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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
tube - mask - Sylvie’s personal photo (Lake Gerardmer)

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(s) and minimize to tray (best method)
install all the plugins needed
install gradients, patterns, selections .... into the dedicated folders into PSP general folder

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 
Graphic Plus (don’t use it into Unlimited 2)
prepare 2 colors (dark and light - FG  & BG ) matching your tubes into the materials palette

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 650 px
selections => select all

2
copy / paste the photo into selection
selections => select none

3
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

5
adjust => opne step photo fix / default settings (optional)

6
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 30 / 2 / black

once more => effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / 3 / 30 / 2 / black

7
layers => duplicate

8
prepare a linear gradient => colors #f3d8c7 and #d5e8f9

9
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the gradient

10
layers => arrange => send to bottom

11
highlight top layer

12
copy / paste Lisa T’s tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  70%

13
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

14
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

15
place as shown in final result
optional => drop a shadow

16
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
edit => copy
edit => paste as new image
set aside for a later use

17
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px dark color
3 px light color
2 px dark color

18
selections => select all

19
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
3 px light color

20
selections => invert

21
paste the image set aside in step 16 into selection

22
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Quick Tile 1 / default settings

keep selection active

23
effects => 3D effects => inner bevel

selections => select none

24
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px dark color

25
enable the Text tool , choose a font and write the text : « By the Lakeside » (or other of your choice)

26
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow

27
shadow layer is highlighted

28
effects => texture effects => texture / mosaic antique

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 »  => 900 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

my tag with my tubes

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

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

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