

you wil find the orignal tutorial here


This tutorial is a personal creation.
Virginia works with PSP19
I work with PSP20
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


Supplies
Tubes – selections – colors Palette – Texture
Place the texture and selections into the dedicated folder of « Corel PSP » general folder


Plugins
Unlimited 2
AAA Frames
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact
AP Lines - Lines SilverLining
Graphics Plus – import into Unlimited 2
Paper Textures - this filter is in the Filters Unlimited I.C.Net databas

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
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

use the pencil 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 layer with the gradient
effects => edge effects => enhance
2
effects => distortion effects => Pixelate

effects => edge effects => enhance
your work looks like this

3
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => texture effects => texture
(use the texture provided)

Keep selection active
4
selections => modify => contract => 35 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)

Keep selection active
5
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
your work looks like this

Keep selection active
6
Set color 3 as FG color into the materials palette
prepare a sunburst gradient this way

layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the gradient
Keep selection active
7
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the misted landscape tube into selection (don’t forget to erase the watermark)
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
8
layers => merge => merge down TWICE
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 20 / black
9
Raster 2 is highlighted in the layers palette

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -86 / -72 / 47 / 31 / color 2 / tick « shadow on new layer »
10
« Raster 2/shadow 1 » is highlighted in the layers palette

effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines Silverlining

11
In the layers palette highlight layer below (Promoted Selection)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black / UNtick « shadow on new layer »
12
Highlight bottom layer in the layers palette (Raster 1)
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none
13
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
14
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Bottom Wrap
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Paper Textures / Filter Paper / default settings

blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 3 / -2 / 40 / 20 / black
your layers palette and tag look like this

15
Highlight bottom layer in the layers palette (Raster 1)
selections => select all
layers => new raster layer
16
copy / paste « fond hiver 24.png » into selection
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
17
Highlight top layer in the layers palette (Raster 2)
copy / paste « deco_01_sasha.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 356/ position Y : 4
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
18
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / preset : Drop Shadow Blurry

opacity of the layer : 90%
19
copy / paste « deco_02_sasha.png » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : 8 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
layers => arrange => move down
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
20
Set color 4 as FG color in your materials palette
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color4
5 px white
1 px color 4
21
prepare a linear gradient this way

image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px white
select the 50 px border with the Magic Wand tool, with the following settings

flood fill selection with the gradient
Keep selection active
22
effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines Silverlining

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none
23
Set color 3 (white) as BG color in your materials palette
Don’t modifiy the gradient

image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px white
5 px color 4
24
select the 5 px border with the Magic Wand tool
flood fill selection with the gradient
selections => select none
25
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

26
copy / paste « CV_femme_tutoriel_sasha.png » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : 245 / V : -20 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / preset : Drop Shadow Blurry

27
copy / paste « texte_sasha_vir.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 108/ position Y : 452
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / preset : Drop Shadow Blurry

Note that… => if you wish to colorize the Sasha text, as Virginia did for her second result :
choose another foreground color
open the « texte_sasha_vir.png » tube
activate the « color changer » tool
Using this tool, apply the foreground color to the text tube, and it's colorized!
28
copy / paste « deco_03_sasha.png » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : -495 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / preset : Drop Shadow Blurry

29
copy / paste « deco_04_sasha.png » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : 958 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / preset : Drop Shadow Blurry

30
apply your watermark
layers > merge > merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 4
31
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

your tag is finished. Resize if necessary
save as... type jpeg

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this translation


My try with one of my tubes, and a misted image created by Cat Dana

Don't hesitate to send me your creations, it will be a real pleasure for me to present them in the gallery below

Created by ▼ Nena Silva

created by ▼ Birte


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