The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modify, 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 without permission
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission of the authors.
This is a personal work.
any resemblance with another tutorial would be pure coincidence
it is forbidden to share or distribute on the Web,
to present it in a group or forum without the author’s permission
« Chez Douceur » is happy to share her work with you
she hopes it will help you dream and get away from your everyday life

Supplies

thank you to the tubers for their great work
the main tube is not provided, choose one in you personal collection
open the tubes, duplicate and work with the copies
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray
copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general Folder
copy / paste the selection into the folder « selections » of PSP general folder
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 both windows are opened (software and font), 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugins
AFS IMPORT/WIN-053 (provided - import into Unlimited 2)
Flaming Pear/Flexify2
Alien Skin Impact/Perspective shadow
Foto Frame

thank you Tine for sharing your plugins page

translator’s note
« Chez Douceur » works with PSP X, I use PSP2019 to create my personal tags and write my translations
but this tutorial can be realized with any other version of PSP
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly different from the example
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your tubes and colors

colors

color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #dacfd5
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #cac5c9

Realization
1
open « fond douceur », change the color, or choose another flower background,
according to the tubes and colors you will use
this tag’s dimensions are : 900 * 550 px
edit => copy your background => edit => paste as new image and set aside for a later use

2
layers => merge => merge down

3
layers => duplicate

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => AFS IMPORT/Win-053

5
blend mode of the layer : Multiply
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste into selection « etoile Douceur »
layers => merge => merge down
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%

6
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flexify 2

image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80% TWICE

7
image => free rotate

8
enable the Pick tool (to move the layer accurately) with the following settings => Position X : 9 / position Y : 28
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

9
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flexify 2

10
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow

your tag and layers palette look like this

11
copy / paste as new layer « 06heavenlyclouds_sw »
don’t move it

12
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Multiply Luminance (Legacy)

13
copy / paste as new layer « rideau de perle »
enable the Pick tool with the following settings => Position X : 671 / position Y : -2

14
layers => duplicate
mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

15
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow

16
selections => load-save selection => load selection => from disk => selection « tendre reve »

17
highlight the Pearls layer => hit the DELETE key on your keyboard
selections => select none

18
copy / paste as new layer « anghearts9 »
enable the Pick tool with the following settings => Position X : 258 / position Y : 50

19
colorize if necessary to match your colors
layers => arrange => bring to top

20
copy / paste as new layer the character tube
place to the right of the tag

21
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow

22
copy / paste as new layer the title tube
OR
write your own text whith the font provided(size 45) (or use another font of your choice)

23
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow (same settings as previously)

24
enable the Pick tool with the following settings => Position X : 13 / position Y : 406

25
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow (same settings as previously)

26
your tag and layers palette look like this

27
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

28
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px white / 2 px with color 1

29
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px white

30
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px black
select this obrder with the magic wand tool
copy / paste into selection the image you set aside in step 1

31
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow

selections => invert

32
(if you changed the colors, duplicate the layer before applying the Foto Frame effect
and colorize to match your colors)
effects => plugins => AAA Frames / Foto Frame

33
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow / same settings as previously
selections => select none

34
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
apply your watermark
image => resize => 950 px width

My tag with my tube

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

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Rose des Sables

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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