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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. I added explanations for this software with Merydesig’s kind permissions

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Material
selections - tubes - decorations - pattern and gradients

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 selection(s) into « selection » folder of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste gradient(s) into « gradient » folder of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste pattern(s) into « pattern » folder of Corel PSP folder

Plugins


use this pencil to follow the steps
hold down Left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 700 pixels

2
selections -> select all
copy / paste into selection the landscape image
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 62

selections -> select none

3
copy / paste as new layer « decor_pc_1 » (leaves)
effects -> image effects -> offset

4
copy / paste as new layer the laptop tube
don’t move it
select inside the screen with the magic wand tool

5
copy / paste into selection the landscape image « pc_image »
keep selection active

6
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Cancy 5-Impact -> Perspective Shadow
use the preset provided

7
activate the selection tool / point to point / mode : ADD
select the part of this « shadow » to add it to the selection

selections -> promote selection to layer
opacity of the layer -> 80%
highlight the layer below with the laptop (Raster 3)
copy / paste as new layer « PC » -> Raster 4

selections -> select none

8
highlight top layer (promoted selection)
activate the Warp Brush

with small strikes, distort some parts of the image as shown on the final result
you might have to apply this tool on bottom part of Raster 3 to have a better result

9
highlight top layer
copy / paste as new layer « decor_pc_5 »
blend mode of the layer : Luminance Legacy
using the Pick tool, stretch the image to fit the four edges of the tag
arrange this layer above Raster 1 (Background) -> second from top
layers -> merge -> merge down

10
highlight top layer
activate the smart selection brush

11
create some flows of the water, following the image

selections -> promote selection to layer

12
layers -> duplicate
selections -> select none
rename thes two layers : « water 1 » and « water 2 »
highlight « water 1 »
adjust -> add/remove noise -> add noise

highlight « water 2 »
adjust -> add/remove noise -> add noise / 55

13
highlight top layer
layers -> new raster layer
activate selection tool -> circle
draw a circle as shown and flood fill the selection white

selections -> select none

14
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur : 54

15
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> merge down
bland mode of the layer : soft light

16
copy / paste as new layer « decor_pc_2 » and place it as shown

17
copy / paste as new layer ‘decor_pc_3 »
effects -> image effects -> offset

18
copy / paste as new layer ‘decor_pc_4 » and place it as shown

19
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the pattern « gldballs » provided
selections -> select all
selections -> contract -> 2 pixels
DELETE

20
selections -> contract -> 2 pixels
flood fill with the pattern « gldballs »
selections -> contract -> 2 pixels
DELETE
selections -> select none

21
apply your watermark on a new layer
your layers palette looks like this

close the eye of « water 2 »

22
edit -> copy -> copy special -> copy merged

23
to animate with Animation Shop, open AS
edit -> paste as new animation
back into psp
close the eye of « water 1 » and open the eye of « water 2 »
edit -> copy -> copy special -> copy merged
back into AS
edit -> paste after current frame
file -> save as... type .gif

24
to animate with Ulead Gif Animator
at the end of step 21, save your work as... type .PSD
open it in UGA, duplicate frame at the bottom

in the vertical column (objects) close the eye of « water 1 » and open the eye of « water 2 »

file -> save as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with other tubes (digital scrap elements and google image)

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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