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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

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

Plugins

Use the 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
selections -> select all
copy / paste into selection « fond »
selections -> select none

2
copy / paste as new layer the bridge tube
effects -> image effects -> offset

3
copy / paste as new layer the veil tube
don’t move it

4
copy / paste as new layer the blue frame tube

5
copy / paste as new layer the flowers tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 10 / 10 / 50 / 5 / black

5
copy / paste as new layer the bottle tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 6 / 6 / 53 / 20 / black
effects -> image effects -> offset

6
copy / paste as new layer the unicorn tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 6 / 6 / 53 / 20 / black
effects -> image effects -> offset

7
copy / paste as new layer the woman tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 6 / 6 / 53 / 20 / black
effects -> image effects -> offset

8
copy / paste as new layers the mushrooms tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 6 / 6 / 53 / 20 / black
effects -> image effects -> offset

9
copy / paste as new layers the butterfly tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 6 / 6 / 53 / 20 / black
effects -> image effects -> offset

10
layers -> duplicate
image - resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 80%
place it where you like
layers -> duplicate once more
image - resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 80%
place it where you like

11
copy / paste as new layers the dragon tube
optional -> effets -> 3D effects - drop shadow -> 6 / 6 / 53 / 20 / black
effects -> image effects -> offset

12
apply your watermark on a new layer
layers -> merge -> merge visible

13
layers -> new raster layer
enable the brush tool -> size 4 (round tip) / FG color : black

and draw black lines everywhere you want to add white animated speckles

14
selections -> select all
selections -> float  -  selections -> defloat

15
selections -> save selection -> save selection to alpha channel

16
selections -> select none
delete the empty layer

17
layers -> duplicate TWICE
your now have three identical layers
rename theses layers « 1 »   « 2 »   « 3 »
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel
choose the selection you saved in step 15

18
highlight « 1 »
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation

19
highlight « 2 »
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation
click on « random seed » at the bottom

20
highlight « 3 »
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation
click on « random seed » at the bottom

21
close the eyes of « 2 » and « 3 »
selections -> select none

22
highlight « 1 »
edit -> copy
open Aniamtion shop -> edit -> paste as new animation

22
back into PSP
close the eye of « 1 »
open the eye of « 2 » and highlight this layer
edit -> copy
open Animation shop -> edit -> paste after current frame

23
back into PSP
close the eye of « 2 »
open the eye of « 3 » and highlight this layer
edit -> copy
open Animation shop -> edit -> paste after current frame

24
image property -> 10
edit -> save as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

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

My tag with my Fairy tube - other elements from the scrap "Faery_Whispers_Tagger"

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