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
4 deco tubes by Jolcsi
1 alpha selections
1 text tube by Jolcsi

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1
Flaming Pear - Flexify2
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - ScreenWorks - Dense Net
Alien Skin/Eye Candy5 - Impact -Glass

You can find my plugins page - Here

 

Materials

 

The original tutorial is written on PSP 2022.
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.

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 #266d8c
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #a8d4de

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

Open the Selections From Alpha Channel.pspimage file

Window - Duplicate

Close the original and work on the copy!!!

 

Step 2

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

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the gradient

Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope

 Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Step 3

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

Load the Selection1

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the gradient (the same settings as above)

Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope (the same settings as above)

  Selections - Select None

 

Step 4

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

 Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 0.00 Y: -196.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 5

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - ScreenWorks - Dense Net

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen

  Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

Step 6

Open tube - jolcsi_dekor

Edit - Copy

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

Do not move it - It is in the right place

 

Step 7

Activate the bottom layer - Raster 1

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 40)

 

Step 8

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

Load the Selection2

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/25) color 3 #113241 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

Activate the layer underneath - Raster 4

Layers - Delete

 

Step 9

The bottom layer - Raster 1 is active

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

Load the Selection3

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

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

Use these settings in the Basic Tab:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/35) color 3 #113241 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Keep the selection selected!!!

 

Step 10

Open the deco tube - jolcsi_dekor2

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)

(Note: or colorize based on your color if needed)

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

Selections - Select None

 

Your layers look like this:

Your image looks like this:

 

Step 11

Activate the top layer - Raster 3

Open tube - jolcsi_dekor3

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Don't move it - it is in the right place!

 

Step 12

Open tube - jolcsi_virág

Remove the watermark

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: 270.00 Y: 348.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (1/1/65/0) color 3 #113241 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 13

Open tube - text

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: 296.00 Y: 16.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Step 14

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

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 1

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - color 2

  Edi t- Copy

Selections - Select All

 

Step 15

Image - Add Borders - 45px - Symmetric checked - color 2

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 40) - settings are still in memory

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - ScreenWorks - Dense Net

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/65/30) color 3 #113241 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 16

Open tube - Jolcsi995

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize - 115% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 0.00 Y: 72.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Apply drop shadow to your own liking

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - color 1

 

Step 17

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

 

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Your Versions

 

Thank you Roberta Maver for the beautiful version

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Thank you Ibolya for the beautiful version

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