© Translation: November 21 - 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 for PSP15 but can also be made with other PSP versions.

 

 

Acknowledgements:

Tube by Guismo You can find her great tubes HERE

 

 

Plugins:

  • <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0
  • Distort - Turn your Inside Out **
  • MuRa's Meister - Cloud & Perspective Tiling
  • Tramages - Tow The Line
  • Simple - Horizontal Grain **
  • AP [Lines] - Lines - Silverlining
  • VM Natural - Speed

** Import into Filters Unlimited

 

Preparations:

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:

     
#ebfffe #8d9ea8 6f7f8e #ffffff #000000      

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

  • Set your Foregroundcolor to #ebfffe

  • Set your Backgroundcolor to #8d9ea8

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

 

 

The tutorial:

01

Open "350_KaD_Alfakanaal" This image contains Alpha Selections

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

Selections - Select All

Open Tube "calguismistimagedanae04122011

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

Minmize 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 


Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

Your work looks like this now:

 


02

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distort - Turn your Inside Out

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters - Smelter 2


Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Simple - Horizontal Grain

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

 


03

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel  - selectie1

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Cloud - Color #ebfffe  or change the  FG (Foreroundcolor) to the lightest shade of your main color

Selections - Select None

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

 


04

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

Maximize Tube "calguismistimagedanae04122011from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 75% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move to the Right like this:


Selections - Invert

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

Selections - Select None

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 


05

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

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


Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Tow The Line


Selections - Select None

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Hard Light" and the Layer Opacity to 60

 


06

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light" and the Layer Opacity to 14

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now

 


07

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

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


Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur  - Same settings as before

Effects - Plugins - AP [Lines] - Lines - Silverlining


Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Keep Selected


08

Selections - Edit - Selection ( It will turn red!)

Effects - Image Effects - Offset  The Color will change automatically to #000000

Selections - Edit - Selection (The red is gone!)

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Foreground Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 20

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave - Weave Color #ffffff - Gap Color #ebfffe

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 


09

Color Palette: Set the Foreground Gradient back to Color

Selections - Edit - Selection ( It will turn red!)

Effects - Image Effects - Offset  The Color will change automatically to #000000

Selections - Edit - Selection (The red is gone!)

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Foregroundcolor


Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 px

Fill with the Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select None


10

Open Tube "350_KaD_Text1

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

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

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 


11

Layers - Merge - Merge Down - Repeat two times

All 3 frames are on one Layer now

Image - Resize - 90% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move like this:

 


12

Color Palette: Change the Foregroundcolor to #ffffff

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #364552   

 


13

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

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

 


14

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

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

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Effects - Plugins - VM Natural - Speed

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling

Selections - Select None

Effects - Geometric Effects - Cylinder Horizontal - Strength 45 %

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 

15

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Open Tube "350_KaD_Text2

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 80

 

16

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Open Tube "350_KaD_Text3

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 80

 

17

Open Tube "calguisbranche6119

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 55% - Resize all Layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 

18

Open Tube "350_KaD_Sterren

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

 

19

Open Tube "calguissymphonia180111

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 75% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move like this:

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask - Radius 2 - Strength 28 - Clipping 2 - Luminance Only Not Checked

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #6f7f8e

 

20

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - Color  #6f7f8e

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 25 px - Color  #ffffff

Effects - 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000


Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - Color  #6f7f8e



21

Image - Resize - Width 900 px  - 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:

 

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