The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, 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 to the authors.

Material
1 texture - 2 masks - 1 tube  - 1 font

open the masks and minimize themp to tray
duplicate the tubes and work with the copies
Texture created by Kathania
« girl with a flower » by Cibi

mask created by Tine
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes and the opacities of the layers according to the colors you choose

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
- DSB Flux / Radial Transmission -
- Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-LDots -
Unlimited 2 / Tramages

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 differents
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes of the layers according to your tubes and colors

Colors
FG color -> color 1 -> #ffffff (white)
BG color -> color 2 -> b32e5e

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 pixels
selections -> select all

2
open Kathania’s Texture -> copy / paste into selection
selections -> select none

3
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 50

4
effects -> plugins -> DSB Flux / Radial Transmission

5
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Tramages / Holidays in Egypt

6
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

7
adjust -> sharpness -> High pass sharpen

8
layers -> new raster layer

9
in the materials palette, set White as FG color
enbable the Flood Fill tool, opacity : 60%

flood fill the layer white
set back opacity to 100% for a later use

10
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

11
layers -> merge -> merge group

12
blend mode of the layer : Screen
layers -> merge -> merge visible

13
layers -> new raster layer

14
pick up a dark color into your tube, and set as as BG color
Tine chose color 2 - flood fill the new layer with this color

15
layers -> new mask layer -> from image -> mask 243
layers -> merge -> merge group

16
blend mode of the layer : Multiply

17
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow / color 2

18
highlight bottom layer
edit -> copy

19
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 pixel white

20
selections -> select all

21
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 5 pixels color 2

22
selections -> invert
edit -> paste into selection

23
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 30

24
selections -> select none

25
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 2 pixels white

26
selections -> select all

27
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 25 pixels color 2

28
selections -> invert
edit -> paste into selection

29
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 20

30
effectys -> plugins -> Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-LDots / default settings

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adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

32
selections -> select none

33
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 pixel white
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 5 pixels color 2

34
 open the tube « girl with a flower » by Cibi
copy / paste as new layer

35
enable the Pick tool with the following settings

hit the « M » key to disable the tool

36
erase the watermark

37
layers -> duplicate

38
highlight « Raster 1 »

39
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 20
blend mode of the layer : Multiply  -  opacity : 82%

40
highlight top layer (copy of Raster 1)

41
in the materials palette, close th FG box

42
enable the text tool / use the font provided

write « Faustine » or another text of your xhoice

43
layers -> convert to raster layer
place this text where you like

44
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> -1 / -2 / 50 / 7,25 / white

45
layers -> duplicate (optional, depending on the shadow’s color you chose)
layers -> merge -> merge down

46
image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 pixel black (or black, you decide....)

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 my tube

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