This tutorial, created with PSP2022, was translated with PspX7, 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 created par EF for this tutorial.
Text of the Poeme FIO par Cecilia Meireles.
Misted image is by Pinterest.
(The links of the tubemakers here).






consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
&<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Diamond Flip (à importer dans Unlimited) here
Distortion Filters - Smelter 1 - standard in Unlimited
Paper Texture - Canvas Fine - standard in Unlimited
Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-Linear-H here
Toadies - What are you here
Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow here
Filters Toadies and Graphics Plus 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

FIL
by Cecilia Meireles

On the thread of my breath,
rolls my monotonous life,
rolls the weight of my heart.

You don't see the game being lost
like the words of a song.

You pass far away, among swift clouds,
with so many stars in your hand…

– What is the use of the trembling thread
on which my heart rolls?





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 #d0e8ec
and your background color to #3b5562



color 3 #000000

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



2. Open a new transparent image 1000 x 600 pixels.
Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

3. Effects>Plugins>Toadies - Weaver, default settings.



4. Layers>Duplicate.

Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Diamond Flip, default settings.



Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Hard Light and reduce the opacity to 79%.



5. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters - Smelter 1



6. Open EF-Fio_Deco_1

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Don't move it.

7. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your background color.

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



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

9. 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.



10. Open EF-Misted_Face

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

Image>Resize, to 85%, resize all layers not checked.

Position the tube on the selection, to your liking.



11. Selections>Invert.
Press CANC on the keyboard
Selections>Select None.

12. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X: 497,00 - Position Y: 99,00.



M key to deselect the Tool.

Layers>Duplicate.

13. Activate the layer below, Group-Raster 3.

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



14. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 35.



15. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters - Smelter 1, last settings.



16. Effects>Plugins>Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-Linear-H.



Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Multiply.

17. Effects>Texture Effects>Weave
weave color: foreground color,
gap color: background color



18. Effects>Plugins>Toadies - What are you, default settings.



19. Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Vibrancy



20. Effects>Plugins>Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow, default settings.



21. Close your top layer.



Layers>Merge>Merge visible.

22. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Texture - Canvas Fine.



23. Open and activate your top layer.
Layers>Duplicate.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

24. Open EF-Fio_Deco_2

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

K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X: 262,00 - Position Y: 10,00.



M key to deselect the Tool.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Burn.



25. Image>Add Borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color #000000.
Image>Add Borders, 15 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.
Image>Add Borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color #000000.

26. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add Borders, 45 pixels, symmetric, foreground color.
Selections>Invert.

Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Canvas Fine, default settings.



27. Selections>Invert.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color #000000.



Selections>Select None.

28 Sign your work on a new layer.

29. Image>Add Borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color #000000.

Image>Resize, 850 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Save as jpg.

Versions with Pinterest images








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.

2 April 2026