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My tutorial translated by Franie Margot into French

My tutorial translated by Sternchens into German

My tutorial translated by Anja into Dutch

My tutorial translated by Vera Mendes into Portuguese

 

Thank you so much for the superb translations!

 

The present tutorial is my own personal creation.

Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely a coincidence.

Please respect my work.

It is intended for personal use only and it is forbidden to copy part or all of it.

You can use this tutorial for PSP lessons but please put the link back to it.

Do not hesitate to let me know if you have any problem with the present tutorial.

Materials used:

Disclaimer: Modifying or renaming files or removing watermarks from the tubes of the original tubers provided in the materials
and sharing them as your own or using them for sale online or otherwise is prohibited.
The tubes used in the tutorial are subject to authorization by the authors.

1 character tube - poser by AJ
1 misted tube my own
2 selections
3 masks
1 wordart tube

My special thanks to AJ for the poser tube - http://ajposers.com/

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1 - Here
Mehdi - Sorting Tiles - Here
Jeux de Lignes - Entrelacement - Here
AP [Lines] - Lines - SilverLining - Here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Perspective shadow - Here


Note: Plugin -Jeux de Lignes- can be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0 and can be used alone.

If you already have the plugins there is no need to download them.

You can find my plugins page - Here

 

Materials

 

The present tutorial is written with PSP 2020
If you work with other versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

 

Note: In the latest versions of PSP the command
Image-Mirror has become Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal
Image-Flip has become Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

Note: I use a script for the old commands of Image-Mirror and Image-Flip

and I work with the old Material Properties - in PSP 2018, 2019, 2020

under File - Preferences - General Program Preferences - check Use classic Material Properties

 

 

Preparations

Duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

Place the selections into your Selections folder of PSP.

Place the masks into your Masks folder of PSP.

 

 

 

 

Colors used:

1 - #253a4d; 2 - #92bfdc; 3 - #65eeed; 4 - #ffffff

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #253a4d

Materials Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #92bfdc

When working with your own colors, adjust the Blend Mode/Opacity at your own discretion

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

File - New - Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels

Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

 

Step 2

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 3

Effects - Plugins - Jeux de Lignes - Entrelacement

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 5

Open mask - mnmask_andrea01

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image (Invert mask data not checked)

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 6

Activate the Pick Tool (K)

Mode: Scale

Enter these values for Positions X and Y, and for Scale (%) X and Y on the Toolbar

X: 72.00 Y: 450.00

Scale X(%): 100.00; Scale Y(%): 54.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 7

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay and the Opacity to 50%

 

Step 8

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with Color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 9

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask - mnmask_andrea2

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 10

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - mnsel_Andrea1

Selections - Modify - Feather - Feather amount 50

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Selections - Select None

 

Step 11

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Dodge and the Opacity to 50%

 

Step 12

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - mnandrea_selection2

 

Step 13

Open tube - mnmistedcity01

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

 

Step 14

Effects - Plugins - AP [Lines] - Lines - SilverLining

Dotty Grid - Gap 3; Cutoff -1; Line 10; Color RGB - 255

Selections - Select None

 

Step 15

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen and the Opacity to 50%

 

Step 16

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 1 #253a4d

 

Step 17

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask - mnmask_andrea3

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 18

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/55.00) color 3 #65eeed - Shadow on new layer not checked

(Note: When using your own colors, choose a complementary medium color - I used color #81d1d0 for my second version)

 

Step 19

Effects - Plugins - AP [Lines] - Lines - SilverLining

Dotty Grid - Gap 3; Cutoff -1; Line 10; Color RGB -0

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen

(Note: In my second version I set the Blend mode to Hard Light)

 

Step 20

Open the character tube - poser Carrie_AJ

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked
Image - Resize - 85% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

(Note: Depending on your tube resize according to your own discretion.)

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 367.00 Y: 26.00

(Note: When you use your own tube position it as shown on the final result above)

 

Step 21

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective shadow

 

Your layers look like this:

 

Step 22

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

Edit - Copy

 

Step 23

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #ffffff

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 40 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #ffffff

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

 

Step 24

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 25)

 

Step 25

Effects - Plugins - Jeux de Lignes - Entrelacement

Selections - Select None

 

Step 26

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #ffffff

 

Step 27

Selections - Select All

 

Step 28

Selections - Modify - Contract (Number of pixels 44)

Selections - Invert

 

Step 29

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 30

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask - mnmask_andrea3

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Selections - Select None

 

Step 31

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 32

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

(older versions of PSP - Image - Flip)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 33

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

 

Step 34

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 35

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract (Number of pixels 42)

 

Step 36

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/45.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 37

Open the wordart tube - mntext

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

 

Step 38

Colorize with color 2 #92bfdc

or use Color Changer to replace the color with color 2

Position the tube as shown on the final result or at your own discretion

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/-1/65/1.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Dodge and the Opacity to 85%

 

Step 39

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

 

Step 40

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

Image - Resize - 900 pixels width (the height will adapt)

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

 

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

If you do this tutorial, please email your version to me

my email address -

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My second version in a different color

Tubes used - my own

 

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Your Versions

 

Thank you so much Franie Margot for your magnificent versions

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Thank you so much Andrea (Sternchens) for your magnificent version

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Thank you so much Anja for your magnificent version

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Thank you so much Vera Mendes for your magnificent versions

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