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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Material
mask - tubes -  alpha layer (selections) - palette
character tube by White Diamond
mask by Smart

duplicate all tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals images
open the mask and minimize it to tray
prepare the colors into the materials palette

colors

Filters Used
Carolaine & Sensibility - Graphic Plus -
Mura's Meister - Simple - Toadies -  °v° Kiwi`s Oelfilter

translator’s note
I use PSP2018 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 differents
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your tubes and colors

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

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

2
flood fill white
selections -> select all
copy / paste into selections the woman tube (don’t forget to erase the signature)
selections -> select none
effects - image effects -> seamless tiling / default settings
adjust -> blur -> radial blur

effects -> edge effects -> –enhance more

3
layers - duplicate
effects -> distortion effects -> polar coordinates

effects -> geometric effects -> skew

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 50 / black
effects -> reflection effects -> rotating mirror

effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus / Vertical Mirror
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more

4
effects - image effects -> seamless tiling / Side by Side

effects -> texture effects -> Blinds / color 1

5
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

layers - duplicate
layers - merge -> merge group

6
highlight bottom layer
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
selections -> promote selection to layer
layers -> arrange -> bring to top
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 15
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 50 / black
selections -> select none

7
layers - duplicate
image -->  mirror --> mirror vertical
layers - merge -> merge down
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling

effects -> plugins -> Carolaine & Sensibility / Cs-Ldots

8
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #2
DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> select none

9
highlight bottom layer
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #3
selections -> promote selection to layer
layers -> arrange -> bring to top
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 15
effects -> plugins -> °v° Kiwi’s Oelfilter / Augenspiegel

edit -> cut
selections -> select none

10
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
edit -> paste into selection
effects -> plugins -> AP Lines / Lines Silverlining

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 50 / black
selections -> select none
effects -> distortion effects -> Punch

11
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #3
flood fill selection black
selecitons - > modify -> contract / 3px
DELETE
selections -> select none
effects - image effects -> seamless tiling / Side by Side
effects - image effects -> seamless tiling / Stutter Diagonal

effects -> plugins -> Simple / Top Left Mirror
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 50 / color 1

layers - duplicate
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 75%

12
in the materials palette, set colors 2 and 1 as FG and BG colors
prepare a linear gradient

layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #4
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candty 5 Impact / Glass -> settings : Clear
selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 2 / 2 / 52 / 2 / black

13
highlight bottom layer
effects -> texture effects -> weave

14
highlight top layer
copy / paste as new layer the woman tube
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 75%
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candty 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow

15
copy / paste as new layer the title tube
move where you like
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black

16
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> ...
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
10 px white
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
2 px color 1

17
selections -> select all
edit -> copy
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 30 px white
selections -> invert
edit -> paste into selection
effects -> plugins -> Toadies / What Are You ?...

edit -> repeat Toadies
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections -> select none

18
apply your signature or watermark
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 2 px color 1
image -> resize -> 900 px (width)
adjust -> sharpen -> unsharp mask

save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.

My tag with a tube created by Colybrix

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