ASDwebdesigns - Mahika - English translation of the original tutorial 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

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab

&Bkg Kaleidoscope> -Swirl Away * Import into Filters Unlimited

Tramages - Heightline

AP [Lines] - Lines - SilverLining

Simple – Horizontal Grain

Mehdi Filters - Wavy Lab

Toadies – What Are You? & Rasterline

Carolaine and Sensibility – CS-HLines

Preparations:

Copy the Selection files to the Selections folder of PSP

Open the Mask file in PSP and minimize to tray

Copy the Preset Shape file to the Preset Shapes folder of PSP

Double click on the font (ttf) to open Minimize to tray, you can use it now in PSP Note: If you are using PSP13 or higher in combination with Windows 7 or 8 you need to install the font to the Font folder of Windows

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

Copy the Texture file to the Texture 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 #ac878f

Set your Backgroundcolor to #ffffff

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

Used Colors

#ac878f #ffffff #000000 #c8c4ba #6b4546

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

Acknowledgements:

Tube by Maryse, she shares her tubes HERE

The tutorial:

01

Open a New Transparent image of 900 x 600 px

Fill with the Gradient

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab

Effects - Plugins - <ICNET Software> Filters Unlimited - &Bkg Kaleidoscope> - Swirl Away

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 40

02

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins – Simple – Horizontal Grain

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

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

03

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Heightline

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light" and the Layer Opacity to 68

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

04

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000


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

05

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Mahika_01

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #c8c4ba - Shadow on new layer checked!

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

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

06

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Effects - Texture Effects - Texture - winnitexture148

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

07

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

08
Layer Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor back to Color

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk -Msb_Sel_ Mahika_02

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

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

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

09

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

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

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

10

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk -Msb_Sel_ Mahika_02

Fill with the Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Reflection Effects - Rotating Mirror

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 70

11

Color Palette:

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

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Magic Wand Tool - Mode: Add /Shift - Tolerance 0 - Contiguous checked - Anti Alias Checked - Click in the middle of the image:

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope

Effects - Plugins

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

Selections - Select None

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

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 50

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged ( if you do not have this option - Merge Visible, Copy and undo the last stap)

12

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk -Msb_Sel_ Mahika_03

Edit - Paste into Selection

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - Settings Tab: Preset Msb_Preset_AS_GL_23-6-13

Keep selected

13

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders

Fill with the Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select None

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Down - REPEAT ONCE!

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

14

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders

Fill the Selection with the Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

15

Layer Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor back to color

Magic Wand Tool - Mode: Add /Shift - Tolerance 0 - Contiguous checked - Anti Alias Checked - Click in the transparent parts like this:

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the selections with the Foregroundcolor

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Toadies - Rasterline ( do not use Toadies through PSP, it will have a different outcome!!)

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

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

16

Open Tube "Msb_deco_23-6-13"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Artistic Effects - Colored Foil - Foregroundcolor

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

17

Preset Shape Tool - Starburst 4 (Part of the "Meer Vormen" Preset shapes form the materials)

Make a shape with the Backgroundcolor (Right Mouse Click) like this:

Object - Align - Centre in Canvas

Hit the M key of your Keyboard

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "68"

18

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Backlight - Settings Tab Msb_Preset_AS_BackL_25-6-13

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and the Layer Opacity to 65

Layers - Arrange - Move Down


19

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Layers - Duplicate

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

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

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

20

Open Tube "Msb_deco_23-6-13_02"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

21

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #ffffff

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

22

Open the Notepad from the materials

Edit - Select All

Edit Copy

Go back to PSP and your work image

Text Tool Font Cotillion - Size 20

Click with your Right Mouse Button in your image - Paste

Move to the Left and pull the Top and Bottom node a little down and up:

Layers - Convert to Raster Layer

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: Foregroundcolor

23

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Foregroundcolor

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Narah_mask0144

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Image - Resize - 105% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Image - Flip

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Multiply" and the Layer Opacity to 40

24

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 56

  25

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer

Edit - Copy

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

26

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

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

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

Selections - Select All
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric not checked - Backgroundcolor

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste into Selection

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility – CS-HLines

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and the Layer Opacity to 22

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

Selections - Invert

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Selections - Select None

27

Open Tube "MR_Woman bunch of Flowers"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 77% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

28

Layers - Duplicate

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

29

Open Tube "Msb_deco_23-6-13_03"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

30

Open Tube "Msb_Text_Mahika"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #6b4546

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 56

31

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

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

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

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:

Tigress:

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