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~°~ Original by KaD's PSP Design ~°~

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Materials:

Disclaimer: Each Graphic is the property of the original artist to whom the copyright belongs and may not be placed in a collection or offered for sale on-line or otherwise.

This translation is written with PSP 2018 Ultimate, if you work with older versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

Acknowledgements:

Mask by MD

Tube by Syl she shares her beautiful tubes Here

Plugins:

Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Toadies - Sucking Toad - Bevel II.2 and Weaver

Simple - 4Way Average

MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

AP 01 [Innovations] - Lines - SilverLining

Tramages - Tow the Line

Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow

Preparations:

Double click on the Alien Skin Preset it will install automatically

Open all other files in PSP, minimize to Tray. NOTE: If you are using different colors you might need to colorize

From PSP 14 and higher there is no option for Image - Mirror & Image - Flip There is a new option but this does not give the same result except when the tube/image covers the whole image from side to side There is an easy way to add the old Mirror and Flip options to the Image Menu I have written a tutorial you can find it HERE. From PSP 17 the option is back

Colors:

#c7b4b2 #4a3e4a #968397 #ede8e7 #000000 #ffffff

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

Set your Foregroundcolor to #c7b4b2

Set your Backgroundcolor to #4a3e4a

Color Palette:

The tutorial:

01

Maximize "376_KaD_Alfakanaal" from tray (This image contains Alpha Selections)

Window - Duplicate or Shift+D

Close the original and continue on the copy

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius: 40

02

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - *Sucking Toad* - Bevel II.2 - Default settings

03

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

04

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - "Selectie 1"

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Simple - 4 Way Average

Keep selected

05

Layers - Duplicate

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise

Selections - Modify - Contract - 15px

Edit - Cut (or hit Delete on your keyboard)

Selections - Select none

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Result:

06

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Preset - Side by Side

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:   Vertical: 0   Horizontal: 0   Opacity: 40   Blur: 20   Color: #000000

Layer Palette: Change the Blend mode of this Layer to Hard Light

07

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layer Palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Overlay

08

Layer Palette: Click on the Bottom Layer (Raster1)

Layers - Arrange - Bring To Top

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - Weaver - Default settings

09

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

10

Layer Palette: Click on the Bottom Layer (Copy of Raster 1)

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - "Selectie 2"

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Keep selected

11

Effects - Plugins - AP 01[innovations] - Lines - SilverLining

Selections - Select none

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew

Layer Palette: Change the Blend mode of this Layer to Soft Light

12

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Again "Selectie 1"

Edit - Cut (or hit Delete on your keyboard)

Selections - Select none

Result:

13

Layer Palette: Click on the Bottom Layer (Copy of Raster 1)

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - "Selectie 3"

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Tow the Line - Default settings

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Overlay and lower the Opacity to 69

14

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - "Selectie 2"

Edit - Cut (or hit Delete on your keyboard)

Selections - Select none

Result:

15

Materials Palette: Change the Foregroundcolor to #968397

Layer Palette: Click on the Bottom Layer (Copy of Raster 1)

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Layer with the Foregroundcolor

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image -"MASK-MD-041.jpg"

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Layer Palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Screen and lower the Opacity to 80

16

Layer Palette: Click on the Top Layer

Maximize "441_KaD_Deco01" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

No need to move

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:   Vertical: 2   Horizontal: 2   Opacity: 35   Blur: 2   Color: #4a3e4a

17

Maximize "441_KaD_Text1" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Pick Tool (K) Enter these parameters for the X and Y positions on the Toolbar

590.00 37.00

Press any key to close the Pick Tool

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:   Vertical: 2   Horizontal: 2   Opacity: 35   Blur: 2   Color: #4a3e4a

18

Maximize "KaD_Woman_160" from tray

Erase the watermark

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 50% - Resize All Layers - not checked

Pick Tool (K) Enter these parameters for the X and Y positions on the Toolbar

292.00 43.00

Press any key to close the Pick Tool

19

Layers - Duplicate

Click on the Layer below (original tube Layer)

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius: 10

Layer palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Multiply and lower the Opacity to 80

Click on the Top Layer

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow - Preset -"441_KaD_Shadow1"

Note: If the Preset isn't working for you, use these settings in the Basic Tab

20

Maximize "SvB Vase with Chrysanthemums"

Copy the Bottom Layer

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 65% - Resize All Layers - not checked

Pick Tool (K) Enter these parameters for the X and Y positions on the Toolbar

72.00 232.00

Press any key to close the Pick Tool

21

Layers - Duplicate

Click on the Layer below (original tube Layer)

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius: 10

Layer Palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Multiply and lower the Opacity to 80

Click on the Top Layer

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow - Preset -"441_KaD_Shadow1"

Basic settings are already set

Your work looks like this now:

22

Layer Palette: Layer Palette: Click on the Bottom Layer (Copy of Raster 1)

Layers - Duplicate

Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Multiply and lower the Opacity to 75

Layers - Merge - Merge All Flatten

23

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - #4a3e4a

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3px - #968397

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - #4a3e4a

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 20px - #ede8e7

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:   Vertical: 0   Horizontal: 0   Opacity: 60   Blur: 25   Color: #4a3e4a

Edit - Repeat Drop Shadow

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - #4a3e4a

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 40px - #ede8e7

24

Maximize "441_KaD_Deco2 from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

No need to move

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1px - #4a3e4a

24

Optional: Image - Resize - Width 900 Pixels - Resize all Layers checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask

Add your name or watermark, also add KaD's watermark from the Materials. Save as JPG file and you're done!

Extra Examples by Chris and Anya Celine:

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