This tutorial was 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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French translation here
Your versions here




For this tutorial, you will need:



Thanks for the tubes Kamil and for the mask Casio.
(you find here the links to the material authors' sites)




consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-DLines here
Eye Candy 4000 - HSB-Noise here
Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha here
AAA Frames - Foto Frame here



Animation Shop here



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



Copy the selections in the Selections Folder.

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

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

2. Set your foreground color to #f4bfb8,
and your background color to #deded5.



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



Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

3. Selections>Select All.

Open KamilTube 5677

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Minimize the tube.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

4. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 50



5. Effects>Plugins>Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-DLines



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



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

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 cas_Mask_0415_20



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

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



10. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection sel.54musico.nines



11. Layers>New Raster Layer.

Open the jpg image KamilTube-5221-BG

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

12. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy).

Keep selected.

13. Selections>Modify>Select Selection Borders.



14. Set your foreground color to #f1eada.



Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground color #f1eada.

Selections>Select None.

15. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color #f1eada.
Image>Add Borders, 40 pixels, symmetric, color #ffffff.

16. Selections>Invert.

Effects>Plugins>AAA Frames - Foto Frame.



17. Repeat Effects>Plugins>AAA Frames - Foto Frame, width 4.



18. Selections>Invert.

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



Selections>Select None.

19. Sign your work on a new layer.
Add the author and translator's watermarks.
Layers>Merge>Merge All.

20. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection sel.54musico2.nines



21. Layers>Duplicate - 2 times - to have 3 equal layers
Rename the layers rain 1, 2 and 3



22. Activate the bottom layer rain 1.

Effects>Plugins>Eye Candy 4000 - HSB Noise



23. Activate the layer rain 2.

Repeat Eye Candy4000/HSB Noise, same settings and click on Random Seed.



24. Close this layer and activate the layer above rain 3.

Repeat Eye Candy4000/HSB Noise, click on Random Seed and ok.



Close this layer.

25. Activate again the tube KamilTube-5677 and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, to 70%, resize all layers not checked.

Move the tube at the bottom left.

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



29. Open the tube KamilTube-5692

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Move Move it next to the musician.



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

30. To create the animation, always stay on this layer.



ANIMATION

1. Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste as new animation.

2. Go back to PSP.
Close the layer rain 1 and open the layer rain 2.



3. Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.
Go back to Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste after the current frame.

4. Again on PSP.
Close the layer rain 2 and open the layer rain 3.



5. Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.
Go back to Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste after the current frame.

And here is your animation composed by 3 frames.
Keep the dislay Time at the standard 10



6. Image>Resize, to 90%



7. Check the result clicking on View Animation
anda save as gif.

For the tube of this version thanks Kamil






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.

8 April 2026