the 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
you will need a character tube and a nice colored image (not provided)
choose an image with nice bright colors
Veroreves creates her tubes with remove.bg

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
place the supplies provided into the dedicated folders of “« My Corel PSP » general folder
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugin needed
VM Texture
VM Stylize

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

3
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 25

4
layers => duplicate

5
effects => plugins => VM Texture => Cross Weave

6
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => Stutter Vertical

7
effects => distortion effects => 100%

8
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

9
effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates

10
effects => distortion effects => curlicues

11
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

12
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Brightness/Contrast

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

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3 - The Coral Mask
1
highlight bottom layer
layers => duplicate
layers => arrange => bring to top

2
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose « mask_vjf_corail »
layers => merge => merge group

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

4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / a light color of your background

5
effects => edge effects => enhance more

6
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

7
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Brightness/Contrast

4 - The Character
1
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
place properly

2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

5 - The Frame
1
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
Edit => copy

2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px / color of your choice
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 25

3
selections => invert
selections => modify = > select selection borders

4
selections => promote selection to layer

5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Stylize / Print Screen

6
selections => select none

7
effects => distortion effects => Wave

8
effects => 3D effects => INNER Bevel

9
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical

10
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
save your work as... type .jpeg

Another version with a tube created by Nadège

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

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