This tutorial has been translated with PSPX9 and PSP2020, 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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French translation here
your versions here




For this tutorial, you will need:


Material by Maria José
(you find here the links to the material authors' sites)





consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
Ap 05 [Noise/Paint] - Smear-Campaign here
Simple - Top Left Mirror here
Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass here
Mura's Meister - Pole Transform here
Filters Simple and Mura's Seamless 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

Copy the preset in the folder of the plugin Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact>Settings>Glass.
One or two clic on the file (it depends by your settings), automatically the preset will be copied in the right folder.
why one or two clic see here



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

Choose two colors at your choice
For the example:
Set your foreground color to #b5b89b
and your background color to #434321.



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



1. Open alphachannel-monalinda-MJ.
Window>Duplicate or, on the keyboard, shift+D to make a copy.



Close the original.
The copy, that will be the basis of your work, is not empty,
but contains the selections saved to alpha channel.

Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

2. Effects>Plugins>AP 05 [Noise/Paint] - Smear-Campaign



3. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Set your foreground color to Color

Flood Fill the layer with your light foreground color.

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



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

5. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha, default settings.



6. Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror.



7. Effects>Plugins>Simple - Top Left Mirror.



8. Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, color black.



9. Layers>Duplicate.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
The selection Selection #1 is immediately available. You just have to click Load.



Press CANC on the keyboard

Selections>Select None.

10. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Meister - Pole Transform.



11. Effects>Plugins>Simple - Top Left Mirror.



12. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the selections menu and load the selection Selection #2.



Layers>New Raster Layer.
Set again your foreground color to Gradient

Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.

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



14. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass.
Select the preset glass-mona-MJ



Selections>Select None.

15. Activate the layer below, Copy of Group-Raster 2.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the selections menu and load the selection Selection #3.



Press CANC on the keyboard.
Selections>Select None.

16. Activate your bottom layer, Raster 1.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the selections menu and load the selection Selection #4.



Selections>Promote Selection to Layer.
Layers>Arrange>Bring to Top.

17. Layers>New Raster Layer.

Open the misted misted-MJ

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

18. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass - preset glass-mona-MJ

Selections>Select None.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down - 2 times.

Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

19. Activate your top layer, Copy of Group-Raster 2.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

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



20. Open deco-2-MJ

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

21. Open deco-3-MJ

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

Layers>Arrange>Move down - 2 times.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen.

Your tag and the layers - adapt Blend Mode and opacity according to your work



22. Activate your top layer.

Open your woman's tube AI-image-tube_MJ

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, at your choice.

23. Open the tube fleur-AI-tube-MJ

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

Image>Resize, to 40%, resize all layers not checked.

Move the tube at the bottom left.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, at your choice.

24. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, dark color.

25. Selections>Select Alla.

Edit>Copy

Image>Add borders, 50 pixels, symmetric, color white.

26. Selections>Invert.

Edit>Paste into Selection - the image copied at step 25.

27. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 30.



28. Effects>Plugins>AP 05 [Noise/Paint] - Smear-Campaign, same settings.



29. Effects>Plugins>Simple - Top Left Mirror.



30. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More.

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



31. Selections>Select All.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 10 pixels.

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



Selections>Select None.

32. Sign your work.
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, dark color.

33. Image>Resize, 1000 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Save as jpg.

For the tubes of this version thanks Luz Cristina and Ema






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.

29 November 2024