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:

Marilyn

 

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 Nikita
1 scenery tube by C25 Tubes and creations
1 tube by Mentali
1 tube by Silvie

 

Plugins used:

Xero / Porcelain
Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact/Perspective Shadow
AAA - Frame / Fotoframe
DSB flux / Blast
Mura's Meister/Copies


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

 

 

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 #7c8185
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

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with the Linear gradient prepared above

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 30)

Effects - Plugins - DSB flux - Blast

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color 1 #7c8185

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 2

Effects - Geometric Effects - Circle

Image - Resize - 120 % - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

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

With the Shift button pressed on your keyboard select the top two side parts

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground color to color

Flood fill tool / Fill in selected parts with color 1 #7c8185

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

 

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 3

Layers - Duplicate

Effects -Image Effects - Offset

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (5/0/100/4) Color 4 #545351 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Activate the layer below - Raster 1

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (20/0/70/20) Color 4 #545351 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Layers - Arrange - Move down

Materials Color Properties: Set your Backgroundcolor to Color 3 #babbbd

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with Color 3 #babbbd

Open the scenery tube - 652761tempc25

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Mirror

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

 

Step 5

Layers - Duplicate

Activate the layer below - Raster 2

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Your layers look like this:

Activate the layer above - Copy of Raster 2

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Xero - Porcelain (default settings)

Old version - looks like this:

New version - looks like this:

Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay and the Opacity to 60

 

 

Step 6

Activate the top Merged layer

Open the character tube -1293385558_enfants_nikita

Edit - Copy

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

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

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

In the User Settings look for preset shadow1_animabelle provided in the materials and click OK

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

 

 

Step 7

Open tube -Dove_06.11.2012

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

Apply the same perspective shadow as above but use these settings in the Basic Tab:

 

 

Step 8

Open tube - mentali-oiseau47

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize 35% - Resize all layers not checked

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

Apply the same shadow as above - settings are still in memory

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

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

 

 

Step 9

Image - Add Borders - 2px -Symmetric checked Color 5 #5f6367

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

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

Select the last white border

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground color to Color 1 #7c8185
Materials Properties: 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:

Flood fill tool / Fill in the border with the gradient

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise (Gaussian 100% - Monochrome checked)

Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame (default settings)

Selections - Select None

 

Open the frame tube - cadre_pour_la_paix_animabelle

Edit - Copy

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

Do not move it - it is in the right place.

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If you want to do your own text Animabelle explains below how to add your text around the image frame:

 

Step 10

Animabelle supplied in the materials comesinhandy font - Font Christopherhand

On Windows 10 you either have to install the font, or if you have a font viewer program (e.g. Nexus font) to open it in the program.

Activate the Text Tool

Materials Properties: Set your Background color to Color 6 #535250

On the dropdown menu choose font Christopherhand size 48

Type: Pour la Paix (or any text of choice)

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Pick Tool (K) - Move the text to the top left as shown below

 

 

Step 11

Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Copies

Note: Your 3 copied words should be well centered both horizontally and vertically

 

 

Step 12

Layers - Duplicate

Pick Tool (K) - Move the text all the way down on the frame as shown below:

Deactivate the Pick Tool by clicking on any other tool (e.g. Selection Tool S)

 

 

Step 13

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Free Rotate -Right 90 - Nothing checked

Pick Tool (K) - Move the text to the right side of the frame - position it as shown below

Carefully erase or with the selection tool remove the part exceeding the frame

 

 

Step 14

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Be sure you have all the words correctly placed around the frame.

Close eye of the bottom Background Layer

 

 

Step 15

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Open the eye of the bottom Background layer again

Activate the top Merged Layer of the text

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/100/1) color 2 #ffffff - Shadow on new layer not checked

Edit - Repeat Drop Shadow

 

 

Step 16

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 and a dove tube from the tutorial