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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 PSP12 and I worked wwith PSP2020 Ultimate
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
mask - preset– tube - palette

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Unlimited 2
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 / Impact
Mehdi
Carolaine and Sensibility
Flaming Pear FM Tile Tools
Mura’s Meister
Distortion Filters
Buttons & Frames
Thank you Renée Salon for sharing you plugins page

Use the pencil to mark your place along the way
hold down left click to grab and move it

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
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
open the mask and minimize to tray
import the preset when asked

1
set FG to color 2 and BG to color 3 in materials palette
open a new image => transparent =>  800 * 500 px
effects => plugins => Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1

effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

effects => plugins => Mehdi => Seamless Border 1.1

apply this plugin once more / same settings
effects => edge effects => enhance more

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with color 2, or white (as you like)
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 6

layers => duplicate 3 times
layers => merge => merge group
layers => merge => merge visible
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

3
layers => new raster layer
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
effects => plugins => Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1

adjust => blur => radial blur

effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-Texture

4
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  80%
effects => geometric effects => Circle / Tick « Transparent »
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flexify 2

import the preset provided this way =>

effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss => Saturation Emboss or Blend Emboss (default settings)
(according to your colors)

if necessary => blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

5
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  90%
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
selections => modify = > feather => 1
selections => invert
hit TWICE the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none

6
enable the Magic Wand tool (tolerance and feather : 0) and click inside the circle
selections => modify => expand => 10 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the following linear gradient / set FG to color 2 and BG to color 3 in materials palette

layers => new raster layer
copy / paste  « pivoine » into selection
blend mode of the layer : Luminance
layers => merge => merge down

7
layers => new raster layer
effects => artistic effects => Balls and Bubbles / default settings

tick the box

color 2

opacity of the layer :  80%
layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => move down
selections => select none
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss/ default settings
OR
Saturation Emboss / default settings

8
highlight top layer
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  30%
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies

enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => cut
selections => select none
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

layers => merge => merge down

9
layers => duplicate
effects => distortion effects => Wave

effects => reflection effects => kaleidoscope

blend mode of the layer : Screen / opacity :  30%
layers => arrange => move down

10
layers => duplicate
blend mode of the layer : Dissolve / opacity :  10%
effects => texture effects => mosaic / Antique

highlight top layer
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow

11
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 1
edit =>  COPY
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 2
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Distortion Filters => Twister

12
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Boss Emboss

opacity of the layer :  80%
layers => merge => merge down

13
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / Drop Shadow Blurry

14
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Buttons & Frames / 3D Glass Frame 1

selections => select none

15
copy / paste the character tube as new layer (don ‘t forget to erase the watermark)
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  75%
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

effects => image effects => offset

16
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

selections => modify = > feather => 30
hit several the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -20 / 20 / 50 / 40 / black or color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 1 or black

170
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

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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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