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This tutorial was made in PSP 9, but can also be made in the other versions.

For this tutorial you need plugin the following plugins:

AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

You can download the plugins

you can download the materials.

It contains: 2 tubes - 1 picture.

The tubes are by Jet and Lasuperf.

The picture is 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 and picture.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

Step 1

Open the tubes PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #c5d4fb (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #20232a (or at your choice).

Step 2

Open tube 'jet-woman5-maart-2009' (you need a background for this one).

Or open picture 'PS-317'.

Image - Resize - Height 600 pixels.

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp mask: 1 - 64 - 4.

Selections - Select all.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 15 pixels.

Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame - default settings - see image below:

Selections - Invert.

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill the selection with your foreground color.

Effects - Texture effects - Straw wall - with these settings:

Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - foreground color - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Step 4

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - foreground color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 15 pixels - background color.

Activate your Magic wand - with these settings:

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Art media effects - Brush strokes - foreground color - with these settings:

Repeat this effect 1x with the same settings.

Selections - Select none.

Step 5

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - foreground color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 15 pixels - foreground color.

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Texture effects - Straw wall - same settings as before.

Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - same settings as before.

Selections - Select none.

Step 6

Set your foreground to gradient 'Rectangular' - Angle 120 - Repeats 7 - Invert checked - Hor and Vert to 50 - see image below:

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

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Flood fill the selection with your gradient.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings - see image below:

Selections - Select none.

Step 7

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - foreground color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 15 pixels - foreground color.

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Texture effects - Straw wall - same settings as before.

Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - same settings as before.

Selections - Select none.

Step 8

Copy tube '7112008-divers1-lasuperf'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it as you like.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert end Hor 2 - Opacity 60 - Blur 3 - black.

Adjust - Brightness and contrast - Brightness - 1.

Step 9

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 10

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.

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 500 pixels, longest side.

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

This lesson was written by Gerrie on February 18, 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 April 20, 2014

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