The original tutorial can be found HERE

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 forums.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.

Material
tube - mask - word art

copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste mask(s) into the folder « masks » of Corel PSP folder, or open and minimize to tray (best method)
double-click on the presets to install them
duplicate the tubes and work with the copies
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers according to the colors you chose

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 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 » --> mirror -> mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> mirror -> mirror vertical

Filters Used
(optional) Simple / Quick Tile
Unlimited 2
Simple / Blintz -
Toadies / What Are You ?... -
MuRa's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha -

translator’s note
Tine used PSPX2 to create this tutorial and her tag
I used PSP2018 to create my tag and write my translation
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly different
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes of the layers according to your tubes and colors

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 550 px

2
set White as FG color

3
flood fill layer white

4
open the misted landscape, erase the watermark

5
copy / paste as new layer

6
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

7
effects => image effects => seamless tiling / default settings

8
adjust => blur => radial blur

9
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Simple / Blintz

10
layers => duplicate

11
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies / What Are You ?... / Overdose => 115

12
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen => 75 - 80 - hard light

13
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

14
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

15
layers => new raster layer

16
flood fill white

17
layers => new mask layer => from image
load mask 281

18
layers => merge => merge group

19
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Mura’s Seamless / Emboss at Alpha

20
effects => reflection effects => Kaleidoscope

21
open the misted image again

22
copy / paste as new layer
don’t move it

23
open the Word Art
erase the watermark

24
copy / paste as new layer

25
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%

26
place where you like

27
edit => copy => copy special => copy merged

28
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px white

29
selections => select all

30
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px black

31
selections => invert

32
edit => paste into selection

33
optional => effects => plugins => Simple / Quick Tile

34
adjust => blur=> gaussian blur / 15

35
adjust => color => Fade Correction / 30
you may change this setting according to your colors

36
selections => modify => contract / 10

37
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / 4 / 45 / 5/  black

38
effects => artistic effects => Halftone

39
selections => select none

40
image => add borders => symmetric => 1 px black

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t forget to sign (to avoid plagiarism) and save file as… type JPEG

my tag with one of my misted images

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Tine

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery at the bottom of the tutorial page
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