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This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Nicole’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

I translated this tutorial with Paint Shop Pro 2020 Ultimate
Nicole worked with PSP 2018
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different
Thank you to respect Nicole’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

Supplies
images - presets (double click to install) - tubes -

open the tubes, duplicate, close the originals, and work with the copies to preserve original files
if you are missing something, don't hesitate to ask Nicole. (eMail adress at the end of this translation)
place the supplies provided into the dedicated folder of PSP general folder

Plugins needed
Medhi - Sorting tiles
Eye Candy 5 Impact
Simple
Unlimited

colors

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors

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

Realization
1
open the the background « fond », duplicate, close the original and work with the copy
effects = > plugins => Simple => 4 Way Average
effects = > plugins => Simple => Diamonds
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

your  tag looks like this

2
enable the Magic Wand tool / mode : Add
select all the yellow zones
open « fond abstrait » => edit => copy
back to your work
layers => new raster layer
edit => paste into selection
keep selection active
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
use the preset « Oxymore » provided

selections => select none

3
copy / paste the character as new layer / don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  80%

enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => pivot X : 475 / pivot Y : 254

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
use the preset provided

layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

4
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px black
10 px color 1
1 px black
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 12 px
effects => 3D effects => cutout

selections => select none

5
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
30 px color 2
select this frame with the Magic Wand tool
copy / paste « fond abstrait » into selection
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => cutout ( same settings as previously )
effects => 3D effects => cutout
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass  ( same settings as previously )
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg

don’t hesitate to send your creations to Nicole
it will be a real pleasure for her to see them and show them in the dedicated gallery

My version with one of my tubes

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