tutorial_sylvie_christmas

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

3 images - 2 masks - 2 tubes created by Colybrix - 1 tube created by Lisa T

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Unlimited 2 ==> Kang / Krusty’s volI 1.0 / Kang 3 / Special effects 1
prepare 2 colors (dark and light) matching your tubes

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 600 px
selections => select all

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

3
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => duplicate

5
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
blend mode of the layer : dissolve - opacity of the layer : 50%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

6
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste « flocons » into selection
selections => select none

7
layers => new mask layer => from image => select mask « 2014122 »

layers => duplicate

layers => merge => merge group

8
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

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effects => edge effects => enhance more
blend mode of the layer : soft light

10
highlight layer below

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effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Krusty’s FX volI 1.0 => Radial Texturizer

adjust => sharpness => sharpen

12
highlight top layer

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Krusty’s FX volI 1.0 => Radial Texturizer / same settings as before

adjust => sharpness => sharpen

13
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all

14
copy / paste « pere noel » into selection
selections => select none

15
layers => new mask layer => from image => select mask «20/20»

layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : hard light
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
objects => align => top and left

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effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

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layers => merge => merge visible

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image => add borders => 2 px dark color

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layers => promote background layer

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image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 85%

22
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

you can see 4 « empty » rectangles

23
IMPORTANT => layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
the 4 empy rectangles are now white

23
enable the magic wand tool / tolerance and feather : 0 / mode : add
selection the 4 white rectangles

24
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Kang 3 => Liquid You Too / default settings

your work looks like this

keep selection active

25
effects => 3D effects => Buttonize / dark color

repeat this effect once more with new settings

keep selection still active

26
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
selections => select none

27
image => add borders => ...
2 px dark color
3 px light color
20 px dark color

28
select the large border white the magic wand tool

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effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Special effects 1 => Square Bumps

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effects => edge effects => enhance more
selections => select none

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copy / paste as new layer the character tube
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
move right (see final result)

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adjust => sharpness => sharpen

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effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -10 / 10 / 60 / 30 / black

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copy / paste as new layer the balls tube
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 50%
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 60%

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adjust => sharpness => sharpen
move properly

36
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask