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 - MMDESIGNZ
1 scenery tube - MMDESIGNZ
1 tube deco - LB Tubes & Mists
2 masks
1 Selection

 

Plugins used:

Medhi / Melt
User Defined Filter / Deep Emboss and Emboss 3 - (If you don't have them, you can download them - Here )
Italian Editors Effect / Effeto Fantasma - (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.

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 #6f5f83
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #f3eae3

 

 

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 #6f5f83

Selections - Select All

Layers - New Raster Layer

Open the car tube MMDesignz_321_231009

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

(Don't close it, you will need it again.)

Selections - Select None

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)

 

 

Step 2

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Medhi - Melt

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer to 30

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 3

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color - Color 2 #f3eae3

Open mask uanvg2or

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color - Color 2 #f3eae3

Open mask shimmers mask 18 Image13

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (-4/4/70/5/) Colour 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 5

Activate the Pick Tool (K)

Shift the left and right central knots each to the left and right side of the image as shown below:

Release Pick Tool by clicking on M or any other tool.

 

 

Step 6

Activate the bottom Merged layer

Open the car tube MMDesignz_321_231009 again

Edit - Copy

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

(You may close it now - you will not need it anymore)

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) and the Opacity to 70 of this layer Raster 1

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Step 7

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 85% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (-15/15/60/30) - Color 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (15/-15/60/30) - Color 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Activate the bottom Merged layer

Effects - Plugins - Italian Editors Effect - Effeto Fantasma - (Default settings)

 

 

Step 8

Activate top layer - Copy of Merged

Open the lady tube - MMDesignz_317_221009

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Adjust - Color - Fade Correction

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (-20/20/40/40) - Color 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 9

Open tube - 1005 - still life - LB TUBES

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (-12/12/60/20) - Color 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - Color 4 #4a3f5b

 

 

Step 10

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - souvenirs_dantan1_animabelle

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Foregound Color 1 #6f5f83

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (-4/4/60/8) - Color 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 11

Text Tool - With a font your choice write one or a few words to your liking in color white (#ffffff)

Animabelle wrote the word Souvernirs

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - (1/1/100/1) - Color 3 #362d45 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

 

Step 12

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 lady tube by Lana, misted image by me found on the Net, deco found on the Net