This tutorial is from Grafica PerGioco who I thank for letting me translate their tutorials.



Original here



Tubes

Material

My images: Here



Plugins

Alf's Power Toys

FM Tile Tools

Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass



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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You will need:
1 tube character
1 floral or landscape JPEG image (make it misted using the mask [20 20])
The link to the images I used is just above
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Open a new transparent image measuring 900x600px
Selections / Select all
Copy the floral or landscape image
Paste into the selection
Select none
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - Side by Side

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - default

Layers / Duplicate
Activate the original layer
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 40

Activate the copied layer
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / Alf's Power Toys / Lattice Tiler

Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Vertical
Layers / Properties / Opacity: 50%
Merge Down
Layers / Properties / Blend Mode: choose a blend according to your colors (in mine (I used Luminance (L))
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / Alf's Power Toys / Mirror Offset - Apply twice

Open your landscape or floral JPG image
Layers / Load mask from disk / Mask [20 20]

Merge Group
Copy this image
Return to your original image
Paste as a new layer
Position on top
Objects / Align / Center in Canvas
Effects / Plugins / FM Tiles Tools / Blend Emboss - default

Borders: 10px / color of your choice
30px / white
Select this 30px border with the Magic Wand (tolerance/feather=0)
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / Alf's Power Toys / Mirror Offset - default

Select none
Border: 5px / color of your choice (same as above)
Select this border with the Magic Wand Wand
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel

Selections / Invert
Drop Shadow: -1 0 50 10
Select none
Select the rectangles with the Magic Wand
Effects / Reflection Effects / Pattern

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass - Clear

Effects / 3D Effects / Chisel

Keep the selection
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel - same as before

Select none
Select All
Selections / Modify / Contract: 40

Add a new layer
Paint with white
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask [Narah_Mask_1633]

Merge Group
Select none
Activate Freehand Selection (Selection Type: point-to-point)
Select within the first frame on the left
Activate the background layer
Selections / Promote selection to Layer
Effects / plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass - Clear (same as above)

Drop shadow as above
Repeat these steps in the other two frames:

 

Activate Freehand Selection (Selection Type: point-to-point)
Select within the first frame on the left
Activate the background layer
Selections / Promote selection to layer
Effects / plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass - Clear (same as above)
Drop shadow as above
 

Copy the tube character
Paste as a new layer
Adjust the size
Position as desired
Drop shadow of your choice
Choose a font and size and type the name "Glicini"
Right-click the text layer and select Convert to Raster Layer
Drop shadow of your choice
In my version, I applied Distortion Effects / Wave

Include the signatures
Merge all
Save as a jpeg