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



Original here



Tubes

Material

My images: Here



Plugins

Mehdi - Toadies - Mura's Meister - Penta.com



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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Save the selections to the PSP Selections folder.
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You will need:
1 female tube
1 decorative tube or 2
I've included a link to the images I used above.
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Step 1
1. Open a new transparent image measuring 850x500px.
2. Set the color #ceae96 to the foreground and #893319 to the background.

3. Prepare a Radial gradient.

4. Paint the image with this gradient.
5. Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting Tiles



Step 2
6. Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [#Ivana_LV25]



7. Selections / Promote selection to layer
8. Select none
9. Effects / Plugins / Penta.com / Color Dot



10. Activate the Pick Tool and set it to: 424/0



Step 3
11. Layers / Duplicate
12. Close the copy of the layer. Duplicate
13. Activate the layer below - promoted selection
14. Effects / Plugins / Toadies / What are you?



15. Layers / Duplicate

Step 4
16. Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
17. Merge Down
18. Layers / Properties / Blend Mode: Screen (or other of your choice)
19. Activate the background layer
20. Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance - Apply twice

Step 5
21. Activate and open the closed layer
22. Image / Free Rotate: left/90



23. Objects / Align / Center in Canvas
24. Objects / Align / Bottom
25. Drop shadow: 0 0 90 25 black

Step 6
26. Effects / Plugins / Toadies / What are you?



27. Layers/Duplicate
28. Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
29. Merge Down
30. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: Overlay (or other)

Step 7
31. Layers/Duplicate
32. Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - default



33. Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
34. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: overlay
35. Selections / Load selection from disk / Selection [#Ivana2-LV25]




Step 8
36. Press Delete
37. Select none
38. Merge visible
39. Layers/Duplicate
40. Effects / Plugins / Mura's meister / Perspective Tiling





Step 9
41. Copy the tube [shadow]
42. Paste as new layer
43. Layers / Arrange / Move Down
44. Activate the top layer
45. Merge Visible

Step 10
46. Copy the tube [00031-MO(AI@LValella24)]
47. Paste as a new layer
48. Position it to the left as per the model
49. Layers / Properties / blend mode: overlay / opacity: 65%
50. Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Step 11
51. Copy the tube [1053-TD(AILValella)]
52. Paste as a new layer
53. Image / Resize: 70% - all layers unchecked
54. Drop Shadow: 3 -3 50 20 #5a0904
55. Position it to the right as per the model

Step 12
56. Copy the tube [0973-TO(AILValella25]]
57. Position it to the left as per the model
58. Copy the title
59. Paste as a new layer
60. Activate the pick Tool and set: X=256 - Y=181 - Press M



Step 13
61. Borders:
2px / black
3px / #ceae96
3px / #893319
3px / #ceae96
2px / black
62. Selections / Select all
Border: 35px / white
63. Drop Shadow: 0 0 90 20 black
64. Select none
65. Copy the tube [decorofoglie]

Step 14
66. Paste as a new layer
67. Border: 1px / black
68. Add the signatures
69. Merge all
70. Save as a jpeg