Clic and move the brush to follow the tutorial. To print

This tutorial was translated with PSPX7 and PSPX2, but it can also be made using other versions of PSP.
Since version PSP X4, Image>Mirror was replaced with Image>Flip Horizontal,
and Image>Flip with Image>Flip Vertical, there are some variables.
In versions X5 and X6, the functions have been improved by making available the Objects menu.
In the latest version X7 command Image>Mirror and Image>Flip returned, but with new differences.
See my schedule here


italian translation here
french translation here
your versions here




Necessary



For the tube and the mask thanks Vera and Narah.
(The links of the tubemakers here).

Plugins

consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
Toadies - Ommadawn, What are you, Weaver here
AAA Frames - Foto Frame here
Filters Toadies can be used alone or imported into Filters Unlimited.
(How do, you see here)
If a plugin supplied appears with this icon it must necessarily be imported into Unlimited







You can change Blend Modes according to your colors.




Copy the gradient in the Gradients Folder.
Copy the selections in the Selections Folder.

Open the mask in PSP and minimize it with the rest of the material.

1. Open a new transparent image 650 x 500 pixels.

2. Set your foreground color with the light color #c7391c
and your background color with the dark color #0b0016.



Flood Fill the transparent image with your background color.

3. Selections>Select All.

Open the tube 1309-vmtubes

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
minimize the tube
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

4. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



5. Effects>Plugins>Toadies - Ommadawn



6. Effects>Geometric Effects>Skew.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

7. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Hard Light and reduce the opacity to 50%.

8. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection christmas-wish-1-cre@nnie



9. Effects>Texture Frame>Blinds - color #ffffff.



10. Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

11. Selections>Promote Selection to Layer.
Selections>Select None.

12. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, same settings.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

13. Activate your bottom layer.



Selections>Load/Save Selections>Load Selection from Disk.
Load again the selection christmas-wish-1-cre@nnie



14. Selections>Modify - and the selected zone will be red.



Image>Mirror.
Image>Flip.



Again Selections>Modify, and the selection will be normal at the bottom right.



15. Effects>Texture Effects>Weave
weave color: foreground color - gap color: background color.



16. Selections>Promote Selection to layer.
Selections>Select None.

17. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, same settings.

Image>Mirror.

18. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add borders, symmetric not checked. background color.



19. Selections>Invert.

Effects>Plugins>Toadies - What are you.



Selections>Select None.

20. Effects>Texture Effects>Seamless Tiling.



21. Again Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



22. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add borders, symmetric not checked, foreground color.



23. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, same settings
due to the selection, the Tiling method will move to Angle,
the Width will no longer be active, and the horizontal offset will be activated with the settings of point 20.



24. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black.



Selections>Select none.

25. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



26. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.

Placer le calque en mode Dissolve and reduce the opacity to 50%.

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

27. You should have this.



28. Layers>New Raster Layer.

Selection Tool
(no matter the type of selection, because with the custom selection your always get a rectangle)
clic on the Custom Selection
and set the following settings.



Flood Fill the selection with your foreground color.
Selections>Select None.

29. Effects>Plugins>Toadies - What are you, same settings.



30. Effects>Plugins>Toadies - Weaver.



31. Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.

32. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, same settings



33. Set your foreground color to Gradient and select one of your gradients;
for me I used (and added in the material) the gradient firewood, style Linear.



34. Layers>New Raster Layer.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection christmas-wish-2-cre@nnie.



Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.
Selections>Select none.

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.

35. Layers>Duplicate.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 20.



36. Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Dissolve and reduce the opacity to 50%.



37. Open the tube tekst-christmas-wish

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

38. K key to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: 533,00 and Position Y: 70,00.



Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.

39. Layers>Merge>Merge visible.

40. Layers>Duplicate.

Effects>Plugins>AAA Frames - Foto Frame.



41. Image>Resize, to 80%, resize all layers not checked.

Set Position X: 167,00 and Position Y: 60,00.



M key to deselect the Tool.

42. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, same settings.



43. Activate your bottom layer.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 10.



44. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your gradient.

45. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask Narah_mask_0530



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

46. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.



47. Activate your top layer.

Activate again the tube 1409-vmtubes and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Mirror.
Image>Resize, to 80%, resize all layers not checked.

48. K key to activate your Pick Tool
Set Position X: 0,00 and keep Posiion Y: 0,00.



M key to deselect the Tool

49. Layers>Duplicate.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 50



50. Layers>Arrange>Move Down.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Multiply.

51. Sign your work on a new layer.

52. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, background color.

53. Image>Resize, 800 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

54. Save as jpg.

For the tube of this version thanks Luz Cristina






If you have problems or doubts, or you find a not worked link, or only for tell me that you enjoyed this tutorial, write to me.

15 November 2023