IMPORTANT

principle of the mystery tutorial

make the tutorial without a template, just by following the steps
(this is the reason why my tags are placed at the end of the tutorial)

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 - selections

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Eye Candy 5 / Textures / Texture Noise

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and mimimize to tray
place selection into the dedicated folder of « My COREL psp » general folder
save your work often in case of problems with your psp

The background
1
choose a winter image with beautiful bright colors
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

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50

3
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 => Textures / Texture Noise

4
effects => edge effects => enhance more
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

2 – the Lines mask
1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down

3 – the circle mask
1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down

4
edit => cut

5
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

6
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 30 / 20 / black

4 – the landscape
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #selection_vjf_snowflakes
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection

2
effects => plugins => Penta.com => Jeans

3
selections => select none
layers => arrange => move down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 30 / 20 / black

4
opacity of the layer :  70%

5 – the Text mask
1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
edit => cut

4
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

5
layers => arrange => bring to top
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 60 / 1 / black

6 – the snowflakes mask
1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 60 / 1 / black
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)

7 – 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

8 – the frame
1
highlight Raster 1
edit => copy

2
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px white
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
selections => modify => contract => 4 px
edit => paste into selection

3
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 => Textures / Texture Noise

adjust => sharpness => sharpen

4
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black
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

my tags with 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 Veroreves !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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