This tutorial was written with PSPX8 and translated with PSPX7 and PSPX3, but it can also be made using other versions of PSP.
Since version PSP X4, Image>Mirror was replaced with Image>Flip Horizontal,
and Image>Flip with Image>Flip Vertical, there are some variables.
In versions X5 and X6, the functions have been improved by making available the Objects menu.
In the latest version X7 command Image>Mirror and Image>Flip returned, but with new differences.
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italian translation here

For this tutorial, you will need:
Material here
Thanks for the woman tube and for the masks Valy.
The rest of the material is by Evalynda.
(The links of material creators here).



Plugins

consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow here
Filters Graphics Plus can be used alone or imported into Filters Unlimited.
(How do, you see here)
If a plugin supplied appears with this icon it must necessarily be imported into Unlimited






You can change Blend Modes according to your colors.

In the newest versions of PSP, you don't find the foreground/background gradient (Corel_06_029).
You can use the gradients of the older versions.
The Gradient of CorelX here



(Don't forget to erase the watermarks of the tubes and don't save the modifications when you'll close them)

Open the masks in PSP and minimize them with the rest of the material.

1. Set your foreground color to #9c3c0a,
and your background color to #ffc34b.



Set your foreground color to a Foreground/Background Gradient, style Sunburst.



Open a new transparent image 800 x 500 pixels.
Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings



Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 40.



2. Set your foreground color to Color.
Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground color.

Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask vsp081



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.
Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color white.



Edit>Repeat Drop Shadow.

3. Image>Resize, to 70%, resize all layers not checked.

Objects>Align>Right.
Objects>Align>Top.
or K key on the keyboard to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: 240,00 and Position Y: 0,00



4. Set your foreground color to #fffbb9.

Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground color #fffbb9.
Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window
and select the mask VSP202



Image>Flip.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.
Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

5. Layers>Duplicate.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Pick Tool
and set Position X: -90,00 and Position Y: -50,00





6. Activate your bottom layer.

Open the landscape tube by Valy and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Move the tube to the left side,
or with your Pick Tool
set Position X: -35,00 and Position Y: -115,00



7. Optional (adapt according to your tube).
Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.
Place correctly the tube.

8. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color black.
Layers>New Raster Layer.
Selections>Select All.
Effects>3D Effects>Cutout.



Keep selected.

9. Set again your foreground color to the initial color (#9c3c0a) and gradient.



Image>Add borders, 22 pixels, symmetric, foreground color #9c3c0a.

Selections>Invert.

Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.

Effects>Plugins>Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow.



Keep selected.

10. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel.



Edit>Copy.

Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 50 pixels, symmetric, color white.
Selections>Invert.
Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

11. Open the tube by Colybrix and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, to 70%, resize all layers not checked.

Move the tube to the right side.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black.



12. Open the chestnut tube and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, to 70%, resize all layers not checked.

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.
Move the tube at the bottom left.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black.



13. Open the tube titre and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Enlarge and place the text to your liking.

14. Image>Add borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.
Image>Resize, 900 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Sign your work and save as jpg.

Version with tubes by LisaT (the landscape is mine)






Your versions. Thanks



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If you have problems or doubts, or you find a not worked link,
or only for tell me that you enjoyed this tutorial, write to me.

20 October 2021