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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, double-click on them, or import
open the masks 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
This lesson contains 47 steps

Supplies
Main tube is from Marja
Masks were created by Narah
supplies made by Marja have « mpd© » at the end of their title
Tubes
MPL Watermark
presets

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Graphics Plus
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact

Colors

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

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

To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies

1.
Create a BLACK image of 800x500 pixels
flood fill with color 2

layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2

3
layers => new mask layer => from image

4
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

5
Create a new BLACK image of 800x500 pixels (rename image 2, if you're afraid of mixing the two creations)
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2

6
layers => new mask layer => from image => Narah’s Mask_1661

7
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
layers => merge => merge visible
image => rotate Right
minimize to tray for a later use
back to your first work

8
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

9
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the second work you made in step 7 into selection

10
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down

11
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings EXCEPT => tick « Horizontal »

12
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Masker- Elani mpd© »

13
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

14
copy / paste « Elani deco by mpd© » as new layer

15
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : -180 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

16
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate

17
effects => distortion effects => Pixelate => width : 25 / Height : 25 / tick « Symmetric »

18
effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates / Rectangular to Polar / Transparent

19
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80% THREE TIMES

20
image => free rotate / Right / 90°

21
effects => image effects => offset => H : -150 / V : 25 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => edge effects => enhance

22
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude
in the « User Settings » and choose « Elani-L668-mpd©designs»

and click OK

23
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer
copy / paste « Misted Face GreenEyes mpd © » (top layer) as new layer

24
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 50%
slide the tube to the left so that it fits the oval shape

25
layers => arrange => move down TWICE
highlight top layer

26
set FG color to black in the materials palette
open « Elani Frame by mpd© »
layers => duplicate, work with the copy

27
select inside the frame with the maggic wand tool

28
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection Black
layers => new raster layer

29
copy / paste « Misted Face GreenEyes mpd © » (top layer) into selection

30
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

31
edit => copy
back to your 800px image (main work)
paste as new layer

32
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 60%

33
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude
in the « User Settings » and choose « Elani 2 -L668-mpd©designs »
and click OK

34
effects => image effects => offset => H : 120 / V : -35 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

35
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%

36
effects => image effects => offset => H : 120 / V : 100 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

37
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%

38
effects => image effects => offset => H : -180 / V : -50 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

40
effects => image effects => offset => H : -5 / V : 55 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

42
effects => image effects => offset => H : 195 / V : 165 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

43
copy / paste « Elani deco 3 by mpd© » as new layer
place the decoration on top right
set FG color to color 1 in the materials palette

44
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px FG color
10 px black
1 px FG color
35 px black
1 px FG color

45
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width

47
Add Marja’s Watermark
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
Save your work as a jpeg file

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