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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

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

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

Plugins needed
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Impact
Carolaine and Sensibility -  Mura's Meister
Unlimited - Mehdi - L & K

translator’s note
I use 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
flood fill selection with color 1
selections => select all
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
selections => select none
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

3
adjust => blur => radial blur

effects => edge effects => enhance

4
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
blend mode of the layer : hard light / opacity :  35%
layers => merge => merge visible

5
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => merge => merge group
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 5 / black

6
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
selections => select none
layers => arrange => move down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

7
highlight top layer
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-texture

8
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
prepare a radial gradient into the materials palette

flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 5 / black
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
   image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

9
layers => merge => merge visible
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  85%
effects => geometric effects => Skew

selections => select all / selections => float  /  selections => defloat
selections => modify = > select selection borders

flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass ( same settings as previously )
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 5 / black
selections => select none

10
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  85%
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 35 / black

11
highlight bottom layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 35
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tile & Mirror / Mirrored Scaled
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 I> => Cut Glass BugEye

effects => edge effects => enhance more

12
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
set your work aside for a later use / name it « work 1 »

13
open a new transparent image 900 * 600 px => name it « work 2 »
selections => select all
copy / paste the woman tube into selection
selections => select none
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => Side by Side
adjust => blur => radial blur

layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
blend mode of the layer : overlay / opacity : 50%
layers => merge => merge down

14
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Distortion / Vision Impossible

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Instant Art / Tripolis

effects => edge effects => enhance more

15
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-texture

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / black
selections => select none

16
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

17
highlight Raster 1
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 4
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah

edit => repeat Zitah
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / black
selections => select none

18
highlight top layer
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 3 & 4 as FG and BG

selections => select none
effects => distortion effects => wave

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox / Instant Tile / default settings
edit => repeat Instant Tile
effects => geometric effects => Circle

select the black frame with the magic wand tool
selections => invert
edit => copy special => copy merged
edit => paste as new image
save as « bubble »
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  85%
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / settings tab => Clear
set aside for a later use

19
back to « work 2 »
selections => select none
your layers palette looks like this

Delete Raster 1 (top layer)

20
back to the « bubble »
edit => copy
back to « work 2 »
edit => paste as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  50%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 130 / position Y : 40
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies (BG Color : white)

layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / black
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

21
back to « work 1 »
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 5 px black
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » =>  50%
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / ( same settings as previously )
edit => copy
back to « work 2 »
edit => paste as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  55%
effects => geometric effects => Skew

layers => arrange => move down
move top left, underneath the bubbles
layers => duplicate
move right, underneath the bubbles (see final result)
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / black

22
highlight bottom layer
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling (black)

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / black

23
highlight top layer
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  75%
place properly
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow

24
copy / paste the title tube as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 15 / position Y : 95
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 50 / 1 / black

25
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px black
7 px color 3
2 px color 1
15 px white
2 px color 1
25 px white
2 px color 1

26
select the 25 px border with the magic wand tool
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox / Instant Tile

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 5 / black
selections => select none

27
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
apply Béa’s watermark

28
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

edit => repeat unsharp mask

29
save your work as... type .jpeg

My tag with a tube created by Nadège

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
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