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Material

tubes - masks - selection
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duplicate tubes and work with the originals
place selection into the dedicated folder of Corel PSP general folder
open the masks and minimize to tray
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 » --> image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> image -> mirror -> mirror vertical

Filters (plugins) used
Mehdi
Filters Unlimited 2.0
Carolaine and Sensibility
MuRa's Seamless
Simple
thank you Renée Salon for sharing your plugins ‘ page

Use the pencil to follow the steps hold down left click to grab it and move it

1
open the material provided, place selections in the proper folder
duplicate the tubes and work with the copies
save your work often

2
prepare the colors in the materials palette
Animabelle chose these colors

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities according to your colors

3
open a new transparent image 900 * 550 px
in the materials palette, prepare colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors
effects -> plugins -> Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1

adjsut -> blur -> gaussian blur / 40

4
layers -> duplicateeffects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Tile & Mirror / Kaleidoscope 1 / 15 / 33
blend mode of the layer : Overlay - opacity : 50%
effects -> edge effects - enhance

5
highlight Raster 1effects -> plugins -> Carolaine and Sensibility / Halloween 2

layers -> merge -> merge visible

6
layers  -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

layers -> merge -> merge group
blend mode of the layer : soft light
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 9 / 9 / 100 / 10 / black

7
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
blend mode of the layer : Overlay - opacity 22%
layers -> merge -> merge visible

8
copy / paste as new layer « Deco1_Rayana_Animabelle »
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light - opacity 20%
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Seamless / Emboss at Alpha / default settings / 128 / 128 / 128 / 64 / 255 / 128
apply this plugin once more with the same settings
layers -> merge -> merge visible

9
layers -> duplicate
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

layers -> duplicate
layers -> merge -> merge group
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

10
image -> free rotate -> 90° right

effects -> plugins -> Simple / Half Wrap
layers -> merge -> merge visible

11
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 90%
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 80 / 45 / black

12
highlight nottom layer adjust -> blur -> radial blur

effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Paper Textures / Canvas, Fine

adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

13

highlight top layer
copy / paste as new layer « 23_Femmes_Page7_Animabelle
erase the watermark
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 75%
move to the left (see fianl result)

14
layers -> duplicate
highlight layer below (original)
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 20
blend mode of the layer : Multiply
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 px black

15
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk

selections -> promote selections to layer
blend mode of the layer : Multiply
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Seamless / Emboss at Alpha (-> same settings as before)
selections -> select none
you can move this layer where you like

16
layers -> new raster layer
apply your watermark or signature
layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)
file -> save as.... type .jpeg optimized

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