This tutorial has been translated with 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
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
&<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Slice N Dice (à importer dans Unlimited) here
Filter Factory Gallery M - Loom here
Mock - Windo here
Simple - Top Bottom Wrap here
Simple - Top Left Mirror here
Andrew's Filter 51 - Straight Lines 234 here
Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass here
Mura's Meister - Pole Transform here
Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling here
Filters Factory Gallery, Simple, Mock, Andrew's Filter 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

Copy the preset in the folder of the plugin Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact>Settings>Glass.
One or two clic on the file (it depends by your settings), automatically the preset will be copied in the right folder.
why one or two clic see here

Copy the Selections in the Selections Folder.

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

1. Set your foreground color to #e1cec0,
and your background color to #101015.



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



Open a new transparent image 1000 x 700 pixels.
Flood Fill the transparent image with your gradient.

2. Effects>Plugins>Simple - Top Bottom Wrap.

3. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Slice N Dice.



4. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Filter Factory Gallery M - Loom.



Layers>Merge>Merge All.

5. Effects>Plugins>Mock - Windo



Layers>Promote Background Layer.

6. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Andrew's Filter 51 - Straight Lines 234, default settings.



7. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Set your foreground color to Color.
Flood Fill the layer with your light foreground color.

8. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask 35-mask_MJ.



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

9. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha, default settings.



10. Open deco1 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 Screen.

11. Open deco2 and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

12. K key on the keyboard to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X: 742,00 and Position Y: 228,00.



M key to deselect the tool.

13. Open deco3 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 Hard Light.



14. Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.
Edit>Paste as new layer.

15. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Meister - Pole Transform, default settings.



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



17. Selections>Load/Save selezione>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection livethelife_2_mj.



Press +/- 10 times CANC on the keyboard
Selections>Select None.

18. Activate the layer Raster 1.

Selections>Load/Save selezione>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection livethelife_mj



Selections>Promote Selection to Layer.
Layers>Arrange>Bring to Top.

19. Selections>Modify>Contract - 30 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard.

20. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass.
Select the preset losango_glass and ok.



21. Selections>Load/Save selezione>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection livethelife_1_mj.



22. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Open the misted and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.

23. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass - preset losango_glass.
Selections>Select None.

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



Layers>Arrange>Move Down.
Activate the top layer.

Repeat Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass - preset losango_glass.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, same settings.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Layers>Arrange>Move Down - 2 times.

Your tag and the layers - adapt the layers to your liking.



24. Activate the top layer.

Open the woman tube and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, to 80%, resize all layers not checked.
Move the tube to the left side.

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

25. Open your deco tube and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, to 60%, resize all layers not checked.
Move the tube at the bottom right.

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

26. Activate the layer Raster 1.
Edit>Copy.

If you want: Edit>Paste as new image and minimize this image.

27. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, dark color.
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, light color.
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, dark color.

28. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 50 pixels, symmetric, color white.

29. Selections>Invert.
Edit>Paste into Selection (the image of step 26).

30. Effects>Plugins>Simple - Top Left Mirror.



31. Effects>Distortion Effects>Wind - from left, strength 100



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



33. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More.

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



Selections>Select None.

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

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

For the tubes of this version thanks Luz Cristina, Jewel and Nena Silva.



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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.

10 April 2022