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 too light) (not provided)
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
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Toadies

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 => plugins => Toadies => Plain Mosaic Blur

4
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Horizontal

5
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Vertical

6
effects => distortion effects => Wave

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

2
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light or Screen

3 - The Borders Mask
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste « masque mask_vjf_bordures » into selection
selections => select none

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3
if you wish to colorize the stars
adjust => hue and saturation  => Hue/saturation/lightness
modifiy Hue and saturation values to match your personal colors

4
layers => merge => merge visible

4 - The Veils Mask
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste « mask_vjf_voiles » into selection
selections => select none

2
blend mode of the layer : Screen

3
opacity of the layer : between 50% and 70% (it depends on your colors)

5 - The Shell
1
Highlight bottom layer
layers => duplicate
layers => arrange => bring to top

2
effects => geometric effects => Circle / Transparent

3
effects => geometric effects => Spherize
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4
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 70%

5
effects => distortion effects => Wave

6
effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates

7
edit => cut

8
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

9
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 40 / black

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

2
layers => arrange => move down
place inside the Shell

3
with the eraser tool, erase what protrudes below the shell

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

7 - The Frame
1
Highlight bottom layer
Edit => copy
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

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

3
effects => plugins => Toadies => Blast’em!

4
selections => modify = > select selection borders

flood fill with any color

5
effects => 3D effects => OUTER Bevel

selections => select none

6
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 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

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