This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.
Thank you to respect Alyciane’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can
Alyciane and I work with PSP 2020
but you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, however the result might be slightly different
Thank you Garances for testing Alyciane’s tutorials
*** Translator’s note => I added to the supplies my own « fantasy woman tube » as I tubed the same image than the one provided by Alyciane But the result is different... you choose the one you prefer ***
double-click on the preset to install, or import
open the tubes, duplicate, close the originals, and work with the copies
place the material provided into the dedicated folders of Corel PSP General folder
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror »has become --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become --> image => mirror => mirror vertical
if you change the colors, prepare a light color as FG color, a dark color as BG color
Use the pencil to mark your place
along the way
hold down left click to grab and move it
Realization
open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy
selections => select all
copy / paste « fond » into selection
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow
(you may change the settings according to your image)
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image
layers => merge => merge group
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 90%
move to the rignt (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / color 2
highlight Raster 1
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
flood fill selection with color 1
copy / paste « misted » into selection
selections => select none
highlight top layer
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
flood fill selection with color 1
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Snap Art => Pointillism
choose the preset provided / you may change the canvas color according to your colors
selections => select none
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
flood fill selection with color 1
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Snap Art => Pointillism ( same settings as previously )
selections => select none
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 4
flood fill selection with color 1 (or 2, or another color of your choice)
effects => plugins => Lotis Filters => Mosaic Toolkit Plus V255 A
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel
selections => select none
copy / paste the character tube as new layer / resize
place as shown on final result
layers => merge => merge all (flatten) edit => copy image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px white
select the white border with the Magic Wand tool
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 25
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px white
edit => paste into selection
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Lens Effects / Broken Glass
selections => select none
layers => new raster layer
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg optimized
My tag with my tube (I added an animation with Alien Skin Xenofex 2/Constellation)
Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to Alyciane !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial
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