Cloclo-The spirit of Christmas

The spirit of Christmas

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

Supplies
alpha channel
a color palette
presets  / plugins
masks
decoration tubes
tubes text tube
Cloclo’s watermark

you can grab the .rar file on Cloclo’s page (click on the word Art « matériel »)
or HERE
open the masks and minimize to tray
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Mehdi / Sorting Tiles
Filtres personnalisé / Emboss 5
MuRa's Filter Meister / Perspective Tiling 1.1
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 Nature / Snow  Drift
FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss
AAA Frame  / FOTO FRAME
MuRa's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha
Filters Unlimited 2.0 / VM Experimental Magnetic Detection
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact Glass
L en K’s Frederiek
Cloclo’s page of plugins
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colors

set colors 2 and 1 as FG & BG colors into the materials palette
prepare a linear gradient

Important
Open all images with PSP, duplicate them and close the originals.
Never work with original images.
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
selections => select all
open the Background image (« fond »)=> edit => copy / paste into selection
selections => select none

2
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

copy / paste « deco cloclo » as new layer
effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 5
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => merge => merge group
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
layers => new mask layer => from image => Narah_Mask_1123
layers => merge => merge group
effects => edge effects => enhance
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

4
highlight bottom layer and duplicate
layers => arrange => bring to top
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

effects => image effects => seamless tiling

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5000 => Snow Drift

selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
hit  6 times the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 40 / color 1

5
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the gradient
layers => new mask layer => from image => Mascara2018-zen-10
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 75 / 35 / color 1
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
flood fill with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 5

6
effects = > plugins => Textures => Grain

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

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 15 / black
selections => select none
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 67 / position Y : 269
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

7
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
flood fill with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 5
effects => reflection effects => kaleidoscope

effects => edge effects => enhance more
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame (same seetings as previously)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 15 / black
selections => select none
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 121 / position Y : 416
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror effects  (same seetings as previously)

8
 layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 4
flood fill with the gradient
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 5
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => VM Experimental => Magnetic Detection / default settings
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / preset provided « glass_Cloclo_lesprit_de_noel »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 5 / black
selections => select none
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror
highlight the fourth layer from bottom (under the Perspective layer)
copy / paste the misted tube into selection
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 131 / position Y : 29

9
highlight top layer
copy / paste « deco cloclo 01  » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : -4 / position Y : 582
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 45 / 1 / black
copy / paste « deco cloclo 1  » as new layer => see final position
copy / paste « deco cloclo 2  » as new layer => see final position
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 154 / position Y : 429

10
copy / paste « deco cloclo 4  » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 79 / position Y : 293
copy / paste « deco cloclo 5  » as new layer => see final position
objects => align => top
open all the other tubes, copy / paste as new layers and place => see final position
drop a shadow of your choice on each element
edit => copy special => copy merged
edit => paste as new image (in case of problem with your PSP before you end the tutorial)
set aside for a later use
back to your main work

11
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 4
3 px color 2
3 px color 1
3 px color 3
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 20 px color 4
selections => invert
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

12
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Frederiek

effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 35 / color 1
selections => select none

13
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 4
3 px color 2
3 px color 1
3 px color 3
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px color 4
selections => invert
copy / paste into selection the image you set aside in step 10
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

redo Foto Frame, same settings, but changing width to 1
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 45 / black
selections => select none

14
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)
resize to 1000 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg


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created by  ▼  Birte