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



Original here



Tubes

Material

My images: Here



Plugins

AAA Frames
Foto Frame
Unlimited 2.0
AB Filters 2000-Galactic Crunch
VanDerLee-UnPlugged X



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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For this tutorial, you will need:
3 tubes: 1 main tube and two decorative tubes related to the Halloween theme
1 misted landscape tube
(optional) 1 JPEG image (or use the one provided in the material that you can colorize)
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Original colors

Open the image [HG] / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the original
Effects / Image Effects / Offset

Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / AB Filters 2000 / Galactic Crunch

Layers / Properties / Blend Mode: Overlay / Opacity: 60%
Effects / Plugins / VanDerLee / Unplugged-X / Radial Waves

Add a new layer
Effects / Plugins / VanDerLee / Unplugged-X / 45° Rectangle - background color

Selections / Select all
Selections / Float / Selections / Defloat
Selections / Modify / Contract: 25

Paint with the foreground color
Selections/Modify/Contract: 15

Paint with the background color
Selections/Modify/Contract: 10

Add new layer
Copy tube misted landscape [BG]
Paste into selection
Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames / Photo Frame - Width=68

Select none
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Extrude

Merge down
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Repeat Seamless Tiling
Activate the Copy of Raster 1 layer
Effects / Geometric Effects / Skew

Activate the top layer
Layers/Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Layers / Arrange / Move down
Activate the top layer
Merge Down
Copy your main tube
Paste as new layer
Adjust the Size
Position on the right side according to the model
Change the opacity according to your colors (layers/properties/opacity)
Activate the Copy of Background layer
Add a new layer
Paint with the foreground color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask [Mask]

Merge Group
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - default

Drop shadow: 0 0 80 30.00 black
Activate the top layer
Copy the decorative tube (skeleton or other)
Paste as a new layer
Adjust the size
Position in the center according to the model
Change the opacity according to your colors
Copy the other decorative tube
Paste as a new layer
Adjust the size
Position on the left according to the model
Change the opacity according to your colors
Activate the background layer
Copy (it will stay in memory)
Edge: 5px / background color
Selections / Select all
Border: 50px / white
Selections / Invert
Paste the image in memory into the selection
Add a new layer
Paint with the foreground color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask [Narah_Mask_0892]

Merge group
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance more
Keep the selection
Copy the tube [Rand]
Paste into the selection
Drop shadow: 0 0 80 30 black
Selections / Invert
Repeat the Drop Shadow
Select none
Copy the tube [Deco 1]
Paste as a new layer
Copy the tube [Text]
Paste as a new layer
Border: 4px / background color
3px / foreground color
5px / background color
5px / foreground color
Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames / Foto Frame

Image / Resize: 900x(width)(optional)
Adjust / Sharpness / Unsharp Mask

Insert signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg