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



Original
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Tubes

Material



Plugins

Gmic Plugins-X86-version 3.2.0.
Flaming Pear-Flexify2
MuRa's Seamless-Emboss at Alpha
AP Lines–Silverlining
Screen Works-Net Pattern



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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1.
Open the alpha channel [2025-Lidia] / Duplicate (shift+D) / Close the original
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Geometric Effects / Perspective Vertical
[95 trans]
Repeat the Perspective Vertical with this other setting
[-95 trans]
Effects / plugins / Flaming Pear / Flexify 2
[90 180 180 120 33 30 equirectangular equirectangular]
Effects / plugins / GMIC-QT / Deformations / Circle Transform]
[]

2
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection #1
Press Delete (you can close the background layer for a better view)
Select none
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Vertical

3
Merge Down
Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha
[128 128 128 64 255 128]
Activate and open the background layer
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur
[25]
Selections / Load Selection from Alpha Channel / Selection #2

4
Continue with the background layer
Selections / Promote selection to layer
Select none
Effects / Texture Effects / Weave
[2 6 60 br br des]
Activated the middle layer
Effects / Plugins / AP[Lines] / SilverLining
[diamond bill 5 -1 5 255 255 255]

5
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Activate the background layer
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection #3
Layers / Promote selection to layer
Select none
Effects / Plugins / AP [Lines] / Lines-SilverLining
[ZigZag 7 -1 7 255 255 255]

6
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection #4
With the background layer activated:
Selections / Promote selection to layer

7
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / Screenworks / Net Pattern
Layers / Properties / Opacity: 50-55% (depends on the tube)
Select none
Activate the background layer
Effects / Artistic Effects / Balls and Bubbles
[atomatica 50 15 50 des non intersecting des 20]
Note: Click the Surface tab and choose a matching color

8
Border:
2px / #c46a82
3px / #ffffff
2px / c46a82
Open a folder named gmic-lidia
Effects / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Frames / Frame (blur)
Return to PSP
Save the image in the gmic-lidia folder with the name: 1
Open image 1 in PSP and delete the previous image (or save to delete later)

9
Copy [viragom]
Paste as a new layer
No need to move
Copy the main tube
Paste as a new layer
Activate the pick tool and set; X=465 Y=8 - Press [M]
Or position manually

10
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Drop shadow: 0 0 60 30 black
Border: 3px / white
Place the signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg