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My tutorial translated by Vera Mendes into Portuguese

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My tutorial translated by Anja into Dutch

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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 by Luz Cristina
1 deco tube by Nena Silva
5 selections
1 gradient
1 mask
1 preset
1 wordart tube

My special thanks to Luz Cristina and Nena Silva for the tubes.

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi - Kaleidoscope 2.1 - Here
Mehdi - Sorting Tiles - Here
VM Toolbox - Intant Tile - Here
LenK landksiteofwonders - Maxime - Here
VanDerLee - UnPlugged-X - Defocus - Here
Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass- Here
penta.com - Dot and Cross - Here
User Defined Filter - Emboss 3 - Here
Simple - Diamonds - Here


Note: Plugins -VM Toolbox, penta.com and Simple - 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 gradient into your Gradients folder of PSP.

Double click on the Alien Skin preset provided in the materials and it will automatically install
in the appropriate filter for your PSP.

 

 

 

Colors used:

#2168ba; #3db7ea; gradient; #ffffff

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #2168ba

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to the gradient provided in the materials - style Sunburst as shown below:

Materials Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #3db7ea

*** Note: When working with other colors you may change the gradient colors by clicking on the Edit button to open the Gradient Editor:

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

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

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the gradient

 

Step 2

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Kaledoscope 2.1

 

Step 3

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

 

Step 4

VM Toolbox - Intant Tile (default settings)

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 5

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Activate the Magic Wand Too l (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Select the empty space above the flooring

 

Step 6

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 50)

 

Step 7

Effects - Plugins - L en K landksiteofwonders - Maxime

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Selections - Select None

 

Step 8

Effects - Plugins - VanDerLee - UnPlugged-X - Defocus

 

Step 9

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load selection - mnanja_selselection1

Effects - Plugins - penta.com - Dot and Cross (default settings)

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

Selections - Select None

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

 

Step 10

Activate the top layer - Copy of Raster 1

Activate the Magic Wand Too l (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Select the empty space above the flooring again

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Background Color 2 #3db7ea

 

Step 11

Open mask - mnMask08

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/100/2) color 1 #2168ba - Shadow on new layer not checked

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Multiply and the Opacity to 70%

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

 

Step 12

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Open the misted flowers tube - mnmistedflowers

(Do not close it - minimize it - you will need it later)

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal

(older versions of PSP - Image - Mirror)

Layers - Arrange - Move down (under the mask layer)

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Soft Light and the Opacity to 70% (or lower depending on your colors)

 

Your layers look like this:

 

Step 13

Activate the top layer - Group - Raster 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - mnanja_selselection2

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

Selections - Select None

 

Step 14

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - mnanja_selselection3

 

Step 15

Maximize or open the misted flowers image again - mnmistedflowers

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

You may close the misted flowers image - you will not need anymore

 

Step 16

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass

In the User Settings look for preset - mnAnja_glass - and click OK

Note: If the Preset doesn't work for you, use these settings in the Basic Tab:

 

Step 17

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/12.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 18

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - mnanja_selselection4

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

Selections - Select None

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/100/1.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 20

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - mnanja_selselection5

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

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/100/1.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 21

Activate the top layer

Open the character tube - 5233-luzcristina

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 80% - 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: 107.00 Y: 39.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

(When using your own tube, position it to the bottom left side as shown on the final result above)

Apply drop shadow to your own liking

 

Step 22

Open the deco tube - vvs-deco0268

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 30% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Image - Resize - 80% - 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: 532.00 Y: 363.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

(When using your own tube, position it as shown on the final result above)

Apply drop shadow to your own liking

 

Step 23

Open the text tube - mntext

Edit - Copy

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

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 582.00 Y: 314.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/65/12.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 24

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #2168ba

Image - Add Borders - 3 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #2168ba

Image - Add Borders - 10 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #2168ba

Selections - Select All

 

Step 25

Image - Add Borders - 20 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #ffffff

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/55/20.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Invert

 

Step 26

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection - with the Sunburst gradient prepared in Step 1

 

Step 27

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Diamonds

or

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple - Diamonds

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

Selections - Select None

 

Step 28

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #2168ba

 

Step 29

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask

 

Step 30

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

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

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My second version in a different color

Tubes used - woman by Lana and vase by Colybrix

 

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Your Versions

 

Thank you so much Vera Mendes for your magnificent version

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Thank you so much Franie Margot for your magnificent versions

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Thank you so much Anja for your magnificent version

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

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