Tutorial 97

You will find the original tutorial Here

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You can find the banners of these tubers in the left column of her blog, under the heading "autorisations"

some of the tubes Sweety uses were received in sharing groups
or found on the web
if one of them is your property, please let us know
a link to your site will be added
they are provided as « single-use » for this tutorial
you are not allowed to share or use them for another purpose.
you are not allowed to present them on your site, blog or forum
This tutorial is a personal creation,
any resemblance with another one would be pure coincidence

Thank you to the tubers for their great job
they make our creations possible

translator’s note : This translation is my property,
it is strictly forbidden to copy or distribute it on the Net
Thanks to Sweety for her kind permission
Sweety works with PSPX2, I work with PSPX9, but it is possible to use another version.
tubes without tuber‘s watermark are ALWAYS stolen tubes
Please respect the tuber ‘s work
do like me : choose tubes with a watermark and give credit to the tuber
Thank you !  have fun....

Material
1 colors palette
selections (copy / paste into « selections » folder in Corel PSP general folder)
texture (copy / paste into « texture » folder of PSP if you don’t have it already)
decorations tubes
mask (open and minimize to tray)
characters are not provided - lady tube used by Sweety is Yokalicious’ tube


Plugins
Simple - Toadies - Transparency - Mehdi - Mura’s Meister

Thank you to Tine for her permission to use her filters page


Colors
foreground color -> FG -> color 1 -> #778557
background color -> BG-> color 2 -> #e2ec9a

you will need about 1 hour to create your tag (not counting the time to choose your tubes)
according to the version of PSP you use, your tag might be slightly different from the example

Use the pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click of your mouse to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 600 pixels
flood fill with color 1
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> select all
copy / paste landscape image into selection
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
layers -> merge -> merge down
selections -> select none
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling (default settings)

adjust -> blur -> radial blur

effects -> plugins -> Simple -> 4 Way Average

2
effects -> texture effects -> texture

layers -> new raster layer
flood fill white (or color 1)
layrs -> new mask layer -> from image

layers -> merge -> merge group
blend mode of the layer : soft light
(if you chose color 1 don’t change blend mode)

3
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection #1
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
effects -> disstortion effects -> wave

effects -> image effects -> offset -> H : 0 / V : -210 / « custom » and « transparent » checked
opacity of the layer : 40% (or blend mode : Soft light)
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> horizontal mirror
image -> mirror -> vertical mirror
blend mode : normal
layers -> merge -> merge down
your tag and layers palette look like this

4
make sure top layer is highlighted
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection #2
layers -> new raster layer
layers -> arrange -> move down - flood fill with color 1
layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste landscape image into selection
blend mode : Luminance (Legacy)
layers -> merge -> merge down
opacity : between 50% and 60%
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 100 / 30 / black
highlight « group-raster 2 »
DELETE
selections -> select none

5
eidt -> copy special -> copy merged
edit -> paste as new image - minimize to tray for a later use
image -> add borders -> 2 pixels color 2
selections -> select all
image -> add borders

selections -> invert
effects -> plugins -> Toadies -> What Are You ?...

selections -> invert
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> Toadies -> *Sucking Toad* Bevel III

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections -> select none

6
your tag and layers palette look like this

top layer is highlighted (promoted selection)
effects -> plugins -> Transparency / Eliminate Black
important note : if you use this plugin with Ulimited 2, apply « Eliminate White »
don’t use Selection #3 and drop shadow
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection #3
DELETE
selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black -> check « shadow on new layer »

blend mode of this layer : Multiply
highlight layer « Promoted Selection » (above) -> blend mode : Luminance (Legacy) (or other)
highlight bottom layer
activate Selection Tool -> custom selection

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / color 1 -> UNcheck « shadow on new layer »

selections -> select none

7
layers -> merge -> merge visible
image -> canvas size

select transparent bottom part with Magic Wand Tool (tolerance 0 )

layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste into selection image set aside in step 5
effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Sorting Tiles

effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling

selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black

8
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection #4
highlight bottom layer
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
copy / paste decoration tube 1 as new layer
don’t move it
modify blend mode of this layer if you wish (Sweety set belnd mode on : Luminance)
your tag and layers palette look like this

Raster 2 is highlighted
highlight « Promoted Selection »
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection #5
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections -> select none

9
highlight top layer
copy / paste character tube as new layer
resize if necessary - image - mirror horizontal if you wish
place it where you wnat
drop shadow of your choice
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
edit -> paste as new image
now we work on this image
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
open decoration tube 2 (colorize if necessary)
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection #6 for deco 2
layers -> new raster layer
layers -> arrange -> send to bottom
edit -> copy image set aside (the one with mirror effect) and paste into selection
selections -> select none
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
back to your tag
edit -> paste as new layer
effects -> image effects -> offset -> H : -554 / V : 119

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 5 / 10 / black

10
decorate to your likinhgs
image -> add borders -> 2 pixels color 1
edit -> copy
selections -> select all
image -> add borders -> 10 pixels (any color)
selections -> invert
edit -> paste into selection
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 60 / 10 / black
selections -> select none

Final Step
apply your watermark
layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)
image -> resize -> 950 pixels (width)
save as ... type .jpeg
your tag is finished

To write to Sweety


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