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 PSP2019 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 – selections – decoration tube

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Déformation
Texture
Tramages
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 => #a0b4af
color 3 => #7e988d
color 4 => #2d2523

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
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open a new transparent image 850 * 450 px
flood fill with color 2
selections => select all
copy / paste  « 3081 - woman - LB TUBES » into selection
selections => select none
adjust => blur => radial blur

4
effects => image effects => seamless tiling / Side by Side
effects => plugins => Déformation / Bulging Edge Average… / 0
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

5
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the following linear gradient / colors 2 and 3

blend mode of the layer : Overlay (you may lower opacity)
layers => merge => merge down

6
effects = > plugins => Texture => Texturizer

layers => duplicate
layers => new mask layer => from image => mask « Narah_Mask_1431 » => Untick the box « invert mask data »
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

7
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge visible

8
layers => duplicate
layers => new mask layer => from image => mask « Narah_Mask_1276 » => Untick the box « invert mask data »
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Multiply / opacity :  50%
effects => edge effects => enhance more

9
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image => mask « Narah_Mask_1220 » => Untick the box « invert mask data »
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge

10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 3
layers => new mask layer => from image => mask « Narah_Mask_1437 » => Untick the box « invert mask data »
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
effects => image effects => offset => H :  25/ V : 10 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

11
c
the layers palette looks like this

edit => copy
back to your main work
edit => paste as new layer
don’t move it
important => you must use this tube even on your personal versions

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

hit the DELETE key of your keyboard TWICE
keep selection active

13
copy / paste « Image_Fleur_Animabelle » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  55%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
place in the middle of the selection
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Luminance / opacity :  70%(more or less…)

14
Open the tube « lizztish_vera.3 » once more
Highlight « Raster 3 »

edit => copy
back to your main work
edit => paste as new layer
place as shown on final result
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 6 / 6 / 50 / 20 / color 4

15
Open the tube « lizztish_gossamer.3 »
Highlight « Raster 1»

edit => copy
back to your main work
edit => paste as new layer
place as shown on final result
opacity of the layer :  80%

16
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 1
5 px color 2
1 px color 4
5 px color 3
1 px color 4

17
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 60 px color 3
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Tramages / Pool Shadow / default settings

18
effects = > plugins => Texture => Texturizer ( same settings as previously )
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 60 / black
selections => select none

19
copy / paste « 3081 - woman - LB TUBES » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  85% (more or less)
drop a shadow of your choice / place bottom left

21
Write « opaline » (if you wish, or another text of your choice)
Animabelle provides the font she used to write her text
drop a shadow of your choice
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 4

22
layers => new raster layer
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licensed tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

Another version with my tube (bat) and Tine's tubes (elephants)

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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