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My tutorial translated by Franie Margot into French

My tutorial translated by Vera Mendes into Portuguese

My tutorial translated by Sternchens into German

My tutorial translated by Anja into Dutch

My tutorial translated by Sognografica into Italian

 

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 my own
1 misted tube my own
3 deco tubes my own
2 selections
1 texture
1 font

 

 

Plugins used:

VM Instant Art - Round and Round - Here
Italian Editors Effect - Effecto Fantasma - Here
Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-LDots - Here
penta.com - VTR2 - Here
Mehdi - Kaledoscope 2.1 - Here
FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Here
Simple - Top Left Mirror - Here

Note: Plugin -VM Instant Art, Italian Editors Effect and penta.com - 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 texture into your Textures folder of PSP.

Install the font to your Windows Fonts or -
If you use a font viewer software open it with your software - the font will be available in your PSP

 

 

Colors used:

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #0a685a

Materials Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #00c3df

Note: When working with other colors adjust the Blend mode and Opacities to your own liking.

You may need to colorize some of the elements.

The Tutorial

Step 1

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

 

Step 2

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground Color to foreground-background Sunburst Style gradient (Corel_06_029)
with the following settings

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the gradient

 

Step 3

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 4

Filters Unlimited - VM Instant Art - Round and Round (default settings)

 

Step 5

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 6

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

 

Step 7

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

 

Step 8

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 9

Effects - Plugins - Italian Editors Effect - Effecto Fantasma (default settings)

 

Step 10

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 11

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

 

Step 12

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

 

Step 13

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load selection - mnselection1_summer

 

Step 14

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

 

Step 15

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-LDots

 

Step 16

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) and the Opacity to 75%

 

Step 17

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

 

Step 18

Selections - Select None

 

Step 19

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 20

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

(Older versions of PSP - Image - Flip)

 

Step 21

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 22

Selections - Select All

 

Step 23

Open the misted tube - marienickol_mistedsea

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Note: Don't close it - minimize it for later

 

Step 24

Selections - Select None

 

Step 25

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 82%

 

Step 26

Layers - Arrange - Move down (2 times)

 

Your Layers look like this:

 

Step 27

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 28

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 29

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load selection - mnselection2_summer

 

Step 30

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with color 3 #014758

 

Step 31

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 32

The tube is still in memory - if not:

Maximize the marienickol_mistedsea tube

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Note: You may close the tube - you will not need it anymore

 

Step 33

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/10) color 2 #00c3df - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 34

Selections - Select None

 

Step 35

Activate the layer underneath - Raster 1

 

Step 36

Effects - Plugins - Italian Editors Effect - Effecto Fantasma (settings below)

 

Step 37

Effects - Plugins - penta.com - VTR2 (default settings)

 

Step 38

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Multiply

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 39

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/10) color 2 #00c3df - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 40

Open tube - mnelement1

Edit - Copy

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

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

 

Step 41

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 47.00 Y: 94.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 42

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/65/12) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 43

Open tube - mnelement2

Edit - Copy

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

 

Step 44

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 0.00 Y: 6.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 45

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/65/12) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 46

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

(Older versions of PSP - Image - Flip)

 

Step 47

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 48

Image - Add Borders - 52 px - Symmetric checked - Color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 49

Selections - Select All

 

Step 50

Selections - Modify - Contract ( number of pixels 50 px)

 

Step 51

Selections - Invert

 

Step 52

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection - with the Sunburst gradient prepared in Step 2

 

Step 53

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Kaledoscope 2.1

 

Step 54

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 15)

 

Step 55

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss (default settings)

 

Step 56

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 57

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 2 #00c3df

 

Step 58

Effects - Texture Effects - Texture

 

Step 59

Repeat : Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss (default settings)

 

Step 60

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

 

Step 61

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 62

Selections - Invert

 

Step 63

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/25) color 3 #014758 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 64

Selections - Select None

 

Step 65

Open deco tube - mnelement3

Edit - Copy

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

 

Step 66

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 53.00 Y: 12.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 67

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/65/12) color 3 #014758 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 68

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Top Left Mirror

 

Step 69

Open character tube - mnwomansummer01

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 95% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Position the tube to right as shown on the final result

Layers - Duplicate

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 15)

Layers - Arrange - Move down

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

 

Step 70

Open the text tube - mntext

Edit - Copy

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

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 198.00 Y: 501.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/65/12) color 3 #014758 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Note: If you want to add your own text, the font is included in the materials - I used size 55 pixels

 

Step 71

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

 

Step 72

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

 

Step 73

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 Franie Margot and misted image my own

 

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Your Versions

 

Thank you so much Franie Margot for testing my tutorial and your magnificent versions

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Thank you so much Vera for your magnificent version

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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 Isabella (Sognografica) for your magnificent version

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