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 tubes and the mask Colybrix, Nikita and Narah.
The rest of the material is by Evalynda.
(The links of material creators here).



Plugins

consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Mehdi - Grain Natural, Curver, Fur, Melt here
Flaming Pear - Flexify 2 here





You can change Blend Modes according to your colors.



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

Open the mask in PSP and minimize it with the rest of the material.

1. Set your foreground color with a light color of your landscape: #fff0e1,
and your background color with a dark color of your landscape: #3b4e5e.



Open a new transparente image 800 x 600 pixels.
Flood Fill the transparent image with a light foreground color #fff0e1.

Selections>Select All.
Open the landscape misted and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



2. Adjust>Blur>Motion Blur



Edit>Repeat Motion Blur.

Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.
Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

3. Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Grain Natural 2.0.



4. Set your foreground color to white.

Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with color white.

Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask Narah_Mask_0661.



Image>Resize, to 30%, resize all layers not checked.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.
Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

5. Image>Flip.
Layers>Duplicate.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Image>Free Rotate - 45 degrees to left



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



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



7. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Flip.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance.

8. Activate your bottom layer, Raster 1.
Selections>Select All.
Layers>New Raster Layer.
Edit>Paste into selection (your landscape is still in memory).
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.
Keep selected.

9. Activate again your bottom layer, Raster 1.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 50 pixels.
Selections>Invert.
Selections>Promote Selection to layer.

10. Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Curves



Repeat the Curves Effect one more time.
Selections>Select None.

Layers>Duplicate.

11. Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Melt 1.1.



Attention, the filter result is influenced by the background color.
With the dark background color you'll have this (the final result at the bottom of the translation)



By setting the background color to white you'll get this (the final result under the title)



It is up to you to decide which color to set.

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, same settings.



12. Activate the bottom layer, Raster 1.
Edit>Copy.

Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 46 pixels, symmetric, whatever color.
Selections>Invert.
Edit>Paste into selection.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 20.



Keep selected.

13. Effects>Plugins>Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow.



Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Fur.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

Keep still selected.

14. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel, with a vivid color of your landscape: #94acd7.



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



Repeat Drop Shadow, vertical and horizontal -5.

Selections>Select None.

15. Open the tube of the woman 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 right.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, to your liking.

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

17. Image>Add borders, 4 pixels, symmetric, a vivid color of your landscape: #94acd7

18. Sign your work on a new layer.
Layers>Merge>Merge All.

Adjust>Sharpness>Unsharp Mask.



Save as jpg.

Version with the dark background color before applying Melt.



For the tube of this version thanks Luz Cristina (the misted is mine)



For the tube of this version thanks Gabry (the misted is mine).






Your versions. Thanks



Marygraphics




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 January 2022