the tube of this first version was created by Nadège
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
mask - text tube - text tube (translated into english bye the translator)
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
double click on the preset to install
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Redfield
Flexify 2

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
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
adjust => blur => gaussian blur =>  25

3
layers => duplicate THREE time

4
effects => plugins => Redfield => Plasteroid
preset => Coarse
click on the box of the textures and choose « Brush » texture

2 - The Mask
1
highlight bottom layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
adjust => one step photo fix

4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black

5
edit => cut

6
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

3 - The Grid
1
highlight bottom layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

2
effects => plugins => Redfield => X-Checkers
1st box => Rectangle
2nd box => Square
3rd box => Transparent
click on the little boxes as shown on the screenshot below

3
effects => distortion effects => Polar coordinates

4
edit => cut

5
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

6
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical

7
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy) OR Normal OR Luminance (you choose)

4 - The heart
1
highlight bottom layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

2
effects => plugins => Flaming Pear => Flexify 2

3
effects => plugins => Redfield => preset Shrivel

4
effects => plugins => Redfield => preset Frameboard
Frame Size => right cursor =>  40

5
copy / paste the text tube as new layer
layers => merge => merge down

6
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 55%

7
effects => image effects => offset => H :  225 / V : 10 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

8
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

9
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

5 - The Character
1
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
place properly
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

6 - The Frame
1
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
edit => copy

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
adjust => blur => gaussian blur =>  25

3
effects => plugins => Redfield => preset Coarse
texter => Fabric and tick top box « 1 :1 » (see screenshot below)

4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

5
selections => modify = > select selection borders

6
effects => 3D effects => OUTER Bevel

7
selections => select none

8
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
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

coming   soon

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