Christmas at Pinuccia

The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum without permission
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
This is a personal work.
any resemblance with another tutorial would be pure coincidence
it is forbidden to share it or distribute it on the Web,
to present it in a group or forum without the author’s permission
Rose de Sables is happy to share her work with you
she hopes it will help you dream and get away from your eveyday life

Material

thank you to the tubers for their great work
open tubes, duplicate them and work with the copies
open mask and minimize it to tray
copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP Folder
to prevent the theft of tubes, they are no longer provided in the ZIP material
the only material provided is : decorations, masks and selections
you will have to use your personal collection

Filters Used
MuRa’s Meister/Perspective Tilling -FM Tile Tools/Blend Emboss
AAAFiltre/ Median 3x3


translator’s note
Rose des Sables works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 to create my tag and write my translation
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes of the layers to match your tubes and colors
Colors

color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #74818a
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #5a6778

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image  900 *** 600 pixels
selections -> select all

2
open « image 99 » and minimize to tray
in materials palette prepare FG box this way

3
flood fill layer with this pattern
if you use different colors, don’t forget to colorize this layer matching your colors

4
layers -> duplicate

5
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling 1.1

6
highlight Raster 1
load selection from disk -> Noël chez Pinuccia

7
selections -> promote selection to layer

8
DELETE (press delete key of your keyboard)

9
copy / paste into selection Christmas image
keep selection active

10
selections -> modify -> select selection borders / 3 pixels

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in materials palette, set color #74818a as FG color
flood fill selection

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effects -> texture effects -> blinds

then

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effects -> edge effects -> enhance more

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selections -> select none

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copy / paste as new layer « barre »

16
image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 60%

17
activate Raster deform tool

translator’s note : if this tool is not in your tools palette, you will have to install it
view -> customize -> tools
drag and drop tool by left click in tools palette

rotate bar to the right

to see better, you may close frame’s visibility (open it afterwards)
disable tool (M key)

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layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> merge down

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image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 80%

20
your tag looks like this

21
effects -> image effects -> offset

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layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal

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layers -> merge -> merge down

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in layers palette, move this layer under frame’s layer

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effects -> texture effects -> blinds

then

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blend mode : Luminance (Legacy)

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your tag and layers palette

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highlight Frame’s layer
layers -> merge -> merge down

29
copy / paste as new layer a character tube, bring layer to top
move it to the right

30
copy / paste as new layer tree tube
resize to 80% if necessary

31
effects -> image effects -> offset

blend mode : Luminance (Legacy) (or other)

32
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

33
drop shadow on 3 layers : character, tree and frame

34
make sure top layer is highlight
copy / paste as new layer star tube (image 4)

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image -> resize -> 60%

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effects -> image effects -> offset

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copy / paste as new layer « word art noel »

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effects -> image effects -> offset

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effects -> plugins -> FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings

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layers -> duplicate TWICE
layers -> arrange -> move down twice

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your tag and your layers palette

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layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)

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image -> add borders -> ...
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 1
25 pixels white

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select large border with magic wand tool
flood fill with pattern
selections -> promote selection to layer

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effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow / default settings

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effects -> texture effects -> fine leather

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effects -> plugins -> AAA Filters / Median 3x3 -> APPLY TWICE

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effects -> edge effects -> enhance

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

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highlight promoted selection
effects -> 3D effects -> cutout

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selections -> select none

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apply your watermark

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image -> add borders -> 2 pixels color 2
file -> save as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t forget to sign (to avoid plagiarism) and save file as… type JPEG

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Rose des Sables

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery at the bottom of the tutorial page
Don’t forget to indicate her your name and the adress of your blog or site if you have one


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