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:

Tutorial Julia

 

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 Gerry
1 Tube deco by Claudia Viza
1 Mask by Nikita
1 Mask by Julia
1 Selection

 

Plugins used:

Mura's Seamless (this plugin can also be imported in Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Déformation (this plugin can be imported in Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Filters Unlimited 2.0 / Tile and Mirror


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

Place the Selection 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 "masque_julia" - Invert mask data not checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Color 2 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha / Default settings

 

Step 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Layer with Color 3

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image
Apply mask "1250181742_nikita_masques3" - Invert mask data checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - Image effects - Offset

 

Step 3

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - julia1_animabelle

Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout (Colour 1 )

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 4

Activate the layer below (Group-Raster 2)

Open tube tubeclaudiaviza-mix220

Edit - Copy

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

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

Effects - Image Effects - Offset


Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

Note: You may colorize according to your own colors scheme chosen. Animabelle chose color 2.

 

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha / Default settings

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow: 5/ 5/40/9/  Color: 1 - Shadow on new layer not checked


Repeat Drop Shadow with  (- 5 / - 5)

 

Step 5

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked 3px colour 1

Layers - Promote Background Layer

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize -85% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - 15/15/50/30/  - Shadow on new layer not checked - Color 1

Repeat Drop Shadow with (-15 / -15 )

 

Step 6

Activate the layer below - Raster 1

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Déformation - Bulging Edge Average - edge effect 0

 

 

Step 7

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 40 px - Color 3

Select the border edge with the Magic Wand

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Tile and Mirror - Kaleidoscope 1

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - 15/15/60/22  - Shadow on new layer not checked - Color 1

Repeat Drop Shadow with (-15 / -15 )

Selections - Select None

 

Step 8

Open tube - Gerry-faces 218 -19 januari 2013

Edit - Copy

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

Place it at the bottom right as shown on the final result above

(Note: In the newer versions of PSP you can perform - Objects - Align - Right and Objects - Align - Bottom)

Layers - Duplicate

Activate the layer below (the original tube - Raster 2)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3 px - Color 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 another tube by Gerry