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 Libellule Graphisme
1 mask by Narah

 

Plugins used:

Mura's Meister / Cloud
Déformation / Bulging Edge Average (It can be used alone and it can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
AP [Distort] / Distort-WavyCut
Carolaine and Sensibility / cs-texture
Mura's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha (It can be used alone and it can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
VM Experimental / Mighty Maze (It can be used alone and it can also be imported into 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 other versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

 

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

 

Preparations

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

 

 

Colors used:

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

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #9a040c
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #ffffff

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground Color to foreground-background Linear gradient (Corel_06_029) with the following settings

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

File - New - Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels

Flood fill tool / Fill the layer with your foreground color 1 #9a040c

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

Effects - Plugins - Déformation - Bulging Edge Average (default settings)

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew

Effects - Geometric Effects - Cylinder - Vertical (Strength 100%)

Effects - Plugins - AP [Distort] - Distort - WavyCut

 

 

Step 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color 2 #ffffff

Open mask - Narah_mask_Abstract96

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image (Invert mask data not checked)

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

 

Step 3

Layers - New Raster Layer

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground Color to the foreground-background Linear gradient (Corel_06_029)

Flood fill tool / Fill the selection with the Linear gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 10)

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - cs-texture

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha (default settings)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (5/5/50/20) Color 3 #660206 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Repeat with Vertical and Horizonatal offset (-5/-5/50/20)

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

 

Step 4

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground Color - color 4 #c1c1c1

Activate the layer below (Group - Raster 2)

Layers - New Raster Layer (Raster 3)

Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Foregound Color 4 #c1c1c1

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Cloud - (On the dropdown menue choose Default settings)

Keep the selection

 

 

Step 5

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Background Color 2 #ffffff

Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer on 55

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 40)

Click on the upper empty space of the layer with the Magic Wand to select it

Press the Delete key on your keyboard 3 times

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 6

Activate the top layer - Raster 2

Open the baby tube - libellulegraphisme_enfant_coeur_love

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize 65% - Resize all layers not checked

There is no need to move it - it is properly positioned

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-15/15/40/20) Color 3 #660206 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 7

Material Properties - Swap Materials (click on the small arrows to make the Foreground set on Color 2 #ffffff and
the Background color to Color 1 #9a040c)

Activate the Text Tool (T)

With font of your choice write any text you prefer by arranging your letters vertically, as shown on the final result.

Animabelle used font Adorable - size 48 Pixels

 

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer - on each word you type.

 

 

Step 8

Materials Properties: Set both your Foregroundcolor and Background color to Color 1 #9a040c

Activate the Preset Shape Tool (P)

On the dropdown menu choose the shape Heart (Corel_11_086)

Draw a heart shape as shown on the image below:

Layers / Convert layer to raster layer (for each heart you draw)

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Move the heart underneath the first one

Activate the first heart layer

Layers - Duplicate

Move the heart underneath the second one

You have 3 hearts vertically aligned

Close eyes of the 5 bottom layers - leave only the texts and hearts layers open - as shown on the image below:

Activate the top open layer - Raster 6

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Open the eyes of the 5 bottom layers again but stay on the top Merged layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-6/6 /50/10) Color 3 #660206 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 9

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3px - Color 1 #9a040c

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 40px - Color 2 #ffffff

Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Select the white border

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Materials Properties: Set your Foregroundcolor to color 1 #9a040c

Materials Properties: Set your Backgroundcolor to color 2 #ffffff

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Cloud - default settings

Note: Click on Reset first to delete the last data in memory (gray and white) and then OK

Effects - Plugins - VM Experimental - Mighty Maze

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (10/10/60/20) Color 3 #660206 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Repeat Drop Shadow with Vertical and Horizonatal offset (-10/-10)

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3px - Color 1 #9a040c

 

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

 

Image - Resize - 900 pixels width (the height will adapt)

 

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

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My version with my own tube