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Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modify, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission of the authors.
MaryDesig has the permission of the creators to use their tubes, masks and decorations
Thank you to all of them for their work
Without their beautiful creations, no tutorials could be written.

translator’s note : Merydesig and I use PSP2020 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
according to the version you use, the results might be slightly differents
Merydesig uses Animation Shop to create her animations
 I use Ulead Gif Animator

Hints & 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 » --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Supplies

open all tubes and duplicate them (window -> duplicate)
Close original tubes and work with the copies (to preserve the originals)
don’t forget to erase tubes’ watermarks before using them
place the gradient into the folder « gradients » of Corel PSP general folder
open the masks and minimize to tray

Plugins
no plugin needed

Realization
1
open a new image => transparent =>  950 * 700 px
flood fill layer with the gradient provided / angle => 90 / repeats => 1

2
layers => duplicate

3
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose « mask(3) »

layers => merge => merge group

4
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down

5
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / 2 / 100 / 0 / WHITE
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / -2 / 100 / 0 / WHITE

6
effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 3

7
layers => duplicate
effects => distortion effects => Wave

8
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with the gradient « dorado »provided  angle => 0 / scale => 100

9
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose « 07MaskkelsWWA»

layers => merge => merge group

10
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / 2 / 100 / 0 / WHITE => tick « shadow on new layer»

highlight top layer

11
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « dorado 1 » and « dorado 2 » (from bottom to top in the layers stack)

12
highlight « dorado 1 » => adjust => add-remove noise => add noise => 50

highlight « dorado 2 » => adjust => add-remove noise => add noise => 60
close the eye of « dorado 2 »
highlight top layer

13
set blend mode of these 2 layers : Luminance (Legacy)

14
copy / paste « helly_untilthismoment_moon » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  -289 / V : -10 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

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

16
copy / paste « etoiles » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  0/ V : 196 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

17
copy / paste « décor_1-helly_untilthismoment_gem » as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

18
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer / don’t forget to erase the watermark
place as shown on final result

19
highlight bottom layer
layers => new adjustment layer => Brightness/Contrast

20
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
your layers palette looks like this

16
ANIMATION
edit => copy special => copy merged
open Animation Shop => paste as new animation
back into PSP
close the eyes of « dorado 1 »
open the eyes of « dorado 2 »
edit => copy special => copy merged
back into Animation Shop => paste after current frame
animation => image properties => 10
save your work as... type .gif

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