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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.

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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
tubes
selections
masks
color palette

open the masks and minimize to tray

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
MuRa's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha
Graphics Plus / Quick Tile 2

colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette

1
duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copy
place the selections into the dedicated folder of My Corel PSP general folder
open the main image « image de depart » (no need to colorize)
convert to raster layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

merge down

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

layers => merge => merge group
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Screen

4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge group

5
prepare a linear gradient in materials palette

selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => reflection effects => Pattern

6
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none

7
highlight bottom layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient
layers => new mask layer => from image

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / color 1

8
copy / paste « image paysage oiseau » as new layer
objects => align => Center in Canvas
opacity => 50%

layers => merge => merge visible

9
copy / paste « déco 1 » as new layer
colorize if necessary
effects => image effects => offset => H :  -393 / V : 39 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

10
copy / paste « déco 2 » as new layer
colorize if necessary
effects => image effects => offset => H :  175 / V : 39 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

11
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #2
selections => modify = > select selection borders

flood fill selection with color 1
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 80 / 1 / black
selections => select none
your layers palette looks like this

12
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 5 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 2
selections => invert
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Quick Tile II

apply the same effect / same settings, once more
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none

14
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none

15
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
place properly
drop a shadow of your choice

16
open « fleur en pot »
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  65%
copy / paste as new layer
place properly
drop a shadow of your choice

17
copy / paste the word art tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  150 / V : 233 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black

18
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #3
flood fill selection with color 1
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 80 / 1 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -1 / -1 / 80 / 1 / black
selections => select none

19
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
add Laurette’s watermark if you wish
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg
resize to 950 px

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and wish it to be shown, send it to Laurette !
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