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This tutorial was devised and written by Karin 10/04/2021, the translation © is Dennis.
It is not allowed to copy, link and / or place any part of it without my permission.
The tutorial is written with PSP19 (X9) but can also be made with other versions.
If this lesson resembles any other lesson, it is purely coincidental.
The © of the materials used is for the rightful owners and the tube makers.
Deco and frame are mine.
Open the material in PSP / Duplicate with Shift + D / Close the originals.
Filters used:
AP01 [Lines] Lines – Silverlining
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 / Impact / Glass
MuRa’s Filter Meister / Perspective Tiling
Richard Roseman / Pixelate
Tramages / Tow the Line
Flaming Pear / Flood
Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1 and Weaver
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The tutorial is written with these Colors and materials.
If you use your own Colors or Materials, you may have to play with the Blend Mode and / or Opacity.
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Download your materials here:
You only need a main tube your own.
My tube is from Natalia NZ
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Step 1
Open the Alpha file Alpha_Ellen / Window / Duplicate (or use Shift + D).
Close the original we are working on the copy
Step 2
Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1
Step 3
Effects / Plugins / Richard Roseman / Pixelate
Layers / Duplicate
Step 4
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Effects / Plugins / Filter Unlimited 2.0 / Buttons & Frames / Round Button (default)
Image / Resize / 50% (Resize all Layers not checked)
Step 5
Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from Alpha Channel / sel1
Selections / Modify / Contract by 20-pixels
Copy your tube and paste as a new Layer
Slide a part of your tube into the Selection as in the example below
Selections / Invert
Press the Delete Key on the Keyboard
Selections / Invert
Layers / Properties / Opacity at 70 or 80
Step 6
Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: / Impact / Glass
Tab setting / Clear with Reflection
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical 10 / Opacity 80 / Blur 30 / Color 2 #165b6e
Repeat again with:
Horizontal and Vertical (Minus) -10 / Opacity 80 / Blur 30 / Color 2 #165b6e
Selections / Select None
Step 7
Activate the Middle Layer in the Layers Palette
Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from Alpha Channel / sel2
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical 10 / Opacity 80 / Blur 30 / Color Black
Repeat with
Horizontal and Vertical at (Minus) -10 / Opacity 80 / Blur 30 / Color Black
Selections / Select None
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical 5 / Opacity 80 / Blur 30 / Color 2 #165b6e
Repeat with
Horizontal and Vertical (Minus) -5 / Opacity 80 / Blur 30 / Color 2 #165b6e
Step 8
Activate the Top Layer in the Layers Palette.
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Image / Resize 90% (Resize all Layers not checked)
Adjust / One Step Photo Fix
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal (minus) -230 and Vertical to 0 (Transparent and Custom Checked)
Step 9
Activate the Bottom Layer in the Layers Palette
Layers / New Raster Layer
Fill with Color 2 #165b6e
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Creation Tine mask 318
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Step 10
Effects / Plugins / AP01 [Lines] Lines – SilverLining
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling (default)
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical 5 / Opacity 80 / Blur 60 / Color White
Step 11
Layers / New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with White
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Creation Tine Mask 350
Layers / Duplicate
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Layers / Properties / Opacity 70
Effects / Plugins / Tramages / Tow the Line (default)
Step 12
Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from Alpha Channel / sel3
Selections / Promote Selection to Layer
In the Materials Palette / Set your Foreground Color to Color 2 #165b6e / Background to White
Make the following Linear Gradient with the Foreground
Flood Fill the Selection with the Gradient
Step 13
Selections / Select None
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Effects / Plugins / DSB Flux / Linear Transmission
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical 1 / Opacity 80 / Blur 5 / Color 2 #165b6e
Repeat the Drop Shadow with
Horizontal and Vertical (Minus) -1 / Opacity at 80 / Blur at 5 / Color 2 #165b6e
Effects / Plugins / AP01 [Lines] Lines – SilverLining
We now have this in our Layers Palette
Step 14
Activate the Bottom Layer in the Layers Palette
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Plugins / MuRa’s Filter Meister / Perspective Tiling
Layers / Arrange / Bring to Top
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical (Minus) -5 / Opacity 80 / Blur 20 / Color 2 #165b6e
Effects / Plugins / Flaming Pear / Flood
Step 15
Activate your bottom Layer in your Layer Palette
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Weaver
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Step 16
Activate the Layer in your Layer Palette (reduced Selection)
Edit / Copy the bloemswirl
Edit / Paste as a New Layer
Image / Resize 110% (Resize all Layers not checked)
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal (minus) -245 and Vertical 15 (Transparent and custom checked)
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical 5 / Opacity 80 / Blur 20 / Color 2 #165b6e
Repeat the Drop Shadow with
Horizontal and Vertical at (Minus) -5 / Opacity 80 / Blur 20 / Color 2 #165b6e
Step 17
Open the deco
Edit / Copy
Edit / Paste as a New Layer
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal 85 / Vertical 0 (Transparent and Custom checked)
Edit / Copy the tube
Edit / Paste as a New Layer
Move it anywhere you see fit
Adjust the size if necessary
Layers / Arrange / Bring to Top
Add a Drop Shadow according to taste
Step 18
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric checked
2 pixels Color 2 #165b6e
2 pixels Color 4 #5ad0d0
2 pixels Color 1 #a9947d
40 pixels White
2 pixels Color 2 #165b6e
2 pixels Color 4 #5ad0d0
2 pixels Color 1 #a9947d
Step 19
Copy the tube image “list” and paste as a New Layer
Looks good right away
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Add your name or watermark and any copyrights
Save your Image as jpg.
My version
