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

Supplies
masks - tubes – selections

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Filters Unlimited 2.0
AP [Lines]
Graphic Plus
Carolaine and Sensibility
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact
Thank you Renée Salon for sharing your plugins page

1
duplicate all 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 => #ffffff (white)
color 2 => #794d9c
color 3 => #106b8a
color 4 => #e8d497
color 5 => #000000 (black)

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

3
place the selection into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
open the masks and minimize to tray
open a new transparent image 850 * 450 px
flood fill layer with the following rectangular gradient / colors 2 & 3

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

4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Kang 4 / Weaver’s Moon / default settings

image => mirror => mirror horizontal

5
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

6
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 4
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => duplicate TWICE
layers => merge => merge group

7
effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines SilverLining / V-shaped

image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  70%

8
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => Side by Side

effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

9
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 4
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
6 px color 2
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

selections => select none

10
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 4
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
60 px color 3
selections => invert
flood fill selection with the following linear gradient / colors 2 & 3

11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Natural / Weave Distortion / default settings

opacity of the layer :  65%
layers => merge => merge down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

12
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-Ldots

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 60 / black
selections => select none

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
6 px color 3
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

selections => select none

14
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

15
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge visible

16
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

selections => promote selection to layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 4
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

17
highlight layer just below (middle layer)
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset « Clear, No Drop Shadow »

selections => select none

18
highlight top layer
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 6 / 6 / 80 / 10 / black

19
copy / paste the character tube as new layer / don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  70%
place as shown on final result
drop a shadow of your choice
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 5

20
layers => new raster layer
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licensed tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

My tag with my tube

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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