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

Supplies
Masks – tubes - selection

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
PhotoEffex
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Kaleidoscope>
MuRas Seamless
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Mock
Tramages
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers IV>
Filters Unlimited 2.0 -Toadies
MuRas Seamless
Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5: Impact - Extrude

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

1
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
open the masks and minimize to tray
place the selection into the « selections » folder of PSP general folder

2
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Animabelle chose these :
color 1 => #d9bf94
color 2 => #53392c

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

3
open a new image => transparent =>  800 * 500 px

selections => select all
copy / paste  « Image_de_Base_Christ_Animabelle » into selection
selections => select none
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

adjust => blur => radial blur

4
layers => duplicate
effects => geometric effects => Perspective Horizontal

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
effects => image effects => seamless tiling

5
effects => plugins => PhotoEffex => Scanlines

blend mode of the layer : Overlay / opacity :  50%
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge down
effects => image effects => seamless tiling

6
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> / Quad Flip => default settings

adjust => One Step Photo Fix
layers => duplicate
layers => new mask layer => from image

(you don't see anything different, that's normal)
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Multiply
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

layers => merge => merge visible

7
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste  «Image2_Chris_Animabelle » into selection
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy) / opacity :  45%
selections => select none
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

effects => edge effects => enhance
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Mock => Window => default settings

layers => merge => merge visible

8
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste  « Image_de_Base_Christ_Animabelle » into selection
selections => select none
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

9
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert
highlight layer below
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 10
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 45 / black
selections => select none

10
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px color 1
effects => plugins => Tramages / Pool Shadow

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 35 / black
selections => select none

11
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 55 px color 1
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Background Designers IV> => sf10 Slice N Dice
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => *Sucking Toad* Bevel I...

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 65 / black

12
selections => select all
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste  « Image_de_Base_Christ_Animabelle » into selection
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
selections => select none
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
don’t move it
you don't see anything different, that's normal

13
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

don’t move it
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers => new mask layer => from image
apply mask 3
layers => merge => merge group
layers => merge => merge down

14
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude / color 2

place the cubes bottom right (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 65 / black (optional, it depends on your colors)

15
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  70%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
place as shown on final result
drop a shadow of your choice

16
copy / paste the figurines tube as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  45%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
place as shown on final result
drop a shadow of your choice

17
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

flood fill selection Black
selections => select none
place as shown on final result, in the hands of the figurine

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 21 / -44 / 20 / 5 / black

18
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 »  => 900 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

Another version with two of my tubes (amerindian and horse)

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 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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