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This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
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To present them on your sites or blog,
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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 Katarina (contains selections)
2 selections (if you don’t want to use the alpha layer)
Tubes and misted image
1 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Simple / Pizza Slice Mirror
Panta.com / Dot and Cross/ par défaut
extures / Grain – Tamisé
Alien Skin I Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
MuRa’s Seamless / Emboss at Alpha … par défaut
AAA Frames / Foto Frame…

colors

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

1
open the alpha layer, (or a new blank canvas => 900 X 600 px)
duplicate the alpha layer if you prefer to work with it, close the original and work with the copy
prepare a radial gradient in the materials palette

2
flood fill layer with the gradient
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
opacity of the layer :  50%
layers => merge => merge down

3
set white as FG color into the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

4
effects = > plugins => Simple => Pizza Slice Mirror
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

effects => edge effects => enhance

5
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1

selections => promote selection to layer

6
layers => arrange => bring to top
effects => plugins => Penta.com => Dot and Cross => default settings

selections => select none

7
layers => duplicate
 image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

8
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2

selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
effects = > plugins => Textures => Grain - Tamisé

blend mode of the layer : Multiply
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down

9
copy / paste «  déco fond 1 » as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light / opacity :  75%
layers => merge => merge visible

10
prepare a liinear gradient in the materials palette with colors 1 and 2

layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3

flood fill layer with the gradient
selections => modify => contract => 6 px

keep selection active

11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => modify => contract => 6 px
keep selection active

12
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the linear gradient
effects = > plugins => Textures =>

13
copy / paste the misted tube as new layer
center on selection
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset « Clear »

selections => select none

14
highlight Raster 1

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
close the eye of bottom layer
layers => merge => merge visible
open the eye of bottom layer
your layers palette looks like this

15
set color 3 as FG color in the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with color 3
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

blend mode of the layer : Multiply (or other)
layers => arrange => move down

16
copy / paste « déco n°2 » as new layer
don’t move it
change the blend mode to Luminance(Legacy) if you changed the colors
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 80 / 1 / black

17
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 3
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px white
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none

18
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 3
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 3
selections => invert
effects => texture effects => weave / black and color 2

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / -2 / 60 / 60 / black
selections => select none

19
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

20
copy / paste « tube_ coins_katarina » as new layer
don’t move it

21
copy / paste « titre katarina » as new layer
place where you like

22
copy / paste character tube as new layer
place where you like
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 30 / 60 / black

23
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 => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 2
resize to 900 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask / soft / 2 / 20 / 2
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

My tag with my tube and misted image

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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