The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter tubes provided.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum,
you are allowed to use them in another creation for your personal use
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
this tutorial is a personal creation. Any resemblance with another would be pure coincidence

Material

Filters Used
Tramages
Thank you Tine for sharing your Plugins’ page

translator’s note
« Belle de Nuit »  works with PSP X, I use PSP2018 to create my tag and write my translations
but this tutorial can be realized with any other version of PSP
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change blend modes of layers matching your tubes and colors

Colors
xxxxxxxxxxx palette xxxxxxxxxxx
color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #

Hints and Tips
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
image -> Mirror  --> image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
image ->  Flip  --> image -> mirror -> mirror vertical

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 950 * 550 pixels

2
selections -> select all
copy  paste into selection image 9
minimize « image 9 » to tray
selections -> select none

3
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 10

4
layers -> duplicate
effects - plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Tramages / Wee Scratches / amount -> 255

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

6
layers -> merge -> merge group
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

7
layers -> new raster layer
layers -> new raster layer
copy  paste into selection « Bdn_ocean_1.png » into selection
selections -> select none
opacity of the layer : 75%
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
your work looks like this

8
copy / paste as new layer « mist_bdn_ocean.pgn »
enable the Pick tool with the following settings to move the tube

9
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more

10
copy / paste as new layer  « corinne.vicaire-oiseaux003-2004 »
image -> negative image
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal

11
enable the Pick tool with the following settings to move the tube

12
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 5 / 5 / 50 / 45 / black

adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

13
copy / paste as new layer « Celinoas_designs_EL_49.png »
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 90%
move to the right as shown on the final result

14
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> ...
1 pixel color 1
1 pixel color 2
10 pixels color 1
1 pixel color 2
50 pixels color 1

15
copy / paste as new layer  « Cher_ankert_png »

16
enable the Pick tool with the following settings to move the tube

17
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

18
prepare a linear gradient into the materials palette, with colors 1 and 3 as FG and BG colors

19
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load selection -> from disk -> selection « bdn_ocean »

20
flood fill selection with the gradient
selections -> select none

21
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

22
image -> free rotate

23
enable the Pick tool with the following settings to move the tube

24
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

25
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 pixel color 3 (blue)

26
image -> resize -> 950 pixels (width)
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
apply your watermark
file -> save as... -> type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Belle de Nuit

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery at the bottom of the tutorial page
Don’t forget to indicate her your name and the adress of your blog or site if you have one

My tag with my misted image and various scraps elements

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