My Valentine
This tutorial is a personal creation.
Marja works with PSP12
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
Any resemblance with another one would be pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify images, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.
Thank you to respect Marja’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
And I’ll fix the problem as soon as I can
Supplies
you can download the supplies on Marja’s original tutorial
OR HERE
open the mask and minimize to tray
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
this tutorials contains 31 steps
Hints and Tips
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror »has become --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become --> image => mirror => mirror vertical
Plugins needed
VanDerLee
Graphics Plus
Colors
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in the materials palette
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes,
close the originals and work with the copies to preserve original files
1
Create a transparent image of 800x450 pixels
selections => select all
2
copy / paste « L707 BG » into selection
selections => select none
3
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 90%
4
effects => plugins => VanDerLee => Unplugged-X / Defocus
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
5
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => duplicate
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Vertical / Transparent / distortion => 50
6
enable the Pick tool and move the image slightly upward
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
7
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode => normal
8
highlight middle layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 10
9
effects => distortion effects => Pixelate / Symmetric / Width & Height => 15
effects => edge effects => enhance more
10
layers => merge => merge visible
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
12
flood fill selection with FG color
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / all sliders at 50 / last slider at 128
13
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
14
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « L707 Bg Frame » (top layer) into selection
15
layers => arrange => move down
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Valentine 6 mpd© » into selection
16
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
17
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
18
layers => merge => merge down TWICE
highlight bottom layer
19
set WHITE as FG color
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
20
layers => new mask layer => from image
21
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
highlight top layer
22
copy / paste « diamond hearts L707 mpd© » as new layer
23
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 32 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
24
copy / paste « L707 Text mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
25
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
set FG color to color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
selections => select all
26
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px FG color
27
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 85 / 20 / black
28
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px BG color
29
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
30
copy / paste « L707 deco by mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
31
Add Marja’s Watermark
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
Save your work as a jpeg file
My tag with my tube
you can get my tubes if you wish to have them by subscribing to my newsletter on simple request
by emailing me
my tubes are also available on my site HERE (until september 2025)
or HERE (from october 2025)
Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this translation
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to me !
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery to the bottom of this translation
coming ▼ soon
Marja works with PSP12
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
It is stricly forbidden to modify images, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.
Thank you to respect Marja’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
And I’ll fix the problem as soon as I can
Supplies
you can download the supplies on Marja’s original tutorial
OR HERE
open the mask and minimize to tray
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
this tutorials contains 31 steps
Hints and Tips
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror »has become --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become --> image => mirror => mirror vertical
Plugins needed
VanDerLee
Graphics Plus
Colors
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes,
close the originals and work with the copies to preserve original files
1
Create a transparent image of 800x450 pixels
selections => select all
2
copy / paste « L707 BG » into selection
selections => select none
3
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 90%
4
effects => plugins => VanDerLee => Unplugged-X / Defocus
5
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => duplicate
effects => geometric effects => Perspective / Vertical / Transparent / distortion => 50
6
enable the Pick tool and move the image slightly upward
7
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode => normal
8
highlight middle layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 10
9
effects => distortion effects => Pixelate / Symmetric / Width & Height => 15
effects => edge effects => enhance more
10
layers => merge => merge visible
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
12
flood fill selection with FG color
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / all sliders at 50 / last slider at 128
13
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
14
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « L707 Bg Frame » (top layer) into selection
15
layers => arrange => move down
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Valentine 6 mpd© » into selection
16
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
17
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
18
layers => merge => merge down TWICE
highlight bottom layer
19
set WHITE as FG color
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
20
layers => new mask layer => from image
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
highlight top layer
22
copy / paste « diamond hearts L707 mpd© » as new layer
23
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 32 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
24
copy / paste « L707 Text mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
25
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
set FG color to color 1
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
selections => select all
26
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px FG color
27
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 85 / 20 / black
28
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px BG color
29
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
30
copy / paste « L707 deco by mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
31
Add Marja’s Watermark
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
Save your work as a jpeg file
My tag with my tube
by emailing me
or HERE (from october 2025)
Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this translation
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to me !
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery to the bottom of this translation
