You will find the original tutorial here :

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 Animabelle’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

Animabelle worked with PSPX9 and I worked with PSP2020
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
tubes – preset – mask - image - Alpha layer

doublie click on the preset to install (or import)
opan the mask 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugins needed
Unlimited
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Nature
VM Distortion

Thank you Renée Salon for sharing you plugins page

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Animabelle chose these :

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

1
open the Alpha layer (it contains invisible selections)
duplicate, close the original and work with the copy

2
flood fill with color 1
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Special Effects 1 => Square Bumps

3
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Distortion / Circulator II

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Background Designers IV> => sf10 Slice N Dice

5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => It@lian Editors Effects / Effeto Fantasma

6
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Background Designers sf10 IV> => EasyCorner UpperLeft

7
effects => distortion effects => Punch

8
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1

prepare a rectangular gradient in materials palette

flood fill selection with the gradient

9
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Two Moon => PaperFold

effects => texture effects => mosaic / Glass

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / settings « Clear »
with these settings in the « basic » tab

selections => select none

10
layers => duplicate
effects = > plugins => Simple => Diamonds
adjust => blur => radial blur

layers => arrange => move down

11
highlight top layer
select inside the geometric shape with the magic wand tool
selections => modify => expand => 8 px
highlight layer below (copy of Raster 2)
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1 (optional)
layers => duplicate (optional)
copy / paste the landscape misted image into selection
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)(optional)
layers => merge => merge down (optional)
if you prefer to leave your tag as it is, don't apply the 4 explanations indicated as optional
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
12
highlight top layer
layers => merge => merge down
select the empty space around the geometric shape with the magic wand tool
selections => invert
layers => new raster layer
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 => Nature / Snow Drift => preset provided
selections => modify => contract => 6 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 60 / 20 / color 4

13
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
in the materials palette, set color 3 as FG color, and color 2 as BG color
prepare a rectangular gradient in materials palette

flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 60 / 20 / color 4

14
open « epingle_deco_animabelle »
duplicate => work with the copy
flood fill selection with color 3
selections => select none
copy / paste on your main work
place top right as shown on final result
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 => Nature / Snow Drift => preset provided

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 60 / 20 / color 4

15
highlight bottom layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

in the layers palette, right clmick on the mask layer => duplicate

layers => merge => merge group
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

16
selections => select all
effects => 3D effects => cutout / color 4

(change opacity and blur according to your colors)
selections => select none

17
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px white
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px color 1
select the 40 px border with the Magic Wand tool
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
prepare a radial gradient in materials palette

flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Pixelate => Sector Mosaic

effects => texture effects => mosaic / Glass

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none

18
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
place properly
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 60 / 30 / color 4
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 3
19
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

Another version with my tube and misted image

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes and colors than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to Animabelle !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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