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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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The tubes Franie uses have been sent by the authors on different groups
And she has their permission to use them
If you see a tube that belongs to you, contact Franie or myself
And a link towards your site will be added.
Please, don’t use tubes found on the web with no watermark
all the tubers apply their watermark
no watermark ---> stolen tubes 

Filters used
Medhi / Wavy Lab 1.1
 Filter Unlimited 2.0
 VM Extravaganza / shoutin'!...
 Simple / Pizza Slice Mirror
 Simple / Top Left Mirror
 Willy / Takinami Bamboo Web
 AAA Frames / Texture Frame


Material
1 alpha-layer (selections)
 2 tubes couples see here for more -->
 1 mask
 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 -> #6e0910
color 2 -> background color BG color -> #cc0a38
color 3 -> #ceb4b0
color 4 -> #430509


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

Realization
1
open the alpha-layer
duplicate - work with the copy to preserve original layer
name it « Raster 1 »

2
in the materials palette, prepare colors 1 and 3 as FG and BG colors

3
effects -> plugins -> Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1

adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur

4
layers -> duplicate
image -> free rotate

highlight Raster 1
selections -> select all
image -> crop to selection

5
highlight « copy of Raster 1 »
effects -> iimage efects -> offset

selections -> load-save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 / VM Extravaganza / Shoutin’ !

effects -> texture effects -> blinds -> color 3

selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> color 4

layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> merge down
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

6
layers -> duplicate
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling -> default settings

opacity of the layer : 50%

7
highlight bottom layer (Raster 1)
selections -> load-save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> Simple / Pizza Slice Mirror (Twice)
effects -> plugins -> Simple / Top Left Mirror
keep selection active

8
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 / Willy / Takinami Bamboo Web

blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects -> edge effects -> enhance
layers -> merge -> merge down
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

selections -> select none
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> merge down

9
highlight « copy 2 of Raster 1 »
layers -> duplicate
effects -> geometric effects -> Spherize

selections -> load-save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #2
selections -> invert
DELETE (press « Delete » key of your keyboad)
selections -> load-save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #3
this selection will replace previous selection
DELETE
opacity of the layer : 100%
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
selections -> select none

10
highlight « Raster 1 » (bottom layer)
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill white
open « masque_394 » and minimze it to tray
layers -> new mask layer -> fom image

layers -> merge -> merge group
opacity of the layer -> 60%
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> color 4

11
highlight Raster 1
layers -> duplicate
effects -> texture effects -> soft plastic -> color 3

12
highlight top layer
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load-save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #4
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

flodd fill selection with color 3
selections -> select none
opacity of the layer : 60%
selections -> load-save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #5
(this selection will replace previous selection)
DELETE
selections -> select none

13
your layers palette looks like that

14
your work looks like that

15
close the eye of Raster 1
highlight another layer
layers -> merge -> merge visible
open the eye of Raster 1 and highlight it
edit -> copy - edit -> paste as new image
minimize this image to tray, for a later use

16
image -> add borders -> ...2 pixels color 4
10 pixels color 3
select the large border - edit -> paste into selection (image created in previous step)
don’t close this image, keep it minimized to tray
effects -> art media effects - > charcoal

selections -> select none

17
image -> add borders -> ...
2 pixels color 4
50 pixels color 3
select the large border
layers -> new raster layer
edit -> paste into selection (image created in step 15)
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
your layers palette looks like this

right click on the layer -> defloat

18
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

drop shadow again, changing (5) by (-5)
selections -> invert
effects -> plugisn -> AAA Frames / Texture Frame

adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
selections -> select none

19
copy / paste as new layer « woman_988 »
image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 90%
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
move it as shown on the final result
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> -20 / 28 / 50 / 30 / black

20
apply your watermark
layers -> merge all (flatten) and save as.. type .jpeg
Your tag is now finished

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