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It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum.
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Without their beautiful creations, no tutorials could be written.

translator’s note : Merydesig uses PSPX9 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Pattern – tubes - presets

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
open a gold tile (« dorado » or other) and minimize to tray. You will use it as a pattern (without installation)
double click on the presets to install, or import

Plugins
Alien skin
Simple
Filter Attacks
VanDerLee_
Xero

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 950 * 700 px

2
effects => Art Media Effects => brush strokes

3
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
selections => select none

4
effects => plugins => Filter Attacks

5
layers => duplicate
rename layers « sparkles 1 » and « sparkles 2 »
effects => plugins => Xero => Sparkles => on both layers : the original and the copy
first settings on « sparkles 1 » => 70 / 1000

second settings on « sparkles 2 »=> 255 / 1000

close the eye of « sparkles 2 »
highlight top layer

6
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
selections => modify => contract => 25 px

hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

7
selections => invert
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the gold pattern

8
selections => modify => contract => 2 px

hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

9
layers => merge => merge down
selections => select none

10
effects => geometric effects => Skew / 25

11
effects = > plugins => Simple => Zoom Out and Flip

12
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude / preset 2 provided

13
effects => plugins => VanDerLee => SnowScape

14
Enable the Freehand selection tool / point to point, and select inside the shape

layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the landscape tube as new layer
place the part of the landscape you like into selection
invert selection / hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none

15
Do the same work on the second shape
Merge the two layers

16
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Brightness/Contrast

layers => arrange => move down

17
highlight top layer
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  - 276 / V : - 60 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

18
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection

19
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
invert selection

20
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel / preset 1 provided
selections => select none
sharpness => sharpen => sharpen more

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

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

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