This tutorial is from Angela das Graças who I thank for
letting me translate their tutorials.
Original here
Tubes
Material
Many thanks to the creators of
these materials
Plugins
Mehdi / Vibrations
Simple / Diamonds
You can find these plugins on the websites of:
Renée
Cloclo
You can also find this tutorial translated into these languages:
(Click on the flag)
SCRIPT
Notes:
> Open the material / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the originals
> Change the blend mode of the layers to match their colors.
> In older versions of PSP, Mirror Horizontal=Mirror / Mirror Vertical=Flip /
Pick tool=deformation
Step 1
>> You will need a character tube
>> Open the masks in psp and minimize
Choose two colors from your tube: a dark one for the foreground and
a light one for the background
Open a new transparent image measuring 800x600px
Paint the image with the light color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / mask [angelagmn_14]
Merge Group
Drop Shadow: 1 1 60 1 black
Add a new layer
Paint the layer with the light color
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
Merge visible
Step 2
Effects / plugins / Mehdi / Vibrations (before making the
configuration click on iridescence and Lines to open other fields)
(optional) Colorize using a method of your
preference
Add a new layer
Paint the layer with the dark color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From image / Mask [angelagmn_10]
Merge Group
Drop Shadow: 4 4 60 4 black
Add new layer
Paint the layer with the light color
Layers / New Mask layer / From Image / Mask [angelagmn_10] again
Merge Group
Step 3
Image / Resize: 50% - all layers unchecked
Effects / Plugins / Simple / Diamonds
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - default
Merge down
Activate the Selection Tool - selection type=rectangle
Select the center square
Press Delete on the keyboard
Copy the main tube and paste as a new layer
Adjust the size and position as you prefer
Drop Shadow of your choice
Step 4
Image / Add borders / 2px / dark color
Image / Add borders / 2px / light color
Copy the deco tube [angelagmn_deco06] and paste as a new layer layer
(Optional) You can leave this deco as is, colorize it, or set the
blend mode=Luminance (L), it's up to you. The author did not make
any changes
Image / Add borders / 5px / dark color
Image / Add borders / 5px / light color
Image / Add borders / 5px / dark color
Finish:
Add the signatures:
Merge all
Save as jpeg
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