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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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
selections - tubes - gradients - pattern
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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(s) into « gradient » folder of Corel PSP folder
open the pattern and minimize to tray. You will use it as a pattern (without installation)
save selections into the dedicated folder in Corel PSP general folder

Plugins
Alien Skin Senofex 2  -  VM Instant Art / Natural

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 * 750 px
flood fill with the gradient « blue Cobolt-FK » provided

2
effects => plugins => VM Instant Art / Colorfield Generator

3
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « rainbow 1 » and « rainbow 2 »
adjust => add / remove noise => add noise
on « Rainbow 1 »

on « Rainbow 2 »

close the eye of « Rainbow 2 »

4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient « blue Cobolt-FK » provided

5
selections => load selection => from disk

6
selections => select all
selections => float  -  selections => defloat
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the pattern « goldtile » provided
selections => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key on your keyboard
selections => select one

7
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « gold 1 » and « gold 2 »

8
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Xenofex 2
on « gold 1 »

on « gold 2 », same settings, but tick on « Random » box at the bottom
close the eye of « gold 2 »

9
highlight the third layer from the bottom (blue squares stripes)
selections => select all
selections => float  -  selections => defloat
effects => plugins => VM Natural => Lightburst

10
keep selection active
adjust => Brightness and Contrast

selections => select none

11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient « blue Laqoon-FK » provided

12
selections => load selection => from disk

DELETE
selections => select none

13
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow

14
the Shadow layer is highlighted
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « shadow 1 » and « shadow 2 »
adjust => add / remove noise => add noise on these two layers as in step 3
close the eye of « shadow 2 »

15
copy / paste as ne wlayer the woman tube
don’t move it
drop a shadow of your choice (optional)

16
on ALL the layers, from bottom to top,  apply the following effect => Plugin Flaming Pear / Flood

top layer is highlighted

17
copy / paste as new layers the two punch glasses
move them as shown on the final result
drop a shadow of your choice (optional)
on both layers apply the  Plugin Flaming Pear / Flood as in previous step

18
layers => merge => merge down (glasses are now on the same layer)

19
select the « Flood effect » with the Freehand selection tool / point to point
edit => copy special => copy merged
edit => paste as new layer
objects => align => bottom

20
using the Mesh Wrap tool, draw some smal waves

21
enable the Smart Selection Tool

and draw waves on the surface

22
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « waves 1 » and « waves 2 »
add noise on the two layer as in step 3
close the eye of « waves 2 »

23
your layers palette looks like this

add you watermark

24
edit => copy special => copy merged
open Animation Shop => edit => copy as new animation
back into PSP
close thes eyes of « rainbow 1 »   « gold 1 »    « shadow 1 »    « waves 1 »
open the eyes of « rainbow 2 »   « gold 2 »    « shadow 2 »    « waves 2 »
edit => copy special => copy merged
in  Animation Shop => edit => copy after current frame
save your work as... type .gif => image property : 10 (default setting)

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My creation with tubes by Animabelle (woman) and myself (glass)

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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