I am snow cute
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
thank you Narah for the lovely masks
tubes were created by Marja (the mark “mpd©”)
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 58 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Unlimited 2
Mehdi
Filter Factory Gallery N
AAA Frames
you can grab filters on Renée’s page of plugins
Colors
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in the materials palette
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies
1
Create a WHITE image of 800x500 pixels
2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
3
copy / paste « Cute Snowman 2 mpd© » (top layer) into selection
4
selections => select none
5
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings EXCEPT Transition => 100
6
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
layers => merge => merge visible
7
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles
8
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 II> => Dis Refractor 1
effects => edge effects => enhance
9
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge visible
10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
11
layers => new mask layer => from image
12
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
in the materials palette, set FG to White
13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer FG color
14
layers => new mask layer => from image => Narah_mask_0149
15
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
16
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 55 / 1 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
17
layers => merge => merge visible
in the materials palette, set FG to color 1
18
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
19
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color
20
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
21
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah
22
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... 10 / 10 (top sliders)
23
effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates => polar to rectangular
24
image => free rotate => Right : 90
25
effects => image effects => offset => H : -50 / V : 275 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
26
layers => duplicate
image => flip => horizontal
image => mirror => vertical
27
effects => image effects => offset => H : -122 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
28
layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
29
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 15 / black
30
highlight top layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
31
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
32
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
layers => new raster layer
33
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
34
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Cute Snowman 2 mpd© » (top layer) into selection
35
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
highlight layer « promoted selection »
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
36
selections => modify = > select selection borders
37
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color (zoom in as much as possible to see properly what you are doing)
38
highlight « promoted selection » again
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
39
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
opacity of the layer : 75%
selections => select none
40
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 55 / 20 / black
41
layers => merge => merge down Three times
layers => duplicate
42
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 30%
43
effects => image effects => offset => H : -385 / V : 150 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
44
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 45 / V :- 300 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
45
copy / paste « Xmas Border 1 mpd© » (top layer) as new layer
46
effects => image effects => offset => H : 175 / V : -155 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
47
copy / paste « I’m snow cute deco by mpd© » as new layer
48
effects => image effects => offset => H : -8 / V : -175 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
49
copy / paste « I’m snow cute deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result
50
copy / paste « Frame text by mpd© » as new layer
place into the large Frame
51
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
edit => copy
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
selections => select all
52
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px white
selections => invert
53
layers => new raster layer
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35
54
effects => plugins => VDL Adrenaline => Snowflakes
55
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 10 / black
selections => select none
56
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
57
copy / paste « L694 text by mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result, or where you like
58
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 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
Marja works with PSP12
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
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 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
thank you Narah for the lovely masks
tubes were created by Marja (the mark “mpd©”)
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 58 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
Unlimited 2
Mehdi
Filter Factory Gallery N
AAA Frames
you can grab filters on Renée’s page of plugins
Colors
To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies
1
Create a WHITE image of 800x500 pixels
2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
3
copy / paste « Cute Snowman 2 mpd© » (top layer) into selection
4
selections => select none
5
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings EXCEPT Transition => 100
6
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
layers => merge => merge visible
7
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 II> => Dis Refractor 1
effects => edge effects => enhance
9
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge visible
10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
11
layers => new mask layer => from image
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
in the materials palette, set FG to White
13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer FG color
14
layers => new mask layer => from image => Narah_mask_0149
15
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
16
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 55 / 1 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
17
layers => merge => merge visible
in the materials palette, set FG to color 1
18
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color
20
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... 10 / 10 (top sliders)
23
effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates => polar to rectangular
24
image => free rotate => Right : 90
25
effects => image effects => offset => H : -50 / V : 275 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
26
layers => duplicate
image => flip => horizontal
image => mirror => vertical
27
effects => image effects => offset => H : -122 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
28
layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
29
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 15 / black
30
highlight top layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
32
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
layers => new raster layer
33
flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
34
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Cute Snowman 2 mpd© » (top layer) into selection
35
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
highlight layer « promoted selection »
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
36
selections => modify = > select selection borders
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color (zoom in as much as possible to see properly what you are doing)
38
highlight « promoted selection » again
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
39
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
opacity of the layer : 75%
selections => select none
40
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 55 / 20 / black
41
layers => merge => merge down Three times
layers => duplicate
42
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 30%
43
effects => image effects => offset => H : -385 / V : 150 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
44
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 45 / V :- 300 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
45
copy / paste « Xmas Border 1 mpd© » (top layer) as new layer
46
effects => image effects => offset => H : 175 / V : -155 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
47
copy / paste « I’m snow cute deco by mpd© » as new layer
48
effects => image effects => offset => H : -8 / V : -175 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
49
copy / paste « I’m snow cute deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result
50
copy / paste « Frame text by mpd© » as new layer
place into the large Frame
51
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
edit => copy
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
selections => select all
52
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px white
selections => invert
53
layers => new raster layer
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35
54
effects => plugins => VDL Adrenaline => Snowflakes
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 10 / black
selections => select none
56
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width
57
copy / paste « L694 text by mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result, or where you like
58
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 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
Gallery
coming ▼ soon
