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



Original here



Tubes

Material

My images: Here



Plugins

Mehdi - Alf's Border FX - Mura's Meister



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)

     


 

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

 



 

SCRIPT

 

Required Images
1 female tube
1 landscape
1 or 2 decorative tubes (or use those from the material)

*

Step 1


Open the alpha file [baseAlphaDreamings] / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the original
Colors: Foreground: #6A0306 - Background: #FEFF80
 


Prepare a Linear gradient
 

Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [#1 LV2_23]
 


Paint the selection with the gradient
Select none

Step 2


Effects / Geometric Effects / Circle - Transparent
 


Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel
 


Effects / Plugins / Mura's meister / Copies
 


Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
Merge down
Objects / Align / Top (move a little higher until it meets the edge)
Drop Shadow: 1 2 80 10,00 Black
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Step 3


Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Vertical

Step 4


Add a new layer
Activate the foreground and select the [leny2] gradient provided
in the material and configure as shown in the screenshot
 


Paint the layer with the gradient
Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting Tiles
 


Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / Alf's Border FX / Border Fade II
 


Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / Alf's Borders FX / Mirror Bevel
 


Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

Step 5


Activate the background layer
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / plugins / Mehdi / Weaver
 


Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Effects / plugins / Mura's meister / Perspective Tiling
 


Activate the Magic Wand (tolerance: 0/Feather+10) and click on the transparent area.

Press Delete 4 times. Select none.

Step 6.

 

Add a new layer.

Paint with black.

Layers / New Mask Layer / From image / Mask [MaschText015_LValella20]
 


Merge Group.

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance. Opacity: 80%.

Step 7.

Copy the landscape tube [2109-MP(A.I.@LValella24)].

Paste as a new layer.

Blend Mode: Lighten.
Copy the main tube [0141-TD(A.I.LValella25)].

Paste as a new layer.

osition as per model.

Drop Shadow: 0 4 50 15 black.

Step 8.

Copy the [cartoline] tube (I didn't include it in my version).

Paste as New layer
Position as per model
Copy the tube [TubeA.I.LValellaFiori]
Paste as a new layer
Position as per model

Step 9
Activate the ruler: View/ rulers
Activate the top layer
Activate the Pick Tool / Click on the center node and drag down to a height of 650px
 


Step 10


Merge Visible
Copy (will be in memory)
Border: 3px / #ffff80
Selections / Select all
Border: 25px / white
Selections / Invert
Paste the image from memory into the selection
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 4
 


Select none
Border: 3px / #ffff80
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Image / Resize: 1000px (width)
Copy [title]
Paste as a new layer
Position as per model
Place the Signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg