Original tutorial by Jolcsi
Thank you Jolcsi 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 Jolsci.
Any resemblance with another one would only be pure coincidence.
Thank you for the respect of Jolcsi’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 Jolcsi 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 Jolcsi
1 selection
1 misted image by Jolcsi
1 text tube by Jolcsi
1 font
Plugins used:
Flaming Pear - Flexify 2
AP 01(Innovations)-Lines - SilverLining
Filter Factory Gallery L - Pinwheel B
VM Distortion - Circulator
Alien Skin/Eye Candy5 -Impact - Glass
You can find my plugins page - Here
Materials
The original tutorial is written on PSP 2020.
This 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
Preparations
Duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals.
Place the selection into your Selections folder of PSP
If you don't already have the font provided in the materials, install it into your fonts folder of your operating system by clicking install on it when opened.
If you use a font viewer software, simply open it there. When your font viewer software and the font are opened together, the font will be available in your PSP program.
Colors used:
Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #3c97e2
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #c1dfff
The Tutorial
Step 1
File - New - Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels
Materials Properties: Set your Foreground Color to foreground-background Sunburst Style gradient (Corel_06_029) with the following settings
Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the gradient
Open tube - jol_virág
Remove the watermark
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image
Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)
Layers - Merge - Merge Down
Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur
Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror
Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen
Step 2
Layers - New Raster Layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk
Look for and load the selection - 2703
Flood fill tool / Fill in the selection with the gradient
Effects - Plugins - AP 01 (Innovations) - Lines - SilverLining
Selections - Select None
Step 3
Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave
Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Filter Factory Gallery L - Pinwheel B (default settings)
In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)
Layers - Merge - Merge Down
Step 4
Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2
Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 134.00 Y: 135.00
Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool
Layers - Duplicate
Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical
Layers - Merge - Merge Down
Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Pull out the two edges to the right and left
Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool
In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen
Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More
Step 5
Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1
Open the misted tube - jol_virág
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image
Image - Resize - 85% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked
Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen
Step 6
Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1
Layers - Duplicate
Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top
Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - VM Distortion - Circulator
Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 0 and Feather 0)
Select the inner part of the circle
Activate the layer underneath - Raster 2
Press the Delete key on your keyboard
Selections - Select None
Step 7
Activate the top layer - Copy of Raster 1
Selections - Select All
Selections - Float
Selections - Defloat
Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass
Selections - Select None
Step 8
Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)
Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (preset Side by side)
Layers - Arrange - Move Down
In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer to 50
Activate the top layer - Copy of Raster 1
Image - Resize - 90% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked
Your layers look this:
Your image looks like this:
Step 9
Layers - Merge - Merge Visible
Edit - Copy
Selections - Select All
Selections - Modify - Contract (Number of pixels 20)
Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders
Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with - Color 3 #ffffff
Selections - Select None
Step 10
Selections - Select All
Selections - Modify - Contract (Number of pixels 18)
Selections - Invert
Effects - Texture Effects - Weave
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/35/15) color 4 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked
Selections - Select None
Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #ffffff
Selections - Select All
Image - Add Borders - 45px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #ffffff
Selections - Invert
Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/70/35) color 4 #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked
Selections - Select None
Step 11
Open tube - Jolcsi863
Remove the watermark
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image
Image - Resize - 115% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked
Image - Mirror
Position the tube as shown on the final result or to your own liking.
Apply drop shadow according to your own preference.
Step 12
Open the text tube - text
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image
Position the tube to your own liking
Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #ffffff
Layers - New Raster Layer
Add your name or watermark
Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)
Image - Resize - 950 pixels width (the height will adapt)
File - Export - Save as JPG file
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I hope you enjoyed this lesson.
If you do this tutorial please email your version to me
my email address -
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My version with woman tube by Vera Mendes and misted flowers my own
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Your Versions
Thank you Roberta for your beautiful version
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