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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.
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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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
place the gradient into the folder « gradients » of Corel PSP general folder
open the masks and minimize to tray

Plugins
VDL Snowscape
Xero
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact

Use the pencil to mark your place along the way
hold down left click to grab and move it

Realization
1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 700 px
flood fill layer with the gradient provided

2
layers => new raster layer
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down

4
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude

5
effects => geometric effects => Circle

6
effects => plugins => VanDerLee => Snowscape

7
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
place as shown on final result
objects => align => bottom

8
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the gradient provided

layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

9
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 7 / -7 / 100 / 0 / white

10
effects => distortion effects => wave

11
effects => image effects => offset => H :  -60 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 7 / -7 / 100 / 0 / white

12
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « wave 1 » and « wave 2 » (from bottom to top in the layers stack)
highlight « wave 1 »
effects => plugins => Xero => Sparkles / 5

ave 2 »
effects => plugins => Xero => Sparkles / 128
close the eye of « wave 2 »

13
copy / paste the rabbits tube as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H :  -6 / V : -219 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

14
copy / paste the « or » tube as new layer / don’t move it
layers => duplicate
rename both layers « gold 1 » and « gold 2 » (from bottom to top in the layers stack)
highlight « gold 1 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise / 43

highlight « gold 2 »
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise / 53
close the eye of « gold 2 »

15
copy / paste the « bleu » tube as new layer / don’t move it

16
image => canvas size

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

17
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
your layers palette looks like this

19
ANIMATION
edit => copy special => copy merged
open Animation Shop => paste as new animation
back into PSP
close the eyes of « wave 1 » and « gold 1 »
open the eyes of « wave 2 » and « gold 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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