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My tutorial translated by Franie Margot into French

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My tutorial translated by Sternchens into German

 

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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 - my own
1 selection
1 mask by Narah
3 elements stubes
1 deco tube - my own

Note: All the tubes included were made and AI generated by me

 

Plugins used:

Simple - Top Left Mirror
MuRa's Seamless - Shift at Random
Mehdi - Sorting Tiles
VM Toolbox - Intant Tile
AP [Lines] - SilverLining
MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Gradient glow


Note: Plugins -Simple, VM Toolbox , and MuRa's Seamless- 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.

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 - #b63f0c
2 - #96aac0
3 - #ffffff
4 - #e8ddd8
5 - #000000

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #b63f0c

Materials Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #96aac0

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground to Gradient

Prepare a Radial style 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 Radial style gradient prepared above

 

Step 2

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 3

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

 

Step 4

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - *(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal)

Image - Flip - *(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical)

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Hard Light

 

Step 5

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 6

Material Properties - Set your Background color to color 3 #ffffff

 

Step 7

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - mnhat_selection1

 

Step 8

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with your background color #ffffff

Selections - Select None

 

Step 9

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - *(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Step 10

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Top Left Mirror

 

Step 11

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

 

Step 12

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

 

Step 13

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 14

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Seamless - Shift at Random (default settings)

 

Step 15

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

 

 

Step 16

Material Properties: Set your Foreground Color to foreground-background Radial style gradient

Change only Repeats to 0

 

Step 17

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the Radial style gradient just prepared in Step 16

 

Step 18

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

 

 

Step 19

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 30)

 

Step 20

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

 

Step 21

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

 

 

Step 22

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 23

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

or If you have the other version

Effects - Plugins - AP 01 (Innovations) - Lines - SilverLining

 

Step 24

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Hard Light

and Set the Opacity to 90%

 

Step 25

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 26

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 27

Open tube - mnelement1.psp

Edit - Copy

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

Objects - Align - Right

 

(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 622.00 Y -2.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool)

 

Step 28

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

(*Note: When using your own colors - you may colorize to match your own colors, play with the Opacity or the Blend Mode;
In my second version I colorized the element and reduced the opacity to 80%)


Step 29

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror -*(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Blend mode to Overlay

 

Step 30

Open tube - mnelement2.psp

Edit - Copy

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

Do not move it - it is in the right place

 

Step 31

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 32

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color - color 3 #ffffff

 

Step 33

Open mask - Narah_Mask_1166

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 34

Image - Flip - *(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical)

Image - Mirror -*(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal)

 

Step 35

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - *(New versions of PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 36

Effects - Plugins - VM Toolbox - Intant Tile (default settings)

 

Step 37

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/60/1.00) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 38

Activate the bottom layer - Merged

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

 

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/30/15.00) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

In your Layer Properties - set Opacity to 70%

 

Step 39

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip - *(New versionsof PSP - Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical)

In your Layer Properties - set Opacity to 70%

 

Step 40

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 41

Material Properties - Set your Backgroundcolor to color 4 #e8ddd8

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - mnhat_selection1 again

 

Step 42

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with your background color 4 #e8ddd8

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Selections - Select None

 

Step 43

Image - Resize - 90% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Objects - Align - Horizontal Center

(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 225.00 Y 70.00


Press M to release the Pick Tool)

 

Step 44

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Click inside in the middle of the frame to select the empty space

 

Selections - Modify - Expand - 20 Number of pixels

 

Step 45

Activate the bottom layer - Merged

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 15)

 

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

Selections - Select None

 

Step 46

Activate the top layer - Raster 1

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Click inside in the middle of the frame to select the empty space again

 

Step 47

Layers - New Raster Layer

Open tube - mnwomanhat_AIgenerated02

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

(*Note: Depending on your tube you may Paste as a New Llayer - adjust your tube into the selection
Selections Invert - Delete - Selections Select None)

 

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 80%

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

 

Step 48

Activate the top layer - Raster 1 again

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Edit - Repeat Layer Merge Down

 

Step 49

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow

In the User Settings look for preset mn_Hat_GradientGlow provided in the materials and click OK

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

*Note: When using your own colors choose a little bit lighter shade of your color 1 or color 1 to match your own colors
I used color 1 in my second version)


Step 50

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/30.00) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 51

Borders:

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #b63f0c

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 10 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #e8ddd8

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - (settings as in Step 42 above - the settings are still in memory)

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #b63f0c

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 50 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #e8ddd8

Selections - Invert

Repeat:

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - (the same settings - the settings are still in memory)

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/30.00) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 52

Open tube - mndecohats

Edit - Copy

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

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

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/30.00) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 53

Open tube - mnelement3

Edit - Copy

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

 

Step 54

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #b63f0c

 

Step 55

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

my email address -

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My second version in a different color

Tubes used - my own made and AI generated by me

 

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Your Versions

 

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 for your magnificent version

 

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