the character 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
masks - tube
you will need a .jpeg image 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
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
VM Distorsion
Simple
Penta.com
Kang 

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 =>  25

3
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Distortion / Flipper

4
effects = > plugins => Simple => Diamonds

5
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

6
effects => distortion effects => Pinch / 100%

7
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

8
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Penta.com => color dot

2 - the stars mask
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste  « mask_vjf_multi_etoiles » into selection
selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Screen

2
if you want to change the color => adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
Hue => choose the color you like
saturation => 255

3 - the confettis
1
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

copy / paste  « mask_vjf_confettis » into selection
selections => select none

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3
if you want to change the color => adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
Hue => choose the color you like
saturation => 255

4
layers => arrange => move down

4 - the character
1
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
place properly, if possible, put the head inside the star (see final result)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

5 - the title
1
copy/paste the title as new layer
effects => 3D effectys => drop shadow =>0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

2
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : -218 / position Y : 215

3
if you want to change the color => adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
Hue => choose the color you like
saturation => 255

7 - the frame
1
highlight bottom layer
edit => copy
layers => merge => Merge all (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 =>  25

3
effects = > plugins => Kang 2 => The Grand Design

4
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none

5
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => 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

coming   soon

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