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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 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
1 mask - tubes – palette - Shawnee’s watermark – selection

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Unlimited / ICNET / Tiles et Mirror / Distorsion Mirror Vertical
Mura’s Meister / Copies
Factory Gallery F / Instant TilesThank you Renée Salon for sharing your plugins page

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
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Shawnee chose these :

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
place the selection into the dedicated folder of My Corel PSP General folder
open the mask and minimize  to tray

1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 650 px
selections => select all
copy / paste  « T34 – mist Venice Carnival » into selection
selections => select none

2
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35

3
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

effects => edge effects => enhance

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tile and Mirror => Distortion Mirror Vertical

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

5
layers => duplicate TWICE

close the eye of top and bottom layers
highlight middle layer

6
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers »  => 85%
image => rotate Right / 35

close the eye of the layer

7
open the eye of top layer and highlight this layer
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers »  => 85%
image => rotate Left / 35
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers »  => 90%
open the eyes of all layers
your layers palette looks like this

layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

8
copy / paste « T34 – image1 » as new layer
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies

enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 320 / position Y : 17
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

9
copy / paste « T34 – image2 » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 388 / position Y : 80
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
the small circle must be inside the large one

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NOTE =>
concerning steps 8 and 9 =>
if you choose another misted image than the one provided, you must create your own image this way =>
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #1
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the misted image into selection
drop a shadow of your choice
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
close the eye of the layer
highlight layer below (the original)
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies / change number to 5, other settings like in step 8
highlight top layer / open the eye / resize to 80% (UNtick « resize all layers » )
layers => merge => merge down
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 320 / position Y : 17
then you can go on with step 10

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10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image / mask by Nikita
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy) / opacity :  38%
layers => arrange => move down

11
highlight bottom layer
copy / paste « T34 – mist Venice Carnival » as new layer
if you find the color too light, duplicate and merge down

12
highlight top layer
copy / paste Gaia’s tube as new layer (don’t forget to erase the watermark)
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 75 / position Y : 151
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 65 / 22 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / -2 / 65 / 22 / WHITE

13
 copy / paste « T34 – txt carnaval » as new layer
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers »  => 80%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 479 / position Y : 536
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 1 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / -2 / 65 / 22 / WHITE
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

14
 copy / paste « T34 – le masque » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 677 / position Y : 8
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 1 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / -2 / 65 / 22 / WHITE

15
 copy / paste « T34 – Venise » as new layer
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers »  => 80%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 14 / position Y : 15
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 1 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / -2 / 65 / 22 / WHITE

16
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
4 px color 2
1 px color 6
4 px color 2
10 px color 6
2 px color 5
4 px color 6
2 px color 5

17
edit => COPY

18
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px white
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection

19
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery F / InstantTile / default settings
selections => select none

20
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 20 px white

21
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection

22
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 10 / black

23
 selections => invert
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery F / InstantTile / default settings
selections => select none

24
copy / paste the Shawnee’s watermark as new layer
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube

25
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 4
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width (or other)

26
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask / soft

Another version with my tubes and misted image

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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