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Franie works with PSP 18, and I use PSP 19
But this tutorial can be realized with another version of PSP

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Filters used
Unlimited 2.0
 Tile & Mirror – Mirrored & Scaled
 WM Toolbox – Brightness Noise
 Graphics Plus – Cross Shadow
 MuRa's Seamless – Emboss at Alpha
 Kiwi's Oelfilter – Zig Zack


Material
1 alpha layer (selections)
2 tubes « woman » (others here )
1 mask - 3 elements - 1 font - 1 color palette

Tubers’ authorizations


Franie’s colors
Don’t hesitate to change them and to change the blend modes of the layers
According to your tubes and images
color 1 -> foreground color FG color -> #ded7c4
color 2 -> background color BG color -> #b79036
color 3 -> #5c2f18


Use the paintbrush to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open the alpha layer provided
duplicate and close the orignal . Always work with copies
rename this new image « raster 1 »

2
in the materials palette, set colors 2 and 3 as FG and BG colors

prepare a linear gradient

3
flood fill the layer with this gradient
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Tile & Mirror / Mirrored & Scaled (Twice)

effects -> edge effects -> enhance more (twice)

4
in the materials palette, set color 1 as FG color
layers -> new raster layer

flood fill with color 1
open mask 316 and minimize it to tray
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

laeyrs -> merge -> merge group

5
layers -> duplicate - image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> lerge down
image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 75%
layers -> duplicate
highlight « Group-Raster 2 »
effects -> texture effects -> mosaic-Glass

6
highlight « Copy of Group -Raster 2 »
effects -> plugins -> VM Toolbox / Brightness Noise

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow / color 3

7
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 40%
effects -> image effects -> seamless tile

layers properties : blend mode : Luminance (Leggacy)  -  opacity : 50%

adjust -> sharpness-> sharpen more
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow as before (twice) / color 3

8
in the materials palette, set color 3 as BG color
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load selection from alpha channel -> selection #1
flood fill selection with color 3 (right click)
effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow

selections -> select none
effects -> edge effects -> enhance
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 30 / color 3

9
selections tool -> custom selection

layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste into selection element 1
blend mode of the layer : hard light (or other)
effects -> edge effects -> enhance
selecitons -> select none
layers -> duplicate - image -> mirror -> horizontal mirror

10
highlight « Copy of Group - Raster 2 »
selections -> load selection from alpha channel -> selection #2
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

layers-> new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2
selections -> select none

11
highlight « Copy of Raster 1 »
copy / paste as new layer element 2
effects -> image effects -> offset

blend mode of the layer : soft light
effects -> edge effects -> enhance more

12
your layers palette looks like this

13
your work looks like this

14
highlight « Copy of Raster 1 »
copy / paste as new image
minimize to tray for a later use

15
layers -> merge visible
image -> add borders -> 15 pixels color 3
selections -> select all
image -> add bor’ders -> uncheck « symmetric » -> color 1

selections -> invert
layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste into selection  the image created in step 14
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow as before / change color to Black
selections -> select none

16
activate Text Tool
write « Africa »
FG color 2
BG color 3
font Ar Delaney provided / size 72 / uppercase letters

layers -> convert to raster layer
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
effects -> plugins -> FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss (default settings)
place it where you like

17
copy / paste as new layer « Woman_1027 »
move it to the right (see final result)
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow as before / shadow on new layer

layers -> duplicate
effects -> distortion effects -> wind (twice)

18
copy / paste as new layer element 3
effects -> image effects -> offset

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

layers -> merge -> merge down
layers -> duplicate  -  image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
layers -> merge -> merge down
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Seamless / emboss at Alpha

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow 1 / 1 / 100 / 0 / black (uncheck « shadow on new layer »)

19
image -> add borders -> check « symmetric » -> 5 pixels color3
selections -> select all
image -> add borders -> 30 pixels color 1
selections -> invert
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins ->°V° Kiwi’s Oelfilter / Zig Zack

selections -> select none
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal  -  image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
opacity of the layer : 50%
layers -> merge -> merge down
blend mode of the layer -> darken (or other)
layers -> merge -> merge down

20
selections -> select all
selections -> modify -> contract : 30 pixels
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow ->  -10 / -10 / 65 / 20 / black  
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> -10 / -10 / 65 / 20 / black
selections -> select none
image -> add borders -> 5 pixels color 3

21
apply your watermark
file -> save as... type .Jpeg
Your tag is finished

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