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 mask by Jolcsi
1 deco tube by Jolcsi
1 apha channel selections

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi- Sorting Tiles
dsb Flux - Linear Transmission
dsb Fflux - Bubbles
Alien Skin/Eye Candy5 - Impact - Glass - Clear
AP 01 (Innovations) - Lines - SilverLining
Kiwi - Zig Zack

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:

color 1- #5f3b58; color 2 - #ccaec7; color 3 - #ffffff; color 4 - #22161f

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #5f3b58
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #ccaec7

 

 

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

Selections - Select All

Open image - tájkép.jpg

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

 

Step 3

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

 

Step 4

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Image - Rotate Left

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

Image - Rotate Right

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror (the same settings as above)

 

Step 5

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

Load - selection #1

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 20)

Selections - Select None

 

Step 6

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 3 #ffffff

Effects - Geometric Effects - Circle

Effects - Plugins - dsb flux - Linear Transmission

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

 

Step 7

Open tube - tájkép2

Edit - Copy

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

Do not move it - it is properly positioned

 

Step 8

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 2 #ccaec7

Open mask - 1373916728_34

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 9

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

In your Layer Properties set the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance (Legacy) and the Opacity to 65%

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (3/-3/65/5.00) color 4 #22161f - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 10

Activate the top layer - Raster 3

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Load - selection #2

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 1 #5f3b58

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Selections - Select None

 

Step 11

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

Click on the empty space inside the rectangle and select it the Magic Wand

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 2 #ccaec7

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

Weave color 1 #5f3b58

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

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

Keep the selection selected!

 

Step 12

Activate the layer underneath - Raster 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Modify - Contract

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Selection with color 1 #5f3b58

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - Clear

Selections - Select None

Activate the layer underneath - Raster 4

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/13.00) color 4 #22161f - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 13

Activate the layer above - Raster 6

Your Layers look like this:

Your image looks like this:

 

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layers - Duplicate

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 553.00 Y: 440.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Activate the top layer - Raster 5

Layers - Duplicate

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 575.00 Y: 460.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layers - Arrange - Move down

 

Step 14

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 1 #5f3b58

Edit - Copy

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 50px - Symmetric checked - color 1 #5f3b58

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

 

Step 15

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 20)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/70/35.00) color 4 #22161f - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/70/35.00) color 4 #22161f - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Invert

Effects - Plugins - Kiwi - Zig Zack (default settings)

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Selections - Select None

 

Step 16

Open tube - jolcsi_343

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 105% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Position the tube at your own discretion

Apply drop shadow to your own liking

 

Step 17

Open the deco tube - dekor.png

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: 720.00 Y: 281.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - color 1 #5f3b58

 

Step 18

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

Add Jolcsi's watermark - jolcsi_szignál

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 Jolcsi

Jolcsi's email address -

 

 

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My version with my own tubes and deco from the tutorial

 

 

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