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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 67 steps

Supplies
tubes and Masks are created by Marja
supplies made by Marja have « mpd© » at the end of their title
Tubes
MPL Watermark

open the mask and minimize to tray

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 => Filter Factory / Ommadawn
AAA Frames
Toadies
AP[Innovations]
Graphics Plus

Colors

To preserve original 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 1
layers => duplicate

2
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery V / Ommadawn / default settings
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame / default settings
(top slider => 40 / other sliders => 0 / opacity => 100)

3
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

4
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 55 / 5 / black

5
layers => merge => merge down
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

6
in the materials palete => FG : black
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection black

7
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none

8
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 55 / 5 / black

9
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

10
in the materials palete => FG : color 1 / BG : black
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with BG color

12
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => modify => contract => 1 px
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => select none

13
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 85%

14
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 55 / 5 / black

15
in the materials palete => FG : color 3
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

16
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
flood fill selection with BG color

17
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
layers => new raster layerselections => select none

18
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... => both slides => 15

19
effects => plugins => AP 01 [Innovations] / Lines => Lines Silverlining

20
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 55 / 5 / black

21
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

layers => merge => merge down

22
effects => geometric effects => Skew

blend mode of the layer => Screen

23
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

24
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

25
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
top slider => 20 / don’t change the other settings
selections => select none

26
in the materials palete => FG : white
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white

27
layers => new mask layer => from image

28
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black

29
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

30
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection black

31
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
top slider => 20 / matte => 1
selections => select none

32
effects => geometric effects => Skew / don’t change the settings
opacity of the layer => 70%

33
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

34
in the materials palete => FG : color 2 / BG : color 1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

35
selections => modify => contract => 8 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

36
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
selections => select none

37
layers => merge => merge down
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

38
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none

39
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

40
selections => modify => contract => 20 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

41
selections => modify => contract => 8 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

42
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
layers => new raster layer

43
copy / paste the character mistedt ube into selection
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none

44
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black
layers => merge => merge down TWICE

45
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 5 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 55 / 5 / black

46
layers => merge => merge down
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

47
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
top slider => 10 / matte => 0 / don’t change the other settings

48
selections => modify => contract => 11 px
copy / paste the character misted tube as new layer

49
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 30%
move the tube placing the eyes into selection (see final result)

50
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert

51
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down

52
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 55 / 5 / black

53
layers => duplicate
effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates
tick « Rectangular to Polar » and « Transparent »

54
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => image effects => offset => H : -10 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

55
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical

56
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 5 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
layers => merge => merge down

57
effects => image effects => offset => H : 200 / V : -100 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

58
copy / paste « Safae deco 1 by mpd » as new layer

59
effects => image effects => offset => H : 200 / V : -100 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

60
copy / paste « Safae deco 2 by mpd » as new layer

61
effects => image effects => offset => H : -26 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

62
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px black
10 px color 3
2 px black

63
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 xp color 1
selections => select none

64
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
same settings as previously

65
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

66
copy / paste « Safae text by mpd » as new layer
place where you like

67
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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