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This tutorial was made in PSP X2, but can also be made in the other versions.

For this tutorial you need the following plugins:

Kang 4 - LensFun

ScreenWorks - Boxed Dot

You can download the plugins

Place or install the plugins in your Plugin folder.

you can download the materials.

It contains: 4 tubes - 2 selections - 1 font.

Place the selections in your Selection folder.

Open the font and minimize it.

Permission to use the tubes

The tubes are by Betsie and kTs.

The other tubes are unknown to me.

If they are yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credit.

Thank you so much for the beautiful tubes.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

Step 1

Open the tubes in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #e7dbc1 (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #3e352a (or at your choice).

Open a transparent image of 950 x 650 pixels.

Flood fill your image with your foreground color.

Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with your background color.

Effects - Plugins - Kang 4 - LensFun - with these settings:

Change the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance (L).

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from disk - load selection 'wand' - with these settings:

Flood fill the selection with your foreground color.

Effects - Plugins - ScreenWorks - Boxed Dot.

Selections - Select none.

Lower the Opacity of this layer to 63.

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

Step 4

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from disk - load selection 'selnoisette35' - same settings as before.

Set your foreground to gradient 'Radial' - with these settings:

Flood fill the selection with this gradient.

Selections - Select none.

Step 5

Effects - Distortion effects - Warp - with these settings:

Effects - Distortion effects - Polar coordinates - with these settings:

Effects - Distortion effects - Twirl - Settings 'Right 500' - with these settings:

Move it a little up and to the left - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 10 - Opacity 65 - Blur 10 - color black.

Step 6

Copy tube 'Bulles'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Change the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance (L).

Move it a little up - see main image.

Step 7

Copy tube 'Betsie_236_5 aug.2009'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Mirror.

Image - Resize - 110% - All layers not checked.

Place her on the left side.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 50 - Blur 3 - foreground color.

Step 8

Open tube 'kTs_321Aj'.

Image - Resize - Height 400 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it on the right side.

Change the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance (L).

Step 9

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Step 10

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate your Text tool - font Segoe-ui-symbol - Size 48 - with these settings:

Type 'Black Woman' or your own text.

Place it upper right - see main image.

Rotate your text if you like.

Layers - Convert to raster layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 1 - Opacity 40 - Blur 1 - color black.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 11

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 30 pixels - foreground color.

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Set your foreground to gradient 'Radial' - with these settings:

Flood fill the selection with this gradient.

Effects - 3D effects - Chisel - color white - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Step 12

Copy tube 'kTs_Jhu132 copie2'.

Paste as a new layer on your main image.

Change the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance (L).

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Save your crea as a jpg file and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

If you want your crea in my Gallery:

Image - Resize - Width 800 pixels.

Save your crea as a jpg file and please send me an email with your crea.

This lesson was written by Gerrie on August 4, 2010.

This lesson is and remains the property of Gerrie.

You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written permission.

All my lessons are self designed ... so any agreement is purely coincidental.

All my lessons are registered with TWI.

Translated by Zial on May 27, 2015

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