Marja-Xiu

Xiu

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 

open the masks and minimize to tray (if any)
place the selections into the dedicated folder of My Corel PSP General folder
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 60 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Graphics Plus
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
AAA Frames

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
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color

3
layers => new mask layer => from image

4
layers => merge => merge group
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

5
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 85 / 10 / black

6
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge visible

7
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

8
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none

9
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 85 / 5 / black

10
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

11
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2

12
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 85 / 5 / black
selections => select none

13
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

14
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3

15
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

16
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
settings tab => Clear
Basic tab => ▼

17
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

18
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4

19
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Xiu BG » into selection

20
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame => top slider => 10

21
selections => select none
layers => duplicate

22
effects => image effects => offset => H : 50 / V : -200 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

23
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 85 / 5 / black

24
copy / paste « Xiu deco by mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it
layers => arrange => move down

25
highlight bottom layer
set BG color to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with BG color

26
layers => new mask layer => from image => Mask276mpd©designs

27
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 65 / 1 / black

28
blend mode => Dodge
highlight top layer

29
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 5

30
set FG color to color 2
set BG color to color 3

31
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

32
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

33
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

34
open the tube « femme1017-coly »  => create a copy (Shift + D)

35
erase the watermark
edit => copy 
set aside for a later use (minimize to tray is a good way to set aside)

36
back to your main work => edit => paste as new layer

37
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%

38
move the tube to the right

39
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => invert

40
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none

41
highlight layer below
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / -2 / 85 / 2 / black

42
highlight layer below
effects => edge effects => enhance
highlight top layer

43
layers => merge => merge down TWICE

44
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 85 / 5 / black

45
set FG color to black
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with FG color

46
layers => new mask layer => from image => Mask289mpd©designs

47
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 20 / black

48
copy / paste « Xiu Deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer

49
effects => image effects => offset => H : 180 / V : -85 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

50
copy / paste « femme1017-coly »  as new layer

51
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 70%

52
effects => image effects => offset => H : -270 / V : -10 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

53
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 65 / 20 / black

54
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
set FG color to color 3
set BG color to color 2

55
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px FG color
10 px BG color
1 px FG color

56
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px BG color

57
selections => invert
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame => top slider : 10 / matte : 2

58
selections => select none
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

59
copy / paste « text Xiu by mpd© » as new layer
place where you like

60
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

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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

created by ▼ Nadège