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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


Material


open all the tubes into PSP and duplicate them. Work with the copies to preserve orignals
open the mask and minimize it to tray
copy / paste selection into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP General folder

Filters (plugins) used
MuRa's Meister
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature
VDL Adrenaline
thank you Renée Salon for sharing your plugins ‘ page


use the pencil to you follow the steps
hold down left click of your mouse to grab it and move it

Important
Open all images with PSP, duplicate them and close the originals.
Never work on original images.
Animabelle works with PSPX9, I work with PSP2018
but you can follow the steps with another version of PSP
save your work often

realization
1
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or any other font viewer software of your 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 » --> image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> image -> mirror -> mirror vertical

2
use the Dropper tool to pick up nice colors into your tube
Animabelle chose these colors
color 1 -> #ffffff
color 2 -> #e9fbff
color 3 -> #abd6e6
color 4 -> 7faee4
color 5 -> #4366a6
Don't hesitate to change the colors and the blend modes of the layers,
according to your tubes and images

3
open a new transparent image 900 * 500 pixels
prepare the materials palette -->
set color 3 as FG color and color 5 as BG color

effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Cloud

4
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill white
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

layers -> merge -> merge group

5
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers -> new mask layer -> from image / use the same mask as in step 4
layers -> merge -> merge group
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
layers -> merge -> merge down
copy / paste as new layer « Deco1_2017_2018_Animabelle »
don’t move t

6
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> selection « 2017_2018_Sel1_Animabelle.PspSelection »

in the materials palette, set color 2 as FG color and color 4 as BG color
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Cloud
click on « reset »

7
layers -> new raster layer
effects -> plugins -è> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Nature / Snow Drift / « Large, First Flakes »

adjust -> harpness -> sharpen
keep selection active

8
effects -> plugins -è> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Nature / Snow Drift / « Large, A Little Snow »

selections -> select none
effects -> image effects -> offset -> 0 / -5 / cusstom / transparent
layers -> merge -> merge down

9
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
effects -> image effects -> offset -> -110 / -20
layers -> duplicate
image -> free rotate / 15° left

layers -> arrange -> move down TWICE

10
highlight top layer
layers -> merge -> merge down TWICE
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
effects -> image effects -> offset -> 0 / 60
layers -> merge -> merge down
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> -8 / 0 / 35 / 15 / color 5
hgighlight layer above
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> -8 / 0 / 25 / 15 / color 5
layers -> merge -> merge down
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

11
copy / paste as new layer « 131_tube_noel_p1_animabelle.png »
(don’t forget to erase the watermark)
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 85%
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
blend mode of the layer -> Soft Light
effects -> image effects -> offset -> 0 / 100
layers -> duplicate
opacity of the layer :  40%

12
copy / paste as new layer « 130_tube_noel_p1_animabelle »
(don’t forget to erase the watermark)
(don’t drop any shadow, the tube is already shadowed)
effects -> image effects -> offset -> -270 / -75
copy / paste as new layer « 132_tube_noel_p1_animabelle »
(don’t forget to erase the watermark)
effects -> image effects -> offset -> 175 / -100
(don’t drop any shadow, the tube is already shadowed)

13
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » ->
2 pixels color 5
12 pixels color 1
1 pixel color 5
15 pixels color 1
1 pixel color 5

14
selections -> select all
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 50 pixels color 4
selections -> invert
layers -> new raster layer
in the materials palette, set color 3 as FG color and color 5 as BG color
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister -> Cloud -> click on « Reset »

15
effects -> plugins -> VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes

selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0/ 0 / 100 / 55 / color #213151
selections -> select none

16
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 2 pixels color 5
copy / paste as new layer « Deco2_2017_2018_Animabelle.pspimage »
don’t move it
copy / paste as new layer « Deco3_2017_2018_Animabelle.pspimage »
move it where you like
if you want to write another text, use the font provided

17
highlight top layer
layers -> new raster layer
apply your watermark
layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)
file -> export -> type .jpeg optimized
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