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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 40 steps

Supplies
Main tube is from Renée Graphisme
Masks were created by Marja
supplies made by Marja have « mpd© » at the end of their title
Tubes
palette
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Kiwi’s Oelfilter
Graphics Plus

To preserve originals => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies
open the mask and minimize to tray
prepare colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors into the materials palette

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

2
prepare a radial gradient in materials palette

3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Kiwi’s Oelfilter / Setzboard / 65

5
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
opacity => 75%
layers => merge => merge visible

6
set white as FG color in the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white

7
layers => new mask layer => from image

8
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black

9
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

10
set color 3 as FG color in the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 3

11
layers => new mask layer => from image

12
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)

13
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

14
copy / paste « L659 deco by mpd » as new layer

15
effects => image effects => offset => H : -300 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

16
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 100/ V : 370 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

17
layers => merge => merge down
copy / paste « L659 deco 1 by mpd » as new layer

18
effects => image effects => offset => H : 300 / V : -157 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

19
copy / paste « L659 deco 2 by mpd » as new layer

place it top right

20
copy / paste « L659 deco 3 by mpd » as new layer
place top in the piddle of decoration 2 (see final result)

21
copy / paste « L659 deco 4 by mpd » as new layer

22
effects => image effects => offset => H : -300 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

23
copy / paste « L659 deco 5 by mpd » as new layer

24
effects => image effects => offset => H : 25 / V : 5 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

25
copy / paste « Renee TUBES-Avril-2025-41 » (middle layer) as new layer

26
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
don’t move it
opacity : 65%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

27
layers => arrange => move down
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

28
set color 3 as FG color in the materials palette
set color 2 as BG color in the materials palette
selections => select all

29
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px FG color
selections => invert

30
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none

31
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 5 px BG color
selections => select all

32
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px FG color
selections => invert

33
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none

34
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px BG color
selections => select all

35
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px FG color
selections => invert

36
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none

37
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

38
copy / paste « L659 deco 6 by mpd » as new layer
don’t move it

39
copy / paste « L659 text by mpd » as new layer
place bottom right (or where you like)

40
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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