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 Karine Dreams
1 tube deco by Claudia Viza
1 tube deco
2 masks by Animabelle
1 landscape image
1 Selection
1 Brush
2 presets

 

Plugins used:

VM Stylize/Zoom Blur (It can be used alone and it can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
User Defined Filter/Emboss 3
Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact/Glass
Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact/Perspective Shadow
PhotoEffex/Scanlines
VM Toolbox/Zoom blur (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 masks and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

Double click on the Alien Skin Presets provided in the materials and they will automatically install in the appropriate filter for your PSP

Place the selection into your Selections folder of PSP

Inslall the brush into your Brushes folder of PSP
Note: Open brush - sawaka_animabelle into your PSP program
File - Export - Custom Brush (export the brush into your Brushes folder)

 

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 #8a384f
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #c195a2

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 #8a384f

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color 2 #c195a2

Open mask - masque_sawaka_animabelle

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image (Invert mask data not checked)

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

Effects - Plugins - VM Stylize - Zoom Blur (default settings)

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip

Image - Mirror

Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 50

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

 

 

Step 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Activate the Paint Brush Tool (B)

Look for the brush - sawaka_animabelle - size 800

Click twice at the top left on your working image with the foreground-background Linear gradient as shown in the example:

 

 

Step 3

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (3/3/80/8) Color 4 #642839 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your image looks like this:

 

 

Step 4

Open mask - masque_shawaka2_animabelle

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

 

Step 5

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load selection - shawaka1_animabelle

Edit - Cut

Open image - image_sawaka

Edit - Copy

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

With the Move Tool M move the image in the center of the selection

Selections - Invert

Edit - Cut (or press Delete on your keyboard)

Selections - Invert

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

In the User Settings look for preset - sawaka_animabelle - and click OK

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

 

 

Step 6

Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders

Layers - New Raster Layer

Materials Properties: Set your Background color to color 3 #3ea4a9

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with Color 3 #3ea4a9

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Selections - Select None

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

In the User Settings look for preset -shadow4_animabelle - and click OK

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

 

 

Step 7

Materials Properties: Set your Background color back to color 2 #c195a2

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Color 6 #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 30px - Color 1 #8a384f

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

Select the last 30px border

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

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

Flood fill tool / Fill in the border with the gradient

Effects - Plugins - PhotoEffex - Scanlines

Repeat the same effect by checking the vertical Toggle box

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - preset sawaka_animabelle
(the same settings as in Step 5 - settings are still in memory)

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Color 6 #ffffff

 

 

Step 8

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 60px - Color 1 #8a384f

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

Select the border

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the border with the gradient

Effects - Plugins - VM Toolbox - Zoom blur

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - preset sawaka_animabelle
(the same settings as above - settings are still in memory)

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 9

Step 9 is the same as Step 7

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Color 6 #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 30px - Color 1 #8a384f

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

Select the last 30px border

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the border with the gradient

Effects - Plugins - PhotoEffex - Scanlines (the same settings as before - settings are still in memory)

Repeat the same effect by checking the vertical Toggle box

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 10

Open tube - k@rine_ dreams _Pretty_Geisha_2301_Septembre_2012

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as New Layer on your working image

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

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow
preset - shadow4_animabelle (settings are still in memory)

 

 

Step 11

Open the vase tube - tubeclaudiaviza-mix124

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as New Layer on your working image

Move the tube to the right side as shown on the final result

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow
preset - shadow4_animabelle (settings are still in memory)

 

 

Step 12

Open tube deco - deco_eventail_animabelle

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as New Layer on your working image

Move the tube at the bottom of the fan as shown on the final result

ffects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (- 5/5/50/10) Color 7 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

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

 

 

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 a tube by Lana