Original tutorial by Animabelle

Thank you Animabelle for the permission to translate some of your tutorials.
Translated by Marie Nickol.

You will find the original tutorial here:

Bleu Atomique

 

This tutorial is a personal creation.

Any resemblance with another one would only be pure coincidence.

Thank you for the respect of Animabelle’s work and the tubers work.

These translations are mine and are intended for personal use only and it is forbidden to copy part or all of it.

You can use this tutorial for PSP lessons but please put the link back to it

Do not hesitate to let Animabelle or me know if you have any problem with the present tutorial.

 

Materials used:

Disclaimer: Modifying or renaming files or removing watermarks from the tubes of the original tubers provided in the materials and sharing them as your own or using them for sale online or otherwise is prohibited.

1 Character tube by Annelies
1 Tube deco by Guismo
2 Masks by SG and Animabelle
1 image scenery
1 Preset

 

Plugins used:

Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Perspective Shadow
Mura's Meister / Perspective Tiling
User Defined Filter/ Emboss 3
FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss
Redfield / Plasteroïd
Andromeda / Perspective


Thank you Renée for sharing your plugins page ==> Here

 

Materials

 

The original tutorial was written with PSP 12 but can be done with other versions as well.
This translation is written with PSP 2018 Ultimate, if you work with older versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

 

Preparations

Duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

Double click on the Alien Skin Preset provided in the materials and it will automatically install in the appropriate filter for your PSP

If you don't have the Emboss 3 preset, place the Preset Emboss 3 into your PSP Presets folder included in the materials.


Colours used:

Note: When working with your own colors, adjust the Blend Mode/Opacity at your own discretion

 

The Lesson

Step 1

Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels

Fill the layer with your colour 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the layer with your colour 1

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image

Apply mask - sg_mask_155dlkht - Invert mask data not checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - default settings

 

View - Rulers

Activate the Pick Tool K Mode Scale

Move the bottom knots upwards to 400

View - Rulers - untick Rulers

 

 

Step 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Layer with Colour 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the layer with your Colour 1

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image
Open and apply mask masque_bleu_atomique - Invert mask data not checked

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Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

 

 

Step 3

Activate the top Merged layer

Activate the Magic Wand (Tolerance 10 and Feather 0)

With the Shift button pressed, select inside the three rectangles colour 2

Open the landscape image - paysage
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - default settings

 

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow: 15/0 /60 /30/ Colour #17293f - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Prepare a gradient with color 1 and color 2 - Style Linear


Fill the layer with the gradient

Effects - Plugins - Redfield - Plasteroïd

Open the Filter Plasteroid and click the bottom box where the red arrow points and choose Leopardess

Then click on the top box where the top arrow points, a new window opens

Choose Felt Filter as shown on the image below

Then click OK.

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 20 and Feather 15)

Select the white outer part

Press the Delete key 4 times on your keyboard

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 5

Image - Resize - 45%- Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - Plugins - Andromeda - Perspective

Follow the steps on the image below

 

View - Rulers

Activate the Pick Tool K - Mode Scale

Move the knots as shown with the arrows on the following image below

 

View - Rulers - untick Rulers

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - default settings

 

 

Step 6

Open tube Alies 12VR34-woman-14012013

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

Place the tube on the carpet we just created as shown on the final result

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - 9 / 9 / 70 / 30 / color Black - Shadow on new layer not checked

Repeat Drop Shadow with (-9 / - 9)

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 7

Open the vase tube (calguisvase28102011)

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image

Image - Resize - 60 % - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Place the tube to the left side as shown on the final result

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (the same settings above)

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 8

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 90 % - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow

Look for preset shadow3_animabelle (provided in the materials) and click OK

Note: If the Preset doesn't work for you, use these settings in the Basic Tab:

 

 

Step 9

Activate the bottom layer Merged

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Image - Flip

Image - Mirror

Note: In the latest versions of PSP the command Image-Mirror has become Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal and Image-Flip is Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

Effects - Artistic Effects - Enamel, colour 1

 

 

Step 10

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Colour 1

Image - Resize - Width 900 Pixels - Resize all Layers checked

Add your name or watermark, save as JPG file

 

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My version with tubes by Mina, Radyga, Nicole