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



Original here



Tubes

Material

My Images: HERE



Plugins

Av bross Page Curl 2.2
Virtual painter 4
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:
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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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For this tutorial, you will need:
1 main tube
1 landscape image
1 JPG image for the base (opcional)
1 pattern
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If the AV Bros plugin has problems, use the layer saved in the material.
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Open a new transparent image with 1024x600px.
Add a new layer.
Selections / Select all.
Copy the image [aura1]
Paste into the selection.
Select none.
Image / Resize: 80% - all layers unchecked.
Effects / Plugins / Av Bros / Av Bros Page Curl Pro 2.2.



If you can't use this plugin, copy the page with this effect available in the material and paste it as a new layer.
Image / Mirror / Mirror Vertical.
Objects / Align / Right.
Layers / Duplicate.
Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal.
Merge Down.



Activate the Raster 1 layer.
Selections / Select all.
Copy the misted landscape tube.
Paste into the selection.
Select none.
Effects / Plugins / Virtual Painter. 4



If you have trouble using this plugin, use the script provided in the [scriptvirtual] material. Save it to your PSP's Scripts-restricted folder. To use: Filter/Script/Run


Activate the layer above (with the Av. Bros effect)
Objects / Align / Bottom
Activate the Pick Tool and adjust the Av. Bros effect, lifting the top edge to the top edge and adjusting the bottom as shown in the screenshot.



Effects / User Defined Filter / Emboss 3



Choose two colors from your tube: a dark color for the foreground and a light color for the background.
Borders:
1px / dark color
3px / light color
1px / dark color
20px / white
Select this border with the Magic Wand (tolerance/feather=0)
Click on the color palette / Select the Pattern option / Find a pattern of your choice (or go to the PSP Textures folder, choose one, open it in the PSP area, and minimize it. Adjust as shown in the screenshot).



Keep the selection.
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 20



Keep the selection.
Effects / Texture Effects / Soft Plastic - white



Repeat the Soft Plastic with the dark color



Selections / Invert
Drop Shadow: 3 3 100 20 black
Repeat the Drop Shadow: -3  -3 100 20 black
Select none
Border:
1px/dark color
3px/light color
1px/dark color
Copy your main tube
Paste as a new layer
Adjust the size
Drop Shadow: 3 3 100 20 black
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Perspective shadow - preset [Floating High]



Merge visible
Image / Resize: 1024px (width)
Insert signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg
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