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 revised and modified by Animabelle in June 2017

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 Image base by Animabelle
1 mask by Animabelle
1 character tube by Animabelle
3 images scenery by Animabelle
2 selections by Animabelle
1 wordart image by Animabelle

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi
I.C. NET Software/Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Noise Filters
Tramages (It can be used alone or imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
MuRa's Meister
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 - Impact
AAA Frames

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

 

Materials

 

The original tutorial was written with PSP X9 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 and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

Place the Selections into your Selections folder of PSP

 

Colors used:

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

Activate your Eye Dropper Tool and choose 3 colors matching your own tubes, images, misted images.

Animabelle chose colors 1 , 2 , and 4 above.

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #a47cb1
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #6c4f7b

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

Open image - Image_base_Lavandine_Animabelle

(Note: Use this image if you want to have the same effect - you can colorize later)

Window - Duplicate

Close the original we will work on the copy

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - - I.C.NET Software - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Noise Filters - Noisy Rotation

In your Layer Properties: Set the Blend Mode to Soft Light

 

 

Step 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 2 #6c4f7b

Open mask Masque_Lavandine-Animabelle

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image

Apply mask Masque_Lavandine-Animabelle - Invert mask data checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Tow The Line (default settings)

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (5/5/50/5) color 2 #6c4f7b - Shadow on new layer checked

Stay on the Shadow layer - Group - Raster 1 Shadow 1

Layer Properties: Set the Blend Mode to Burn

Your layers look like this:

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your working image looks like this:

 

 

Step 3

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-3/0/30/20) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Properties: Set the Blend Mode to Hard Light and the Opacity to 65

 

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - animabelle_sel_lavandine

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with color 2 #6c4f7b

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Pool Shadow

Selections - Modify - Contract - 4 px

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with color 3 #ffffff

Selections - Select None

 

Step 5

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

Select the first white square on the left

Selections - Modify - Contract 1 px

Open image - Image1_Lavandine_Animabelle

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 6

Activate the Magic Wand tool again (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Select the second white square in the middle

Selections - Modify - Contract 1 px

Open image - Image2_Lavandine_Animabelle

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 7

Activate the Magic Wand tool again (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)

Select the third white square to the right

Selections - Modify - Contract 1 px

Open image - Image3_Lavandine_Animabelle

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

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

In the Settings select Drop Shadow, Blurry and click OK

 

 

Step 8

Activate the bottom Merged layer

* Edit - Copy

Stay on this layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

*Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Texture Frame

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/-12/50/15) color 4 #321730 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Stay on this layer

 

 

Step 9

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - animabelle_sel2_lavandine

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with color 4 #321730

Selections - Modify - Contract - 3 px

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Pool Shadow

(the same settings as before - settings are still in memory if you use the plugin alone)

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass

In the Settings choose Clear, No Drop Shadow and click OK

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (60/15/25/8) color 4 #321730 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 10

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric not checked - color 4 #321730

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50 pixels - color 3 #ffffff

Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Note: Change the decimal Red, Green and Blue color codes according to your personal colors

 

 

Step 11

Open tube - 107_enfant_p2_animabelle

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize 85% - Resize all layers not checked

Pick tool : Position the tube at the bottom and a little to the right by putting the lavender flowers against the right frame

(Explanatory Note by me: Pick tool: Position X 280 and Position Y 136 - this refers to Animabelle's tube only. When you use your own tube or tubes parameters will be different.)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-14/-14 /45/35) color 4 #321730 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 12

Activate the Text Tool

Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 3 #ffffff

With a font of your choice and Create as Vector type the word Lavandine

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (12/12/35/8 ) color 4 #321730 - Shadow on new layer not checked

(Note: you may use the wordart text Texte_Lavandine_Animabelle - provided in the materials - Edit-Copy; Edit-Paste as a New Layer on your working image)

Pick Tool : Move the text to your liking

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Image - Resize to 900 pixels width - Resize all layers checked (the height will adapt)

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen (if needed)

 

 

Step 13

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

 

 

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My version with my own tubes