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
tube - font - masks - color palette

copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP folder
copy / paste mask(s) into the folder « masks » of Corel PSP folder
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

Colors

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 / Sorting Tiles*
*Unlimited 2 / Sapphire Filters 03 / SapphirePlugin_0224*
*Unlimited 2 / MuRa's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha*
*AAA Frames / Foto Frame*
*Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-HLines*

translator’s note
Tine used PSPX6 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

Realization
1
open a new image => transparent =>  875 * 575 px
selections => select all

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

3
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 15
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

4
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen

edit => repeat => high pass sharpen

5
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Sapphire Filters 03 => SapphirePlugin_0224 / default settings

effects => edge effects => enhance

6
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose mask « creation.tine_masque 340 »
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2  => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

7
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  64%

8
***
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
objects => align => right
objects => align => bottom
***
OR (if you are using a version prior to psp 14)
***
image => Mirror
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 556 / position Y : 2

9
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 63 / 23,19 / black

10
highlight bottom layer
edit => copy  -  edit => paste as new image
minimize to tray for a later use
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

11
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  50%

12
selections => select all
selections => float  -  selections => defloat
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

selections => select none
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 88 / position Y : 144
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 63 / 23,19 / black

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
15 px color 1
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-HLines => default settings

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

14
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
40 px color 1
selections => invert
copy / paste the image you set aside in step 10 into selection

15
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
selections => promote selection to layer
copy / paste »masque tine_337 » tube into selection
blend mode of the layer : Screen
effects => edge effects => enhance

16
selections => invert
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 63 / 23,19 / black
selections => select none

17
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
25 px color 1
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-HLines => default settings
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => (-1) / (-1) / 63 / 23,19 / black
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2

18
set BG to color 1 in materials palette - close the box of FG color
enable the Text tool

write « Iyana » (or another text of your choice)
layers => promote background layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 325 / position Y : 355
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / (-2) / 35 / 5 / black
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial

My version with a tube created by NADEGE

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