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This tutorial, created with PSP2020, was translated with PSPX8, 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.
See my schedule here


italian translation here
french translation here
your versions here


Necessary



For the masks thanks Narah
(The links of the tubemakers here).


Plugins

consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
Toadies - What are you here
Tramages - Cirquelate here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow here
Filters Toadies and Tramages 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.



Copy the selection in the Selections Folder.

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

1. Open a new transparent image 650 x 500 pixels.

Set your foreground color to the light color #dcc0f3
and your background color to the dark color #561186.



Flood Fill the transparent image with your foreground color.

2. Effects>Image Effects>Offset - background color.



3. Effetti>Plugins>Toadies - What are you



Don't worry if you're using a version with more parameters; keep all Control to 0



4. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

5. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.

6. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay and reduce the opacity to 50%.



Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

7. Layers>Duplicate.

Effetti>Plugins>Tramages - Cirquelate



8. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Darken.

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.
Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%.



Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

9. Selections>Select All.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 100 pixels.



Selections>Modify>Promote Selection to Layer.
Selections>Select None.

10. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, same settings.



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



Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.

12. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add Borders, symmetric not checked, background color.



13. Selections>Invert.

Effetti>Plugins>Toadies - What are you, same settings.





Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.
Selections>Select None.

14. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



15. Layers>Duplicate.

Effects>Image Effects>Offset.



16. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

17. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, same settings, but Bidirectional checked.



18. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground color.

19. 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_1714



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

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



21. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light.



22. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add Borders, symmetric not checked, foreground color.



23. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, same settings.



24. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, same settings.
Selections>Select None.

25. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror>Mirror horizontal.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Vertical (Image>Flip).

26. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Darken.



27. Layers>Merge>Merge Down.
Layers>Duplicate.

You should have this:



28. Set your foreground color to a different one: #a0c64c



29. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground color.

30. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and
and select the mask NarahsMasks_1837



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

31. Effetti>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow - preset Drop Shadow,Low



32. Layers>New Raster Layer.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection anemone-1-cre@nnie



33. Open the jpg image anemone

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

34. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.
Edit>Repeat>Layer Merge Down.

Selections>Select None.

35. Edit>Cut - this commande cuts and keeps in memory

36. Selection Tool
(no matter the type of selection, because with the custom selection your always get a rectangle)
clic on the Custom Selection
and set the following settings.



Flood Fill the selection with your foreground color.

37. Selections>Modify>Contract - 25 pixels.

Edit>Paste into Selection

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

If you're using a version earlier than PSPX9, go to step 43.

38. For more recent versions, continue.

Activate your Selection Tool
and click on Layer Opaque



39. Layers>Duplicate and repeat 3 times, for a total of 4 layers.

In your Layers palette - Click the 4 layers by holding down the Shift key.



40. Objects>Distribute>Space Evenly Horz.



41. Tutorial Author's Note: !!!!I'll let you know if it works...I had to backtrack a few times during the test,
and then it worked!!!

42. Layers>Merge>Merge Selection
Selections>Select None.



Go on to the step 44.

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43. If you're working with a version prior to PSPX9, skip steps 38-39-40.
To check the translation, I used PSPX7 e PSPX8.

Following steps 38-40 we get this result:



Here's what to do if you're using an earlier version.
You're at step 37, and you've applied the Drop Shadow effect.



Continue like this:

Selections>Select None.

Pick tool
Position X: 36,00 - Position Y: 55,00



Layers>Duplicate, and repeat 3 times, for a total of 4 layers.

In your Layers palette - Click the 4 layers by holding down the Shift key.



Objects>Distribute>Space Evenly Horz.

And you'll get the same result (but the images aren't selected).



Layers>Merge>Merge selected.

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For all

44. Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

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

45. Layers>New raster layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground color.

46. 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_1620



Layers>Merge>MergeGroup.

Image>Mirror>Mirror vertical (Image>Flip).
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

47. Open the tube anemone-photoroom

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

Image>Resize, to 75%, resize all layers not checked.

48. K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X: 412,00 - Position Y: 150,00.



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

49. Open tekst-anemone

If you use a different flower, the font used for this text will be in the material.

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

Position X: 64,00 - Position Y: 411,00.



M key to deselect the Tool.

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

50. Open the tube rand

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

51. Sign your work on a new layer.

Layers>Merge>Merge All.

52. Image>Resize, 800 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Save as jpg.








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.

14 September 2025