You will find the original tutorial here :

Thank you Laurette for your permission to translate your work
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 respect Laurette’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

Laurette and I work with PSP2020 Ultimate
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
place the tools and materials provided into the appropriate folders of My COREL PSP general folder
to import presets, double-click on them, or import
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray
duplicate all the tubes and decorations, and alpha layers, and work with the copies to preserve originals
install the plugins necessary
this tutorial is the property of Laurette, and the translation is my property

Supplies
mask
tubes and decorations
color palette
selection

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugins needed

Filters Unlimited 2.0

colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
prepare a radial gradient in materials palette

 

Use the pencil to mark your place along the way 

1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
selections => select all
copy / paste the « fond » tube into selection
selections => select none

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group

3
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 60

copy / paste the « misted paysage » tube into selection
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout

layers => merge => merge down
selections => select none

4
highlight bottom layer
layers => duplicate
blend mode of the layer : Screen
highlight « Group Raster 2 »
enable the Magic Wand tool

select the top right frame
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 60
copy / paste the « misted paysage 1 » tube into selection
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout ( same settings as previously )
layers => merge => merge down
selections => select none

5
highlight « Group Raster 2 »
enable the Magic Wand tool

select the bottom right frame
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 60
copy / paste the « misted paysage 2 » tube into selection
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout ( same settings as previously )
layers => merge => merge down
selections => select none

6
highlight « Group Raster 2 »
enable the Magic Wand tool

select the frame clicking bottom right on it
click in the smal frame between the two frames on the right
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the « deco 1 » tube into selection
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 20 / 20 / black
blend mode of the layer : Multiply (or other)
selections => select none

7
highlight top layer
copy / paste the « deco 2 » tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 20 / 20 / black
blend mode of the layer : Multiply (or other)

8
highlight « copy of Raster 2 » (second from the bottom)
opacity of the layer :  50%
layers => merge => merge down
your layers palette looks like this

your  tag looks like this

9
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 40 / 40 / black
selections => select none

10
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 1
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 II> => FH Patchwork (default settings)

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 40 / 40 / black
selections => select none

11
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
2 px color 2

12
copy / paste the character tube as new layer / resize
drop a shadow of your choice
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
optional => add Laurette’s Watermark
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 1000 px width
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
save your work as... type .jpeg

My tag with my tube and misted images

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 Laurette !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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