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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
tubes
masks
color palette

don’t forget to erase the tuber’s watermark

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

colors

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

1
duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copy
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
flood fill with color 1
effects => texture effect =>  Blinds / color 2

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

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 80 / 1 / color 2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -1 / -1 / 80 / 1 / color 2

3
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

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

4
copy / paste « fleur-Iris » as new layer
layers => arrange => move down
place properly in the middle of the central shape (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 80 / 1 / color 2

5
highlight top layer
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / -2 / 50 / 30 / color 2
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
layers => arrange => move down TWICE
your layers palette looks like this

highlight top layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 103%

6
highlight « Group Raster 2 »
copy / paste « déco_1 » as new layer
colorize if necessary to match your colors
don’t move this tube
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 0 / 80 / 1 / WHITE
your layers palette looks like this

7
prepare a linear gradient in materials palette

8
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px white
5 px color 2
2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px any color
selections => invert
flood fill selection with the gradient
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / -1 / 60 / 41 / color 2
repeat « drop shadow » with the same settings
selections => select none

9
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px white
5 px color 2
2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px white
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / -1 / 60 / 41 / color 2
selections => select none

10
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
place to right side (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 70 / color 3

11
copy / paste the bouquet tube as new layer
place to left side (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 40 / 40 / black

12
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 5 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px color 1
selections => select all
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Texture Frame / default settings

apply the same plugin once more (same settings)
selections => select none

13
copy / paste the « deco_cadre » tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  0 / V : 383 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / -1 / 60 / 1 / black

14
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  and add Laurette’s watermark

image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 5 px color 2
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
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 this translation
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to me !
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery below

2 creations by    MMM

created by   Birte

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