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 Alyciane who tests Garances’ tutorials and is her valued advisor
Thank you to respect Garance’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
Garances works with PSP2020 and I work with PSP 2020 too
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different
Supplies
1 mask
1 ou 2 seabed images
1 tube of mermaid
1 Texture by mbao
3 selections
1 tube of waterfall
Decorative elements according to your taste to create a pleasant decor
open the tubes and duplicate. Work with the copies to preserve original files
open all the tools provided and place or import into the dedicated folders of My Corel PSP General folder
open the mask and minimize to tray
it is assumed you have some working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 »has become --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become --> image => mirror => mirror vertical
6
highlight Copy 2
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none
layers => arrange => bring to top
your layers palette looks like this
7
view => tick « Rulers »
your layers dimensions are 500x410
make sure guides oare ticked
place one guide on 750 on the horizontal ruler
and one guide on 205 on the vertical ruler to place a guide, simply place your mouse cursor on the grey border of the ruler, press and hold the left button of your mouse and drag it towards the inside of the image
a light blue line appears (color by default) that you just have to move it where you want,
then to make sure you placed the guides properly, right click on the bold part of the guide on the rulers
and the number will appear
at the point of intersection of the two marks is the center of the ellipse you are about to draw
enable the Selection tool / ellipse
draw an ellipse from the center going from 600 to 900 (horizontal) et from 30 to 380 (vertical)
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert
you can UNtick « rulers » and delete the guides
flood fill selection white or with the dark color (you choose the color you like best)
effects => texture effects => Texture / choose the texture provided
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel
9
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
selections => modify => contract => 50 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude / dark color
select the middle of the ellipse with the Magic Wand tool
copy / paste the seabed image as new layer
move to keep inside selection the part you want to keep
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
selections => select none
10
highlight Copy 2
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3
copy / paste the seabed image into selection
opacity of the layer : 50% (more or less, according to your colors)
selections => select none
11
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4
highlight the seabed image (the copy of course)
effects => image effects => seamless tiling / Stutter diagonal
apply once more with the same settings
edit => copy
back to your main work
layers => new raster layer
edit => paste into selection
effects => plugins => Alf’s Power Toys => Noizz / default settings
selections => select none
12
highlight top layer
copy / paste your decoration tubes as you like and drop a shadow on each element
copy / paste the tube of the mermaid and place it so that she looks at the stone « window »
drop a shadow of your choice
13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 6 px white
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 10 px dark color
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 75 / 30 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 75 / 30 / black
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel ( same settings as previously )
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 20 px light color
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px dark color
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 10 px light color
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px dark color
14
copy / paste the waterfall tube, making water fall from the stone window
if you don’t want to create the animation, merge all layers,
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg
ANIMATION 15
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
resize to 950 px width
enable the selection tool / point to point
select the waterfall (see screenshot above in step 14)
duplicate 4 times => you have 5 layers, rename from one to five, from bottom to top
close the eyes of « 2 » « 3 » « 4 » « 5 » and highlight « 1 »
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 / Jiggle,
keep the value « random seed » as shown on the screenshot below
close the eyes of « 1 », open the eye of « 2 » and highlight « 2 »
apply the « jiggle » effet / same settings but click on « random seed »
do the same work with « 3 » « 4 » « 5 »
selections => select none
close the eye of « 5 » and open the eye of « 1 »
edit => copy special => copy merged
open Animation Shop => paste as new animation
back into PSP
close « 1 », open « 2 » and highlight
edit => copy special => copy merged
back into Animation Shop => paste after current frame
do the same work with « 3 » « 4 » « 5 »
Test your animation
if you are satisfied, save your work as... type .gif
My tag with my mermaid tube
Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with her tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to Garances !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial
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