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Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
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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 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
This lesson contains 51 steps

Supplies
Main tube is from Colybrix
Masks are from Marja
supplies made by Marja have « mpd© » at the end of their title
Tubes
MPL 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Unlimited 2.0
Mura’s Seamless *
Simple
Mura’s Meister
L&L Landsiteofwonders
Flaming Pear
* => import into Unlimited 2

Colors

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

use the pencil
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To preserve originals => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies
prepare a radial gradient

1.
Create a transparent image of 800x500 pixels
flood fill with the gradient

2

layers => duplicate
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 30
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Mura’s Seamless : Duplicate

3
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => Stutter Diagonal => apply TWICE

4
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Simple => Zoom Out and Flip

5
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

6
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Background Designers IV> => @Night Shadow Pool / default settings
effects => edge effects => enhance more

7
highlight bottom layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 15

8
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah
control 0 =>  5
control 1 =>  5
don’t change other settings

9
copy / paste « HC Deco 1 by mpd » as new layer

10
effects => image effects => offset => H : -305 / V : 45 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
blend mode => Dodge

11
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

12
copy / paste « HC Deco 2 by mpd » as new layer

13
effects => image effects => offset => H : -355 / V : 45 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

14
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 35 / 5 / black

15
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

16
copy / paste « HC Deco 3 by mpd » as new layer

17
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 60 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

18
copy / paste « HC Deco 4 by mpd » as new layer

19
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 62 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

20
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat

21
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
layers => new raster layer

22
open « paysgete9-coly »
duplicate (Shift + D)
close the original file and work with the copy

23
erase the tuber’s watermark (use the method you prefer)

24
edit => copy
edit => paste into selection on your main work
selections = select none

25
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => arrange => bring to top

26
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flood

27
copy / paste « Deco » as new layer

28
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 45 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

29
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 20 / 15 / black

30
copy / paste « Palm trees » as new layer

31
effects => image effects => offset => H : 20 / V : -32 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

32
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 20 / 15 / black

33
copy / paste « sand » as new layer

34
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : -230 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

35
layers => arrange => move down 3 times
highlight top layer

36
open « dessfem33-coly »
duplicate (Shift + D)
close the original file and work with the copy

37
erase the tuber’s watermark (use the method you prefer)

38
edit => copy
edit => paste as new layer on your main work
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 60%

39
effects => image effects => offset => H : -120 / V : -40 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

40
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 15 / black

41
copy / paste « crab » as new layer

42
effects => image effects => offset => H : 255 / V : -160 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

43
layers => arrange => move down TWICE
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

44
in the materials palette, set color 1 as FG color
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
1 px color 1
2 px color 2
2 px color 1

45
selections = select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px black
selections => invert

46
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « BG rand by mpd » into selection
selections => invert

47
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 15 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 85 / 15 / black

48
selections = select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2

49
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

50
copy / paste « L657 text by mpd » as new layer
place top right (see final result)or where you like best

51
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

My tag with my tubes

the landscape misted image was created by Cat Dana

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and wish it to be shown, send it to me !
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