~°~ Original by Kad's PSP Design ~°~

Thank you Karin for your permission to translate your tutorials.

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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 PSP15 but can also be made with other PSP versions.

 

 

Acknowledgements:

  • Tube by Annelies from A&K Tubes unlimited. She shares her great tubes HERE
  • Mask by Narah.  She shares her beautiful masks HERE

 

 

Plugins:

  • <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0
  • Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1 & Sorting Tiles
  • Plugin Galaxy - Instant Mirror
  • &<Background Designers 1V>  sf10 Slice N Dice **
  • Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow
  • MuRa's Meister - Cloud
  • &<BKg Designer sf10 I> - Cirquelate **
  • L&K SiteOfWonders - L en K"s Zitah
  • &<BKg Designer sf10 II> -  Diamonds **
  • Toadies - What Are You?

** Import into Filters Unlimited

 

Preparations:

  • Open the Mask in PSP and minimize to tray

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:
     
#e4d4ec #ffffff #8f3e7d #53225d #000000      

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

  • Set your Foregroundcolor to #e4d4ec

  • Set your Backgroundcolor to #ffffff

 

 

The tutorial:

01

Open a new transparent image of 850 x 500 px

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 40

02

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Open Tube "Alies 1VR488-woman-18052013" 

Note: If you are using tubes and colors of your own,  it is best to use the tube provided in the Materials for this step, otherwise the result will be different. You can colorize it to match your work.

Edit - Copy

Minimize to tray , you need it again later

On your work image:  Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

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

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Effects - Plugins - Plugin Galaxy - Instant Mirror

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers 1V>  sf10 Slice N Dice

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Hard Light" and the Layer Opacity to 45

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

03

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 75

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your work looks like this now:

 

04

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Fill with the Backgroundcolor (Right Mouse Click)

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color: #e4d4ec

Effects - Plugins -  Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Selections - Modify - Contract - 45 px

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

Keep Selected

 

05

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background Gradient (Corel_06_029) - Style: Linear

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Cloud - Click on Reset

Effects  3D Effects - Buttonize - #e4d4ec

Keep Selected!

06

Maximize Tube "Alies 1VR488-woman-18052013" 

Image - Mirror

Edit - Copy

Image  - Mirror

Minimize to Tray again

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move into the Selection like this:

Selections - Invert

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

Selections - Select None
Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Edit - Repeat Layer Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 

07

Maximize Tube "Alies 1VR488-woman-18052013" again

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 60

 

08

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Bottom

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind - From Left checked - Wind Strength: 100

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Top

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind - From Right checked - Wind Strength: 100

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 75

 

09

Color Palette: Set the Foreground Gradient back to color

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Foregroundcolor

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Narah_mask_0406 

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Edit - Repeat Sharpen  ( This is a little more subtle than Sharpen More)

 

10

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software>  - Filters Unlimited -&<BKg Designer sf10 I> - Cirquelate

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

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

11

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - L&K SiteOfWonders - L en K"s Zitah

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

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

12

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Open Tube "312_KaD_Deco1" 

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

13

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 85% - Resize all Layers not checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask

 

13

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software>  - Filters Unlimited - &<BKg Designer sf10 II> -  Diamonds

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You? - X-dose 215 - Y-dose 215

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

14

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 55

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 

15

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer
Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 

16

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - #53225d

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric not checked -  Color #ffffff

Selections - Invert

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color: #e4d4ec

Selections - Invert

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Selections - Select None

17

Maximize Tube "Alies 1VR488-woman-18052013" again

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 88% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move to the Left like this:


Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #53225d

 

18

Open Tube "312_KaD_Text" 

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset
 

19

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - #53225d

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

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

Extra Example:

 

 

With special thanks to my testers Chris and Martalip

Chris:

Martalip:

 

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