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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:

Filter Factory Gallery A - Rechts Spotlight

FM Tile Tool - Blend Emboss

Simple - Left Right Wrap

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

You can download the plugins

Place or install the plugins in your Plugin folder.

you can download the materials.

It contains: 3 tubes - 1 mask - 1 font.

Open the font and minimize it.

Permission to use the tubes

The tubes are by Luz Cristina and Nuros 53.

The other tubes are unknown to me.

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

I want to thank the makers of the beautiful tubes and mask.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

Step 1

Open the tubes and the mask in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #c4bfae (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #373122 (or at your choice).

Open a transparent image of 650 x 500 pixels.

Set your foreground to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Radial - Angle 0 - Repeats 11 - Invert not checked - see image below:

Flood fill your image with this gradient.

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Left Right Wrap.

Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with your background color.

Layers - New mask layer - From image - find mask 'pspcybermask010' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge group.

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tool - Blend Emboss - default settings.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Hard light.

Step 3

Open tube 'ametista_antique_petals_05.06'.

Image - Resize - Width 380 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Move her a little down - see main image.

Lower the Opacity of this layer to 36.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 4 - Opacity 80 - Blur 11 - color black.

Step 4

Open tube '1702-luzcristina'.

Image - Resize - Height 500 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place her on the right side.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 25 - Blur 5 - color black.

Step 5

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

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 3 pixels - foreground color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric not checked - background color - with these settings:

Select this border with your Magic wand - with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory Gallery A - Rechts Spotlight - default settings - see image below:

Selections - Select none.

Step 6

Activate your Text tool - font Mutlu Ornamental (in PSP just Mutlu) - Size 65 - with these settings:

Switch your colors, so your foreground is now your background color and your background is now your foreground color.

Type your text and place it in the bottom bar - see main image.

Layers - Convert to raster layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before or at your choice.

Step 7

Open tube 'NS_105_0309'.

Image - Resize - Width 200 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it on the left side of your text.

Step 8

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 9

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

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

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 October 13, 2009.

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 March 27, 2015

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