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This tutorial was translated created with PSP2020 and translated with PSPX9, 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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italian translation here
french translation here
your versions here






Necessary



For the tube and one mask thanks Vera and Narah.
(The links of the tubemakers here).





Plugins

None




You can change Blend Modes according to your colors.




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

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

2. Set your foreground color with the light color #abbbb0
and your background color with the dark color #1b2821.



Flood Fill the transparent image with your foreground color.

3. Selections>Select All.

Open the tube 1838-vmtubes

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

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



5. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 50.



6. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise.



7. Activate your 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.



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

You don't se the selection because it is covered by the background layer.



8. Adjust>Blur>Motion Blur.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

And now you can see the selection.



9. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Vertical (Image>Flip).

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

10. Effects>Geometric Effects>Skew.



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



12. Effects>Geometric Effects>Skew, last settings.



13. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light.



14. Selections>Select All.

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



15. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, last settings.



16. Selections>Invert.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur, last settings.



17. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise, last settings.



18. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, last settings.



Selections>Select None.

19. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, last settings.



20. Selections>Select All.

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



Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, last settings.



21. Selections>Invert.
Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur, last settings.



22. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise, last settings.



23. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, last settings.



Selections>Select None.

24. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, Horizontal checked.



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

26. 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_1507



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

27. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

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

29. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window
and select the mask cre@nnie-41



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

30. Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Dodge and reduce the opacity to 60%.

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

You should have this:



31. Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

32. Layers>Duplicate.

Open the tube tekst-sparklingchristmas

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

32. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise, last settings.



33. K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X: 214,00 - Position Y: 76,00.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

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



35. Layers>Duplicate.

Effects>Distortion Effects>Wind - from left, strength 100.



Edit>Repeat Wind.
Again Edit>Repeat Wind.

Position X: 161,00 - Position Y: 104,00.



36. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

37. Activate your top layer.

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



38. Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

39. Edit>Cut (This command cuts the image and keep it in memory)
Stay on the empty layer.

40. Custom Selection



Flood Fill the selection with your foreground color.

41. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise, last settings.



42. Selections>Modify>Contract - 25 pixels.

Edit>Paste into Selection - the image cut in step 39



43. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, last settings.
Selections>Select None.

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



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

45. Activate again the tube 1838-vmtubes and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.

46. K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X: 372,00 - Position Y: 15,00.



47. Layers>Duplicate.

Effects>Distortion Effects>Wind, last settings.

Edit>Repeat Wind.

48. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Dodge.
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

49. Activate your top layer.

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



50. Open the tube deco-sparkling christmas

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

K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X: 691,00 - Position Y: 0,00.



M key to deselect the Tool.

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

51. Sign your work on a new layer.

52. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, background color.

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

Save as jpg.

For the tube of this version thanks Luz Cristina






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.

15 October 2025