

 

 

Preparations

Duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

Place the selections into your Selections folder of PSP.

Double click on the Alien Skin preset provided in the materials and it will automatically install
in the appropriate filter for your PSP.

 

 

 

Colors used:

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #048f7a

Materials Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #f7eace

Note: When working with other colors adjust the Blend mode and Opacities to your own liking.

You may need to colorize some of the elements.

The Tutorial

Step 1

File - New - Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 2 #f7eace

Selections - Select All

 

Step 2

Open the character tube - Mina@.Lady.18.01.15

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

 

Step 3

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

 

Step 4

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal

(Older versions of PSP - Image - Mirror)

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 50%

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 5

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Andrew's Filter Collection 55 - Big Filter (default settings)

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 50%

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 6

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - [AFS IMPORT] - RINGTILE (default settings)

Layers - Duplicate

Close the eye of this layer - Copy (2) of Raster 1

Activate the layer underneath - Copy of Raster 1

 

Step 7

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Again - Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - with the following settings

 

Step 8

Effects - Reflection Effects - Pattern

Edit - Repeat Pattern

 

Step 9

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay the Opacity to 73%

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 10

Open the eye of the top layer - Copy (2) of Raster 1

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection = mnmargot_sel1

Selections - Invert

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Selections - Select None

 

Step 11

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Click on the 3 empty spaces of the inside circles

 

Step 12

Activate the bottom layer - Merged

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Activate the top layer - Copy (2) of Raster 1

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Your layers look like this now:

 

Step 13

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass

In the User Settings look for preset - mnMargot_glass - and click OK

Note: If the Preset doesn't work for you, use these settings in the Basic Tab:

 

 

Step 14

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/50) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 15

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Again - Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - with the following settings

 

Step 16

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Soft Light

 

Step 17

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Click on the empty space above

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 2 #f7eace

 

Step 18

Open mask - Silvie_Mask_Deco_Flowers7xa

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image (Invert mask data not checked)

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer to 70%

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

 

Step 19

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection = mnmargot_sel2

Flood fill tool / Fill in the selection with color 2 #f7eace

Selections - Select None

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 20

Effects - Geometric Effects - Circle

 

Step 21

Activate the layer underneath - Raster 1 (the selection layer)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/100/12.00) color 3 #ffffff - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Your layers look like this:

 

Step 22

Activate the top layer - Promoted Selection (the circle layer)

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Objects - Align - Top

(Note: If you do not have the Command Objects on your version of PSP use the Pick Tool (K)
Activate the Pick Tool (K) - Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar:
X 255.00 Y 0.00

Press M to release the Pick Tool)

 

Step 23

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection = mnmargot_sel3

Selections - Modify - Contract

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 20)

 

Step 24

Open the character tube - Mina@.Lady.18.01.15

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

(Note: Depending on your tube resize according to your own discretion)

Position the face of the tube nicely into the selection

Selections - Invert

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Selections - Invert

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer to 75%

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Keep selection selected!

 

Step 25

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass (settings are still in memory)

In the User Settings look for preset - mnMargot_glass - and click OK (as in step 13 above)

 

Step 26

Selections - Modify - Expand

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/50) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 27

Activate the bottom layer - Merged

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

Edit - Copy

 

Step 28

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - Foreground Color 1 #048f7a

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - Background Color 2 #f7eace

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - Foreground Color 1 #048f7a

Selections - Select All

 

Step 29

Image - Add Borders - 50 px - Symmetric checked - Color 3 #ffffff

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

 

Step 30

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/45/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 31

Open the character tube again - Mina@.Lady.18.01.15.png

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Position the tube to the bottom left as shown on the final result above

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/45/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 32

Open the text tube - mntext

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 722.00 Y: 337.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 33

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - Color 1 #048f7a

 

Step 34

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

 

Step 35

Image - Resize - 900 pixels width (the height will adapt)

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

If you do this tutorial, please email your version to me

my email address -

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My second version in a different color

Tube used woman by Ildiko

 

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Your Versions

 

 

Thank you so much Anja for your beautiful version and testing my tutorial

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Thank you so much Jolcsi for your beautiful version and testing my tutorial

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Thank you so much Vera for your beautiful version

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Thank you so much Franie Margot for your beautiful versions

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Thank you so much Andrea (Sternchens) for your beautiful version

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