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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Tubes - palette- mask - alpha layer
Misted images by Thafs
Word art found on the Web

open the tubes, duplicate them and work with the copies to preserve original images
open the mask and minimize to tray

colors

Filters Used
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Impact - Ap Lines -
Carolaine & sensibility -
Graphic Plus - Mehdi

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
in the materials palette, set colors 3 and 2 as FG and BG colors
effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Wavy Lab 1.1 / colors 1 and black into the last two boxes

effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling -> default settings

3
effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Sorting Tiles

effects -> edge effects -> enhance
effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Sorting Tiles

effects -> edge effects -> enhance

4
layers -> duplicate
effects -> geometric effects -> Skew

edit -> repeat Skew

5
selections -> load-save selection -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> invert
effets - 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / color 3
edit -> repeat Drop Shadow
selections -> select none

6
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> select all
copy / paste into selection « misted_fractal_tubed_by_thafs.pspimage »
selections -> select none
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling -> Side By Side
blend mode of the layer : Multiply - opacity : 50% (or other according to your colors)

7
copy / paste as new layer «misted_fractal_1_tubed_by_thafs.pspimage »
effects -> Simple -> Top Left Mirror
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling -> Side By Side
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

blend mode of the layer : Hard Light - opacity : 40% (or other according to your colors)
effets - 3D effects -> drop shadow -> color 1

8
copy / paste as new layer «misted_fractal_1_tubed_by_thafs.pspimage »
effects -> Simple -> Top Left Mirror
selections -> load-save selection -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #2
selections -> invert
DELETE on your keyboard
keep selection active

9
selections -> invert
layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste into selection the misted image « Oeil »
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (or other according to your colors)

10
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

flood fill selection with color 1
effects -> texture effects -> Weave / black

effets - 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / black
selections -> select none
layers -> merge -> merge down
effets - 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 / black

11
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 65%
effects -> image effects -> offset

layers -> duplicate
effects -> image effects -> offset

layers -> merge -> merge down
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skibn Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / settings -> Clear

12
copy / paste as new layer the Word Art tube
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 50%
move it bottom left (see final result)
image -> negative image (according to your colors)
effects - 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black
edit -> repeat Drop Shadow

13
highlight bottom layer (Raster 1)
effects -> plugins -> Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-LDots / default settings
edit -> repeat CS-LDots

14
highlight layer just above (copy of Raster 1)
effects -> plugins -> AP Lines / Lines SilverLining

15
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill white
layers -> new mask layer ->from image

effects -> edge effects -> enhance more
layers -> merge -> merge group
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light - opacity : 60% (or other according to your colors)

16
highlight top layer
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load-save selection -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #3
flood fill selection with color 1
effects -> edge effects -> enhance more
selections -> select none
effects - 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 2 / 2 / 50 / 1 / black

17
layers -> duplicate
move it as shown on the final result (left, under the small frame)
layers -> duplicate
image -> free rotate

move to the right
abjects -> align -> vertical center

18
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> ...
2 pixels black
5 pixels color 1
2 pixels black
10 pixels color 3
2 pixels black
5 pixels color 1
2 pixels black

19
selections -> select all
prepare a radial gradient -> colors 1 and 3 as FG and BG colors

image -> add borders -> 40 pixels white
selections -> invert
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus -> Cross Shadow / default settings
effects - texture effects -> weave

effects -> edge effects -> enhance
selections -> select none

20
apply your watermark
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 2 pixels black
image -> resize -> 1000 pixels (width) / Tick « resize  all layers »
adjust -> sharpness -> unsharp mask

file -> save 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

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Béa
mailto:bea.0471@gmail.com
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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