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 misted tube by Jolcsi
1 image by Jolcsi
1 deco tube by Calligraphy
1 deco tube by Jolcsi
1 apha channel selections

 

Plugins used:

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple - 4 Way Average
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple -Zoom Out and Flip
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Toadies-What are you?
AP 01 (Innovations) - Lines - SilverLining
L en K landksiteofwonders - L en K's Zitah

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.

When you open the Selections From Alpha Channel.pspimage file you will see a blank canvas.
It is not empty: it contains all the selections needed, saved to Alpha Channels.

Adjust the Blend Mode and Opacity to your own liking.

If using other colors, you may need to colorize some of the elements.

 

 

Colors used:

 

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #8b85cb
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #b670c2

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

Open the Selections From Alpha Channel.pspimage

Window - Duplicate (Shift+D)

Close the original and work on the copy

 

Step 2

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with your color 1 #8b85cb

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Open the image - jolcsi_alap

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 3

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple - 4 Way Average

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

 

Your image looks like this:

 

Step 4

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load - selection #1

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with your color 2 #b670c2

Selections - Modify - Contract

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Selections - Modify - Contract

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with your foreground color 1 #8b85cb

Selections - Modify - Contract

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/65/0.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 5

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (the same settings as in Step 3)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 6

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

Click on inside the emplty space as shown on image below:

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

Effects - Plugins - L en K landksiteofwonders - L en K's Zitah

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/60/30.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 7

Llayer - Raster 1 is still active

Open the misted flowers tube - jolcsi_virág

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 65% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

 

Step 8

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load - selection #1

Selections - Modify - Contract

Selections - Invert

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/60/30.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 9

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load - selection #2

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 10)

Effects - Plugins - AP 01 (Innovations) - Lines - SilverLining

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/15.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 10

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Toadies - What Are You? (default settings)

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

Layers - Arrange - Move down

Activate the top layer - Promoted Selection

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

 

Step 11

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple - Zoom Out and Flip

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer to 16%

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel

Load - selection #1

Press the Delete key on your keyboard

Selections - Select None

 

Step 12

Open the deco tube - jolcsi_dísz

Edit - Copy

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

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 59.00 Y: 24.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

 

Step 13

Open the deco tube - Calligraphy Swirl

Edit - Copy

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

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 146.00 Y: 26.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 14

Open tube - Jolcsi842

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

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

Position the tube at your own discretion

Apply drop shadow to your own liking

 

Step 15

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 2 #b670c2

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 1 #8b85cb

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 50px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #ffffff

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/60/30.00) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 16

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with your foreground color 2 #b670c2

Selections - Select None

 

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

Image - Resize - 950 pixels width (the height will adapt)

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

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 versions with woman tube by KAD and misted tube by Angie

 

 

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