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
2 tubes - 2 fonts  (first letter with « BrodkScript and other letters with « Delicatta-Regular »)
1 mask - 2 selections

copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP folder
open the mask and minimze it to tray
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
snowman tube by Cal
cake by Tatie (no sharing allowed)
selections - texts and mask by Tine

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 -
* Seamless Border 2 *
* Edges FX *
* Sorting Tiles *
* Weaver *
- Carolaine and Sensibility -
* CS-HLines *
* CS-DLines *



Colors
colors 1 -> #5d7291
color 2 -> #c1dff9
colors 3 -> #f1f1f1
prepare ar sunburst gradient into the materials palette
color 1 as FG color and color 2 as BG color

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

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

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flood fill with the gradient

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effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Seamless Border 2

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effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Edges FX / color 3

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adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more

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layers -> duplicate

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effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Sorting Tiles

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adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

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effects -> plugins -> Mehdi -> Weaver

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effects -> edge effects -> enhance

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blend mode of the layer : Soft Light

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highlight Raster 1

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layers -> new raster layer

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set color 1 as FG color into the materials palette

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flood fill layer with color 1

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layers -> new mask layer -> from image

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layers -> merge -> merge group

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blend mode of the layer : Multiply

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highlight Raster 1

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selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> « Noël Gourmand 1 »

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selections -> promote selection to layer

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effects -> plugins -> Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-HLines --> 3 / 0 / 10

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adjust -> sharpness -> high pass sharpen

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selections -> select none

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effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling / default settings

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edit -> copy specila -> copy merged

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image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> ...
1 pixels color 1
2 pixels white
1 pixels color 1

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selections -> select all

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image -> add borders -> UNtick « symmetric » -> ...

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selections -> invert

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edit -> paste into selection

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effects -> reflection effects -> Kaleidocope

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selections -> invert

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effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 100 / 65 / color 2

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selections -> select none

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image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> 1 pixels color 1

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selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> « Noël Gourmand 2 »

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effects -> plugins -> Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-DLines --> 15 / 5

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sqelections -> promote selection to layer

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effects -> 3D effects -> outer bevel

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effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / color 1

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selections -> select none

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open the tube « CAL-064-1222815 redimensionné »

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copy / paste as new layer

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enable the Pick Tool (key « K » on your keyboard) -> mode Scale

hit key « M » to disable the tool (or tick on Pan tool )

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effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 2 / 15 / 50 / 25 / black

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open the tube « Tatie_242146_ce4 redimensionné »

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copy / paste as new layer

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erase the watermark

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enable the Pick Tool -> Position X : 669 / Position Y : 295

disable the Tool

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effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 2 / 15 / 50 / 25 / black

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copy / paste the texts tubes and place them where you like
note : to change White to Black -> image -> negative image

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layers -> merge -> merge down

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effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 1 / -1 / 65 / 22 / black

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layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)

My tag with my tubes

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

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
Don’t forget to indicate her your name and the adress of your blog or site if you have one
If you create a version using tubes under license, pleas add on your tag the artit’s name, his(her) web site’s adress
and your license number

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