This tutorial was translated with PSPX, PSPX2, 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 qui
French translation here
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For this tutorial, you will need:
Tube at your choice (the tube used by Inge-Lore is under licence)
The rest of the material
For the masks thanks Narah
For my tube thanks Kikirou.
(you find here the links to the material authors' sites)



consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Mehdi - Sorting Tiles here


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




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

1. Choose 2 colors from your material;
set your foreground color to the light color; for me #fdb757
and your background color to the dark color; for me #b25a10



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



Open a new transparent image 1000 x 650 pixels.

Selections>Select All.

Open your background image, for my example fbfd7cae378...

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 30.



2. Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Sorting Tiles.



Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror, default settings.



Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror.



Open template

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Objects>Align>Left
With your Pick Tool
set Position X to 0,00





Effects>Texture Effects>Weave
weave color: background color
gap color: foreground color.



Activate your Magic Wand Tool
and click in the top left frame to select it.



Layers>New Raster Layer.
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

Open another background image, for my example 8578e9a72216...

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.

3. Activate the top layer of the template.

Selections>Modify>Select Selection Borders .



Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.
Selections>Select None.

Activate your Magic Wand Tool
and click inside the frame you just created

Effects>3D Effects>Cutout.



Selections>Select None.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

4. And now you stay on the template layer, Raster 2.



Activate your Magic Wand Tool
and click in the central left frame to select it.



Activate the layer Raster 3.
Open another background image, for my example 2fcb657fa72f...

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.

Activate the layer of the template, Raster 2.
Selections>Modify>Select Selection Borders , same settings.

Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.
Selections>Select None.

Click inside the frame to select it with your Magic Wand Tool
Effects>3D Effects>Cutout, same settings.

Selections>Select None.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down, and you stay again on the template layer.



5. Repeat the step 4 for the other 3 frames with other 3 background image



Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

K key to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: -57,00 and Position Y: 0,00.



Open Deko-1

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Set Position X: 539,00 and Position Y: -2,00



Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow.



Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

6. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Set your background color to white.
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 NarahsMasks_1760



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

Activate your Magic Wand Tool
click in the top little frame to select the mask



Set again your background color to #b25a10, to get again you foreground Gradient.
Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.
Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds, with a lighter color: #efe189.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

Selections>Select None.

K key to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: 102,00 and Position Y: -68,00.



Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow.



Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Flip.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

7. Open your background misted, for my example 74c07c10a7908...

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, if necessary.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Move the tube to the right side.

Move this layer to the second place from the bottom.



Layers>Merge>Merge visible.

Image>Canvas size - 1100 x 750 pixels



Layers>New Raster Layer.
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

Flood Fill the layer with your dark color.

8. Selections>Select All.
Layers>New Raster Layer.
Set your foreground color to Color.
Flood Fill the layer with your light color.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 2 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 10 pixels.
Flood Fill with your light color.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 2 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 10 pixels.
Flood Fill with your light color.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 2 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 10 pixels.
Flood Fill with your light color.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 2 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 10 pixels.
Flood Fill with your light color.

Selections>Modify>Contracter - 5 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard.
Selections>Select None.

Layers>Arrange>Move Up.

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

9. Apri Deko-2

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Coloriser with your colors.

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

Open your main tube, for my example kikirou236_chaperon_rouge

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, if necessary.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow.



Layers>Merge>Merge All.

Image>Resize, 1030 pixels width, resize all layers checked.
If necessary, Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Sign your work on a new layer.
Layers>Merge>Merge All and save as jpg.

For the tube of this version thanks LisaT.






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.

18 June 2023