Materials:  

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

Plugins:

• Toadies – Darwin - Weaver - What Are You?

• [AFS IMPORT] – sqborder2

• Simple - Blintz - 4 Way Average - Diamonds

• VM Natural - Sparkle

• Carolaine and Sensibility – CS-Reflection

• Alien Skin – Eye Candy 5 – Textures – Animal Fur & Wood

• Alien Skin – Eye Candy 5 – Impact – Perspective shadow

• Graphic Plus – Cross Shadow

• Nik Sofware – Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete

 

Preparations:

• Set your Foregroundcolor to #524945

• Set your Backgroundcolor to #d9d9db

• Copy the selection files to the Selections folder of PSP

• Double Click on the Eye Candy Presets, they will be imported automatically

• Copy the Lights Preset to the Presets folder of PSP

In PSP 14 & 15 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

Used Colors

#524945	#d9d9db	#000000

Notes:

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

  2* At the end of the tutorial there will be a color change due to the Color Efex Pro Filter, until than your work looks different then the example

 

Awknowledgements:

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

Deco Tube by Syl  She shares her tubes HERE

 

01

Set your Foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background Gradient (Corel_06_029) - Style: Radial

Open a new transparent image of 900 x 600 px

Fill your image with the Gradient

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins – Toadies – Darwin

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins – Toadies – Weaver

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You? - X-dose 20 - Y-dose 20

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Your work looks like this now:

      
  02

 
Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 67% - Resize all layers not checked

Image - Free Rotate - Left - 90°

Effects - Plugins – [AFS IMPORT] – sqborder2

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 

03

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk -  Msb_Sel_Isabelle_01  

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins – Simple – Blintz

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins – Simple – 4Way Average

Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 px

Selections - Invert

Edit - Cut

Selections - Invert

Effects - Plugins - VM Natural - Sparkle

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Hard Light" and the Layer Opacity to 75

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Effects - Distortion Effects - Punch - Strength 7%

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility – CS_Reflection

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Your work looks like this now:

 

 

05

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Isabelle_02

Fill the selection with the Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 15

Effects - Plugins – Simple – Diamonds

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Selections - Select None

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Isabelle_03

Edit - Cut

Selections - Select None

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Isabelle_04

Layers - New Raster Layer

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor back to Color

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Modify - Contract - 5

Edit - Cut

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout - Shadow Color #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Selections - Select None

Image - Resize - 92% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Luminance (Legacy)" and the Layer Opacity to 90

Your work looks like this now:

 

 

06

Open Tube "Msb_Deco_20-3-13"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate
 
Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 84
 

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Msb_Setting_AS_PS_Isabelle_01

Your work looks like this now:

 


07

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Isabelle_05

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Animal Fur - Preset Msb_Setting_AS_Text_AF_01

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette - Close the Background Layer, make sure you are on one of the other layers

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Open the Background Layer

Make sure you are on the top layer

Layers - Duplicate

 

08

Effects - Distortion Effects - Polar Coordinates   

View - Rulers

Hit the K key of your keyboard

Pull the middle node down to 480 px

Hit any key to add the deformation

View  - Rulers

 

 

09

Layer Palette - Click on the middle layer

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 50

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Cirquelate

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Panel Stripes

Your work looks like this now:

 

10

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Fill with the Foregroundcolor

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Wood - Preset AS_Texture_Wood_22-3-13

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Selections - Select None

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

Your work looks like this now:

 

11.

Layers - New Raster Layer

 

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Fill the Selection with the Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You? - X-dose 0 - Y-dose 10

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - ForegroundColor:

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

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

Your work looks like this now:

 

 

12.

Open Tube "Msb_Deco_23-3-13"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit  - Paste As New Layer

(do not worry if you do not see it, you will after the next step)

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Change to Target tool:

Click with the Foregroundcolor on all 4 glass squares: 

 

13.

Open Tube "Msb_Deco_24-3-13"

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 Blend Mode to "Multiply" and the Layer Opacity to 47

Layers - Arrange - Move Down - REPEAT ONCE

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Your work looks like this now:

 

 

14.

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Open Tube "Msb_Text_Isabelle"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

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

 

15.

Open Tube "SvB Licht vaas"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 58% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Luminance (Legacy)"

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS-PS_Isabelle_02

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

 

16.

Layer Palette - Click on the Merged Layer

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Illuminations Effects - Lights - Preset: Msb_Preset_Lampen_Isabelle

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 53
 

    

17.

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Open Tube "Msb_Lamp_Isabelle"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen




18.

Open Tube "kittys-none"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 66% - Resize all layers not checked - REPEAT ONCE

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Msb_Setting_AS_PS_Isabelle_03

    

19.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Add your name or watermark;

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

 

20.

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - Foregroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 2 px - Backgroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - Foregroundcolor

Edit  - Copy

Selections - Select all

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 50 px - Backgroundcolor

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste into Selection

Effects - Reflection  Effects - Kaleidoscope

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

 

         21.

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Selections - Defloat

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 50

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Plugins -  Graphic Plus - Cross Shadow - Default Settings

Selections - Invert

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten)

Effects - Plugins - Nik Software - Color Efex Pro 3.0 - Bi Color Filters - Colorset: Choose the one you like best. I used  - Moss - Color Set 3 -

The original tutorial used Brown no 1
 

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 1 px - Foregroundcolor

 

 

Image - Resize - Width 950 Pixels - Resize all layers checked

If you wish you can post your result on my Facebook Page

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With special thanks to my testers, this is what they made:

Chris:

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Martalip:

Tigress:

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