Original tutorial by Anja

Thank you Anja for the permission to translate your tutorial.
Translated by Marie Nickol.

You will find the original tutorial here:

 

This tutorial is a personal creation by Anja.

Any resemblance with another one would only be pure coincidence.

Thank you for the respect of Anja’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.

If you would like to use Anja's lesson for a PSP group,
Please contact Anja via psp.anja@gmail.com 

 

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.

3 tubes
2 selections
1 mask
1 preset
1 font

 

Plugins used:

Filters Unlimited 2.0
Background Designers sf10 III - Radial Rings 01 (imported into Filters Unlimited) - Here
Background Designers sf10 IV - Entrelacement De Lignes (imported into Filters Unlimited) - Here
VM Instand Art - Lightlines (imported into Filters Unlimited) - Here
Transparency / Eleminate Black - Here
Toadies - What are you? - Here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow - Here

Note: VM Instant Art, Transparency and Toadies plugins can be used alone, and they can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0

 

Materials

 

The original tutorial is written with PSPX13.
The present translation is written with PSP 2020.
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

Note: I use a script for the old commands of Image-Mirror and Image-Flip

Note: I work with the old Material Properties - in PSP 2018, 2019, 2020
under File - Preferences - General Program Preferences - check Use classic Material Properties

 

Preparations

Place the tubes in a folder of your choice. 

Duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

Place the selections into your Selections folder of PSP.

Place the mask into your Masks folder of PSP.

Double click on the Alien Skin preset provided in the materials - it will automatically install in the appropriate filter for your PSP.

Install the font to your Windows Fonts or -
If you use a font viewer software open it with your software - the font will be available in your PSP

If you don't have the plugins install them into your Plugins folder for PSP

You can find my plugins page - Here

 

Colors used:

Note: When working with your own colors, adjust the Blend Mode/Opacity at your own discretion
You may need to colorize some of the elements to suit your own colors.

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

File - New - Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels

 

Step 2

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Layer with color 1 #616262

 

Step 3

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 4

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #616262

Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #7893c9

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

Step 5

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Layer with the gradient

 

Step 6

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Designer sf10 III - Radial Rings 01 (default settings)

 

Step 7

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 8

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

 

Step 9

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 10

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 11

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 12

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Your image looks like this:

 

Step 13

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 14

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - VM Instant Art - Lightlines (default settings)

 

Step 15

Effects - Plugins - Transparency - Eliminate Black

 

Step 16

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask - Narah_mask_0182

 

Step 17

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 18

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Soft Light and the Opacity to 50

 

Step 19

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/100/1) color 5 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 20

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 21

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

 

Step 22

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Multiply

 

Step 23

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 24

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with the Background Color - color 2 #7893c9

 

Step 25

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask - Narah_mask_0182 (check Ivert Transparency)

 

Step 26

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 27

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Soft Light and the Opacity to 55

 

Step 28

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 29

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - watching_1_anja

 

Step 30

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with Color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 31

Selections - Select None

 

Step 32

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You?

 

Step 33

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 34

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay the Opacity of this layer to 40

 

Step 35

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Designers sf10 IV - @Entrelacement De Lignes

 

Step 36

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 37

Image - Flip

 

Step 38

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Dodge

 

Your image look like this now:

 

Step 39

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 40

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 41

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

 

Step 42

Activate the bottom layer - Merged

 

Step 43

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 25)

 

Step 44

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 45

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Designers sf10 IV - @Entrelacement De Lignes (default settings)

 

Step 46

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity to 40

 

Step 47

Activate the top layer - Copy of Merged

 

Step 48

Open tube - Marif_2007_03Mars_misted_yeux09

Edit - Copy

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

 

Step 49

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

Step 50

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) and the Opacity of this layer to 40

 

Step 51

Activate the second layer from the bottom - Copy of Merged

 

Step 52

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - watching_1_anja

 

Step 53

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

 

Step 54

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

 

Step 55

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

 

Step 56

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 57

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with Color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 58

Selections - Modify - Contract

Step 59

Press the DELETE key on your keyboard

 

Step 60

Selections - Select None

 

Step 61

Open tube - watching_lines

Edit - Copy

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

 

Step 62

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

Step 63

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - Color 5 #000000

Image - Add Borders - 45px - Symmetric checked - Color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 64

Open tube - Mary 0712-109

Edit - Copy

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

 

Step 65

Image - Resize 75% Resize all layers not checked

 

Step 66

Activate the Pick Tool (K) - Position the tube to the bottom left as shown below:

(Note: If you have the Command Objects on your version of PSP - you may apply -
Objects - Align - Left
Objects - Align - Bottom)

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 67

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 68

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

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

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

 

Step 69

Materials Properties: Close the the Foreground color

Materials Properties: Set your Background color to color 3 #1c2f6d

 

Step 70

Activate the Text Tool (T)

Set your font to Capsule - size 72 pixels - stroke width 1.0 - Create as Vector (font provided in the materials)

 

Step 71

Type the capital letter W (uppercase letter)

 

Step 72

Set the font size to 48 pixels

Materials Properties: Set your Background color to color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 73

Type in lowercase letters -ho's

 

Step 74

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

 

Step 75

Position the text as shown below:

 

Step 76

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow - Preset Drop Shadow,Blurry

 

Step 77

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

 

Step 78

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 79

Materials Properties: Set your Background color back to color 3 #1c2f6d

 

Step 80

Activate the Text Tool (T)

Set the font size to 72 pixels

 

Step 81

Type the capital letter W (uppercase letter)

Set the font size to 48 pixels

Materials Properties: Set your Background color to color 4 #ffffff

 

Step 82

Type in lowercase letters -atching?

 

Step 83

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

 

Step 84

Position the text as shown below:

 

Step 85

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow - Preset Drop Shadow,Blurry

 

Step 86

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Soft Light

 

Step 87

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - Color 5 #000000

 

Step 88

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

 

Step 89

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

 

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My version with a tube by Karine-Dreams

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My second version with a tube by Lana

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