Original tutorial by SvC-Design

Thank you Sylviane for the permission to translate your tutorials.
Translated by Marie Nickol

You will find the original tutorial here:

This tutorial is a personal creation.

Any resemblance with another one would only be pure coincidence.

Thank you for the respect of SvC-Design’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.

If you want to use this tutorial for PSP lessons, please put the link back to it.

Do not hesitate to let SvC-Design 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 tube by Libellule graphisme
1 tube deco by Guismo
1 tube deco by Ana Ridzi
1 misted tube by K@rine Dreams
1 Christmas scenery background image
2 masks
1 Selections

 

Plugins used:

Mura's Meister / Perstective Tilling
L en K landsiteofwonders / L en K's Paris

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

Place the masks into your Masks folder of PSP

 

Colours used:

Note: When working with your own colors, adjust the Blend Mode/Opacity at your own discretion

 

 

The Lesson

Step 1

Open a new Transparent image 900 x 600 pixels

Selections - Select All

Open the background image - Christmas-Passage-Painting_lg1.jpg (don't close it, you will need it again)

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste - Paste into Selection

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 2

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

 

 

Step 3

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

 

 

Step 4

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill in the Layer with Color 1 #2a8295

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask circulart

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

 

Step 5

Selections - Select All

Layers - New Raster Layer

Open the image Christmas-Passage-Painting_lg1.jpg again

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste into Selection on your working image

In your Layer Properties change the Blend mode of this layer to Soft Llight

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 6

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract - 120 pixels

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill in the Layer with Color 1 #2a8295

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels
Fill in the Layer with Color 2 #cde3e3

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels
Fill in the Layer with Color 1 #2a8295

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels
Fill in the Layer with Color 2 #cde3e3

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels
Fill in the Layer with Color 1 #2a8295

 

Step 7

Open the misted tube k@rine_ dreams _Misted_Winter_2089_Novembre_2011 (or your own misted tube)

Edit - copy

On your working image:

Layers - New Raster Layer

Edit - Paste into Selection

Change the blend mode of this layer to Luminance (Legacy)

Note: Depending on your misted image you may change the blend mode to what suits you best.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked (the same drop shadow as above)

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

 

Step 8

Activate the layer below - Raster 2

Your layers look like this:

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk  - load selectie1

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selection - select none

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked (the same drop shadow as above)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Change the blend mode of this layer (the Promoted Selection) to Soft Light

 

 

Step 9

Activate Raster 2 layer

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins -Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling

 

Layers - Arrange - Move Up

Change the blend mode of this layer to Luminance (Legacy)

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance more

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked - Color dark #0a6575

 

Step 10

Activate the top layer

Open lady tube libellulegraphisme_rousse_aux_branchages

Remove the watermark from the tube

Edit - copy

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

Image - Resize 80% - Resize all layers not checked (2 times)

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal

Move the tube to the left side as shown on the final result

 

 

Step 11

Activate Raster 2 layer again

Activate the Selection Tool (S) - Custom selection

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Change the blend mode of this layer to Luminance (Legacy)

Effects - Plugins - L en K landsiteofwonders – L en K's Paris

Selections - Modify - Contract - 10 px

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill in the layer with Color 1 #2a8595

Selections - Select None

 

 

Step 12

Open tube deco calguisdecor19012012

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as New Layer on your working image

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

Image - Resize 50% Resize all layers not checked

Image - Resize 60% Resize all layers not checked

Image - Resize 85% Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked - color black

 

Step 13

Open tube deco AR914-deco

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste as New Layer on your working image

Image - Resize 80% Resize all layers not checked

Move the tube to the bottom right side as shown on the final result

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked - color black

 

 

Step 14

Activate the Text Tool (T)

With a font of your choice type the text Blue Winter (or whatever you prefer)

Sylviane used font Miama for the tutorial - Size: 48 - it is not provided in the materials

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked - Default Settings

 

Step 15

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px Color 2 #cde3e3

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2 px Color 1 #2a8595

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px Color 2 #cde3e3

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50 px - Color 1 #2a8595

Selections - Invert

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill in the selection with the light color 2 #cde3e3

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk

Look for and load mask kaart

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Shadow on new layer not checked color black

Repeat the Drop Shadow with minus 10

Selections - Select None

 

Step 16

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px Color 2 #cde3e3

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2 px Color 1 #2a8595

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px Color 2 #cde3e3

 

Step 17

Add your name or watermark

Layers - Merge All (Flatten)

 

Step 18

Resize if you wish, and save it as JPG file.

 

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My version with a tube by Sylvie Erwan and my own misted image