You will find the original tutorial here :

character tube by Nadège 
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 - tube
you will need a .jpeg image of, and a character tube (not provided) matching the theme of the tutorial

double click on the preset to install (or import)
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and mimimize to tray
place the selections 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Mehdi
Flaming Pear
Filter Unlimited / Tile & Mirror

1 – the background
1
open the 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 => 25

3
effects => texture effect =>  Blinds

4
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

5
effects => geometric effects => Circle / mode => Wrap

2 - the diamonds mask
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste the mask into selection
selections => select none

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3
adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
hue => matching your background image
saturation => 150

3 - the Lines mask
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste the mask into selection
selections => select none

2
effects => geometric effects => Circle / mode => Wrap

3
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

4
blend mode of the layer : Screen

5
adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
hue => matching your background image
saturation => 150

4 - the character
1
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
layers => arrange => Move down (under the Lines mask)
resize if necessary
place properly
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

5 - the gift box
1
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 10 px any color of the lines
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
selections => invert
adjust => add-remove noise => add noise

2
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none

3
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flexify 2

4
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 30%

5
copy / paste the ribbon tube as new layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black
adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
hue => matching your background image
saturation => 150

6
effects => image effects => offset => H :  0 / V : 45 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

7
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

8
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 50 / position Y : 193

9
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => flip => flip horizontal

7 - the frame
1
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
edit => copy
selections => select none

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

3
effects => distortion effects => wind => from left / 100%

4
effects => edge effects => enhance

5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tile & Mirror => Mirrored & Scaled

6
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black
selections => select none

7
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 my tube and misted image
character tube by Nena Silva

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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