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 Maryse
1 deco tube by Grisi
3 images images found on the Net
5 Selections

 

Plugins used:

Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Extrude
AP LInes / Lines - Silverlining
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Perspective shadow
Mura's Meister / Perspective Tiling
FM Tiles Tools / Blend Emboss
Graphic Plus / Weaver (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 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 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

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #ffffff
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #8d2323

 

 

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 ##ffffff

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - miroir1_animabelle

Flood fill tool / Fill the layer with your foreground color 2 #8d2323

Selections - Select None

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

Settings: Factory default - Basic Tab as shown below:

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

 

Step 2

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground back to color 2 #8d2323

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground back to color 3 #ee2424

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

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - miroir2_animabelle

Flood fill tool / Fill the selection with the Linear gradient you just prepared

Selections - Select None

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

Settings: Factory default - Basic Tab as shown below:

Layers - Arrange - Move down

 

 

Step 3

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground to color 4 #908e8f

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground to color 5 #cbc5c5

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

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - miroir3_animabelle

Flood fill tool / Fill the selection with the Linear gradient you just prepared

Effects - Plugins - AP LInes - Lines - Silverlining

On the drop down menu choose Diamond Bill and Blend mode Overlay with the following settings:

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-5/0/50/5) color 6 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 4

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground back to color 2 #8d2323

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - miroir4_animabelle

Flood fill tool / Fill the selection with color 2 #8d2323

Selections - Select None

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

Settings: Factory default - Basic Tab as shown below:

Layers - Arrange - Move down

 

 

Step 5

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground back to color 4 #908e8f

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground back to color 5 #cbc5c5

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

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - miroir5_animabelle

Flood fill tool / Fill the selection with the Linear gradient above

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - AP LInes - Lines - Silverlining (the same settings as before - settings are still in memory)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/5/50/5) color 6 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Layers - Arrange - Move Up

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

 

 

Step 6

Layers - New Raster Layer

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Open - image 1

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Open - image 2

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-5/5/50/15) color 6 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 7

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground to color 1 #ffffff

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load again selection - miroir6_animabelle

Flood fill tool / Fill the selection with color 1 #ffffff

Selections - Select None

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

Settings: Factory default - Basic Tab as shown below - use the same color white as before:

Layers - Duplicate

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

Activate the Pick Tool (K) - Move the lamp to position X=140 and Y=265

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (3/3/50/5) color 6 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Your left wall image looks like this:

 

 

Step 8

Layers - New Raster Layer

Activate the Freehand Selection Tool

Selection type - Point to point - Feather 40

Draw a downward facing triangle-shaped figure above the lamp on the left

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with Color 1 #ffffff (click on once)

Your layer should look somewhat like this:

Selections - Select None

Position the light correctly on the wall above the lamp

Layers - Duplicate

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

Activate the Pick Tool (K) and move the light layer above the the lamp at the right side of the wall

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 70

You should have a similar effect to this:

 

Your layers look like this:

 

 

Step 9

Close the eye of the bottom layer Raster 1 (the white background layer)

Stay on one of the top layers

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Open the eye of the bottom layer Raster 1 and stay on this layer

 

 

Step 10

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Foregound Color 1 #ffffff

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave (Color #676564)

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - default settings

 

 

Step 11

Layers - New Raster Layer

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Open - image 3

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Your working image looks like this:

Selections - Select None

Your layers look like this:

 

Step 12

Activate the top Merged layer

Open tube - Grisi_Tube_Living

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Mirror

Image - Resize 70% - Resize all layers not checked

Move the tube to the left as shown on the final result

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (-9/9/40/15)  Color 6 #000000

Your working image now looks like this:

 

 

Step 13

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Color 2 #8d2323

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 40px - Color 4 #908e8f

Materials Properties: Set your Foregroundcolor to color 1 #ffffff
Materials Properties: Set your Backgroundcolor to color 4 #908e8f

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

Activate the Magic Wand (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0) - Select the last 40px border

Flood fill tool / Fill in the border with the above gradient

Effects - Plugins - Graphic Plus - Weaver

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 14

Open tube - MR_Retouche maquillage

Remove the watermark on the tube

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Mirror

Pick Tool (K) - Move the tube to the right as shown on the final result above

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

In the User Settings look for preset shadow4_animabelle provided in the materials and click OK

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

 

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Color 2 #8d2323

 

Optional:

You can add your own text with a font of choice at the top on the white space like Animabelle did.

Animabelle used font Broadway size 60 pixels - Font style Italic - color 2 #8d2323
(the font is not provided in the materials - if you don't have it and would like to use it, you can download it - Here )

Activate the Text Tool and type the word Miroir ... (or any word you prefer)

Move the text nicely in the middle of the white space.

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

(Note: You can apply a Drop Shadow to your own liking)

 

 

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 tubes - woman tube reference faestock deviantart