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
this tutorial can be followed with another version of PSP, but the results might be slightly different

Supplies
mask - tubes - bonus pack - color palette

open the tubes, duplicate and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the mask and minimize to tray

Plugins
Unlimited 2
Thank you Tine for sharing your plugins page

translator’s note
« Belle de Nuit »  works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 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

color 1 --> foreground color => FG => left click --> #f6ddbc
color 2 --> background color => BG => right click => #535108
white

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 550 px

2
selections => select all
copy / paste into selection image 195
selections => select none

3
adjust => blur => radial blur

4
layers => duplicate

5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Distortion => Radiator

6
blend mode of the layer : Multiply
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

7
layers => new raster layer

8
opacity of the Flood Fill Tool => 85%

9
flood fill layer white
reset opacity of the Tool => 100%

10
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => duplicate

11
layers => merge => merge group

12
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

13
your tag looks like this

14
copy / paste as new layer « mist_fleur_bdn »
don’t move it

15
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

16
copy / paste as new layer « deco_bdn1 »

17
enable the Pick Tool (to move the layer) => position X : 19 / position Y : 19

18
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
tip : if you background is too dark after step 18 => merge down

19
copy / paste the Word Art (by Yalan) as new layer

20
place as shown on the final result
if you changer the colors, set blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) (or other)

21
image => add borders => tickk « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 2
2 px color 1
1 px color 2

22
selections => select all

23
image => add borders => tickk « symmetric » => 30 px color 1

24
selections => invert
prepare a linear gradient into the materials palette

25
flood fill selection with this gradient

26
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tlie & Mirror => Mirrored & Scaled

27
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => replace (5) by (-5)

28
selections => select none
image => add borders => tickk « symmetric » => 1 px black

29
apply your signature or watermark
image => resize => 950 px wide

30
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask => 2 / 30 / 2 / untick « Luminance only »

31
save as... type .jpeg

My tag with my misted image

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
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