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

Supplies
tubes – selection - 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Mehdi
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers IV>
°v° Kiwi`s Oelfilter
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - VM Toolbox
AP [Lines] - Lines
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Glass
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Alf's Power Sines
Mock
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Lens Effects
Tramages
Thank you Renée Salon for sharing you plugins page

1
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and mimimize to tray
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 :

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 =>  900 * 600 px
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Background Designers IV> => sf10 Diamond Flip

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
selections => select all
copy / paste the character tube into selection
don’t forget to erase the watermark
selections => select none

5
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

6
effects => plugins => °v° Kiwi’s Oelfilter / Zig Zack

apply once more (same settings)

7
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
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down

8
effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines => Lines Silverlining / dotty Grid

layers => merge => merge visible

9
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #1

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30

10
layers => new raster layer
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass => « Clear, No Drop Shadow »

selections => select none

11
layers => duplicate
highlight layer below (original)
effects => texture effects => mosaic / Glass

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

12
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #1

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
layers => duplicate

13
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Alf’s Power Sines => Petals 2

effects => texture effects => mosaic / Glass

selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

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

layers => merge => merge group
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge visible

15
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Mock => Windo

16
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

17
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout

blend mode of the layer : Multiply
selections => select none

18
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 6 px white
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black

19
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 60 px white
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Lens Effects / Concave

20
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
effects => plugins => Tramages / Pool Shadow

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

21
copy / paste the « 123_soleil_Animabelle » tube as new layer
resize to 58 % / « all layers » unchecked
place (see final result)
enable the Pick tool
and make the tube turn to the right

place (see final result)
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 30 / color 1
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

22
 image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 3
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black

23
copy / paste « Deco1_123soleil_Animabelle » as new layer
don’t move it
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  130%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
place (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / color 1

24
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
resize to 900 px width
file => save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

Another version with my tubes

GALLERY

créated by Knipledamen

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 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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