Christ-Akikho

 Akikho

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You will find the original tutorial here :

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Christ’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

Christ worked with PSP X2 and I worked with PSP2020
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
you can download the supplies on Christ’s original tutorial
or HERE 
Place the supplies and selections into the dedicated folders of  « Corel PSP » general folder

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 needed
Mehdi / Weaver
Mehdi / Sorting Tile
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 Impact / Brush Metal
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel
Unlimited 2.0 / Bkg Designer sf10 111 / Solid Solar Fabric
AAA / Frames / Texture Frame
Simple / Top Left Mirror

prepare your work
duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t forget to erase the tuber’s watermark before using
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Christ chose these : 

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
set colors 1 & 2 as FG and BG colors in the materials palette

1
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 650 px
selections => select all
copy / paste « China's country by Christ » into selection
selections => select none
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
effects => image effects => seamless tiling

layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
your  tag looks like this

2
layers => duplicate
effects => reflection effects => feedback

selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # AKIKHO
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 50 / 4 / black
effects => image effects => seamless tiling (don’t change the settings)

3
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Weaver

effects => edge effects => enhance more
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

effects => image effects => seamless tiling (don’t change the settings)
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
image => mirror => mirror vertical
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
optional => adjust => hue and saturation  => Hue Map / default settings then => 30 / 0

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => arrange => move down
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

4
effects => geometric effects => Spherize / circle / 100%
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # AKIKHO 1
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 30 / 1 / color 3

5
selections => load-save selection => from disk => again selection # AKIKHO 1
selections => modify => contract => 70 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Brushed Metal

(colorize to match your personal colors)
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Fill Light/Clarity

6
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # AKIKHO 2
effects => 3D effects => Cutout / color 3

selections => modify => contract => 25 px
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 64 / 60 / color 1

7
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « China's country by Christ » into selection
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 10 / 8 / color 3
selections => select none

8
copy / paste « Déchirures by Christ » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : 5 / V : 11 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
adjust => hue and saturation  => Hue/saturation/lightness

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / 4 / 20 / 10 / black

9
copy / paste « AKIKHO-4-Christ-KIFFE-TUBES » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 76%
effects => image effects => offset => H : -297 / V : -15 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 30 / black

10
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # AKIKHO 3
flood fill selection with color 1
effects => texture effect =>  Blinds

layers => new raster layer
selections => modify = > select selection borders

flood fill selection with color 1
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude

11
enable te text tool
font provided (or another of your choice) / color 1

write the text « Akikho » (or another text of your choice)
layers => promote background layer
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel / color 2

place in the middle of the rectangle
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 30 / 3 / black
layers => merge => merge down TWICE
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel / colors 4 & 1

layers => duplicate
effects => reflection effects => feedback

highlight layer below
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / 4 / 30 / 8 / color 4
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -4 / -4 / 30 / 8 / color 4

12
highlight top layer
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
effects => 3D effects => Cutout

selections => select none

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px color 1
selections => invert
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 III> => Solid Solar Fabric

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
layers => arrange => move down
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Texture Frame

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel / color 1

14
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px color 1
selections => invert
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 III> => Solid Solar Fabric

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Texture Frame

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel / white

selections => select none

15
copy / paste « déco coin argent citrine » as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : -418 / V : 278 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects = > plugins => Simple => Top Left Mirror
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 100 / 2 / black
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg

Another version with my tube and misted image

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