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CRIMSON MIST  
 Between shadows and light, time whispers forgotten secrets. In every gentle breeze, an echo of lost memories dances in the silence. The past and present intertwine in ethereal murmurs, guiding hearts that still dream.
This tutorial was written with Psp2022 and translated with PspX2020, but it can also be made using other versions of PSP.
For this tutorial, you will need:  Thanks for the tubes PqnaAlice. (The links of the tubemakers here).  consult, if necessary, my filter section here Mehdi - Sorting Tiles here Mura's Meister - Pole Transform here Xero - Porcelain 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 Selection in the Selections Folder. 1. Choose 3 colors to work. For the example:  Set your foreground color to #53535b, and your background color to #74090f  color 3 #efefef Set your foreground color to a Foreground/Background, style Sunburst.  2. Open a new transparent image 800 x 500 pixels. Flood Fill  the transparent image with your Gradient.3. Selections>Select All. Open your misted 182PaisagemByPqnaAlice  Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy. Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste Into Selection. Selections>Select None. 4. Adjust>Blur>Radial Blur.  5. Layers>Duplicate. Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal. Layers>Properties>General: Opacity 50%. Layers>Merge>Merge Down. 6. Layers>Duplicate. Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Sorting Tiles.  Layers>Properties>General>Blend Mode: Hard Light. Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More. 7. Activate the layer Raster 1. Effects>Artistic Effects>Topography.  8. Activate the layer Copy of Raster 1. Layers>New Raster Layer. Selections>Select All. Your misted is still in memory: EEdit>Paste Into Selection. Selections>Select None. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen. 9. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.  Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 15.  Effects>Geometric Effects>Perspective-Horizontal  Repeat Effects>Geometric Effects>Perspective-Horizontal - -98  We have this  Layers>Duplicate. Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal. Layers>Merge>Merge Down. 10. Layers>Duplicate. Close the layer Copy of Raster 2. 11. Activate the layer Raster 2. Effects>Distortion Effects>Wave.  Pick Tool  Position X: 0,00 - Positon Y: 35,00.  Layers>Duplicate. Image>Mirror>Mirror Vertical (Image>Flip). Layers>Merge>Merge Down. 12. Open and activate the layer Copy of Raster 2.  Effects>Plugins>Mura's Meister - Pole Transform.  13. Activate your Magic Wand Tool  , tolerance and feather 0,click on the circle to select it. Selections>Modify>Expand - 10 pixels. Activate the layer Raster 2. Press CANC on the keyboard  .don't use Edit>Cut because you have still in memory your misted, and you'll have to use again later Selections>Select None. 14. Activate the layer Copy of Raster 2. Layers>Merge>Merge Down. Again activate your Magic Wand Tool , tolerance and feather 0,click on the circle to select it.  Selections>Modify>Expand - 2 pixels. Layers>New Raster Layer. 15. Your misted is still in memory: Edit>Paste Into Selection. Layers>Duplicate Layers>Merge>Merge Down. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen. Layers>Arrange>Move Down.  Effects>Plugins>Xero - Porcelain  16. Layers>New Raster Layer. Effects>3D Effects>Cutout.  Selections>Select None. Layers>Merge>Merge Down. 17. Activate the top layer, Raster 2. Again activate your Magic Wand Tool , tolerance and feather 0,click on the lateral parts to select them.  18. Selections>Modify>Expand - 2 pixels. Activate the layer below, Raster 3. Layers>New Raster Layer. Reduce the opacity of your Flood Fill Tool to 40%. Flood Fill the selection with your foreground color.Set again the opacity of your Flood Fill Tool to 100 Your misted is still in memory: Edit>Paste Into Selection.  Selections>Select None. 19. Activate again the top layer, Raster 2. Again activate your Magic Wand Tool , tolerance and feather 0,click on the left laterals parts to select them.  Activate the layer below, Raster 4. Adjust>Blur>Motion Blur.  Edit>Repeat Motion Blur. Selections>Select None. 20. Activate the top layer Raster 2. Again activate your Magic Wand Tool , tolerance and feather 0,click on the right lateral part to select them.  Activate the layer below, Raster 4. Adjust>Blur>Motion Blur.  Edit>Repeat Motion Blur. Selections>Select None. 21. Effects>Artistic Effects>Halftone - foreground color.  Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More. 22. Activate the top layer, Raster 2.  Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black #000000.  23. Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color. Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, background color. Image>Add Borders, 15 pixels, symmetric, color 3 #efefef. Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, background color. Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color. Selections>Select All. Image>Add Borders, 45 pixels, symmetric, color 3 #efefef. 24. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black #000000.  25. Selections>Invert. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise.  Selections>Select None. 26. Image>Add Borders - 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color. 27. Open your main tube 1204MulherByPqnaAlice  Edit>Copy. Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste a New Layer. Move  the tube to the left side.Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, at your choice. 28. Open tituloCM_Xiki  Edit>Copy. Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste a New Layer. Pick Tool Position X: 396,00 - Position Y: 568,00. 29. Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, background color. Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, foreground color. 30. Sign your work and save as jpg. For the tubes of this version thanks Mentali   Your versions. Thanks  Marion  Kika  Kamelius  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. 7 June 2025 |
