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 Nena Silva
1 - alpha selections
5 brushes
1 pattern
1 wordart tube
Plugins used:
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Canvas Fine
L en K landksiteofwonders - Palmyre
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.
Place the pattern into your Patterns folder of PSP
Place the brushes into your Brushes folder of PSP
When you open the alpha 1.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
The Tutorial
Step 1
Open the alpha 1.pspimage file
Window - Duplicate
Close the original
Work on the copy
Loiva chose the following colors:
Materials Properties: Set your Foreground color to color 1 #842921
Materials Properties - Set your Background color to Pattern Pattern
Step 2
Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 1 #842921
Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Canvas Fine
Step 3
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel
Load Selection #1
Layers - Promote Selection Layer
Step 4
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/100/40) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked
Step 5
Layers - New Raster Layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel
Load Selection #2
Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with the Pattern
Keep selection selected!!!
Step 6
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Step 7
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (0/0/50/10) color black #000000 - Shadow on new layer not checked
Step 8
Selections - Select None
Rename this layer to Line
Step 9
Activate the bottom layer - alpha
Layers - New Raster Layer
Activate the Paint Brush Tool (B)
Choose one of the mandalas provided in the materials
Loiva chose mandala 2
Step 10
Set the size of the brush to 500
View - Rulers
Position the brush and appy it with your background pattern as shown on the image below
Step 11
Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More
Rename this layer to mandala
Step 12
Layers - New Raster Layer
Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top
Set the size of the brush to 200
Position the brush and appy it with your background pattern as shown on the image below
Step 13
Adjust - Sharpness- Sharpen More
Uncheck - View = Rulers
Step 14
Close the eyes of all 4 bottom layers
Leave open only the eye of the top layer - Raster 2
Step 15
Activate the Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance 50 and Feather 0)
Click inside the empty space
Selections - Invert
Step 16
Open the eye of the larger mandala - the layer named mandala
Activate the layer named mandala
Press the Delete key on your keyboard
Step 17
Open the eye of the layer named line
Activate the layer named line
Press the Delete key on your keyboard
Step 18
Selections - Select None
Open the eyes of the other 2 layers
Your image looks like this:
Step 19
Activate the top layer
Open tube - vvs-woman1708
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image
Image - Resize - 60% - Resize All Layers - Not Checked
Position the tube to the left as shown on the final result
Add a drop shadow to your own liking
Step 20
Open the wordart tube - Image5
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer on your working image
Position the tube to at your own discretion
Step 21
Selections - Select All
Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color white #ffffff
Selections - Invert
Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with pattern
Step 22
Selections - Select All
Image - Add Borders - 20 px - Symmetric checked - color white #ffffff
Selections - Invert
Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with color 1 #842921
Effects - Plugins - L en K landksiteofwonders - L en K's palmyre (default settings)
Step 23
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Step 24
Selections - Select All
Image - Add Borders - 2 px - Symmetric checked - color white #ffffff
Selections - Invert
Flood fill tool / Fill in the layer with pattern
Selections - Select None
Step 25
Layers - New Raster Layer
Add your name or watermark
Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)
File - Export - Save as JPG file
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My version with my own tube