This tutorial is by Barbara de Venise, whom I thank for letting me translate her tutorials.



Original
here



Tubes

Material



Plugins

Unlimited 2.0
MuRa's meister
Eye Candy 5 Impact



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

 

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Step 1
1. Colors used: Foreground #deb68e (color 1) - Background #8f4e1b (color 2)


Open a new image measuring 1000x750px
Selections / Select all
Copy the image [fond_ecole]
Paste into the selection
Select none
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - default


Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 43



Step 2
Effects / plugins / Unlimited 2 / Paper Textures / Filter Paper
 


Add a new layer
Paint with the foreground color
Layers / New mask Layer / From Image / Mask [NarahsMasks_1526]


Merge Group

Step 3
Effects / Reflection Effects / Rotating Mirror
 


Effects / User Defined Filter / Emboss 3


Drop Shadow: 0 0 50 10 black

Step 4
Add new layer
Paint with the background color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask [mask_vjf_lumieres_courbes]


Merge Group
Effects / user defined filter / emboss 3


Drop Shadow: 0 0 50 5 black

Step 5
Merge Visible
Layers/Duplicate
Effects / Plugins / Mura's meister / Perspective Tiling
 


Selections / Load selection from disk Selection [barbara1]


Press Delete 3 times
Select none
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling
 


Drop Shadow: 0 10 50 10 color background
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Step 6
Copy the tube [deco 1]
Paste as new layer
Objects/Align/Top
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Activate the layer above
Add new layer
Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [barbara2]


Paint with color 2 #8f4e1b
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 5:Impact / Glass - preset [clear] - default


Select none

Step 7
Copy the tube [deco 2]
Paste as new layer
Objects/Align/Top
Copy the tube [misted_ecole]
Paste as new layer
Objects/Align/Top
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Copy the tube [pendule]
Position it high according to the model

Step 8
Copy the tube [fillette cloclo]
Paste as new layer
Activate the pick tool and set: X=713 Y=564 - Press M



Step 9
Copy the tube [fillette cloclo1]
Paste as a new layer
Activate the Pick Tool and set: X=0 Y=391 - Press M


Drop shadow: 2 2 50 10 black - Apply to both children

Step 10
Borders:
3px / #deb68e
1px / #8f4e1b
Copy and paste as a new layer
Minimize
Return to your working image
Selections / Select all
Border
15px / white
Selections / invert
Paste the minimized image into the selection
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 5



Step 11
Effects / Reflection Effects / Kaleidoscope
 


Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Select none

Step 12
Borders
1px / #deb68e
3px / #8f4e1b
1px / #deb68e
Selections / Select all
Border
45px / white
Selections / invert
Paste the minimized image into the selection
Effects / plugins / Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow - Default


Effects / Texture Effects / Mosaic Antique
 


Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Select none

Step 13
Border
2px / #8f4e1b
Place the signatures
Image / Resize: 1000px (width) - all layers checked
Copy the tube [deco coin]
Paste as a new layer
No need to move
Merge all
Save as a jpeg