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 Patries
1 deco tube by Maryse

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi - Sorting Tiles
Carolaine and Sensibility - cs_texture
MuRa's Meister - Copies
MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &Bkg Kaleidoscope - 4 QFlip ZBottonL

 

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

 

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

 

The Tutorial

Colors used

 

Step 1

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

Open the flowers tube - MR_Tulips and Kitten

Choose a light color from the tube

When using your own tube choose a light color from your tube

Loiva chose -color #f7f7f7

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the light color 1#f7f7f7

 

Step 2

Selections - Select All

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection the flowers tube on your working image

Selections - Select None

 

Step 3

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

Step 4

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

 

Step 5

Effects - User Defined Filter - Emboss 6

 

Step 6

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

 

Step 7

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Rectangle type

By pressing the Shift key on your keyboard - Make two selections as shown on the image:

 

Step 8

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

 

Step 9

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - cs_texture (default settings)

 

Step 10

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Selections - Select None

 

Step 11

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Copies

 

Step 12

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

Step 13

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

 

Step 14

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Kaleidoscope - 4 QFlip ZBottonL

 

Step 15

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

 

Step 16

Open tube - 1Patries_Rockchick-19-1-08 - Copia

Edit - Copy

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

Layers - Arrange - Move down (under the Promoted Selection)

 

Step 17

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Rectangle type

Select the head part of the tube as shown below

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Selections - Select None

 

Your layers look like this:

 

Step 18

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged

Edit - Paste As New Image

Minimize your original working image and continue on the copy

 

Step 19

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #493721

When working with your own tubes choose a dark color for the border

 

Step 20

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 15px - Symmetric checked - color 2 #c6bcbb

When working with your own tubes choose a lighter color for the border

 

Step 21

Selections - Invert

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

 

Step 22

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #493721

When working with your own tubes choose a dark color for the border

 

Step 23

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 25px - Symmetric checked - color 2 #c6bcbb

When working with your own tubes choose a lighter color for the border

 

Step 24

Selections - Invert

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

 

Step 25

Selections - Invert

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

Selections - Select None

 

Step 26

Maximize your original working image

Activate layer - Raster 1

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your bordered image as - Raster 2

 

Step 27

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

 

Step 28

Activate the Magic Wand Tool - Tolerance 50 and Feather 40

Click on the upper empty space of the layer with the Magic Wand to select it

 

Step 29

Press DELETE 5 times with the Delete key on your keyboard

 

Step 30

Open tube - MR_Tulips and Kitten

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

Edit - Copy

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

Position the tube to your own liking

Loiva positioned it to the bottom left side

You may add a Drop Shadow of your own choice

 

Step 31

Image - Add Borders - 2px - Symmetric checked - color 3 #493721

When working with your own tubes choose a dark color for the border

 

Step 32

Layers - New Raster Layer

Step 33

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

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

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

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My version with my own tubes

 

 

 

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