the mermaid tube is one of mine
You will find the original tutorial here :

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Veroreves’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

I worked with PSP2020 Ultimate
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
you will need a character tube and a nice colored image (not provided) corresponding to the theme
Veroreves created her tubes with remove.bg

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
place selections into the dedicated folder of My Corel PSP general folder
double click on the preset and it will be installed automatically
place the supplies provided into the dedicated folders of “« My Corel PSP » general folder
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugin needed
Kang
Adjust Variations

1 – the Background
1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
flood fill white

2
effects = > plugins => Kang 4 => Dayglo Lavalamp

3
effects => plugins => Adjust => Variations / Midtones
click on « darker », then on your favorite color

2 – The Mask
1
layers => new raster layer
Ctrl + A
copy / paste « mask_vjf_constellation » into selection

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen
Ctrl + D

3 – The Fish
1
Highlight bottom layer
layers => duplicate
layers => arrange => bring to top

2
effects => geometric effects => Circle
tick « Repeat »

3
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
Ctrl + D

4
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 75%

5
effects => geometric effects => Spherize / -100 / Ellipse

6
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => cut (selection is erased and placed into the clipboard)
Ctrl + D

7
enable the Pick tool with the following settings

8
Edit => paste as new layer
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

9
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers » => Untick « Lock aspect ratio » => 100%  &  75%

10
image => free rotate

11
effects => image effects => offset => H :  140 / V : -60 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

12
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

13
layers => merge => merge down

14
effects => distortion effects => Pinch / 30%

15
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

16
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers » => tick « Lock aspect ratio » => 70%

17
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 405 / position Y : 7

4 – The small Fishes
1
layers => duplicate
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers » => tick « Lock aspect ratio » => 70%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 503 / position Y : 274

2
layers => duplicate
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers » => tick « Lock aspect ratio » => 70%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 433 / position Y : 447

3
layers => duplicate
image => resize => UNtick « resize all layers » => tick « Lock aspect ratio » => 70%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 171 / position Y : 46

5 – The figure
1
Copy / paste the character tube as new layer
Resie if necessary
Move to bottom left (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

6 – The Bubbles Mask (sides)
1
Layers => new raster layer
Ctrl + A
copy / paste « mask_vjf_bulles_cotes » into selection
Ctrl + D

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

7 – The Bubbles mask (central)
1
Layers => new raster layer
Ctrl + A
copy / paste « mask_vjf_bulles_centrales » into selection
Ctrl + D

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

8 – The Frame
1
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
edit => copy

2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px with a color of your choice
Ctrl + A
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection

3
effects = > plugins => Kang 4 => Bubblecross Waves

4
effects = > plugins => Kang 4 => Emboss 1 – Grave

5
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

6
selections => modify => select selection borders

flood fill selection with a color of your choice

7
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

Ctrl + D

8
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

Another version with one of my tubes

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes and colors than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to me
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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