tutorial_cloclo_lovers

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 Sass for testing Cloclo’s tutorials

Thank you to respect Cloclo’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

Material
tubes - masks - selections (in case..) - Alpha layer (selections included) - Cloclo’s watermark - color palette
The main tube is not provided
other tubes provided are licence free

open all the tubes into PSP and duplicate them (Shift + D). Work with the copies to preserve orignals
place (or import) the supplies provided into the appropriate folders of My Corel PSP
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray
copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP General folder

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Filters (plugins) used

Mehdi / Sorting Tiles
Texture / Texturizer
Simple / Top Left / Mirror
I.C.NET Software> Filters Unlimited 2.0 / VM Toolbox
MuRa's Filters Meister / Perspective Tiling 1.1
AAA Frame / FOTO FRAME

colors

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

use the pencil to you follow the steps
hold down left click of your mouse to grab it and move it

Important
Open all images with PSP, duplicate them and close the originals.
Never work with original images.
Cloclo works with PSP2020 ; I work with PSP pro 2020 Ultimate
but you can follow the steps with another version of PSP
don’t forget to save your work often

realization
1
open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy

2
open the background (« fond ») => edit => copy
selections => select all
back to your work => edit => paste into selection
selections => select none
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / 4 / 4

effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the following gradient

layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 15 / black
effects => edge effects => enhance more

4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 100 / 25 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

5
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
flood fill selection with color 2
effects = > plugins => Texture => Texturizer

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 15 / black

6
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 15 / black
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
selections => modify = > select selection borders

7
flood fill selection with color 2
effects = > plugins => Texture => Texturizer

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 100 / 15 / black
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror
open the tubes « coeur_fleur » « la boite_coeur » « le calendrier » « le_love_cadeau »
place them in each of the rectangles provided / view final result
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 100 / 15 / black => on each item

8
highlight layer under the borders
copy / paste the misted town tube as new layer and raise it slightly (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 100 / 15 / black
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
highlight top layer
copy / paste « déco_Cloclo » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 0 / position Y : 94
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 100 / 15 / black
merge together the five bottom layers
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 30 / black

9
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

highlight top layer
copy / paste the shoe tube as new layer
move it as shown on final result
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 15 / black
copy / paste the birdcage tube as new layer
move it as shown on final result
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 15 / black
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer
move it as shown on final result
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 15 / black

10
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
edit => COPY and set aside for a later use
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 15 px contrasting color
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => artistic effects => Halftone

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 30 / black
selections => select none

11
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 3
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px contrasting color
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection the image set aside in step 10
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox / Instant Tile

selections => select none

12
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame => same settings except width => 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px color 2
selections => select none
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame (settings are kept in memory)

13
copy / paste the corner tube as new layer
don’t move it
copy / paste the title tube as new layer
place as shown on final result
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
apply Cloclo’s watermark
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
resize to 1000px width
save as... type .jpeg

My tag with my misted image and three of my tubes

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this translation
If you create a tag with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to me !
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery at the end of this translation

coming soon

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