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© Translation December 4 - 2013

~°~ Original by Meetjes Plekje ~°~

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Materials:  

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

 

 

Plugins:

  • <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0
  • Filter Factory -  B - Button de Luxe & Vibes **
  • Toadies - What Are You?
  • Flaming Pear - Flexify 2
  • AP [Lines] - Lines - SilverLining
  • MuRa’s Meister - Perspective Tiling
  • Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-HLines
  • Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Nature - Drip
  • Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow
  • Adjust - Variations

** Import into Filters Unlimited

 

Preparations:

  • Double Click on the Eye Candy Presets, they will be imported automatically
  • Save the Flexify Presets to your Hard Drive
  • Copy the Selection files to the Selections 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

 

Colors:

  • Set your Foregroundcolor to #968979

  • Set your Backgroundcolor to #e8e8e0

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

Used Colors
     
#968979 #e8e8e0 #59473c #000000 #4a3a2e      

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

 

Acknowledgements:

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

 

The tutorial:

01

Open a new transparent image of 900 x 600 px

Fill with the Gradient

 

02

Color Palette: Change your Gradient to  Style: Radial

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Gradient

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0   - Filter Factory -  B - Button DeLuxe

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0  - Filter Factory B - Vibes

Note: If you do not have Vibes, use the ones from the Materials, import them to Filters Unlimited. There are two because I am not sure which one is the Vibes preset :-)

 

03

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

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

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects - Reflection  Effects - Rotating Mirror


 

04

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

 Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

05

Layer Palette - Click on the middle layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:     (same settings)

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

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

 

06

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor back to Color

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    


Change to Target Tool

 

Go with your mouse from top to bottom over the selection, the color will change

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layer Palette - Click on the second Layer from the Bottom

Edit - Cut

Selections - Select None

 

07

Layer Palette - Click on the second Layer from the Top

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your work looks like this now:

 

08

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Selection type: Arrow 1

Make a selection like this:

View - Rulers

Selections - Edit Selection (It will turn red)

Hit the K key of your keyboard and pull the nodes like this:

Hit the M key of your keyboard

Selections - Edit Selection (the red is gone)

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Edit - Cut

Edit - Paste as New Image

Save as PSP file and minimize to tray

Go back to your work image

 Selections - Select None

 

09

Color Palette: Change your Foregroundcolor to #59473c

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Life_01

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2 - Click on the Red Arrow and load Preset Msb_Setting_FP_Flex_10-8-13

Or if this is not working for you, use these settings:

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all layers not checked

Image - Free Rotate - Right checked - Free - 4°

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

10

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

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

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 

11

Color Palette: Change your Backgroundcolor to #968979

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

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_ Life_02

Fill the Selection with the Gradient
 

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Selections - Select None

 

12

On the same Layer:

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_ Life_03

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2 - Click on the Red Arrow and load Preset Msb_Setting_FP_Flex_10-8-13_01

Or if this is not working for you, use these settings:
 

Image - Flip

 

13

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - MuRa’s Meister - Perspective Tiling

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

  

14

Open Tube "Msb_Decor_Life_01" 

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

15

     
Layers - Duplicate

 Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:


 

16


Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_ Life_04

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-HLines

Selections - Select None

Image - Resize - 65% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Nature - Drip -  Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS_Nat_Drip_Life_01

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

17

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_ Life_05


Hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard three times

Selections - Select None

Image - Flip

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

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #4a3a2e

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS_IMP_PS_17-8-13

 

18

Maximize the Arrow you have made before

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2 - Click on the Red Arrow and load Preset Msb_Setting_FP_Flex_10-8-13_02

Or if this is not working for you, use these settings:
 

Image - Resize - 50% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS_IMP_PS_17-8-13_02

Effects - Plugins - Adjust - Variations - Click once on "Original"- Click twice on "Darker"

Adjust - One Step Noise Removal

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

     

19


 Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle   - Custom Selection:    

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

20

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

 Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 90

Layers - Merge - Merge Down - Repeat once!

 

21

Edit Copy

Edit - Paste as New Image

Save as PSP File and minmize to tray, you need it later

Go back to your Work Image

 

22

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Open Tube "Msb_Deco_21-8-13" 

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

 Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

23

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all layers not checked

 Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 


     24
 

Open Tube "life2" 

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

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

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #e8e8e0

Layers - Arrange - Move Down - REPEAT TWICE

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

Your work looks like this now



     
 25

Color Palette - Set your Foregroundcolor back to color   and change the Backgroundcolor to #e8e8e0

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

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

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

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

 

26

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract - 25 px

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout - Color #000000

Selections - Invert

Layers - New Raster Layer

Maximize the image you have set aside before

Edit - Copy

Back to your work image

Edit - Paste into Selection
     
Effects - Plugins -  Simple - 4 Way Average

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout - Color #000000

Selections - Select None
 
 

      27

Open Tube "kittys-LEE JAE-HYO" 

Edit - Copy

On your work image:  Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all layers not checked

Image - Mirror

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS_IMP_PS_17-8-13_03

 

28


 Open Tube "kittys-Amy M Gueye" 

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

Effects  3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

 Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow -  Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS_IMP_PS_17-8-13_04

 

29

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

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

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen    

 

30

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

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

Extra Example

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

 

 

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

Chris:

Martalip:


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