You will find the original tutorial here :

the character tube is one of my tubes

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 – preset

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Filtre Johann's Filters 2.0
Filtre Eye Candy 5 Impact

prepare your work
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

The ground
1
choose an image of Venice 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

3
effects = > plugins => Johann’s Filters 2.0 => Chaos Dissolve

edit => copy

4
layers => duplicate
effects = > plugins => Johann’s Filters 2.0 => Barcode Generator

blend mode of the layer : Screen

5
enable the Magic Wand tool / UNtick « contiguous »
select the white part with the Magic Wand tool
edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

6
layers => merge => merge visible

7
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Vertical

8
edit => cut
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

9
effects = > plugins => Johann’s Filters 2.0 => Color Booster
adapt the settings to your colors

The background
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
edit => copy the image
edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

2
effects = > plugins => Johann’s Filters 2.0 => Chaos Dissolve

3
layers => duplicate
effects = > plugins => Johann’s Filters 2.0 => Symmetric Pattern 4

4
adjust => hue and saturation => colorize / saturation => 0
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
layers => merge => merge down

5
edit => cut
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

The Slide Mask
1
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
edit => copy the image
edit => paste into selection
selections => select none

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude

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

5
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  60%

6
effects => image effects => offset => H :  25 / V : -20 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

The Stars Mask
1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the color of your choice

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

The Frame Mask
1
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the color you chose in the « Stars Mask » step 1

2
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group

3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

4
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down

5
place this layer below the Slide Mask layer

The Character
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
resize if necessary
drop a shadow of your choice
palce qhere you like

The Frame
1
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px  / color you chose in last steps
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
selections => modify => contract => 4 px
edit => copy the image
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50

2
effects = > plugins => Johann’s Filters 2.0 => Aged Film

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

3
selections => invert
drop a shadow of your choice

4
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

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)
resize if you like
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

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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