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.

4 tubes
1 selection
1 mask by Narah

 

Plugins used:

Mehdi / Kaleidoscope - Here
VM Natural / Lakeside reflection - Here
Toadies / Weaver -Here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Glass - Here

Note: VM Natural and Toadies plugins can be used alone and can also be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0

 

Materials

 

This translation is written with PSP 2018 Ultimate, 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.

Place the selection into your Selections folder of PSP

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

 

Colors used:

Note: From your own tubes choose one color as Foreground color and one color as Background color.
When working with your own colors, adjust the Blend Mode/Opacity at your own discretion

Loiva chose the following colors:

Material Properties - Foreground: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #738c31
Material Properties - Background: Set your Background color to color 2 #ffffff

 

 

 

The Tutorial

Step 1

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

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with your foreground color 1 #738c31

 

Step 2

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Open tube - 5a1bd4c2e5d3e5.6301954015117733789414

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

Selections - Select None

 

Step 3

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling (default settings)

 

 

Step 4

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

 

 

Step 5

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Step 6

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Kaleidoscope

 

 

Step 7

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - VM Natural - Lakeside Reflection

 

 

Step 8

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

 

Step 9

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with your background color - Color 2 #ffffff

Note: or a light color from your tube

 

 

Step 10

Open mask - NarahsMasks_1709

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

 

Step 11

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Toadies - Weaver

 

 

Step 12

Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen

 

 

Step 13

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip

Activate the Pick Tool (K)
Enter these values for positions X and Y on the Toolbar
X: 0.00 Y: -80.00

Press M on your keyboard to release the Pick Tool

 

 

Step 14

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

Look for and load the selection - loiva_lirio1

 

 

Step 15

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Foregound Color - color 1 #738c31

(Note: or with dark color)

Selections - Modify - Contract

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Backgound Color - color 2 #ffffff

 

 

Step 16

Selections - Modify - Contract

Flood fill tool /Fill in the Selection with the Foregound Color - color 1 #738c31

 

 

Step 17

Selections - Modify - Contract

Open image - Lilly of the valley.jpg

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection on your working image

 

 

Step 18

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

Use these settings in the Basic Tab:

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 19

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

 

Step 20

Open tube - 5a1bd4c2e5d3e5.6301954015117733789414 (or your own tube)

Edit - Copy

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

Resize it and apply Drop Shadow to your own liking.

Position it to the right as shown on the final result above.

 

 

Step 21

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - Color 1 #738c31

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - 20px - Symmetric checked - Color 2 #ffffff

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

 

 

Step 22

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur (Radius 15)

 

 

Step 23

Selections - Invert

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

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - 1px - Symmetric checked - Color 1 #738c31

 

 

Step 24

Layers - New Raster Layer

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 a tube by Mary