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Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, 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 uses PSPX9 and I use PSP2018 to create our tags
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Material
tubes - preset - silver pattern

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
copy / paste pattern into « pattern » folder of Corel PSP folder
double click on the preset to install it, or import it into the plugin when you open it

Color palette

Plugins

Use the pencil to follow the steps hold down left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open an new transparent image 900 * 700 pixels
flood fill with the following gradient

2
layers -> duplicate TWICE
rename the three layers « Backround 1 »    « Backround 2 »   « Backround 3 » from bottom to top

3
highlight « Backround 2 » -> effects -> geometric effects -> circle -> tick « transparent »

4
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact -> Perspective Shadow
apply the preset provided (lumiere) or import it

5
highlight « Backround 3 »
enable the Pick Tool
drag the layer down to 600 px

6
effects -> distortion effects -> punch

7
drop the same shadow as before (with Alien Skin) in step 4

8
copy / paste « quelques.notes.el1 » (leaves) as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
translator’s note : I prefered to colorize, as I animate with UGA -> I colorized with these settings -> 251 / 61
rename this layer « leaves »

9
selections -> select all
selections -> float  -  selections -> defloat
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the silver pattern provided

selections -> contract / 2 pixels
DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> select none
rename this layer « outlines »

10
copy / paste as new layer « musicnotes »
effects -> image effects -> offset ->  H : 0 / V : -277
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

11
layeres -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
rename the layers « music notes 1 » and « music notes 2 »

12
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the silver patter
selections -> select all
selections -W> contract -> 2 pixels
DELETE
selections -> select none
rename this layer « border »

13
copy / paste as new layer « decor 1 » and rename this layer « decoration »
translator’s note : on my second version, I didn’t not do this step, as my tube is already very colourful

14
merge together ->  « decoration »  -   « border »  -   « music notes 1 and 2 »   -   « outlines »
your layers palette looks like this

rename the layer « composition 1 »

15
layers -> duplicate
rename the layer « composition 2 »
highlight « composition 1 » -> adjust -> add-remove noise -> add noise

highlight « composition 2 » -> adjust -> add-remove noise -> add noise -> replace 40% by 50%
close the eye of « composition 2 »

16
copy / paste « decor 2 » as new layer -> rename the layer « light 1 »
layers -> duplicate -> rename the layer « light 2 »
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
highlight  « light 1 » -> effects -> image effects -> offset -> -35 / 0
highlight  « light 2 » -> effects -> image effects -> offset -> -35 / -2
close the eye of « light 2 »

17
copy / paste as new layer the woman tube
move it right between the two lights
Layers -> arrange -> move down 2 times (under the two light in the layers palette)
Translator’s note -> on my second version (with my tube) I didn’t arrange this layer down
because I wanted the two light to appear behind the character

18
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> select all
effects -> 3D effects -> cutout -> 0 / 0 / 75 / 74 / black
selections -> select none
in the layers palette, move this layer under « composition 1 » layer

19
add your watermark

20-animation
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open Animation shop and paste as new animation
back into PSP
close thes eyes of « composition 1 » and « light 1 »
open thes eyes of « composition 2 » and « light 2 »
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open Animation shop and paste after current frame
image property -> 15
save as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with one of my tubes

if you have any problem with this translation, or notice any error, mistake or oversight
Don’t hesitate to write to me, I’ll fix the problem as quickly as I can
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