This tutorial was written with PSPX8 and translated with PSPX9 and PSP2020, 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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For this tutorial, you will need:



You can find themed tubes by Moi-Méme here
(The links of material creators here).





consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
&<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Slice N Dice (to import in Unlimited) here
Photo Aging Kit - Cracked Paper, Photo Frame 1 - Old Color (to import in Unlimited) here
Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1. here
Balder Olrik - Mirror X here
VM Toolbox - Instant Tile here
FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss here
AAA Frames - Foto Frame here
Filters VM Toolbox and Balder Olrik 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



If you have problems with the canal alpha, open a new transparent image 950 x 550 pixels,
and use the selections from disk.

1. Set your foreground color to color 1 #d6bb9b,
and your background color to color 2 #1e1a16.



Color 3: #ffffff

Color 4: #b22e19

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



2. Open Canal_alpha Nostalgie Retro
This image, that will be the basis of your work is not empty,
but contains the selections saved to alpha channel.

Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Photo Aging Kit - Cracked paper.



Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Photo Aging Kit - Photo Frame 01.



Open Retro_déco 1

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

Objects>Align>Left
or K key to activate your Pick Tool
Position X and Y 0,00



M key to deselect the tool.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy) and reduce the opacity to 50%.



3. Set your foreground color to white #ffffff.

Layers>New Raster Layer.

Effects>Plugins>Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1.
This filter creates gradients with the colors of your Materials palette.
The first is your background color, the second is your foreground color.
Change the last two colors created by the filtre:
the third color with color 1 #d6bb9b and the fourth color with 4 #b22e19.



Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Photo Aging Kit - Old Color.



(or black and white, if you prefer)

Adjust>Blur>Radial Blur.



Image>Free Rotate - 45 degrees to right.



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



Effects>Geometric Effects>Skew.



4. Activate the layer Raster 1.
Selections>Select All.
Image>Crop to Selection.

5. Activate your top layer, Raster 3.

Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Balder Olrik - Mirror X



6. Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
The selection sélection #1 is immediately available. You just have to click Load.



Effects>Texture Effects>Weave.
wave color: color 2 #1e1a16
gap color: color 4 #b22e19



7. The next selection will replace the previous one, otherwise deselect.

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



Edit>Copy.
Edit>Paste as new image and minimize it.
(if you want, as a precaution, save the image).

Go back to your work.
Selections>Select None.

8. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - VM Toolbox - Instant Tile, default settings.



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



Edit>Cut - this command cuts and keeps in memory.

Edit>Paste as new layer.

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



Press CANC on the keyboard
Selections>Select None.

11. Activate the layer below.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black,
shadow on new layer checked..



Stay on the shadow's layer.

Effects>Texture Effects>Weave.
weave color: color 2 #1e1a16
gap color: color 1 #d6bb9b



Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

12. Activate the layer above.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down (with the shadow).
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.



13. Activate your top layer.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the Selections menu and load the selection sélection #5.



Press CANC on the keyboard.
Selections>Select None.

14. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Resize, to 40%, resize all layers not checked.

K key to activate your Pick Tool K key to activate your Pick Tool
Set Position X: 144,00 and Position Y: 181,00.



15. Open déco 3

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

Set Position X: 212,00 and Position Y: 255,00.



M key to deselect the tool.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, colore nero,
shadow on new layer checked.



Effects>Texture Effects>Weave.
weave color: color 2 #1e1a16
gap color: color 4 #b22e19



16. Activate your top layer.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down - 2 times.
Image>Resize, to 80%, resize all layers not checked.

K key to activate your Pick Tool
Set Position X: 48,00 and Position Y: 86,00.



M key to deselect the tool.

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

Effects>Texture Effects>Weave.
weave color: color 2 #1e1a16
gap color: color 1 #d6bb9b



17. Activate your top layer.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black, shadow on new layer not checked.



18. Activate the image minimized at step 7

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

Image>Resize, to 10%, resize all layers not checked.

K key to activate your Pick Tool
Set Position X: 189,00 and Position Y: 87,00.



M key to deselect the tool.

19. Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror>Mirror vertical.

Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Layers>Duplicate.

Image>Free Rotate - 90 degree to right.



Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

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

20. Activate the layer Raster 1.

Layers>New Raster Layer.

Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Open the Selections menu and load the selection sélection #6.



Selections>Modify>Feather - 15 pixels.

Open the tube graca-lisbon_misted MM

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay and reduce the opacity to 80%,
(adapt to your landscape)



Layers>Arrange>Move Up - 2 times.

Keep selected.



21. Layers>New Raster Layer.

Reduce the opacity of your Flood Fill Tool to 40%.

Flood Fill the layer with color white.

Effects>Texture Effects>Weave.
weave color: color 2 #1e1a16
gap color: color 4 #b22e19



Selections>Select None.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light.



Activate the layer below of the landscape.

Effects>Plugins>FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss, default settings.



22. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color 4
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color 2
Image>Add borders, 4 pixels, symmetric, color 1
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color 4
Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color 2

Selections>Select All.

23. Image>Add borders, 40 pixels, symmetric, color 3 (white).

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



Selections>Invert.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 15.



Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Photo Aging Kit - Cracked Paper, default settings.



24. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Keep the opacity of your Flood Fill Tool to 40%.
Flood Fill the layer with color white.

Don't forget to set again the opacity of your Flood Fill Tool to 100.

Effects>Texture Effects>Weave, last settings.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.

25. Activate the layer below.

Selections>Select All.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 20 pixels.

Effects>Plugins>AAA Frames - Foto Frame.



Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, last settings.
Selections>Select None.

26. Activate your top layer.

Open the tube Lady_ai-generated-Tube par MM

Erase the watermark 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.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

K key to activate your Pick Tool
Set Position X: 400,00 and Position Y: 20,00.



Layers>Duplicate.
Activate the layer below of the original.

Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 15.



Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Multiply.

26. Open txt&titre

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Set Position X: 152,00 and Position Y: 263,00.



Note: if you want, you can change the name of the city:
in the material you find the font and the dates to do it:

***

Erase Lisbon

Activate your Text Tool , font Lisbon
set the size according to your text and your PSP's version



colors



Write your city's name
Layers>Convert in Raster Layer.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color white



***

28. Open pinceau

Erase the watermark and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Set Position X: 28,00 and Position Y: 130,00.



M key to deselect the tool.

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance.

Layers>Arrange>Move Down and repeat (it is under the main tube).

29. Sign your work on a new layer.
Add the author and the traductor's watermarks.

30. Image>Add borders, 1 pixel, symmetric, color 2

Image>Resize, 950 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Adjust>Sharpness>Unsharp Mask - Soft.



Save as jpg.

For the tube of this version thanks Kamil





Your versions. Thanks



Aura



Rugiada



Marygraphics



Silvie



Jolcsi



DeniseD




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.

2 June 2024