This tutorial is from Barbara de Venise who I thank for letting me translate their tutorials.



Original here



Tubes

Material

My images: Here



Plugins

Textures - Simple



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

> Open the masks in psp and minimize
>Adjust the size of the tubes according to your images

 

*

 

You will need:

1 female tube
1 landscape jpg image
1 misted landscape (formed with the jpg image)

* Step 1
Original colors: foreground: #b5c9df - Background: #365972
[colors]

Step 2
Prepare a Linear gradient
[0 2 des]
 


Open the alpha channel file [hiver magique]/Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the original
Copy the jpg image [fond]
Paste as a new layer
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling
[default]

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Layers / Properties / Opacity: 35% (or according to your image)
Merge visible

Step 3
Add a new layer
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection [barbara1]
[sel barbara1]

Paint the selection with the gradient
Selections / Modify /Contract: 30
[30]
 

Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur: 20
[20]
 

 

Step 4
Effects / Plugins / Textures / Grain
[35 55 tamisé]
 

Selections / Promote selection to layer
Select none

Step 5
Effects / Texture Effects / Weave
[2 2 75 white white x]
 


Step 6
Using the Pick Tool, stretch each side of the image to the edge as shown in the print
[print]
 

Select none
Merge down
Effects / Plugins / Simple / 4 way average
[print]
 

Effects / Plugins / Simple / Pizza Slice Mirror
 

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Step 7
Layers/Duplicate
Effects / plugins / Simple / 4 way average
[print]
 

Effects / Distortion Effects / Wave
[0 100 16 100 wrap]
 

Image / Mirror / Mirror Vertical
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - same as above
[print]
 

Layers / Properties / Blend mode: Luminance (L)

Step 8
Activate the layer above
Add new layer
Paint with the background color
Layers / New Mask layer / From image / Mask [Narah-mask-0629]
 

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Layers/Duplicate
Merge group
Drop Shadow: 0 0 25 0 black

Step 9
Copy the tube [Deco]
Paste as new layer
Layers / Properties / Blend mode: Luminance
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection [barbara 2]
[sel barbara2]
 

Add new layer
Copy tube misted landscape
Paste into selection
Select none
Layers / Duplicate
Merge down

Step 10
Adjust/Sharpness/Unsharp Mask
[2 45 5x]
 

Merge all
Layers / Promote background to layer
Image/Canvas Size
[950x650 25 25 25 25(900x600)]
 

Step 11
Add new layer
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Selections / Select all
Selections/Modify/Contract:25
[25]
 

Selections/Invert
Paint with the gradient
Effects / Texture Effects / Weave - same as above
[same weave]
 

12Selections / Invert
Drop Shadow: 0 0 80 25 black
Select none
Merge all
Border: 3px / background color

Step 12
Copy the female tube [Femme-Cloclo]
Paste as New layer
Adjust the size
Position it to the right as per the model
Drop Shadow: 0 0 65 30 black
Add the signatures
Merge all
Image / Resize: 1000px (width)
Save as jpeg