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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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
double click on the preset to install, or import
place the gradient into the folder « gradients » of Corel PSP general folder
open the mask and minimize to tray

Plugins
PSP Forum 2
VM Natural

Realization
1
open a new image => transparent =>  950 * 700 px
selections => select all
copy / paste  « image fond » into selection
selections => select none
adjust => hue and saturation => colorize

of course you can choose another color matching your personal tubes

2
layers => duplicate
effects => distortion effects => Spiky Halo

3
effects => plugins => pspforum / Karins Ring

4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / (-2) / 100 / 0 / white

highlight the ring layer again
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => (-2) / 2 / 100 / 0 / white

5
merge together the two white shadow layers

6
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 10

7
effects => texture effects => mosaic / Antique

8
highlight top layer
copy / paste « decor_bas » as new layer => objects => align / bottom
copy / paste « 85 (2) » as new layer

9
copy / paste « décor_fleurs » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset

layers => arrange => bring to top

10
copy / paste « décor_dore » as new layer
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

11
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « decor 1 » and « decor 2 » (from bottom to top in the layers stack)
highlight « decor 1 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise

highlight « decor 2 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise / change 41 by 51
close the eye of « decor 2 »

12
copy / paste « décor_pierre » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset

13
copy / paste « merydesig_femme » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset

14
copy / paste « décor_papillon » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset

15
copy / paste « décor_lapin » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset

16
copy / paste « décor_1 » as new layer

17
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « sparkle 1 » and « sparkle 2 » (from bottom to top in the layers stack)
highlight « sparkle 1 »
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Natural / Sparkle

highlight « sparkle 2 »
redo the VM Sparkle effect, changing « Random Seed » at the botom => 176
close the eye of « sparkle 2»

18
copy / paste « fleurs_coin » as new layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / (-2) / 100 / 0 / white => untick the box at the bottom
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => (-2) / 2 / 100 / 0 / white

19
colorize according to your colors (see step 1)

20
highlight bottom layer
layers => new adjustment layer => Brightness/Contrast

21
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
your layers palette looks like this

22
ANIMATION
edit => copy special => copy merged
open Animation Shop => paste as new animation
back into PSP
close the eyes of «decor 1 »  and « sparkle 1 »
open the eyes of «decor 2 » and « sparkle 2 »
edit => copy special => copy merged
back into Animation Shop => paste after current frame
animation => image properties => 10
save your work as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial
My tag with my tubes (owl and lady with an owl)

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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