Tenderness
Original can be found here
Franie works with PSP 13, and I use PSP 17
But this tutorial can be realized with another version of PSP
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Filters used
Unlimited 2 – Paper Textures / Wallpaper, Fine
Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-Reflection
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow
Unlimited 2 – Render / Clouds (fore-/background color)
MuRa's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha
Unlimited 2 – Bkg Designers sf10 III / Square Bumps
Material
1 Alpha-layer_sélections
2 masks (personals)
2 chiildren tubes by Franie
2 éléments by Franie
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 -> #a8a1a3
color 2 -> background color -> #8c323f
color 3 -> #f3dde1
color 4 -> #ffffff
translator’s note
I used one of my tubes you can get for free on my site
and I used the following colors : 1 -> #6683a3 - 2 -> #223c6a - 3 -> #a8bde2 - 4 -> #ffffff
animation by "Scrappy Bit of Fun"- thank you -
Use the paintbrush to follow the steps
left click to grab it
Realization
Step 1
prepare the colors in the materails palette
color 3 as foreground color, and color 2 as background
Step 2
open the alpha layer, duplicate it
close the original and work with the copy
Step 3
flood fill the layer with color 3
layers/new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
Step 4
open the mask 291 and minimize it to tray
layers/new mask layer/from image
effects/effects/enhance more
layers/merge/merge group
Step 5
selection tool/custom selection
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with color 2
selections/modify/contract
Step 6
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with color 1
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Paper Textures/Wallpaper, Fine
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
layers/new raster layer
effects/3D effects/cutout/color 1
selections/select none
Step 7
layers/merge/merge down twice
your layers palette looks like this
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
drop shadow again changing (4) by (-4)
Step 8
activate raster « group-raster 2 »
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection #1
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with color 2
effects/3D effects/Carolaine and sensibility/CS-Reflection
selections/select none
Step 9
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection #4
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 50 / 35 / black
selections/select none
Step 10
layers/duplicate
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »
layers/duplicate
image/resize/uncheck « all layers »/85%
don’t move the layer
layers/merge/merge down twice
your layers palette looks like this
effects/image effects/offset à H : -5 / V : 0
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 50 / 35 / black
Step 11
activate Raster 3
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection #1
selections/modify/select selection borders
activate the flood fill tool, match mode : none
flood fill the selection with color 1
effects/3D effects/inner bevel
selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
4 / 4 / 40 / 20 *** -4 / -4 / 40 / 20 black
Step 12
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient with color 3 and 2
Step 13
activate « group – raster 2 »
layers/new raster layer
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection #2
flood fill the selection with the gradient
adjust/blur/gaussian blur/15
selections/select none
Step 14
layers/new raster layer
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection #3
flood fill the selection with color 2
effects/plugins/Graphic Plus/Cross Shadow/default settings
Step 15
keep selection active
layers/new raster layer
copy/paste into selection the child tube
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
selections/select none
effects/efects/3D effects/drop shadow
layers/merge/merge down
lower this layer under « Raster 4 »
Step 16
activate Raster 4
redo step 11
effects/3D effects/inner bevel
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
4 / 4 / 40 / 20 *** -4 / -4 / 40 / 20 black
Step 17
activate the layer « group-Raster 2 »
layers/new raster layer
selection tool/custom selection
flood fill the selection with color 2
adjust/add-remove noise/add noise
selections/select none
Step 18
layers/duplicate
effects/image efects/seamless tiling
layers/merge/merge down
layers/dupllicate – image/mirror/mirror vertical – image/mirror/mirror horizontal
layers/merge/merge down
Step 19
activate Raster 1
layers/new raster layer and flood fill with color 2
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Render/Clouds (Fore-/Background color)
blend mode of the layer : Dissolve
Step 20
activate Raster 4
layers/new raster layer and flood fill white
open the mask 292 and minimize to tray
layers/new mask layer/from image
layers/merge/merge group
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Step 21
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection #2
DELETE
selections/select none
Step 22
activate the top layer
copy/paste as new layer Element 1
effects/image effects/offset
if you use your own colors, colorize the element
Step 23
write the text « Tendresse » or your own text
foreground color : white – background color : n°2 – font provided (Teenage Girl 3) – size 40
layers/convert to raster layer
move it as shown on the final result
effects/plugins/Mura’s Semaless/Emboss at Alpha/defualt settings
Step 24
layers/duplicate
acitvate Raster 8
effects/distortion effects/wind à from right – 100
Step 25
copy/paste as new layer element 2
effects/image effects/offset
colorize if necessary
layers/merge/merge visible
Step 26
in the materials palette, prepare linear gradient
foreground color : 3 - background color : 2
Step 27
image/add borders/5 pixels white
selections/select all
image/add borders/50 pixels white
selections/invert
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection white
selections/invert
layers/new raster layer
flood fill the selection with the gradient
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Bkg Designers sf10 III/Square Bumps
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / color 3
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 70 / 25 / black
Step 28
selections/select none
image/add borders/5 pixels color 1
apply your signature and merge all (flatten)
file/save as… type jpeg
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