Marja-Things to remember

 Things to remember

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 
masks were created by Marja and Narah 

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 43 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
AP01 [Innovations]
AP 04 [Blurs/Smears]
Graphics Plus
FM Tile Tools

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 transparent image of 800x500 pixels
flood fill with BG color

2
effects => plugins => AP 01 [Innovations] / Lines => Lines Silverlining

3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
layers => new mask layer => from image

4
layers => merge => merge group
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

5
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 65 / 10 / black

6
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Mask01-L678 MPL© »

7
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge

8
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 5 / black

9
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Mask02-L678 MPL© »

10
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 65 / 5 / black

11
set FG to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color

12
layers => new mask layer => from image => « Narah_Mask_1091 »

13
layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 /85 / 1 / black

14
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

15
set FG to color 1
BG color is still color 2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color

16
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
flood fill selection with BG color

17
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
flood fill selection with FG color

18
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
flood fill selection with BG color

19
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
flood fill selection with FG color

20
selections => modify => contract => 15 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

21
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

22
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow => all settings on 50

23
effects => plugins => AP 04 [Blurs/Smears] => Emboss Flatlands

24
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
selections => select none

25
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer

26
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 /65 / 10 / black
layers => merge => merge down

27
effects => image effects => offset => H : -250 / V : -80 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

28
copy / paste the flowers tube as new layer

29
effects => image effects => offset => H : -323 / V : -37 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

30
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 65 / 10 / black

31
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

32
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 100 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

33
copy / paste  « L678 Deco by  mpd© » as new layer

34
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 10 / black

35
copy / paste  « L678 Text by  mpd© » as new layer

36
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 15 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

37
copy / paste  « L678 Deco 1 by  mpd© » as new layer

38
effects => image effects => offset => H : 10 / V : -55 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

39
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 1
30 px color 2

40
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
15 px FG color

41
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 65 / 15 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 65 / 15 / black
selections => select none

42
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

43
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

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