Isolde
you wil find the orignal tutorial here
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 masks 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 60 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Xero
FM Tile Tools
Colors
set FG to white and BG to black in the materials palette
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes and decorations provided
close the original files and work with the copies
1
Create a BLACK image of 800x500 pixels
2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
3
copy / paste « Renee-TUBES-Septembre-2025-35 » into selection (middle layer)
selections => select none
4
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings except transition => 100
5
adjust => blur => radial blur
6
effects => plugins => Xero => Fritillary / 10 / 30 / 10 / 15
7
adjust => blur => motion blur / Angle 45 / Strength 100 => apply TWICE
8
effects => edge effects => enhance more
9
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
layers => merge => merge visible
10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
11
layers => new mask layer => from image
12
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
14
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Mask230mpd©designs »
15
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
16
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 10 / black
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
17
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
18
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Mask282mpd©designs »
19
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
layers => merge => merge visible
20
copy / paste « Isolde deco by mpd© » as new layer
21
copy / paste « Isolde deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer
22
effects => image effects => offset => H : -20 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
23
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
copy / paste « Isolde deco 2 by mpd© » as new layer
24
effects => image effects => offset => H : -44 / V : -33 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
25
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
26
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection white
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
flood fill selection black
27
selections => modify => contract => 1 px
flood fill selection white
28
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
29
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
30
layers => arrange => bring to top
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 15
31
effects => texture effect => Fine Leather / white
32
layers => arrange => move down
33
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Renee-TUBES-Septembre-2025-35 » into selection (middle layer)
34
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
35
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 85 / 15 / black
36
layers => merge => merge down
highlight top layer
37
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
38
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
selections => select none
39
layers => merge => merge down
effects => image effects => offset => H : 25 / V : 60 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
40
layers => duplicate
close the eye of the layer
highlight layer below
41
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : -25 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
42
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
43
highlight top layer
open the eye of the layer
44
effects => image effects => offset => H : 230 / V : -225 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
45
layers => duplicate TWICE
close the eye of the layer
46
highlight layer below
effects => image effects => offset => H : -25 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
47
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
highlight top layer
open the eye of the layer
48
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 60%
49
effects => image effects => offset => H : -450 / V : 80 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
50
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 300 / V : -110 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
51
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px black
5 px white
1 px black
52
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 20 px white
selections => invert
53
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 15 / black
selections => select none
54
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px black
5 px white
1 px black
55
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px white
selections => invert
56
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 15 / black
selections => select none
57
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px black
58
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
59
copy / paste « L682 text by mpd© » as new layer
place porperly
60
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 one of my tubes
you can download my tubes for free (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
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 60 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
Xero
FM Tile Tools
Colors
set FG to white and BG to black in the materials palette
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes and decorations provided
close the original files and work with the copies
1
Create a BLACK image of 800x500 pixels
2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
3
copy / paste « Renee-TUBES-Septembre-2025-35 » into selection (middle layer)
selections => select none
4
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings except transition => 100
5
adjust => blur => radial blur
effects => plugins => Xero => Fritillary / 10 / 30 / 10 / 15
7
adjust => blur => motion blur / Angle 45 / Strength 100 => apply TWICE
8
effects => edge effects => enhance more
9
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
layers => merge => merge visible
10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
11
layers => new mask layer => from image
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
14
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Mask230mpd©designs »
15
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
16
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 10 / black
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
17
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
18
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Mask282mpd©designs »
19
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
layers => merge => merge visible
20
copy / paste « Isolde deco by mpd© » as new layer
21
copy / paste « Isolde deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer
22
effects => image effects => offset => H : -20 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
23
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
copy / paste « Isolde deco 2 by mpd© » as new layer
24
effects => image effects => offset => H : -44 / V : -33 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
25
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection white
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
flood fill selection black
27
selections => modify => contract => 1 px
flood fill selection white
28
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
29
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
30
layers => arrange => bring to top
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 15
31
effects => texture effect => Fine Leather / white
layers => arrange => move down
33
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Renee-TUBES-Septembre-2025-35 » into selection (middle layer)
34
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
35
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 85 / 15 / black
36
layers => merge => merge down
highlight top layer
37
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
38
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 2 / black
selections => select none
39
layers => merge => merge down
effects => image effects => offset => H : 25 / V : 60 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
40
layers => duplicate
close the eye of the layer
highlight layer below
41
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : -25 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
42
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
43
highlight top layer
open the eye of the layer
44
effects => image effects => offset => H : 230 / V : -225 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
45
layers => duplicate TWICE
close the eye of the layer
46
highlight layer below
effects => image effects => offset => H : -25 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
47
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
highlight top layer
open the eye of the layer
48
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 60%
49
effects => image effects => offset => H : -450 / V : 80 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
50
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 300 / V : -110 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
51
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px black
5 px white
1 px black
52
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 20 px white
selections => invert
53
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 15 / black
selections => select none
54
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px black
5 px white
1 px black
55
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px white
selections => invert
56
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 15 / black
selections => select none
57
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px black
58
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
59
copy / paste « L682 text by mpd© » as new layer
place porperly
60
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 one of my tubes
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
