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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 48 steps

Supplies
Main tube is from Renée Graphisme
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
L&K Landsiteofwonders
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
Xero
Graphics Plus

colors

prepare colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors into the materials palette

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

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

2
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35

3
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah => control 0 : 5 / control 1 : 15
don’t change other settings

4
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

5
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 1
keep selection active

6
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel
in the « settings » tab, choose « Concave Edge »
basic tab =>

7
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none

8
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

9
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 1

10
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel / don’t change settings

11
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none

12
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 1
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

14
layers => new raster layer
lower the opacity of the flood fill tool to 60%
flood fill selection with color 2

15
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
selections => select none

16
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 55 / 1 / black

17
layers => merge => merge down
highlight bottom layer

18

copy / paste « L658 deco by mpd » as new layer

19
effects => image effects => offset => H : 250 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

20
blend mode => Hard Light
highlight top layer

21
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

22
layers => new raster layer
opacity of the flood fill tool to 100% again
flood fill selection with color 1

23
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2

24
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
effects => plugins => Xero => Fritillary => 5 / 30 / 10 / 15

25
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => new raster layer

26
copy / paste « Renee-TUBES-Septembre2024 » (middle layer) into selection

27
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none

28
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 15 / black

29
layers => merge => merge down
highlight layer below (second from top)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 55 / 1 / black

30
highlight top layer

31
layers => merge => merge down
edit => copy
edit => paste as new image
minimize to tray for a later use

32
copy / paste « L658 deco 1 by mpd » as new layer

33
effects => image effects => offset => H : -140 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

34
copy / paste as new layer the image set aside in step 31

35
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 20%

36
effects => image effects => offset => H : -350 / V : 185 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

37
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => duplicate

38
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : -385 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

39
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 65 / 15 / black

40
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => image effects => offset => H : -300 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

41
layers => merge => merge down
copy / paste « WA by mpd » as new layer

42
effects => image effects => offset => H : 225 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

43
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black

44
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 2
selections => select all

45
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 1
selections => invert

46
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel
in the « settings » tab, choose « Concave Edge »
OK

47
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

48
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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