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Conditions of use of the material provided
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.

Odette has the permission of the creators to use their tubes, masks and decorations
Thank you to all of them.
Without their beautiful creations, no tutorials could be written.

I use PSP2018 to create the tags of her tutorials
but you can follow this tutorials with any other version of PSP
according to the version you use, the result might be slightly different

Matérial
1 image - 2 tubes by Cibi and Colybrix : Thank you - 1 masi (sg-queen of hearts)

open all tubes window/duplicate. Close the originals and work with the copies to preserve the originals
don’t forget to erase tubers’ watermarks before using them
open the mask and minimize it to tray
install all plugins needed

Hints and 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 the software’s window is opened, your font will be available in 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugins 
Funhouse/Loom
Funhouse/Sierpenski's Mirror
Funhouse/Xaggerate
Xenofex 2/Constellation

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent raster layer 850 * 700 pixels

2
copy / paste image  into seleciton
selections -> select none

3
effects -> seamless tiling -> default settings

4
           effects -> plugins ->
Unlimited 2 / Funhouse / Loom / default settings

5
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

6
adjust -> blur -> radial blur

7
laerys -> new mask layer -> from image

layers -> merge -> merge group

8
enable the magic wand tool

and select inside the frame

9
selections -> modify -> expand -> 5 pixels

keep selection active

10
paste the image as new layer
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 65%
move the image as shwon

selections -> invert DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> select none

11
layers -> move -> move down

12
adjust -> sharpness -> unsharp mask

layers -> mereg -> merge visible

13
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> select all
copy / paste the image into selection
selections -> select none

14
layers -> move -> move down

15
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 30

16
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Sierpenski’s Mirror

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adjust -> brightness aned contrast -> brightness/contrast

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adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
highlight top layer

19
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 1 / black

20
copy / paste Cibi’s tube
don’t move it
effects -> seamless tiling -> default settings

21
enable the selection tool / rectangle and select the image in the middle
just keeping the four ones in the corners

22
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)

23
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 pixel black
edit -> copy
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 30 pixels white

24
select the large borders with magic wand tol
edit -> paste into selection

25
adjust -> blur -> radial blur same settings as before
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Funhouse / Xaggerate

26
effects -> 3D effects -> inner bevel -> bevel 6

27
effects -> plugins -> AAA Frames -> Foto Frame

selections -> select none

28
choose a nice Font and write your text
apply your watermark and merge all (flatten)
set your tag aside

29
creating and using the picture tube
open Colybrix’s tube
erase the watermark
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 30%

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file -> export -> picture tube -> give a name to your new picture tube

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highlight your tag
layers -> new raster layer
enable the Picture Tube tool

draw small hearts from place to place

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layers -> duplicate TWICE
rename these 3 layers « 1 »   « 2 »   « 3 » from bottom to top

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highlight « 1 »
effects -> plugins -> Xenofex 2 / Constellation

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highlight « 2 »
effects -> plugins -> Xenofex 2 / Constellation
click on « random seed » at the bottom

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highlight « 3 »
effects -> plugins -> Xenofex 2 / Constellation
click on « random seed » at the bottom

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The Animation
close the eyes of « 2 » and « 3 »

edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open Animation Shop (AS) and paste as new animation

37
back into PSP
close the eye of « 1 » open the eye of « 2 »

edit -> copy special -> copy merged open Animation Shop (AS) and paste after current frame

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close the eye of « 2 » open the eye of « 3 »

edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open Animation Shop (AS) and paste after current frame
view the animation to make sure everything is all right
file -> save as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with another image (google image) and other colours

Creatd by Waltraud

créated by     Sue

if you have any problem,
or to show me your creations,
Don’t hesitate to write to me

It will be a real pleasure for me to present them at the end of this tutorial

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