main tube created by Colybrix

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
masks - selection
you will need a .jpeg image of Christmas with nice bright colors  and a character tube (not provided)

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and mimimize to tray
place the selection into the dedicated folder 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugins needed
Filter Unlimited
Mehdi
Simple
VanDerLee_Snowflakes
VM ToolBox

1 – the background
1
open your image
edit => copy

2
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
selections => select all
edit => paste into selection
selections => select none
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50

3
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Special Effects 1 => Venetian Blinds Horizontal

5
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

6
effects = > plugins => Simple => Diamonds

7
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Lens Effects => Refractor 1

8
effects => edge effects => enhance

2 - The Bell
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste  « mask_vjf_cloche » into selection
selections => select none

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3
effects => distortion effects => Warp

4
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #1

5
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise

6
effects => plugins => VanDerLee => Snowflakes

7
selections => invert
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the image into selection

3 - The Garlands
1
layers => new raster layer

2
copy / paste  « mask_vjf_guirlandes » into selection
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3
selections => select none

4 - The Stars
1
copy / paste  « mask_vjf_3_etoiles » as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Screen

2
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 75%

3
effects => image effects => offset => H :  0 / V : -50 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

5 - The Character
1
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
move to left side
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

7 - The Frame
1
highlight bottom layer
edit => copy
layers => merge => merge all layers (flatten)

2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px any color of your choice
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
selections => modify => contract => 4 px
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50

3
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Toolbox /Dynamic Diffusion

4
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

5
selections => invert

6
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

Another version with a tube created by Wieskes

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

created by      Birte

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