Cloclo-Prince of darkness

Prince of darkness

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 Sass and Carine for testing Cloclo’s tutorials

Thank you to respect Cloclo’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

Material
color palette 
alpha channel/ selections (in case) 
texture / preset 
mask 
tubes / decorations / Cloclo’s watermark 

tubes provided are licence free
open all the tubes into PSP and duplicate them. Work with the copies to preserve orignals 
place (or import) the supplies provided into the appropriate folders of My Corel PSP 
copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP General folder ... 
(in case of problems with the alpha layer) 
double click on the preset to install ( or import ) 

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 » --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal 
« Flip » --> image => mirror => mirror vertical 

Filters (plugins) used 
Filter Meister / Perspective Tilin1.1 
User Defined Filter / Emboss 4 
<I.C.NET Software> Filters Unlimited 2.0 / VM Instant Art / Spider Web 
AAA Frames / FOTO FRAME 
Adjust / Variations 
Graphics plus / Cross shadow 
Cloclo’s page of plugins 
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colors

set colors 1 and 2 as FG & BG colors into the materials palette

Important 
Open all images with PSP, duplicate them and close the originals. 
Never work with original files. 
Cloclo works with PSP20 ; I work with PSP pro 2020 Ultimate 
but you can follow the steps with another version of PSP 
don’t forget to save your work often 

instructions 
1 
open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy 
rename « Raster 1 » 
selections => select all 
open the Background image (« fond »)=> edit => copy / paste into selection 
selections => select none 
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings 
adjust = > blur => motion blur

2 
adjust => blur => radial blur

effects => image effects => seamless tiling

effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror 

3
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => side by side 
effects => texture effect => Texture => Texture "29-cmv" 

layers => duplicate 
image => mirror => mirror horizontal 
blend mode of the layer : Overlay 
open the mask « edith40 » => opacity : 65% 
layers => new raster layer 
flood fill with color 1 
layers => new mask layer => from image 

layers => merge => merge group
effects => edge effects => enhance 
layers => merge => merge down TWICE 
layers => duplicate 
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling 

effects => image effects => seamless tiling => side by side
4
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1 (or use selection from disk #1) 
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard 4 times 
selections => select none 
effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 4 
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 25 / black 
prepare a linear gradient in materials palette 

layers => new raster layer 
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2 (or use selection from disk #2) 
flood fill selection with the gradient 
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Instant Art => Spider Web 

5 
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame 

selections => select none
layers => duplicate 
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 90% 
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 12 / position Y : 15 
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool 
layers => merge => merge down 
layers => duplicate 
image => mirror => mirror horizontal 
layers => merge => merge down 
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 15 / black
6 
highlight bottom layer 
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3 (or use selection from disk #3) 
selections => promote selection to layer 
effects => plugins => Adjust => Variations 
1 click on « original » / 1 click on « more green / 1 click on « darker » 
blend mode of the layer : Screen 
selections => select none 
copy / paste « deco glass » as new layer 
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : -1 / position Y : 502 
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / black 
highlight top layer 
layers => new raster layer 
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 4 (or use selection from disk #4) 
flood fill selection with the gradient 
effects => texture effect => Blinds 

7 
selections => modify => contract => 27 px 
selections => modify = > select selection borders

 
flood fill with color 1 
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel 

selections => select none 
layers => duplicate 
image => mirror => mirror horizontal 
layers => merge => merge down 
blend mode of the layer : Luminance 
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / black
8 
copy / paste « deco Cloclo 1 » as new layer (don’t forget to erase the watermark) 
don’t move it 
copy / paste « misted Cloclo » as new layer 
don’t move it 
layers => arrange => under the Mura’ Meister’s layer 
highlight top layer 
copy / paste all elements provided as new layers 
palce properly (see final result) 
drop a shadow of your choice on each element 
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black 
edit => copy 
selections => select all 
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 15 px white 
selections => invert 
edit => paste into selection 
adjust => blur => radial blur

effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings 
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Instant Art => Spider Web 

effects => edge effects => enhance 
effects => 3D effects => Buttonize

selections => select none 
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px white 
selections => invert 
flood fill with the gradient 
effects => texture effect => Blinds

effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 45 / black 
selections => invert 
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 30 / black 
selections => select none
9 
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px white 
copy / paste « coins Cloclo » as new layer 
don’t move it 
copy / paste the Cloclo’s watermark as new layer 
place where you like 
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 

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