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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:

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

MuRa's Meister - Cloud

Simple - Left Right Wrap

You can download the plugins

you can download the materials.

It contains: 2 tubes - 2 pictures - 4 glass patterns.

Place the patterns in your Pattern folder.

Permission to use the tubes

The tubes are by M.loullou and MMDesignz.

Thank you so much for the beautiful tubes and pictures.

The picture is unknown to me.

If it's yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credit.

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 #d4cdbb (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #67594c (or at your choice).

Set your foreground to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Linear - Angle 15 - Repeats 4 - Invert not checked - see image below:

Open picture 'plaatje zelf gemaakt'.

If you use your own picture make sure it's no longer then 600 pixels.

Step 2

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

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

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

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 10 pixels - background color.

Step 3

Activate your Magic wand tool - with these settings:

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

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

Selections - Select none.

Step 4

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

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

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

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 25 pixels - background color.

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Set your background to pattern 'md-glass2' (or at your choice) - Angle 0 - Scale 200.

Flood fill the border with this pattern.

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

Selections - Select none.

Step 5

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

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

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

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 10 pixels - background color.

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings.

Selections - Select none.

Step 6

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

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

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

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

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Left Right Wrap.

Effects - Distortion effects - Wind - Left - 100.

Effects - Distortion effects - Wind - Right - 100.

Selections - Select none.

Step 7

Activate your Magic wand.

Select the top and bottom dark areas.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings.

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

Selections - Select none.

Step 8

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

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

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

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 35 pixels - background color.

Select the last border with your Magic wand.

Flood fill the selection with your gradient.

Effects - Texture effects - Weave - foreground color and background color - with these settings:

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

Selections - Select none.

Step 9

Image - Add borders - background color - with these settings:

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Cloud - with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings.

Selections - select none.

Step 10

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Step 11

Copy tube 'MMDesignz_Si 262229'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 50% - All layers not checked.

Place it in the lower left corner.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 80 - Blur 10 - black.

Stap 12

Copy tube 'flaconmaquil'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 50% - All layers not checked.

Place it in the lower left corner on the flowers.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

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

I hope you enjoyed making this lesson :-)

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 November 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 19, 2014

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