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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:

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss

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: 6 tubes - 1 paper - 2 masks - 1 font.

Open the font and minimize it.

Permission to use the tubes

The tubes are by Guismo, Linda, Nurso, Silke.

The masks are by SDT.

The beautiful tube is by Linda.

You can find her site

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.

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 masks in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #f1efd9 (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #ae5b02 (or at your choice).

Open a transparent image of 650 x 550 pixels.

Flood fill your image with your foreground color.

Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with your background color.

Layers - New mask layer - From image - find mask 'sdtMask211' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge group.

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Select all.

Copy image 'papier 1'.

Adjust - Hue and saturation - Colorize - with these settings:

Back to your working image.

Paste into the selection.

Selections - Select none.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - with these settings:

Step 4

Layers - New mask layer - From image - find mask 'sdtMask212' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge group.

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

Step 5

Copy tube 'NS_158_0409(1)'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Move it a little up - see main image.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Soft light.

Step 6

Copy tube 'Image7'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 95% - All layers not checked.

Place it left below.

Give it a Drop shadow of your choice.

Step 7

Copy tube 'calguis5feux2129'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it a little to the right - see my example.

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

Give it a Drop shadow of your choice.

Step 8

Copy tube 'la_06Jungfrau-Virgo'.

Of course you may use your own Constellation.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place her right below.

Give her a Drop shadow of your choice.

Step 9

Activate your Text tool - font A Lolita Scorned (or at your choice) - with these settings:

Switch your colors and close your foreground color.

Type the name of your Horoscope.

Place the text upper left.

Turn the text as you like.

Layers - Convert to raster layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 1 - Opacity 65 - Blur 1 - color black.

Step 10

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

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 February 15, 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 1, 2015

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