You will find the original tutorial here :

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 Shawnee’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 used PSP 2020 Ultimate to create my tag and make the translation
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
masks - tubes - Shawnee’s watermark - Alpha Layer  - selections - palette

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 »has become  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Plugins needed
Mehdi => Sorting Tiles
Xéro => Iridium
Carolaine and Sensibilité => CS-HLines
Unlimited => Funhouse => BugEye
Thank you Renée Salon for sharing your plugins page

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

 

Prepare your work !
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
open the masks and minimize to tray
place the selections into the appropriate folder of My PSP General folder
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
open the alpha layer (it seems empty) => duplicate to preserve the original file and work with the copy
use the dropper tool to place your colors into the Materials palette
Shawnee chose these colors

1
open « T18-masque jaune-noir »
image => rotate Left
edit => copy

2
back to your main work => selections => select all
edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

3
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
blend mode of the layer : Screen / opacity :  50%
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles => 300-500 / 300 / tick « Plus »
layers => merge => merge visible

4
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

layers => new raster layer => Raster 1
copy / paste  « T18-Sauvetage » into selection
selections => modify = > select selection borders / outside / 40 / Anti-alias
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

5
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer

6
effects => reflection effects => kaleidoscope

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none
layers => arrange => move up
layers => merge => merge down

7
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose « T18 masqueronds »
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
selections => select none

8
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light / opacity :  65%
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

9
highlight bottom layer
effects => plugins => Xero => Iridium => default settings

layers => duplicate
effects => texture effects => mosaic / Glass

opacity of the layer :  12%

10
highlight « Group Raster 2 »
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3
layers => new raster layer

11
copy / paste « T18 masqueronds » into selection
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
blend mode of the layer : Screen
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-HLines

effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => merge => merge visible
selections => select none

12
copy / paste « Mattdix on_Cosmos » as new layer
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 80%
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : -24 / position Y : 256
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 45 / 2 / black

13
copy / paste « Renée-TUBES-mars2022-57 » as new layer
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 70%
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 582/ position Y : 341
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 45 / 2 / black

14
copy / paste « Renée-Etranges-personnage2 » as new layer
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 30%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 411/ position Y : 53
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 45 / 2 / black

15
copy / paste « T18-texte » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 541/ position Y : 2
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

16
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
edit => copy
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 44 px white
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection

17
copy / paste « T18-FOND2 » into selection
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => BugEye / 178
selections => select none

18
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width (or other)
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
apply Shawnee’s watermark

19
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
open « T18-Galaxie » and minimize to tray
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose « T18-Galaxie »
you won’t see anything, don’t worry....
layers => merge => merge group
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 70%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : -171/ position Y : 5
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask => 5 / 40 / 5 => tick « luminance only »
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

Another version with my tubes (characters)

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to Shawnee !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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