This tutorial was written with PSP2020 and 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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For this tutorial, you will need:



Thanks for the tubes OBG and Natascha and for the mask Silvie.
The rest of the material is by Yedralina
(The links of the tubemakers here).






consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited here
Simple - Blintz here
Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha here
L&K's - L&K's Zitah here
AAA Filters - Edge Frame, Custom 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



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

1. Set your foreground color to #a19992,
and your background color to #686e7d.



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



2. Apri CanalAlpha BAJO CERO
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.

3. Selections>Select All

Open the misted Winter_Landscape_91

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

4. Layers>Duplicate.
Close this layers and activate the layer below of the original.

5. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



6. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 20



7. Effects>Plugins>L&K's - L&K's Zitah, default settings.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

8. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple - Blintz



Repeat this Effect another time.



9. Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror.



Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More.

10. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your Gradient.
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

11. Layers>New Raster Layer.

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



Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.
Selections>Select None.

Layers>Arrange>Move Up.

12. Open the tube Deco00300©Yedralina

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

13. Open and activate your top layer.

Effects>Plugins>AAA Filters - Edge Art



If necessary: Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance - or Enhance More.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light.



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



15. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Activate again the misted Winter Landscape 91 and go to Edit>Cpy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.

16. Selections>Modify>Contract - 12 pixels.

Edit>Copy

17. Set your foreground color to white.
Flood Fill the selection with color white.

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

be careful, if you are used to deleting with Edit>Cut,
in this case don't do it, because this command would delete the image your put in memory at point 16

19. Edit>Paste into Selection
Selections>Select None.

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



21. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Flip>Flip Horizontal.

22. Effects>3D Effects>Offset.



Flip/Flip Horizontal command reflects and leaves the image in the same position.
If you are using an old version:
Image>Mirror and after activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: 95,00 and Position Y: 214,00.



23. Layers>New Raster Layer.

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



24. Activate again the misted Winter Landscape 91 and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.

25. Selections>Modify>Contract - 10 pixels.
Edit>Copy

26. Flood Fill the selection with color white.

Selections>Modify>Contract - 2 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard
(warning: do not Edit>Cut, because you would lose the image copied in step 25)

27. Edit>Paste into Selection (the image copied in step 25).

Selections>Invert.

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



Selections>Select None.

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



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

31. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask Silvie_Mask_Deco_purple22



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal (Image>Mirror)

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



33. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy), or to your liking.



34. Open the tube Deco00298©Yedralina

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

35. Effects>Image Effects>Offset.



36. Activate the second layer from the bottom, Raster 1.

Edit>Copy.
Edit>Paste as new image, and minimize this image.
Go back to your work.
Set again your foreground color to #a19992.



37. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, background color.
Image>Add borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.

38. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 20 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.
Selections>Invert.

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



40. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, background color.
Image>Add borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.

41. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 40 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.

42. Edit>Paste into Selection (the image minimized in step 36 is still in memory).

Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror, default settings.



Effects>Edge Effects>Dilate.

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



Selections>Select None.

44. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, background color.
Image>Add borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.

45. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 20 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.

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



47. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, background color.
Selections>Select None.

48. Open your main tube OBG_GIRL_634

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, to 175%, resize all layers not checked.

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Move the tube to the left.

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



50. Open the tube 1590©Yedralina

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, to 30%, resize all layers not checked.

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Move the tube at the bottom right.

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

51. Activate again the tube Deco00298©Yedralina and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.

52. K key to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: 7,00 and Position Y: 508,00.



M key to deselect the Tool.

53. Sign your work on a new layer.

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

55. Layers>Merge>Merge All.

56. Optional: Effects>Plugins>AAA Filters - Custom - Landscape.



Save as jpg.

For the tubes of these version thanks
Luz Cristina and Mentali



Tine and Yedralina






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8 January 2024