Original tutorial by Loiva

Thank you Loiva 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 Loiva.

Any resemblance with another one would only be pure coincidence.

Thank you for the respect of Loiva’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 Loiva 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 Riet
1 deco tube by Loiva
1 mask image by Silvie

 

Plugins used:

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Papyrus
Alien Skin candy 5 - Texture - Wood - Ebony
Alien Skin candy 5 - Texture - Weave - Satin, Tiny
Alf’s Power Sines - Absolute 2 Sin Grads....

 

You can find my plugins page - Here

 

Materials

 

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

I use the old versions of Image-Mirror and Image-Flip

 

Preparations

Duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve the originals.

If you don't have the plugins install them into your Plugins folder for PSP

 

Colors

Choose a light color from your tube

Loiva chose the following colors:

 

Materials Properties: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #da98a2

Materials Properties - Set your Background color to color 2 #000000

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

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

Flood fill tool / Fill in the Layer with light color - Color 1 #da98a2

 

Step 2

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Papyrus

 

Step 3

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the background Color - color 2 #000000

 

Step 5

Open mask - Silvie_Mask_Magic_Clouds41a

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 6

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 7

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Wood - Ebony

Under Settings choose Ebony and click OK

 

Step 8

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Dodge

(Note: Depending on your colors choose the Blend mode that suits your color choice best)

 

Step 9

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged

Edit - Paste As New Layer

 

Step 10

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Alf’s Power Sines - Absolute 2 Sin Grads....

Note: Play with the RGB (Red Green Blue) values to choose the color that suits you best

 

Step 11

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked

Layers - Duplicate

 

Step 12

Layer Copy of Raster 2 is active

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 13

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/10) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

 

Step 14

Activate the layer underneath - Raster 2

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Screen

 

Step 15

Activate the top layer - Copy of Raster 2

Open the deco tube - Deco_loiva

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: 0.00 Y: 0.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

Step 16

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Dodge

(Note: Depending on your colors choose the Blend mode that suits your color choice best)

 

Step 17

Open the character tube - Riet_ 1004_160423

Remove the watermark

Edit - Copy

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

Image - Resize 85% Resize all layers not checked

Position the tube a little bit to the right as shown on the final result above or at your own discretion

 

Step 18

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 3  #6d3429

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 4  #fff1df

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 3  #6d3429

(Note: When working with your own colors choose a dark color and light color)

 

Step 19

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 20 px - Symmetric checked - color 1  #da98a2

 

Step 20

Selections - Invert

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Weave - Satin, Tiny
Under Settings choose Satin, Tiny and click OK

 

Step 21

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/10) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 22

Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color 3  #6d3429

(or your own dark color of choice)

 

Step 23

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

 

Step 24

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

Optional: Image - Resize - 900 pixels width (the height will adapt)

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

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My version with my own tube made and AI generated

 

 

 

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