This tutorial was written with PSPX9 and translated with 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.
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italian translation here
french translation here
your versions here


For this tutorial, you will need:
Tube to your liking.
The rest of the material here
For the tube not supplied thanks Bea (woman_369_beas_tube).
(The links of the tubemakers here).




Plugins:
consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Extrude here
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation here
AAA Frames - Foto Frame here


Optionnel: Animation Shop qui





You can change Blend Modes according to your colors.

Open the font and minimize it. You will find it in the list of available fonts when you need it.
With new operating systems this is no longer possible.
To use a font, you need to copy it to the Windows Fonts folder.



Copy the Frame in the Picture Frames Folder.
Copy the Selection in the Selection Folder.
Open the golden pattern in PSP and minimize it with the rest of the material.

Set your foreground color with a dark color of your tube: #062a64,
and your background color to white



1. Open a new transparent image 950 x 650 pixels.
Flood Fill the transparent image with your foreground color #062a64.

2. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Selections>Select All.

Open the tube Deco00282©Yedralina and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



Effects>Reflection Effects>Rotating Mirror.



3. Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Extrude.



4. Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay, ou to your liking.
(You can also postpone the choise before merging the layers,
for my example at the end I chose Luminace).

5. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Selections>Select All.

Open the misted 1895©Yedralina and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste into Selection.
Selections>Select None.

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 10.



You can reduce the opacity of this layer, but no more thank 80%.

6. Edit>Paste as new layer (the tube is still in memory).
Image>Miroir.
Image>Resize, to 75%, resize all layers not checked.
Move the tube at the bottom left, or to your liking.

7. Open the misted of the clock 1892©Yedralina and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, to 50%, resize all layers not checked.

Move the tube at the upper right.
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy).

You should have this



8. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add borders, 3 pixels, symmetric, color white.
Selections>Invert.

9. Set your foreground color to Pattern and select the golden pattern.



Flood Fill the selection with your golden pattern.

10. Selections>Select All.

Image>Add borders, 20 pixels, symmetric, color white.
Selections>Invert.

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



Selections>Select None.

12. Image>Picture Frames - select the frame LD-ivoorframe.



13. Activate your Text Tool
select the supplied font Beaked Tyrant Person, size 100,



background color white
Write your text at the upper left.
Layers>Convert in Raster Layer.

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



14. Open the text 2022 - Text_2022©Yedralina - 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)

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

Place the tube to your liking or see my example.



15. Activate the bottom layer.
Layers>New Raster Layer.
Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Disk.
Look for and load the selection ©Yedralina_Sel954.



Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, color white.



Selections>Select None.

16. Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling.



Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling, default settings.



Optionnel: change the Blend Mode of this layer to Luminance (legacy),
or Overlay, to your liking.



17. Activate your top layer.
Open your main tube and go to Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, if necessary (for me 132%), resize all layers not checked.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.
Move the tube to the right side.

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



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

Sign your work on a new layer.
If you don't want to animate: Layersw>Merge>Merge All and save as jpg.

If you wont realize the animation, don't merge the layers,
and activate the selection layer, Raster 3.

Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation



20. Edit>Copy special>Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste as new animation.

21. Go back to PSP.
Edit>Undo Constellation.

Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation, click on Random Seed and ok.



Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.
Go back to Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Past after the current frame.

22. Repeat 2 times the step 21,
and you'll ge an animation composed by 4 frames.

23. Check the result en clicking on View Animation
and save as gif.

If you want to change the frame rate:
Animation>Animation Properties...
the highter the settings the slower the animation.

Version not animated



For the tube of this version thanks Bea



For the tube of this version thanks Gabry






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.

29 December 2021