It’s cold outside
you wil find the orignal tutorial here The snowman tube was created by EMA (Elisabeth)
Veroreves and I work with PSP20
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 Veroreve’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
or HERE
Place the supplies and selections into the dedicated folders of « Corel PSP » general folder
you will need a nice colored image (not too light colors) corresponding to the theme (Winter)
and a character tube (not provided)
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
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Mura's Seamless
Simple
Eye Candy 5 nature
Funhouse
1 – the Background
1
open your image
edit => copy
2
open a new image => transparent => 900 * 600 px
selections => select all
edit => paste into selection
selections => select none
3
layers => new Raster layer
flood fill white
effects => texture effects => tiles
effects => geometric effects => Pentagon / Wrap
5
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light
2 - The Stripes Mask
1
layers => new Raster layer
selections => select all
copy / paste « mask_vjf_rayures_flocons » into selection
selections => select none
2
blend mode of the layer : Screen
3 - The Frosted Frame
1
copy / paste « tube_cadre_givré » as new layer
2
image => free rotate
select inside the frame with the Magic Wand tool
copy / paste « tube_cadre_givré » into election
selections => select none
4
effects => plugins => Adjust => Variations / midtones
1 or 2 clicks on the color matching your personal colors
5
select inside the small frame with the Magic Wand tool
selections => modify => expand => 2 px
copy / paste the image into selection
selections => select none
6
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 85%
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 30 / 20 / black
7
effects => image effects => offset => H : 110 / V : -10 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
4 - The Title
1
copy / paste the title tube as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Multiply
2
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 526 / position Y : 381
5 - The Character
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
place properly
2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black
6 - The Frame
1
highlight bottom layer
edit => copy
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
2
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px / color of your choice
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
3
effects => texture effects => mosaic / Glass
selections => modify = > select selection borders
effects => 3D effects => OUTER Bevel
6
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
save your work as... type .jpeg
Another version with a tube created by Wieske
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
