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 deco tube by Jolcsi
1 selection
1 mask by Maria José

 

Plugins used:

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Background Designers IV-sf10 - Shades of Shadow
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - penta.com - color dot
Filters Unlimited 2.0 -Transparency - Eliminate White
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - MuRa's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha
Filters Unlimited 2.0 -Tramages - At The Atomic Level
Flaming Pear - Flexify2
User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

Note: Plugins - penta.com, MuRa's Seamless, Tramages can be used alone
and they can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0)


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

 

 

Colors used:

 

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #96beff
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #296acf

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

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

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

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 20)

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

(Older versions of PSP - Image-Flip)

In your Layer Properties - set the Opacity of this layer to 50%

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 2

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Shades Of Shadow (default settings)

Effects - Plugins - penta.com - color dot (default settings)

 

Step 3

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk 

Look for and load the selection - 2779

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection color 2 #296acf

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

Selections - Select None

 

Step 4

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Transparency - Eliminate White

(Note: I set the background color to white to produce the effect)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp (the same settings as above)

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

 

Step 5

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (settings Side by Side)

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 0.00 Y: 284.00

The Pick Tool (K) is still active

View - Rulers

Lower the top of the layer to 400 by pulling down the central knot

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

View - Rulers - unclick Rulers

 

Step 6

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 0.00 Y: 374.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Layers-Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (settings Side by Side)

 

Step 7

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection color 2 #296acf

Open mask - lillymask_MariaJosé

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 3

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha (default settings)

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) and the Opacity to 50%

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Activate the top layer - Raster 2

 

Your layers look like this:

Your image look like this:

 

Step 8

Open the deco tube - dekor_jolcsi

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Do not move it - it is in the right place

 

Step 9

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 2  #296acf

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #96beff

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 2  #296acf

Selections - Select All

Edit - Copy

Image - Add Borders - 10 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #96beff

Selections - Invert

Effects - Plugins - penta.com - color dot (default settings)

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 2  #296acf

 

Step 10

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 45 px - Symmetric checked - color 2  #296acf

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 20)

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - At The Atomic Level (default settings)

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/45) color 3 #183e7a - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 11

Open the character tube - Jolcsi1032

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

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

Position to the bottom left or to your liking

Apply drop shadow at your own discretion

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color 2  #296acf

 

Step 12

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 my own tube

 

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Your Versions

 

Thank you Roberta Maver for your beautiful version

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