Marja-5th anniversary

5th anniversary

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

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
the tube Marja chose is one of mine : THANK YOU Marja for this choice
you will find it on my old site 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 47 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Mock / Windo
Graphic Plus
Simple
Mura’s Meister
AAA Frames

Colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in the materials palette
prepare a linear gradient in the BG box this way => angle : 0 / repeat : 1 / tick : invert

To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies

1
Create a transparent image of 800x500 pixels
flood fill with color 2

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient

3
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => stutter diagonal

4
effects => plugins => Mock => Windo => default settings
layers => merge => merge visible

5
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

6
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

7
layers => merge => merge group
keep selection active
effects => texture effects => Weave / colors 1 & 2

8
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)
selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
opacity of the layer :  65%

9
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 0 / 65 / 0 / black

10
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image
=> Mask249mpd©designs

12
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow (default settings)
selections => select none

13
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
opacity of the layer :  75%

14
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 0 / 65 / 0 / black
layers => merge => merge visible

15
reset BG box to color 2 in the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2

16
effects => texture effects => Weave / color 1

17
effects = > plugins => Simple => Diamonds
blend mode of the layer : Screen
opacity of the layer :  80%

18
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

19
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard once
selections => modify = > select selection borders / outside / 2 / tick « anti-alias »

20
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2 (twice)
selections => select none

21
copy / paste « MPL deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it

22
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 0 / 65 / 0 / black
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
opacity of the layer :  60%

23
copy / paste « MPL deco by mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
opacity of the layer :  50%

24
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 0 / 65 / 0 / black

25
open your favorite tag you created with one of Marja’s tutorials
image => duplicate
work with the copy => convert to raster layer

26
layers => new mask layer => from image => mask 20-20
layers => merge => merge group

27
copy / paste as new layer on your main work
resize if you wish

28
opacity of this layer between 75 & 80%
note the => Marja chose her logo and lowered the opacity to 50%

29
copy / paste « MPL deco 2 by mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it

30
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / 0 / 65 / 0 / black

31
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
opacity of the layer :  85%

32
open « MPL frame by mpd© »
duplicate => work with the copy (close the original)

33
enable the Magic Wand tool and click in the middle of the frame
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2

34
layers => new raster layer
open « femmes_0840_lisat », duplicate and work with the copy

35
erase the watermark

36
edit => copy
back to your frame work => paste into selection

37
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge visible

38
edit => copy
back to your frame image
edit => paste as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : -250 / V : 80 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

39
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Copies

40
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : -185 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

41
copy / paste « MPL deco 3 by mpd© » as new layeron your main work
don’t move it

42
copy / paste « MPL deco 4 by mpd© » as new layeron your main work
don’t move it

43
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 1
30 px color 2
15 px color 1

44
selections => select all
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
selections => invert

45
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
top slider => 10
selections => select none

46
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width
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 receive my tubes 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 old 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

Gallery
coming  ▼ soon