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
Fantastic Machine - Paint Engine here
Mehdi - Sorting Tiles here
Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-HLines here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow here
Mura's Meister - Perspective Tiling here
Mura's Meister - Copies here
Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha here
Filters 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 presets in the folder of the plugin Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact>Settings>Shadow.
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 Selection in the Selections Folder.

Open the masks in PSP and minimize them with the rest of the material.

1. Set your foreground color to #525751
and your background color to #a5a7a2.



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. Selections>Select All.
Open the misted of the face and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

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



4. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 25.



5. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise.



6. Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Sorting Tiles.



7. Effects>Plugins>Fantastic Machines - PaintEngine.
Select the preset zap and ok.



8. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More.

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

10. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window and you'll see all the files open.
Select the mask masker-39-mpd.



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

11. Effects>Plugins>Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-Hlines, default settings.



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



13. Effects>Reflections Effects>Rotating Mirror.



14. K key on the keyboard to activate your Pick Tool
keep Position X: 45,00 and set Position Y: 50,00.



15. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection reflections_mj.



16. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your foreground light color.

17. Selections>Modify>Contract - 20 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard

18. Edit>Paste as new layer (the misted face is still in memory).
Image>Resize, to 70%, resize all layers not checked.
Place the tube in the selection.
Selections>Invert.
Press CANC on the keyboard.

19. Again Selections>Invert.

Layers>New Raster Layer.
Effects>3D Effects>Cutout.



Layers>Merge>Merge Down - 2 times.
Selections>Select None.

Edit>Copy.
Edit>Paste as new image, and minimize this image.

20. Go back to your work.
Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

21. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow.
Select the preset tuto-04-mj.



22. Activate the layer Raster 1.
Layers>Duplicate.

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



24. Activate your Magic Wand Tool
and click in the transparent part to select it.

Selections>Modify>Inside/Outside Feather - 30



Press 8 times CANC on the keyboard.
Selections>Select None.

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



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

Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%.

27. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the layer with your light color.

28. Layers>New Mask layer>From image
Open the menu under the source window
and select the mask maskamour_mj.



Layers>Merge>Merge Group.

29. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Seamless - Emboss at Alpha, default settings.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Hard Light.

30. Activate the image minimized at step 19.
Image>Resize, to 35%, resize all layers checked.

31. Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Livelli>Disponi>Porta in alto.

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



32. K key to activate your Pick Tool
and set Position X.: 430,00 and Position Y.: 50,00.



33. Effects>Plugins>Mura's Meister - Copies.



34. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow.
Select the preset preset tuto-04-2-mj.



35. Activate the layer Raster 1.
Edit>Copy.
Edit>Paste as new image.
Minimize this image.

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



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

37. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add borders, 45 pixels, symmetric, color white.

38. Selections>Invert.
Edit>Paste into Selection (the image of step 35).

39. Effects>Distortion Effects>Wind, from left, intensity 100.



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



Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen More.

41. Selections>Invert.

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



Selections>Select None.

42. Sign your work on a new layer.

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

43. Image>Resize, 1000 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Save as jpg.

For the tube of this version thanks Gabry



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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.

7 January 2022