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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 - mask - palette - alpha layer (selections included)

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
choose a light color into the landscape tube and a dark color into the main character tube
Béa Chose these colors

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

Plugins needed

Mehdi - Funhouse -
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Impact -
Carolaine and Sensibility - 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 white and black into the last two boxes

layers => duplicate
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 50

3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
layers => merge => merge group
rename the layer : « mask »

4
highlight layer below
copy / paste the landscape tube as new layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none

5
highlight layer below
effects => plugins => FunHouse => Loom

adjust => sharpness => sharpen

6
highlight top layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => texture effects => weave / color 2

selections => modify => contract => 20 px
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 30 / black
keep selection active

7
flood fill selection with color 2
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
flood fill white
effects => texture effects => weave / color 2 ( same settings as previously )
selections => modify => contract => 20 px
flood fill selection with color 2
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
flood fill white
effects => texture effects => weave / color 2 ( same settings as previously )
selections => modify => contract => 20 px
flood fill selection with color 2
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset « Clear »
selections => select none

8
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 30 / black

9
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
flood fill selection with color 2
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset « Clear »
selections => select none

10
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => image effects => Offset

layers => merge => merge down

11
highlight Mask layer
effects => image effects => seamless tiling

effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-Halloween2 / default settings

12
your layers palette looks like this

highlight top layer

13
open the Word Art tube
image => negative image
enable the « change to target » tool to colorize / apply with color 2

edit => copy
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 75 %
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 286 / position Y : 64
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 50 / 2 / black

14
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 4
flood fill selection with color 2
selections => select none
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 35 / position Y : 3
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

15
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

16
selections => select all / selections => float  /  selections => defloat
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
flood fill selection with color 1
selections => modify => contract => 4 px
flood fill selection with color 2
selections => select none

17
layers => duplicate
objects => align / bottom

18
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black

19
highlight Raster 1
edit => copy
edit => paste as new image
set aside for a later use

20
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
5 px color 1
2 px color 2
10 px white
5 px color 2
25 px white
5 px color 1

21
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px white
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection the image set aside in step 19
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Funhouse / Loom / default settings
edit => repeat => Funhouse / Loom / default settings
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / black
selections => select none

22
copy / paste the man tube as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 85 %
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / black
place as shown on final result

23
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licensed tube
apply Béa’s waermark

24
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 2
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.

My tag with my tube and misted image

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

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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
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