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 PSPX9 and I work with PSP 2020
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
masks - tube - image

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
I.C.Net Software - Filters Unlimited 2.0
VanderLee
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact
MuRa's Meister
Tramages

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
color 2 => #d7d9b9
color 3 => #011b34

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

3
open a new transparent image 800 * 400 px
selections => select all
copy / paste into selection the « Image_Base_Malo_Animabelle » image
selections => select none
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
adjust => blur => radial blur

4
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => side by side

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => AFS IMPORT / SIERPENS / default settings

5
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection white
layers => new mask layer => from image

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : overlay / opacity :  70%

6
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

layers => merge => merge down
window => duplicate
set aside for a later use

7
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 6 / 6 / 60 / 0 / color 3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 0 / 60 / 10 / color 3

8
layers => duplicate
highlight layer below
effects => plugins => VanDerLee =>Unplugged-X

blend mode of the layer : Soft Light

9
highlight bottom layer
open the image  « Image_Base_Malo_Animabelle »
window => duplicate
close the original and work with the copy
layers => new mask layer => from image

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

10
copy / paste as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  60%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge visible
enable the selection tool / rectangle / custom selection

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Glass

selections => select none

11
copy / paste as new layer the image set aside in step 5
image => mirror => mirror vertical (optional, according to your tube)
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

image => canvas size

effects => image effects => offset => 0 / -120  *  tick « transparent » and « custom »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -6 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black

12
copy / paste the child tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  60%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
drop a shadow of your choice
place as shown in final result

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px white
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 15 px color 3
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Tramages / Pool Shadow / default settings

apply the plugin once more if necessary
selections => select none

14
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px white
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 3
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px color 3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0/ 0 / 60 / 50 / color 3

selections => select none

15
layers => arrange => move up
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down
effects => texture effects => blinds

16
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 3
write « Malo » with a font of your choice
drop a shadow of your choice
place where you like

17
layers => new raster layer
apply your watermark or signature
edit => save your work as... type .jpeg optimized
your tag is finished

my tag with my tube

Don't hesitate to write to Animabelle if you have any trouble with her 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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