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 works with PSPX9 and I work with PSP 2019
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
selections - tubes - masks

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Fantastic Machine
FM Tile Tools
Filter Factory Gallery A
Transparency
Andrew's Filters 7
Toadies
Kang 4
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact
MuRa's Seamless
Graphic Plus
Simple

Thank you Renée Salonb for sharing your plugins page

Use the pencil to mark your place along the way
hold down left click to grab and move it

1
duplicate the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp

2
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Animabelle chose these :
color 1 => #f2f2f2
color 2 => #cbb8cf
color 3 => #70507f
color 4 => #31223b

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

3
place the selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
open the masks and minimize to tray
open a new transparent image 800 * 500 px
flood fill with the following linear gradient / colors 2 and 3

 

selections => select all
copy / paste into selection « 140_enfant_p2_animabelle »
don’t forget to erase the watermark
selections => select none

4
adjust => blur => radial blur

effects => image effects => seamless tiling => tick « corner » « bidirectional » « linear / 0 / 0 / 100
effects => plugins => Fantastic Machines / Paint Engine

effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings

5
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Filter Factory => Gallery A/ default settings
effects => plugins => Transparency => Eliminate Black
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Horizontal

6
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode of the layer : Overlay / opacity : 30%

7
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image / mask « 35bb48777 » (untick the box « invert mask data »)
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Overlay / opacity : 63%
layers => merge => merge visible

8
layers => duplicate
image => rotate => free rotate

image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  60%
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => (same settings as before)

9
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Andrews Filters 7 / Borders On... / default settings

blend mode of the layer : Overlay / opacity : 50%
layers => merge => merge down

10
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... / 20
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 60 / 30 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -10 / -10 / 60 / 30 / black

11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 4 or black
layers => new mask layer => from image =mask « line060123184153996_gros » (untick the box « invert mask data »)
layers => merge => merge group
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => duplicate

12
copy / paste the misted tube as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
layers => arrange => move down TWICE
layers => merge => merge visible

13
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

selections => promote selection to layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 55

14
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Kang 4/ Bubblecross Waves

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

15
highlight layer below (middle layer)
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 30
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

16
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
effects => 3D effects => inner bevel

17
highlight layer just below (copy of promototed)
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Tramages / Pool Shadow  / default settings
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

18
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / Preset « Clear No Drop Shadow »
selections => select none
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow / color 4 or black

shadow layer is now highlighted
layers => arrange => move down

19
highlight bottom layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers => new mask layer => from image / mask « cd4d686d » (untick the box « invert mask data »)
layers => merge => merge group

20
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings
apply the plugin once more

21
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

DELETE on your keyboard
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge visible

22
selections => select all
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout / color 4 or black

layers => duplicate
selections => select none
effects => texture effects => fine leather / color 1 or white

23
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 3
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 20 px color 2
selections => invert
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow => default settings
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
selections => select none

24
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 4
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px color 2
selections => invert
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow (same settings as before)
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

25
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 60 / black or color 4 (Untick the box at the bottom)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 60 / black or color 4 once more
selections => select none
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge visible

26
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => 3D effects => inner bevel  (same settings as before)
selections => select none
move top left (see final result)

27
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy) (optional)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 50 / 10 / black or color 4

28
copy / paste the child tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  40%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
move bottom right (see final result)

29
layers => duplicate
highlight layer underneath
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 30
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

30
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 4
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4
flood fill selection with color 4

31
layers => new raster layer
layers => arrange => move down
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact /Blacklight

opacity of the layer : 34%
translator’s note : I set the blend mode of the layer to : Luminance (Legacy)
selections => select none
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

32
layers => new raster layer
apply your watermark or signature
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

My version with a tube created by Lizzy - Thank you Lizzy

Don't hesitate to write to Animabelle if you have any trouble with her tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes 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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