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:

 

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 Guizmo
1 Tube deco by Maryse
1 Image
1 Mask
5 Selection
2 Presets

 

Plugins used:

Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Glass (1 preset in the materials)
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Perspective Shadow (1 preset in the materials)
Kang 2 / X-cube (this plugin can be imported in Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Distortion Filters / Twister (this plugin can be imported in Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Graphic Plus / Button Beveler II (this plugin can be imported in Filters Unlimited 2.0)

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 Presets and they will automatically install in the appropriate filters for your PSP

Place the Selections into your Selections folder of PSP

 

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 1

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the layer with your colour 2

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image

Apply mask "jv6bogqf"

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Layers - Duplicate

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 2

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - coppelia1_animabelle

Open the image - fleurs

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste into Selection the image fleurs

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass

Select the preset Glass2 and OK

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

Selections - Select None

 

Step 3

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - coppelia2_animabelle

 

Selections / Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Kang 2 - X-cube

 

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass

Select the preset Glass2 and OK (the same settings as above - the settings are still in memory)

Selections - Select None

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 9/9/40/15 / Colour 3 #57202e Shadow on new layer not checked

Repeat Drop Shadow with  - 9 / - 9

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Fill the Selection with the Foreground Colour 1

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters - Twister - Intensity 255

 

Layers - Duplicate

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

 

Step 5

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked 10 px colour black #000000

 

Layers - Promote Background Layer

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

 

Step 6

Layers - New Raster Layer

Layers - Arrange - Move down

Fill the layer with your colour 1

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise - Gaussian / 20 / Monochrome checked

 

Effects - Plugins Graphics Plus - Button Beveler II

 

Step 7

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - coppelia3_animabelle

 

Fill the Selection with colour black #000000

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass

Select the preset Glass2 and OK (the same settings as above - the settings are still in memory)

Selections - Select None

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 8

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Layer with colour black #000000

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract 3 px

Edit - Delete

Selections - Modify - Contract 20 px

Fill the Layer with colour black #000000

Do this several times until you get 5 frames of 3 pixels in total (see final result)

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 5/5/70/7/colour #000000 Shadow on new layer not checked

Step 9

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - coppelia4_animabelle

 

Fill the Selection with colour black #000000

Selections - Modify - Contract with 3 px

Fill the Layer with the Foregound Colour 1

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise - Gaussian / 20 / Monochrome checked

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

 

Step 10

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - coppelia5_animabelle

Fill the Selection with colour black #000000

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow - Preset

Select the preset Glass2 and OK (the same settings as above - the settings are still in memory)

Selections - Select None

 

Step 11

With the font of your choice, write: COPPELIA in color black #000000 and in CAPITAL LETTERS

Animabelle used the Chow Fun font / Size 36

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 1/1/100/1/Colour 2 Shadow on new layer not checked

Repeat this drop shadow two more times

 

Step 12

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 40px - Foreground Color 1

Select the Border edge with the Magic Wand

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise - Gaussian / 20 / Monochrome checked

Selections - Invert

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

Select the preset shadow4_animabelle and OK

 

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

 

Selections - Select None

 

Step 13

Open the lady's tube calguisrose2249

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as a New Layer on you working image

Image - Resize 75% - Resize all layers not checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

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

Use the same settings as above

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

 

Step 14

Open tube MR_Tulipes-Lait-Fraises

With your Selection tool remove the watermark signature from the tube

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as a New Layer on your working image

Image - Mirror

Image - Resize 60% - Resize all layers not checked

Place the tube at the bottom right as shown on the final result

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

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

Use the same settings as above

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked 3px colour black #000000

 

Optional: 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 a tube by ChrisPastel