You will find the original tutorial here :

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Christ’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

mailto:lisa.louloute@gmail.com
Christ worked with PSP X2 and I worked with PSP2020
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
tubes and images – palette – masks – preset - palette

Hints and Tips
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 »has become  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Plugins needed
Mehdi / Sorting Tiles
Unlimited 2.0 / Funhouse / Vibes
Unlimited 2.0 / Deformation / Circulator
Flaming Pear / Flexify 2
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass

prepare your work
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
double-click on the preset to install
open the masks and minimize to tray
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Christ chose these :

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
prepare a linear gradient in the materials palette / colors 1 & 2

flood fill layer with the gradient
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Funhouse => Vibes

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Déformation => Circulator

opacity of the layer :  50%

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with color 3
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flexify 2

effects => edge effects => enhance more
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black

3
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection « Evasion »
copy / paste  « Paysage Provence by Pat Men » into selection
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset « kayla_glass »

selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  90%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
effects => image effects => offset => H :  0 / V : -36 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
 view => tick « Rulers »
enable the Pick tool
grab the top central anchor point and lower it to 260 px

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
opacity of the layer :  80%
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black
layers => duplicate
 image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

5
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
effects => image effects => offset => H :  286 / V : -11 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

6
copy / paste the text tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  -403 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Brightness/Contrast

7
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 3
4 px color 1
2 px color 3
edit => COPY
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 15 px color 1
enable the magic wand tool

select the last border with the Magic Wand tool
flood fill selection with the gradient => change color 1 & 3

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 25
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px color 1
enable the magic wand tool

select the last border with the Magic Wand tool
edit => Paste into selection
effects => Art Media Effects => brush strokes

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => modify => contract => 16 px
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none

8
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => Cutout

selections => select none

9
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 9 px
effects => 3D effects => Cutout

selections => select none
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

Another version with a tube created by Laurette and on of misted images

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes and colors than those provided) with this translation
and wish it to be shown, don’t hesitate to send it to me
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