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My tutorial translated by Franie Margot into French

My tutorial translated by Sternchens into German

Thank you 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.

2 character tubes - my own
1 misted tube - my own
1 alpha canal selections
1 wordart tube

Note: All the tubes included were AI generated by me

 

Plugins used:

Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling
Mehdi - Sorting Tiles
Simple - 4 Way Average
Penta.com - Color Dots
L en K landksiteofwonders- L en K's Elvida
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Perspective Shadow
[AFS IMPORT] - Sqborder2


Note: Plugins -Simple, Penta.com, and AFS IMPORT- 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

When you open the alpha_valentine_marienickol.psp file you will see a blank canvas.
It is not empty: it contains all the selections needed, saved to Alpha Channels.

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

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:

1 - #ffffff; 2 - #9e4b74; 3 - #402046;

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #ffffff

Materials Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #9e4b74

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground to Gradient

Prepare a Sunburst gradient as shown below

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

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the Sunburst gradient

 

Step 2

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load Selection 1

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

 

Step 3

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds

Selections - Select None

 

Step 4

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 5

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down


Step 6

Effects - Distortion Effects - Polar Coordinates

Rectangular to Polar - Wrap

 

Step 7

Image - Flip (new versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical)

 

Step 8

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

 

Step 9

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-10/0/100/46.00) color white #ffffff - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 10

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 11

mage - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

 

Step 12

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

 

Step 13

Objects - Align - Top

Note: If you do not have the Command Objects on your version of PSP use the Pick Tool (K)
Activate the Pick Tool (K) - Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar:
X 90 Y 0


Press M to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 14

Effects - Plugins - Simple - 4 Way Average

The Filter does not have a window

Here is the effect with Filters Unlimited 2 - Simple - 4 Way Average

 

Step 15

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load Selection 2

 

 

Step 16

Effects - Plugins - penta.com - color dot (default settings)

 

Step 17

Selections - Select None

 

Step 18

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/75/35.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 19

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

 

Step 20

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load Selection 3

 

Step 21

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

 

Step 22

Effects - Plugins - L en K landksiteofwonders - L en K's Elvida

Distance - 255

 

Step 23

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Selections - Select None

 

Step 24

Open tube - mntreeheart_misted

Edit - Copy

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

Layers - Arrange - Move Up (above - Copy of Raster 1)

 

Step 25

Objects - Align - Top

Note: If you do not have the Command Objects on your version of PSP use the Pick Tool (K)
Activate the Pick Tool (K) - Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar:
X 104 Y 0


Press M to release the Pick Tool

(When using your own misted image make it the same size to be position within the Copy of Raster 1)

 

Step 26

Activate the top layer - Promoted Selection

Open tube - mngirl17

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 75% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Position the tube at the bottom right as shown on the final result

 

Step 27

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

Use these settings in the Basic Tab:

 

Step 28

Open tube - mnboy19

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 75% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Position the tube at the bottom left as shown on the final result


Step 29

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

Use the same settings in the Basic Tab as in Step 27 above

 

Step 30

Open the wordart 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: 576.00 Y: 9.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

(Note: When using your own tubes - position the text to your own liking)

 

Step 31

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-2/1/75/1) color white #ffffff - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 32

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #402046

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 1 #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #402046

 

Step 33

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 50px - Symmetric checked - color 1 #ffffff

Selections - Invert

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the Suburst gradient

 

Step 34

Effects - Plugins - [AFS IMPORT] - Sqborder2

 

Step 35

Selections - Invert

 

Step 36

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/2) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 37

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/75/55) color 1 #ffffff - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 38

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - color 2 - #9e4b74

 

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 - dolls couple by Gerda Poser Tubes and 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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