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

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 – palette - masks

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Toadies / Weaver
Unlimited 2.0 / VM Toolbox / Instant Tile
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 :Impact / Extrude
Unlimited 2.0 / Crescent Moon / Tri Mirror Tile
Animation Shop

1
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and mimimize to tray
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
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
prepare a sunburst gradient

2
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
flood fill layer with the gradient

3
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
if you change the tube, choose a panoramic image best
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => Weaver

effects => edge effects => enhance

4
copy / paste the landscape tube as new layer
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Brightness/Contrast (optional)

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

layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude / color 2

effects => image effects => offset => H :  -72 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox / Instant Tile

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 20 / white

6
 layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers => new mask layer => from image

enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : -181 / position Y : 0
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 20 / white
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => arrange => move down

7
highlight top layer
 layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

8
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Fill Light/Clarity (optional)

9
copy / paste the text tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  168/ V : -216 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 30 / 6 / BLACK

10
copy / paste « Frédèricoo 3  Tubes By Christ » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  82%

effects => image effects => offset => H :  -235/ V : -30 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 70 / 30 / BLACK
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

11
 layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
effects => 3D effects => cutout

selections => select none

12
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
2 px color 2

13
edit => copy
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 1
select this border with the Magic Wand tool
edit => paste into selection
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox / Instant Tile / same settings as in step 5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox / Blast

selections => modify => contract => 8 px
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 6 / BLACK => apply TWICE

Preparing Animation
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => duplicate
keep selection active
rename layers as shown below

highlight raster « 1 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise

highlight raster « 2 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise

highlight raster « 3 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise

selection => select none

15
image => canvas size

layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
flood fill selection with color 1
layers => arrange => move down => TWICE

layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Crescent Moon => Tri Mirror Tile
(pattern might be different for you according to your tubes and colors)

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
Raster « 1 » is highlighted
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge down

Animation
close the eyes of « 2 » and « 3 »

edit => copy
open Animation Shop
edit => paste as new animation
Back to PSP
open the eye of raster « 2 »

edit => copy special => copy merged
back to AS
edit => paste after current frame
Back to PSP
open the eye of raster « 3»

edit => copy special => copy merged
back to AS
edit => paste after current frame
view the animation to make sure your work is OK
file => save your work as... type .gif
Translator’s note => I created my animation with Ulead Gif Animator

Another version with my tube and misted image

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
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery at the bottom of this translation

created by    Birte

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