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 - Art by Li
1 - alpha selections
1 deco tube

 

Plugins used:

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Filter paper
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Recycling paper
AAA Filters - Textures

 

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.

When you open the alpha-creative.pspimage file you will see a blank canvas.
It is not empty: it contains all the selections needed, saved to Alpha Channels.

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

 

Colors Used:

Color 1 -#c1acd2 ; Color2 -#977ba4 ; Color 3 - #d1defa ; Color 4 - #6195cb ;

Material Properties: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #c1acd2

Material Properties: Set your Background color to color 2 #977ba4

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

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

Open the alpha 1.pspimage file

Window - Duplicate

Close the original

Work on the copy

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the Linear gradient you just prepared

 

Step 2

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

Edit - Repeat - Enhance Edges More

 

Step 3

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Lload the selection #2

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 2 - #977ba4

 

Step 5

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

 

Step 6

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 7

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Lload the selection #1

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 1 - #c1acd2

 

Step 8

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

 

Step 9

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 10

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Lload the selection #4

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 3 - #d1defa

 

Step 11

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

 

Step 12

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 13

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Lload the selection #3

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Layer with color 4 - #6195cb

 

Step 14

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

 

Step 15

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 16

Open the deco tube - Smoke_deco

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: 233.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

Step 17

In your Layer Properties - set the Blend mode to Overlay and the Opacity to 50%

(Note: When working with other colors adjust the Blend mode and Opacity to your own liking)

 

Step 18

Open the character tube - Image9

Edit - Copy the middle layer

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

Position the tube to left side of your working image

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Edit - Repeat Move Layer Down

(Note: the tube is positioned between alpha selection 3 and alspha selection 4 - see the final result)

 

Step 19

Image - Add Borders - 1 px - Symmetric checked - color black #000000

Edit - Copy

 

Step 20

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 30 px - Symmetric checked - color white #ffffff

 

Step 21

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste Into Selection

 

Step 22

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 20)

 

Step 23

Effects - Plugins - AAA Filters - Textures (default settings)

 

Step 24

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/35) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

 

Step 25

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark

 

Step 26

Image - Resize - 950 pixels width (the height will adapt)

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

File - Export - Save as JPG file

 

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My version with my own tube - made and AI generated by me