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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italian translation here


For this tutorial, you will need:
1 backgroundimage
1 tube
1 deco tube
The rest of the material



(The links of the tubemakers here).






consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 qui
Alf's Border FX - Border Fade I here
Filters Alf's Border FX 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.



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

1. Open a new transparent image 900 x 600 pixels.

2. Set your foreground color to white #ffffff.
Flood Fill the transparent image with your foreground color.

3. Layers>New Raster Layer.

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

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 Mask004



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

5. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Set your background color with a color from your tube or your image.
Flood Fill the layer with your background color.

6. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window
and select the mask Mask008



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

7. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color white.



8. Layers>Duplicate.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

9. Layers>Merge>Merge All.

10. Effects>Plugins>Alf's Border FX - Border Fade I



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

12. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window
and select the mask Mask007



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

13. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, previous settings,
but with a darker color



14. Open the text La vie est belle

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Place the text to your liking.

15. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, previous settings, color white.



16. Open your tube and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, if necessary, resize all layers not checked.
Place the tube in the center, or to your liking.

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

17. Optional, open your deco tube and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Move the tube to your liking.

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

18. Layers>Merge>Merge All.

19. Image>Add Borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color black.

20. Open the text Texto

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Move the text to the right.

21. Sign your work and save as jpg.



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2 February 2026