original tutorial in french. Click on MeryDesig’s banner

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
pattern - tubes - presets - selection - gradient

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 gradient into « gradient » folder of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste selection into « selection » folder of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste pattern into « pattern » folder of Corel PSP folder
copy this pattern into the folder « texture », it will be used in both ways

Plugins
Eye Candy 4000
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / Glass

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

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Realization
1
open a new transparent image 950 * 700 pixels
flood fill with the gradient

effects -> texture effects -> Texture / use the « gold 5 Merydesig » provided

2
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the « « gold 5 Merydesig »
selections -> load selection -> from disk and choose the selection « MD_valentin_2 »  provided
be careful, tick « invert selection » at the bottom

DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> select none

3

select all the small hearts at the left and right of the tag with the magic wand tool / mode « add »

4
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill selection with the gradient

5
effects -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / Glass / preset provided
here are the settings

6
selections -> select none
highlight « Raster 2 »

7
effects -> plugins -> ScreenWorks / Pinhole

8
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers « pinhole 1 » and « pinhole 2 »
highlight « pinhole 1 » -> add noise

highlight « pinhole 2 » and add noise -> change 35 to 45
close the eye of « pinhole 2 »

9

highlight bottom layer
copy / paste as new layer « decor 1 »
don’t move it

10
copy / paste as new layer « étoiles »
effects -> image effects -> offset

11
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers « stars 1 » and « stars 2 »
highlight « stars 1 » -> add noise / 35
highlight « stars 2 2 » and add noise -> change 35 to 45
close the eye of « stars 2 »

12
highlight top layer
copy / paste as new layer « coeur »
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers « heart 1 » and « heart 2 »
highlight « heart 1 » -> effects -> plugins -> Eye Candy 4000 / fire

highlight « heart 2 » -> apply the same plugin « fire » , just click on « random seed » at the bottom
close the eye of « heart 2 »

14
copy / paste as new layer « petit coeur »
effects -> image effects -> offset

15
effects -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / Glass / preset provided (same as step 5)

16
copy / paste as new layer « merydesig_couple »
effects -> image effects -> offset

17
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow / white  (be careful-> tick « shadow on new layer » as shown)

18
the shadow layer is highlighted
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers « shadow 1 » and « shadow 2 »

19
highlight « shadow 1 » and add noise -> 35
highlight « shadow 2 » and add noise -> 45
close the eye of « shadow 2 »
set the blend mode of both layers on « Dissolve » and close the eye of « shadow 2 »

20
apply your watermark on a new layer

21
your layers palette looks like this
(I made this snapshopt with the layers of my personal version, so dont look at the colors)

22
edit -> copy / copy special / copy merged
open Animation Shop and paste as new animation
back into PSP
close thes eyes of « pinhole 2 »   « stars 2 »  « heart 2 »  « shadow 2 »
open the eyes of « pinhole 1 »   « stars 1 »  « heart 1 »  « shadow 1 »
edit -> copy / copy special / copy merged
and into Animation Shop, paste after current frame
leave the image property set on 10
save as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with my tube (couple)

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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