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
alpha layer and images
mask
tubes
Laurette’s watermark layer
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
Use the pencil to mark your place
along the way
hold down left click to grab and move it
1
open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy
selections => select all
copy / paste image 1 into selection
selections => select none
10
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
copy / paste image 3 into selection
keep selection active
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layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => Buttonize as in step 9
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass ...Clear... => default settings
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 /40 / 40 / black
your layers palette looks like this
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highlight bottom layer
edit => copy
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
45 px color 2
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 /80 / 40 / black
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effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
selections => select none
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image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
45 px color 1
copy / paste the frame tube as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
layers => merge => merge down
15
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
drop a shadow of your choice
copy / paste the cat tube as new layer and drop a shadow of your choice
layers => merge => merge down
15
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)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 1
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width
file => save your work as... type .jpeg
My tag with my tube
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 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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