This tutorial has been translated with PSPX7, PSPX2 and PSPX3, 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.
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French translation here
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For this tutorial, you will need:
Material here
Thanks for the tube Babette.
The rest of the material is by Maria José
(you find here the links to the material authors' sites)



Plugins
consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha here
VM Natural - Speed here
Penta.com - ToyCamera here
Graphics Plus - Vertical Mirror here
Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling here
L&K' - L&K's Adonis here
L&K' - L&K's Zitah here
Richard Rosenman - Halftone here
Simple - Left Right Wrap (bonus) here
Kiwi - Augenspiegel here
AAA Frames - Foto Frame / AAA Filters - Custom here
Filters VM Natural, Penta.com, Graphics Plus, Simple, Kiwi and Mura's Seamless 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.

In the newest versions of PSP, you don't find the foreground/background gradient (Corel_06_029).
You can use the gradients of the older versions.
The Gradient of CorelX here

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

1. Set your foreground color to #2e070c,
and your background color to #780f13.



Set your foreground color to a Foreground/Background Gradient, style Radial



2. Open Alphachannel.
Window>Duplicate or, on the keyboard, shift+D to make a copy.



Close the original.
The copy, that will be the basis of your work, is not empty,
but contains the selections saved on the alpha channel.

Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

Image>Mirror.

3. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
The selection is immediately available. You just have to click Load.



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



Selections>Select None.

5. Effects>Plugins>VM Natural - Speed, default settings.



6. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

7. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Penta.com - ToyCamera.



8. Effects>Geometric Effects>Perspective vertical



9. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



10. Effects>Plugins>Graphics Plus - Vertical Mirror, default settings.



11. Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror.



Layers>Duplicate.

12. Effects>Plugins>Kiwi - Augenspiegel, default settings.



13. Effects>Plugins>Graphics Plus - Vertical Mirror, default settings.



14. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen (or other),
and reduce the opacity to 50.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

15. Effects>Plugins>Simple - Left Right Wrap

16. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the Selections menu and load selection #2.



17. Effects>Plugins>L&K's - L&K's - Adonis



18. Effects>Plugins>L&K's - L&K's - Zitah



Selections>Select None.

19. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the Selections menu and load selection #3.



20. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your Gradient.

21. Effects>Plugins>Richard Rosenman - Halftone, default settings.



Selections>Select None.

22. Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror, default settings.



Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Flip.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

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



24. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling.



25. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the Selections menu and load selection #4.



Press CANC on the keyboard
Selections>Select None.

26. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Flip.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

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

27. Open the tube deco_3a_MJ and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Layers>Arrange>Move Down.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy) or other.

28. Open the tube deco_2_MJ and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy) or other.

29. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Layers>Arrange>Bring to Top.
Flood Fill the layer with your light color.

30. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask maskcosmos1_MJ.



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

31. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Seamless - Emboss at alpha, default settings.



Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen or other.

You should have this (as I wrote, according to your PSP version and/or your colors)
(adapt Blend Mode according to your work).

my palette with PSPX2 and X7



my palette with PSPx3



Layers>Merge>Merge visible.

32. Effects>Plugins>AAA Filters - Custom - click on Sharp and ok.



33. Open the woman tube, erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, to 48%, resize all layers not checked.
Place correctly the tube.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, at your choice.

Layers>Merge>Merge All.

34. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, dark color.
Image>Add borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, light color.
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, dark color.

35. Selections>Select All.
Edit>Copy.

Image>Add borders, 50 pixels, symmetric, color white.

36. Selections>Invert.
Edit>Paste into Selection.

37. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 15.



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



38. Selections>Select All.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 25 pixels.
Repeat Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, same settings.
Selections>Select None.

39. Effects>Plugins>AAA Frames - Foto Frame.



40. Sign your work on a new layer.
Layers>Merge>Merge All.

41. Image>Resize, 1000 pixels width, resize all layers checked.
Save as jpg.

Version with tubes by
Yoka



Tocha



Your versions here




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.

14 January 2021