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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 and I use PSPX9 to create our tags and translations
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
Merydesig uses Animation Shop to create her animations
 I use Ulead Gif Animator. I added explanations for this software with Merydesig’s kind permissions

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 pattern(s) into « pattern » folder of Corel PSP folder
double-click on the preset to install it

color
prepare the materials palette ->
color 1 --> FG color -> #3f5483
BG box -> set the pattern « gldballs »


Plugins
L en K’s
DC Layer
Xenofex 2


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
selections -> select all
copy / paste « image » into selection
selections -> select none

2
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 95%

3
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
effects -> plugins -> Penta.com -> Jeans

4
effects -> plugins -> L en K’s Pia

5
select the black squares with the magic wand tool (mode : add)
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill selection with « gldballs » (right click)

6
highlight « Raster 2 »  -> DELETE
(this action deletes all the black squares)

7
highlight top layer -> rename this layer « gldballs 1 »
selections -> contract -> 2 pixels

DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> select none

8
layers -> duplicate -> rename this copy « gldballs 2 »
on « gldballs 1 » -> add noise

on « gldballs 2 » -> add noise

9
highlight « Raster 2 » -> effects -> plugins -> Xenofex 2 / Crumple

10
highlight top layer
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
effects -> plugins -> DC Layer / DC Mergency

11
copy / paste « decor 2 » as new layer
effects -> image effects -> offset

12
activate Magic wand tool / Tolerance : 16 / Feather : 2 / « outside »
and select inside the two transparent frames of this decoration
as well as into the two transparent parts between the two frames
and into the small transparent part top right of the decoration
layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste into selection « image »
selections -> select none
layers -> arrange -> move down
highlight top layer

13
copy / paste as new layer « MD_cadre_denim »
don’t move it

14
copy / paste « decor 1 » as new layer
effects -> image effects -> offset

15
copy / paste as new layer the character tube
don’t move it

16
copy / paste « decor 4 » as new layer
effects -> image effects -> offset

17
highlight layer with « decor 1 »
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / perspective shadow and apply the preset « provence »
drop the same shadow on the character

18
highlight top layer
layers -> new raster layer
apply you watermark

19
layers -> merge -> merge down the 7 top layers
merge down the three bottom layers
close the eye of « gldballs 2 »
your layers palette looks like this

if you want to animate your tag with Animation Shop, follow step 20
if you want to animate your tag with Ulead Gif Animator, follow step 21

20
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open animation shop -> paste ass new animation
back into PSP
close the eye of « gldballs 1 » and open the eye of « gldballs2 »
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
into Animations shop -> paste after current frame
property of the image -> 10
save your work as ... type .gif

21
at the end of step 10, save your work as... type .psd
open this work into UGA
click on « duplicate frame » at the bottom

close the eye of « gldballs 1 » and open the eye of « gldballs2 »

save your work as ... type.gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with my tubes

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