This tutorial is by Kniri, whom I thank for letting me translate her tutorials.



Original
here



Tubes

Material



Plugins

AAA Frame-Foto Frame
Unlimited 2.0
&<Bkg Designer sf10 III>VMT Instant Tile...
[AFS IMPORT]sqborder2



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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ROTEIRO


 

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 (misted)
1 decorative tube (floral or other)
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Save the selections in the PSP Selections folder
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Set a light color for the foreground and a dark color for the background. There is also a third, much darker color. I used the following colors:

Prepare this Sunburst gradient

Open a new transparent image measuring 900x600px
Paint with the gradient
Selections / Select all
Copy the image [689794771]
Paste into the selection
Select none
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Layers / Properties / Blend Mode: Overlay
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
Layers / Properties / Blend mode: Multiply
Effects / Reflection Effects / Rotating Mirror / default

Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [neu1]

Press Delete
Select none
Merge Visible
Copy the tube [deko 1]
Paste as a new layer
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / BKG Designer sf10 III / VMT Instant Tile

Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [neu1]

Press Delete
Select none
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Geometric Effects / Circle - Transparent

Layers / Properties / Opacity: 75%
Merge Visible
Effects / Edge Effects / Erode
Copy the tube [deko 2]
Paste as a new layer
Drop Shadow: 1 1 60 25 white
Copy the tube [deko 3]
Paste as a new layer
Copy the tube [deko 4]
Paste as a new layer
Activate the layer below
Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [neu2]

Copy your main tube
Paste as a new layer
Move to the selection
Reduce the size until you get a good position
Selections / Invert
Press Delete
Select none
Copy
Paste as a new layer (you can use Mirror Horizontal if you wish)
Move to the opposite frame as per the template
Merge Down
Crop Shadow: 1 1 60 0 black
Activate the top layer
Merge down - 2 times
Activate the second layer from the bottom (center layer)
Add a new layer
Paint with the third color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From image / Mask [Narah-abstract012]

Merge group
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More
Merge Down
Activate the top layer
Copy your misted female tube
Paste as a new layer
Adjust the size
Move to the right as per the template
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Texture Effects / Mosaic Antique - default

Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Effects / Geometric Effects / Skew

Layers / Properties / Blend mode: lighten
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Activate the top layer
Copy the text
Paste as a new layer
Position in the center according to the model
Copy the tube [Deko 5]
Paste as a new layer
Border: 2px / white
Selections / Select all
Copy (will stay in memory)
Border: 35px / foreground color
Selections / Invert
Paste the image that is in memory into the selection
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 5

Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / AFS Import / sqborder 2

Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames / Photo Frame

Selections / Select all
Selections / Modify / Contract: 12

Effects / 3D Effects / Chisel

Select none
Copy the tube [deko 6]
Paste as a new layer
Position bottom left as per template
Copy your decorative tube
Paste as a new layer
Position as per template
Border: 5px / background color
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Image / Resize: 900px (width)
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Place the signatures
Merge all
Save as a jpeg