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 the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
the tubes used for this tutorial have been received in sharing groups
Béa has the permission of the tubers to use them

respect the tubers’ work : never use tubes without a watermark or a signature : they are stolen tubes
the tubes you find « on the web » without the tuber’s name are ALWAYS stolen tubes
if you think Bea used one of your tubes, please let her know,
and if this proves to be true, a link to your site or blog will ba added.
Or if you prefer, the tube wil be removed from the material’s folder

Tips and Hints
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 the software’s window is opened, 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Supplies
Tubes – alpha layer – palette – landscape - decoration

open the tubes and duplicate. Work with the copies to preserve originale files
place selections, gradients, textures, patterns... etc... into the appropriate folders or My Corel PSP general folder
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray
double click on presets to install (or import)

colors

set colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors into the materials palette

Plugins needed
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Impact - Ap Lines -
Carolaine and Sensibility - Alien skin Xenofex 2 -
Mehdi - Unlimited

translator’s note
I used PSP2020 Ultimate to create my tag and write my translation
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly different
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your tubes and colors

Realization
1
open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy

2
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / white / black

layers => duplicate

3
effects => distortion effects => Twirl
edit => repeat => Twirl
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Déformations => Distortion Tourbillonnante (hr-ab)

effects => edge effects => enhance

4
copy / paste « KRYSMISTCYBERNETIQUE13-09-17-042 » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
don’t move it
blend mode of the layer according to your colors and tubes

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

image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  85%
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge / opacity :  70%

6
highlight Raster 1
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none
layers => arrange => move up
effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines Silverlining

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / black

7
layers => duplicate
  image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

8
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates

9
highlight Raster 1
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer
 layers => arrange => bring to top
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / settings tab : Clear
selections => modify = > select selection borders

flood fill selection black
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / black

10
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CCs-texture

your layers palette looks like this

11
highlight Copy of Raster 1
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation

selections => invert
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Natural / Sparkle

selections => select none

12
highlight Raster 2 (the landscape)
layers => duplicate
effects => geometric effects => Perspective Vertical

layers => duplicate
  image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

13
copy / paste « Deco 3 » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => free rotate / right / 90 / untick all boxes
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 20 / position Y : 80
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
  image => mirror => mirror vertical

14
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px black
5 px color 1
5 px black
5 px color 2
5 px black
15 px white
1 px black
30 px white
3 px color 1
3 px color 2
30 px white
select the middle white border with the magic wand tool

prepare a radial gradient into the materials palette

15
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 10 / black
selections => select none

16
copy / paste the title tube as new layer
place as shown on final result

17
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
place where you like
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / settings tab -> Drop Shadow Blurry

18
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licensed tube
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t forget to sign (to avoid plagiarism) and save file as… type JPEG

My tag with my tubes

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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

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