Xephyra
you wil find the orignal tutorial here
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
however, the results might be different using another 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
place the selection into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
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 has 37 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Simple
VM Distortion
AAA Frames
MuRa’s Meister
FM Tile Tools
Colors
set FG to color 4
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes and decorations provided
close the original files and work with the copies
save your work often in case of problems with your PSP
1
Create a transparent image of 800 x 500 pixels
flood fill with FG color
2
set FG to color 1 and BG color to color 2
prepare a linear gradient in the BG box of the material palette
3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient
4
effects = > plugins => Simple => Pizza Slice Mirror
effects => plugins => VM Distortion => FlipChop / 150 / 10
5
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
6
layers => new mask layer / from image
7
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 2 / black
8
layers => merge => merge visible
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
9
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling
10
opacity of the layer : 60%
copy / paste « Xephyra deco » as new layer
blend mode is set to Overlay
11
set FG to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
12
layers => new mask layer / from image => mask « 69_hatvankilenc_kjkildiko_maszk_1 »
13
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 2 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
14
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
15
set FG to color 4 and BG color to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with FG color
16
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
17
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
18
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => modify => contract => 4 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
19
set FG to color 1 and BG color to color 2
20
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
21
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
22
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
23
effects => plugins => VM Distortion => FlipChop / 150 / 10
effects = > plugins => Simple => Quick Tile
24
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
layers => new raster layer
25
copy / paste « Xephyra tube mpd© » into selection
26
adjust => one step photo fix
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / black
27
layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer
28
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 80 / 5 / black
layers => merge => merge down
29
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings except Direction : tick « Horizontal »
30
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer
31
copy / paste « Xephyra deco 1 by mpd © » as new layer
32
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 50 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
33
copy / paste « Xephyra tube mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
blend mode : Overlay
34
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 4
5 px color 1
15 px color 2
35
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
36
copy / paste « text Xephyra mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result, or where you like
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
If you're interested, you can be notified when I post new tubes on my blog
by subscribing to my newsletter on simple request
just email me
my tubes are also available on my blog HERE
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 at the bottom of this translation
Gallery
created by ▼ Birte
Marja works with PSP12
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
however, the results might be different using another 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
place the selection into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
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 has 37 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
Simple
VM Distortion
AAA Frames
MuRa’s Meister
FM Tile Tools
Colors
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes and decorations provided
close the original files and work with the copies
save your work often in case of problems with your PSP
1
Create a transparent image of 800 x 500 pixels
flood fill with FG color
2
set FG to color 1 and BG color to color 2
prepare a linear gradient in the BG box of the material palette
3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient
4
effects = > plugins => Simple => Pizza Slice Mirror
effects => plugins => VM Distortion => FlipChop / 150 / 10
5
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror
effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
6
layers => new mask layer / from image
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 2 / black
8
layers => merge => merge visible
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling
opacity of the layer : 60%
copy / paste « Xephyra deco » as new layer
blend mode is set to Overlay
11
set FG to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
12
layers => new mask layer / from image => mask « 69_hatvankilenc_kjkildiko_maszk_1 »
13
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 2 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
14
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
set FG to color 4 and BG color to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with FG color
16
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
17
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
18
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => modify => contract => 4 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
19
set FG to color 1 and BG color to color 2
20
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
21
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
22
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
23
effects => plugins => VM Distortion => FlipChop / 150 / 10
effects = > plugins => Simple => Quick Tile
24
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
layers => new raster layer
25
copy / paste « Xephyra tube mpd© » into selection
26
adjust => one step photo fix
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / black
27
layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer
28
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 80 / 5 / black
layers => merge => merge down
29
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings except Direction : tick « Horizontal »
30
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer
31
copy / paste « Xephyra deco 1 by mpd © » as new layer
32
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 50 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
33
copy / paste « Xephyra tube mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
blend mode : Overlay
34
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 4
5 px color 1
15 px color 2
35
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
36
copy / paste « text Xephyra mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result, or where you like
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 subscribing to my newsletter on simple request
just email me
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 at the bottom of this translation
Gallery
created by ▼ Birte
