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Original here



Tubes

Etelka

Material

Many thanks to the creators of these materials



Plugins

Toadies

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:
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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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>>Double click on the Eye Candy 5 preset to install it into the plugin

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Colors: Foreground: #8fa8b1 - Background: #416082



Prepare a Sunburst gradient



Open the alpha channel [alpha] - Duplicate (shift+d) - Close the original
Paint the image with the gradient
Selections - Select all
Copy the image [36ddba9e] and paste it into the selection
Select none
Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - default



Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur



Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - background color



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Add new layer
Paint with the gradient
Layers - New mask layer - From image - Mask [mask1]


Merge Group
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Add new layer
Selections - Load selection from alpha channel - Selection #1



Selections - Promote selection to layer
Add new layer
Paint the layer with the color of the foreground
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - same as above



Select none
Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What are you? - default



Effects - Distortion Effects - warp




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Layers - Duplicate
Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical
Merge Down
Drop shadow: 0 0 70 20 black
Copy the mixed tube [36ddba] and paste it as a new layer
Merge down
Selections - Load selection from alpha channel - Selection #3



Selections - Promote selection to layer
Copy the image [winter01] and paste it into the selection
Select none
Layers - Arrange - Move Down
Merge All
Image - Add borders - 1px - foreground color
Image - Add borders - 2px - backgorund color
Image - Add borders - 1px - foreground color
Selections - Select all
Image - Add borders - 50px - background color
Selections - Invert
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - foreground color



Selections - Invert
Drop shadow: 1 1 70 20 black
Repeat Drop shadow with negative V and H
Select none
Image - Add borders - 1px - foreground color
Image - Add borders - 2px - background color
Image - Add borders - 1px - foreground color
Layers - Promote background to layer
Selections - Load selection from alpha channel - Selection #2



Selections - Promote selection to layer
Selections - Float - Selections - Defloat
Selections - Modify - Select selection borders



Selections - Invert
Press Delete on the keyboard
Selections - invert
Effects - plugins - Eye Candy 5: Impact - Glass - Preset [esglass]



Click on the center of the circle with the Magic Wand - tolerance/feather=0
Copy the tube [29efb8f2] and paste it into the selection
Select none
Merge down
Copy the tube [advent] and paste it as a new layer
Objects - Align -Right
Objects - Align - Bottom
Drop Shadow same as above
Merge all
Adjust - Sharpness - unsharp Mask - default



Image - Resize: 1000px (width)
Put signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg

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Thank you Irene for testing my translations