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This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
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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
1 Alpha layer Faustine (selections included on an alpha channel)
4 selections (if you don’t want to use alpha channel)
Tubes
Mask
1 color Palette

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Medhi / Sorting tiles
Penta.com / Dot and Cross
AP01 Innovation Lines- SilverLinig / Backslash
Simple / Top Left Mirror
Texture / Texturizer / Booton
Graphics Plus /Cross Shadow
MuRa’ Seamless / Emboss at Alpha

colors

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

open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy
or
open a new transparent layer 900 * 600 px
open the mask and minimize to tray

1
flod fill layer with color 1
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Palmyre / default settings

2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
open the layer « fond du départ » (provided)  and colorize with your personal colors if necessary
copy / paste into selection in your main work
selections => select none

3
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

effects => edge effects => enhance
effects = > plugins => Simple => Pizza Slice Mirror
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

4
effects = > plugins => Simple => Blintz
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
opacity of the layer :  50%
layers => merge => merge down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

5
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
(or selection 1 if you use selections from disk)

selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Penta.com => Dot and Cross / default settings

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
blend mode of the layer : Screen
selections => select none

6
highlight Raster 2
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
(or selection 2 if you use selections from disk)
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => AP 01 [Innovations] / Lines => Lines Silverlining / Backslash / default settings

blend mode of the layer : Screen
selections => select none

7
highlight Raster 2
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
(or selection 3 if you use selections from disk)
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => texture effects => blinds / color 2

selections => select none
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
blend mode of the layer : Screen

8
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 4
(or selection 4 if you use selections from disk)
flood fill selection with color 2
effects = > plugins => Texture => Texturizer

layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down
keep selection active

9
selections => modify = > select selection borders / inside / 5 / tick « anti-alias»

layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 1
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

layers => merge => merge down TWICE
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none
your layers palette looks like this

highlight Raster 2 (second from bottom) and delete
your layers palette looks like this

10
highlight top layer
copy / paste « déco 1 » as new layer
don’t move it
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / color 1

11
 4 px color 2
2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px contrasting color
selections => invert
keep selection active

12
prepare a linear gradient in materials palette / color 1 & 2

flood fill selection with the gradient
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black
selections => select none

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 1
 4 px color 2
2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 1
selections => invert
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
keep selection active

14
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => merge => merge group
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black
selections => select none

15
copy / paste « coin » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 56 / position Y : 56
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror

16
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 1
selections => invert
flood fill selection with the gradient

17
effects => 3D effects => Buttonize / color 1

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => Chisel

selections => select none

18
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize to 95% (untick « resize all layers »)
palce properly
drop a shadow of your choice
Laurette dropped this shadow =>  0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / color 1

19
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 1
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
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 900 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

file => save your work as... type .jpeg

My tag with my tubes

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

another version   by Nena Silva

created by   Knipledamen

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