© Translation: March 22 - 2014

~°~ Original by Kad's PSP Design ~°~

Thank you Karin for your permission to translate your tutorials.

Please read my TERMS before sharing this tutorial!

 

 

Materials:  

This translation is written with PSP15 but can also be made with other PSP versions.

 

 

Acknowledgements:

  • Woman Tube by Annelies from A&K Tubes unlimited. She shares her great tubes HERE
  • Vases tube by Tocha

 

Plugins:

  • Mehdi - Wavy Lab
  • RCS Filter Pack 1 - RCS TripleExposure
  • Toadies - Sucking Toad Bevel II.2 & What Are You?
  • It@lian Editors Effect - bordo con Luci
  • Rorshack Filters - Ripleyer
  • &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> -  4Q Flip Z Bottom R & Flip Sides Rsf
  • MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling
  • Carolaine and Sensibility - cs_texture
  • Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow
 

Preparations:

  • Copy the Mask files to the Mask folder of PSP
  • Double Click on the Eye Candy Presets, they will be imported automatically

From PSP 14 and higher versions 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 a easy way to add the old Mirror and Flip options to the Image Menu I have written a tutorial you can find it HERE

 

Colors:

     
#bf5d95 #a81f57 #671a3a #000000 #1d1d1d #ffffff      

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

  • Set your Foregroundcolor to #bf5d95

  • Set your Backgroundcolor to #a81f57

 

The tutorial:

 

01

Open "333_KaD_Alfakanaal" This image contains Alpha Selections

Window - Duplicate (or shift+D) - Close the original and proceed on the copy

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab

Effects - Plugins - RCS Filter Pack 1 - RCS TripleExposure

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 5

Effects - Plugins -  Toadies - Sucking Toad Bevel II.2

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

02

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

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - It@lian Editors Effect - bordo bon luci

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You? - X-dose 40 - Y-dose 0

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More

Image - Flip

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to  "Dodge" and the Layer Opacity to 50

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your work looks like this now:

 

03

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

 Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Rorshack Filters - Ripleyer

Selections - Select None

Effects - Reflection  Effects - Feedback

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light"

 

04

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selection #3        

 Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

<I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited - &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> -  4Q Flip Z Bottom R

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 

05

Color Palette: Change the Foregroundcolor to #1d1d1d

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 4

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Modify - Contract - 15 px

Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

 

06

Layer Palette: Change the Foregroundcolor to #ffffff

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Foregroundcolor

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Disk - Narah_mask_Abstract_289

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 27

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 4

Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your work looks like this now:

 

07

Layers - Duplicate

Hit the K Key of your Keyboard and push the top node down like this:

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software>  - Filters Unlimited - &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> - Flip Sides Rsf

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

 

08

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 5

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - cs_texture

Selections - Select None

 

09

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down
Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 

10

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 4

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset: 333_KaD_PerspectiveShadow

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 4

Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Hard Light"

 

11

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie #6     

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor 

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Disk -  Narah_mask_Abstract279

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Selections - Select None
Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen


 

12

Open Tube "333_KaD_Text

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

No need to move
Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 62

 

13

Open Tube "333_KaD_Text1

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 40% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

14

Open Tube "Alies 1VR841-woman-20012014

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 

15

Open Tube "Tocha24065

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 33% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset: 333_KaD_PerspectiveShadow2

 

16

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

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - #a81f57

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - #bf5d95

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 50 px - #ffffff

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Selections - Select None

 

17

Image - Resize - Width 900 Pixels - Resize all layers checked

Add your name or watermark, save as JPG file and you're done!

Extra Example:

Tube by Annelies from A&K Tubes unlimited. She shares her great tubes HERE

 

 

With special thanks to my testers Chris and Martalip

Chris:

Martalip: