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 PSPX5 and I worked with PSP2020
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
tubes – masks – selections - preset

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 2
Eye Candy 5 / Impact
Toadies
Thank you Renée Salon for sharing you plugins page

Prepare your work
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the mask and mimimize to tray
place the selection into the dedicated folder of « My Corel PSP » general folder
doublie-click on the preset to install
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 :

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

1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
flood fill with the following radial gradient

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tramages => Wee Scratches

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / color 1
effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 3
layers => merge => merge visible

3
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

flood fill selection with the following linear gradient

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => Blast’em / diffuse => 46
effects => texture effect =>  Blinds

selections => select none

4
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

flood fill selection with the following linear gradient

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => Blast’em / diffuse => 46
effects => texture effect =>  Blinds

selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down

5
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
flood fill selection with color 3
selections => modify => contract => 3 px
flood fill selection white
selections => modify => contract => 3 px
flood fill selection with color 3
selections => modify => contract => 3 px

6
copy / paste « chrismist_HS180_106 » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 75%
move this tube inside selection
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset « Glass 1 » provided

selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 8 / 50 / 25 / color 4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -8 / -8 / 50 / 25 / color 4
highlight layer below (Raster 1)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 8 / 50 / 25 / color 4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -8 / -8 / 50 / 25 / color 4
highlight layer above again
layers => merge => merge down

7
copy / paste « candycane2 » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 75%
place as shown on final result
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -8 / 8 / 50 / 25 / color 4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

8
copy / paste « candles » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 70%
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -8 / 8 / 50 / 25 / color 4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
place as shown on final result

9
copy / paste the Text tube as new layer
place as shown on final result
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
3 px color 1
3 px white
3 px color 1
40 px white
select the 40 px border with the Magic Wand tool
selections => promote selection to layer
flood fill selection with the following linear gradient

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tramages => Tow The Line

opacity of the layer :  65%
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 15 / 15 / 90 / 30 / color 5
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -15 / -15 / 90 / 30 / color 5
selections => select none

10
copy / paste « coin » as new layer
move to top left corner
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
replace acuretaly in top right corner if necessary
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
replace at the bottom of the tag if necessary

11
copy / paste « MR_Blue Christmas Girl » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 90%
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -15 / 15 / 50 / 25 / color 5
^lace properly (see final result)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
3 px color 1
3 px white
3 px color 1

12
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 tubes
The mouse tube was created by Coraline

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 me !
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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