Thank you for putting a link to this tutorial, whenever you display your realization of that tag on a website, on a group or in a mail !
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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE
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To realize that tag, you'll need the plugins :
- Unlimited 2.0 here
- L&K / Zitah here
and the material zip down below :
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*It is forbidden to suppress watermarks on the material provided , to alter, mist or rename the tubes in order to respect the work of the tubers
- The tube of the woman is by Jet
you can join in her sharing group here
- The tube of the scenery is by Guismo
You'll be able to find her tubes on Dakara' s site here
and you can join in her sharing group here
- The picture of the background is by JHanna
You'll be able to get her tubes by joining in her sharing group here
- The tube Amarante is by Katussia
- The masque I have used is by Cameron
The tube of the birds has been found on the net
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Preparation
Duplicate your tubes, the background and the mask.Close the originals and minimize the copies for now.
Put the deform tool preset in your preset folder of your Psp files
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Click here to print the tutorial
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You can use my arrow to follow your work
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1- Open a transparent image of 800 by 650 pixels
2- Set your colour palette with two colours of your choice
My choice : Foreground : blanc
Background : turquoise 6eb7c0 
Set your foreground with a rectangular gradient as below :
3- Flood fill your transparent layer with your gradient
4- Layers / duplicate
5- Effects /distortion effects / Pixelate as below :
6- Effects / plugins / Filters Unlimited 2.0 / Tile mirror / Quadrant mirror
7- Effects / edge effects / enhance more
8- Effects / plugins / L&K / Zitah as below :
- Set the mode of that layer to Multiply and lower its opacity to about 90
9- Activate the layer at the bottom of the pile( layer raster 1)
Add a new layer and select all
10- Open the picture "JHanna_60_bground" or a background of your choice, copy it and paste it into the selection
Select none
Set the mode of that layer to Luminance legacy
11- Now, activate the layer on top of the pile ( copy of raster 1)
Add a new raster layer and flood fill it in white
12- Layers / new mask layer / from image / choose "maskcameron229 / check Source Luminance and Invert mask data
Adjust / sharpen / sharpen more
Layers / Merge group
13- Layers / duplicate
Image / mirror
Layers / merge down
14- Effects / distortion effects / polar coordinates / polar to rectangular
15- Activate your deform tool ( key D) and fetch the preset "beatriz_preset_outil_deformation" as shown below ( click on the small arrow )
If your Psp doesn't allow you to use my preset, you'll have to try to obtain a similar effect by yourself !
16- Set the mode of that layer to Soft light . I have lowered its opacity to 60 ... it 's up to you to decide what is best for you
17- Open the scenery tube "calguismisted2899..." or a misted scenery tube of your choice but you must use a very large tube ( at least 800 pixels width ) , copy it and paste it as a new layer
You may choose to use a smaller tube and resize it but beware that if you exceed 120 %, the quality of your tube wiil suffer from it !
18- Open the decorative tube "KTs_Amarante44..." or another decorative tube of that style, copy it and paste it as a new layer ( You may prefer to use a brush on a new layer !!)
I have resized my tube at 75%
My tube is at the right place!
I have set the mode of that layer to Burn and lowered its opacity to 43 ...it's up to you to see what is better for your tag!
19- Make sure everything is at the right place
Image / add some symmetrical borders of 1 pixel ( in white for me )
20- Layers / Promote Background layer
21- Image / resize at 90% ( Resize all the layers NOT checked )
22- Effects /3d effects / drop shadow / 0, 0, 100, 50, black
23- Add a new raster layer
Layers / arrange / move down
24- Flood fill that new layer with the background colour used on step 2
25- Add a new raster layer and select all
Open the background used on step 10, copy it and paste it into the selection
Select none
Set the mode of that layer to Luminance legacy
26- Open your scenery tube , copy it and paste it as a new layer
27- Activate your top layer
Open the tube "Jet-woman9-septembre-2007.." or a tube of your choice , copy it and paste it as a new layer
Place to your liking or as shown on my tag
28- Apply a drop shadow of your choice ( Effects / 3d effects / drop shadow ...)
My choice : 0, 0, 60, 20, black
29- Open the tube "Autumn Cardinals..."or a tube of your choice , copy it and paste it as a new layer
I have resized my tube at 50%
30- I have applied the same drop shadow as on the woman
31- Add a new raster layer and apply your signature
32- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 or 3 pixels ( in white for me )
33-Save your work as a jpeg file and resize it if necessary
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That's it !! You've done it !!
If you 've enjoyed doing my tutorial, it would be nice to write a few words in my guest book ! If you 've had the slightest problem, please, send me a mail so I can see to the problem !
Tutorial translated on the 27th of march 2010
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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE
