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Thank you Marja 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 Marja’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

Marja worked with PSP X2 and I worked 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 if any, 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 Marja, and the translation is my property

Supplies
tubes and decorations
color palette
selections
masks
Marja’s watermark

the main tube used for this creation was made by Renée Graphisme

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Mehdi – Sorting Tiles
Unlimited 2.0
Graphics Plus – Cross Shadow & Emboss
L&K Landsiteofwonders – Zitah
AAA Frames – Foto Frame
Filter Factory Gallery Q – Mosaic*
MuRa's Meister – Copies
Plugins marked with « * » => Import in Unlimited 2

Use the pencil to mark your place along the way
hold down left click to grab and move it

1
To preserve originals => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies
place the selections into the dedicated folder of My Corel PSP general folder
Create an image of 800x500 pixels, BLACK

2.
Layers / new raster layer
Selections / select all

3.
Open « 39 »
The top layer in the layer palette is highlighted
Edit / copy and return to your main work
Edit / paste into selection

4.
Select nothing
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
BUT set transition to 0

5.
Adjust / blur / radial blur

Layers / merge / merge visible layers

6.
Layers / duplicate
Effects / plugin / Mehdi - Sorting tiles

7.
Effects / plugin / Unlimited 2.0 / Special effects 1 - Square bumps, default
(48 / 36)

8.
layers => new mask layer => from image
Mask95mpd©designs

9.
Layers / merge / merge group
Effects / plugin / Unlimited 2.0 / Special Effects 1 / Binoculars, default settings

10.
Put the blend mode of this layer on « overlay »
Layers / duplicate
Layers / merge / merge down

11.
Effects / plugin / Graphics plus - cross shadow
all sliders on 50
only the lower on 100

12.
Effects / plugin filter / Graphics plus - emboss
all sliders on 0

13.
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 45 / 15 / black => TWICE

14.
Activate again « 39 »
Edit / copy and return to your main work
Edit / paste as a new layer

15.
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 110%
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 15 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

16.
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # L639 Sel 1 mpd©designs

17.
Layers / new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 5 / black
Select nothing

18.
Layers / duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : -35 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
Repeat this whole step once more

19.
Layers / merge / merge down TWICE

20.
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # L639 Sel 2 mpd©designs
keep selection active

21.
highlight bottom layer
Selections / promote selection to layer
Layers / arrange / bring to top

22.
Effects / plugin filter / L&K Landsiteofwonders – zitah

23.
Selections / modify / select selection borders
Tick « outside » and « anti-alias »
border width at 3

24.
Set your foreground color to white
Layers / new raster layer
and fill the selection white
Layers => merge => merge down
Select nothing

25.
effects => image effects => offset => H : -5 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

26.
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 45 / 15 / black

27.
Layers / duplicate
Image / mirror / mirror horizontal
Layers / merge / merge down

28.
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # L639 Sel 3 mpd©designs
keep selection active

29.
selections => promote selection to layer
Layers / arrange / bring to top
Effects / plugin / AAA Frames - foto frame
Change only the upper slider to 15
The rest remains as it is

30.
Effects / plugin / Unlimited 2.0 / Filter Factory Gallery Q - Mosaic
Two first sliders => 173 / 4
Other sliders remain untouched

31.
Effects / edge effects / enhance more
Effects / plug-in filter / Unlimited 2.0 / &Bkg Designers sf10 IV - @Instant Tile
12 / 9
Select nothing

32.
Effects / plugin / MuRa's Meister - Perspective tiling

33.
effects => edge effects => enhance
Layers / arrange / move down

34.
highlight bottom layer
Layers / duplicate
Close the eye of bottom layer in your layer palette (merged layer)

35.
Make sure one of the top layers is highlighted
Layers / merge / merge visible layers

36.
Open the eye of the bottom layer

37.
The upper layer remains highlighted
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 95% TWICE

38.
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat

39.
Selections / modify / select selection borders
Check « outside » and « anti-alias »
Border width at 3

40.
Layers / new raster layer
fill selection white
Select nothing
Layers / merge / merge down

41.
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 55 / 15 / black

42.
Layers / duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 20%

43.
Effects / plugin / MuRa's Meister – Copies

44.
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 200 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

45.
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 10 / 10 / 55 / 15 / black

47.
effects => image effects => offset => H : 4 / V : 197 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

49.
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 15 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
Set the blend mode of this layer to overlay

51.
effects => image effects => offset => H : -380 / V : 5 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
Set the blend mode of this layer to Luminance (Legacy)

53.
Layers / merge / all layers merge
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 pixels white
35 pixels black
2 pixels white

54.
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width

55.
Open « Renee-TUBES-Mai-2-2024-22 »
The middle layer is activated
Edit / copy and return to your main work
Edit / paste as a new layer

56.
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 45%
image => flip => flip horizontal

57.
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 45 / 15 / black

58.
effects => image effects => offset => H : 170 / V : -90 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

59.
Layers / new raster layer
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
!! Don't forget to add Marja’s watermark!!!

60.
Layers / merge / merge all layers
Add Marja’s Watermark
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

My tag with one of my tube and one of my misted images

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

created by ▼ Birte

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