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 animal tube by Animabelle
1 tube deco
1 mask by Narah
1 Selection

 

Plugins used:

Simple / Blintz (It can be used alone and it can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
User Defined Filter/Emboss 3
AP [LINES] / Lines - Silverlining
Tramages - Wee Scratches (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.

Place the selection into your Selections folder of PSP

 

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 #aca9ba
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #e8e4ec

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 #aca9ba

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color 2 #e8e4ec

 

 

Step 2

Open mask - Narah_mask_0274

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image (Invert mask data Checked)

Layers - Duplicate

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

 

Step 3

Open mask - Narah_mask_0274

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image (Invert mask data Checked)

Layers - Duplicate

Your image looks like this:

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

 

 

Step 4

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Blintz

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load selection chat_tout_doux1_animabelle

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-9/9/50/20) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (9/-9/50/20) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - Plugins - AP [Lines] / Lines - Silverlining

Note: Fix the Color according to your color preference

Keep the selection selected!

 

Step 5

Open tube chaton_animabelle

Edit - Copy

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

Selections - Invert

Edit - Cut (or press the Delete key on your keyboard)

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-15/15/55/35) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 6

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - Color 4 #554864

Image - Add Borders - 40px - Symmetric checked - Color 2 #e8e4ec

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

Select the last 40px border

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground Color to the Linear gradient (Corel_06_029) you prepared above:

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection the gradient

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Wee Scratches (default settings)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-15/15/55/35) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (15/-15/55/35) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 7

Layers - New Raster Layer

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection the gradient

 

 

Step 8

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 9

Open tube rideau

Edit - Copy

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

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

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

 

Step 10

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Close the eye of the bottom Merged layer

Activate one of the top layers

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-10/10/55/25) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (10/-10/55/25) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 11

Reopen the bottom Merged layer and activate it

Open tube ruban

Edit - Copy

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

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Selection Tool (S) - Select the part of the ribbon on the left side that sticks out from the curtain - see the image below

Press Delete on your keyboard

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-6/6/55/25) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 12

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - Color 3 #4a4059

Image - Add Borders - 40px - Symmetric checked - Color 1 #aca9ba

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

Select the last 40px border

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise

 

 

Step 13

Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Antique

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-15/15/55/35) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (15/-15/55/35) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 14

Open tube panier_fleurs

Edit - Copy

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

Pick Tool (K) - Move the tube to the bottom left as shown on the final result

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-10/10/65/35) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 15

Open tube deco_fleurs

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 50% - Resize all layers not checked

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

Image - Mirror

Pick Tool (K) - Move the tube at the top left as shown on the final result

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-5/5/65/10) - Color 3 #4a4059 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - Color 3 #4a4059

 

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Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

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

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

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My version with my own cat tube, tube vase by TalaNat, corner tube Carol_CJ, and tubes from the tutorial