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
palette - selections - Masks - tubes

copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste mask(s) into the folder « masks » of Corel PSP folder OR minimize to tray (best method)
double-click on presets to install them
duplicate the tubes and work with the copies
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
*Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1*
*PhotoEffex / Scanlines*
*MuRa's Meister / Copies*
*Unlimited 2 / Buttons & Frames / 3D Glass Frame 3*
*Toadies / What are you?*
*Plugin Galaxy / Instant Mirror*
*Unlimited 2 / MuRa's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha*

translator’s note
Tine used PSPX6 to create this tutorial and her tag
I used PSP2020 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
color 1 => #ff4d9f
color 2 => #ff98c34
color 3 => #eee4db

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

Use the pencil to mark your place along the way

hold down left click to grab and move it

Realization
1
open a new image => transparent =>  875 * 575 px
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1

2
effects => plugins => PhotoEffex => Scanlines / default settings

3
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Buttons & Frames / 3D Glass Frame 3

5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => What Are You ?...

6
edit => repeat => What Are You ?...

7
effects => plugins => Plugin Galaxy / Instant Mirror / Quadrant NW

8
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen

9
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

10
effects => 3D effects => Chisel / color 1

11
effects => 3D effects => cutout / black

12
selections => select none
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 3
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects => edge effects => Trace Contour

13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 3
layers => new mask layer => from image => mask 349_tine
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha

14
effects => distortion effects => Wave

15
effects => edge effects => Dilate
copy / paste the dog tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  52%
don’t move it

16
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / -1 / 47 / 53,47 / black

17
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
3 px color 1
5 px color 3
edit => copy
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 3
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 5
effects => plugins => PhotoEffex => Scanlines

18
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

19
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 3 px color 1
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
prepare a linear gradient in materials palette / colors 1 & 2

flood fill selection with the gradient
selections => select none

20
effects => distortion effects => Wave

21
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / -2 / 50 / 5 / black

place as shown on final result or where you like
here are the settings of Tine =>
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 333 / position Y : 544
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with a tube created by NADEGE

Thank you Nadège !

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