you wil find the orignal tutorial here
This tutorial is a personal creation.
Virginia works with PSP19
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
Any resemblance with another one would be pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify images, 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 Virginia’ work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn her if you have any trouble with this tutorial.
some tubes were received in sharing groups
if one of them is yours, or not copyright free, please let Virginia know
and a link to your site will be added
either she will delete it from the material provided if you prefer
Material
Tubes – selections – colors Palette – Mask - Font
open the mask and minimize to tray
Place the supplies and selections into the dedicated folders of « Corel PSP » general folder
Filters used
Unlimited 2
AAA Frames
Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 - Impact
AP Lines - Lines Silver Lining
Fantastic Machines - Paint Engine
FM Tile Tools
Mura's Meister
Simple
Tile and Mirror - I.C.Net base - Filters Unlimited
Two Moon -import into Filters Unlimited
Xero - Fritillary
Thank you very much Renée Salon for sharing with us your plugins page
If you don’t know how to install filters into Unlimited 2, just click on the link below
Colors used
Virginia uses these colors
Don't hesitate to change the colors and the blend mode of the layers, and the shadows,
according to your tubes and images.
Important
Open all images in PSP, duplicate them and close the originals. (shift + key D)
always work with the copies to preserve original files
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
use the brush to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab and move it
prepare your material
Instructions
Prepare your work
prepare the materials palette, color 1 & 2 as FG and BG colors
don’t forget to save your work as often as possible
prepare a linear gradient this way
Step 1
open a new image => transparent => 900 * 550 px
flood fill with the gradient
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Tile & Mirror => Seamless Blend (Vertical)
2
effects => plugins => Fantastic Machine / Paint Engine /
1-choose “Arctic”
2-choose “selected” / tick “input”
3-click on “Apply”
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
your tag looks like this
3
set white as BG color in the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white with a right click
4
layers => new mask layer => from image
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
5
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror
redo this effect with the following settings
6
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
blend mode of the layer : Luminance
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 30 / black
your layers palette and tag look like this
7
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
6 px white
2 px color 2
8
set color 4 as FG color
prepare a linear gradient
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
flood fill selection with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35
keep selection active
9
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « CV_2025_essaouira_paysage.png » into selection
don’t forget to erase the watermark
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
keep selection active
10
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
settings tab => Clear
Basic tab
keep selection active
11
selections => modify = > select selection borders
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Brushed Metal
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none
12
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
settings tab => Drop Shadow Blurry
Basic tab
13
open « CV_2025_essaouira_paysage.png »
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
edit => copy
14
back to your main work
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
flood fill selection with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35
keep selection active
15
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « CV_2025_essaouira_paysage.png » into selection
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
keep selection active
16
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
same settings as previously
keep selection active
17
selections => modify = > select selection borders
same settings as previously
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Brushed Metal
same settings as previously
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none
18
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
same settings as previously
19
highlight bottom layer
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
your tag looks like this
20
set color 5 as BG color
prepare a linear gradient
select the white part of this layer with the Magic Wand tool
selections => promote selection to layer
flood fill selection with the gradient
keep selection active
your layers palette and tag look like this
21
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Vertical
selections => promote selection to layer
effects = > plugins => Simple => 4 Way Average
selections => select none
your layers palette and tag look like this
22
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
23
your layers palette looks like this
highlight layer just below
effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines Silverlining
24
highlight layer below
effects => plugins => Xero => Fritillary
effects => edge effects => enhance
rename this layer « Frame »
25
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
your layers palette and tag look like this
26
highlight second layer from bottom
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling
27
highlight top layer
copy / paste « deco_essaouira.png » as new layer
don’t move it
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
same settings as previously
note that ... : if you use another decoration and you find it too large, place this layer under the small frames with the landscapes before you merge visible layers
28
layers => merge => merge visible
edit => COPY
29
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 1
8 px white
2 px color 2
30
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
45 px white
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
keep selection active
31
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Two Moon => Paper Fold
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35
keep selection active
32
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none
33
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
34
copy / paste « lanterne_essaouira.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 880 / position Y : 100
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
same settings as previously
35
copy / paste « texte_essaouira.png » as new layer
don’t move it
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 1 / 20 / 7 / black
36
copy / paste « CV_2025_essaouira_personnage.png » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 3 / position Y : 8
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
same settings as previously
37
apply your watermark
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width
layers > merge > merge all (flatten)
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask
save as... type jpeg
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