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 PSPX9 and I worked with PSP2020
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
tubes – preset

double click on the preset and they will be installed automatically
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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-Decay
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 / Impact
Mura’s Meister
Graphics Plus
Unlimited 2 / Krusty’s vol.1 1,0
Bordermania
User defined Filter

Thank you Renée Salon for sharing you plugins page

important
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 :

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
don’t forget to erase tuber’s watermarks when using
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
flood fill layer with the following gradient

selections => select all
copy / paste the character tube into selection
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
opacity of the layer : 50%
layers => merge => merge down
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
effects => plugins => I-Decay / X.Y Diffuse

layers => duplicate
image => free rotate = right / 90°
effects => distortion effects => Pinch / 100 => APPLY TWICE
effects => distortion effects => Ripple

layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 85%
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 30 / color 3 or black
(match with your personal colors)
highlight layer below
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / color 3 or black
highlight top layer
layers => merge => merge down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
highlight bottom layer
copy / paste the landscape tube as new layer
move this landscape to the right side of your work

highlight top layer
enable the selection tool / Ellipse / feather : 0
select the oval part as shown below

selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset provided (Glass 2)
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies

layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 3
copy / paste as new image and set aside for a later use
back to your main work
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 20 / black
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
selections => select all
effects => 3D effects => cutout / black

redo changing (15) by (-15)
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 1
15 px color 2
2 px color 1
select the 15 px border with the Magic Wand tool (tick « inside »)
set FG to color 2 and BG to color 3 in materials palette
flood fill selection with a linear gradient : 45 / 3
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cut Glass

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 80 px color 2
select the 80 px border with the Magic Wand tool (tick « inside »)
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
flood fill selection with the gradient
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 15
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cut Glass

effects => plugins => Krusty’s FX vol. I 1.0 / Grid Mover

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 60 / black
selections => invert
effects => plugins => BorderMania => Instant Button #2

selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 3
15 px color 2
select the 15 px border with the Magic Wand tool (tick « inside »)
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 3 in materials palette
flood fill selection with the gradient
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cut Glass same settings as for the other 15 px border)

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel (don’t change the settings)
selections => select none
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
move the tube to left side (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
copy / paste the vase tube as new layer
move the tube to right side (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 3
open the image set aside previously
image => rotate => right
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 50%
copy ans paste as new layer on your main work
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
move the tube to right side (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 30 / 7 / black
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 misted image
the girl tube is signed by Wieske
The glass tube is signed by EMA

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

created by     Birte

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