Virginia-Barbie doll

Barbie doll

you wil find the orignal tutorial here

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Virginia works with PSP19
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 Virginia’ 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

Material
you can download the supplies on Veroreve's original tutorial or
HERE
 Place the supplies and selections into the dedicated folders of « Corel PSP » general folder
double click on the preset (if any) to install

Filters used
Filters Unlimited 2
* AAA Frames - FotoFrame
* Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 - Impact
* Carolaine and Sensibility
* Filters Factory F - import into Filters Unlimited
* Graphics Plus - import into Filters Unlimited
* Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1
* Penta Com - Jeans
* Texturize - import into Filters Unlimited

Thank you very much Renée Salon for sharing with us your plugins page

If you don’t know how to install filters into Unlimited 2, just click on the link below

Colors used
Virginia chose these colors

prepare colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors into the materials palette
Don't hesitate to change the colors and the blend mode of the layers, and the shadows,
according to your tubes and images.

Important
Open all images in PSP, duplicate them and close the originals. (shift + D)
always work with the copies to preserve original files
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

prepare your material
Instructions
prepare the materials palette, color 1 & 2 as FG and BG colors
don’t forget to save your work as often as possible

Step 1
open a new image => transparent => 900 * 550 px
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
flood fill selection with color 1

selections => select none

2
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
flood fill selection with color 2
selections => select none

3
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Quick Tile 1 / default settings

4
layers => new raster layer
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / 3 / 4

layers => arrange => send to bottom

5
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 258
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Quick Tile 2

6
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery F / Sector Mosaïc

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

7
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-Textures => default settings

effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

8
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
image => free rotate / left / 90 / all boxes UNticked

9
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 77%
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-Textures => default settings
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
your work looks like this

10
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

11
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
keep selection active

12
highlight layers below (Copy of Raster 2)
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
keep selection active

13
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
settings tab => Clear
Basic tab ▼

selections => select none

14
copy / paste « Deco_01_BarbieD_vir.png » as new layer
don’t move it
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy) (or colorize)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 40 / 20 / black

15
ighlight layer « Copy of Raster 2 » (second layer from bottom)
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
effects => plugins => Richard Rosenman => Solid Border

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 30 / black
selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

16
highlight layer just above (Copy 2 of Raster 2) (third layer from bottom)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 40 / 30 / black

17
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Texturize => Wood 2 => default settings

selections => select none

18
highlight Raster 1 (third layer from top)
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 5
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
effects => plugins => Penta.com => Jeans / default settings (62 - 4)
selections => select none
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
settings tab => Drop Shadow Blurry
basic tab ▼

19
highlight top layer
copy / paste « Deco_02_BarbieD_vir.png » as new layer
don’t move it
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 30 / black

20
copy / paste « Deco_03_BarbieD_vir.png » as new layer
objects => align => left

21
effects => texture effects => Weave / color 1 and white

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow (don’t change settings)

22
move this layer down, under le Promoted selection layer (fourth layer from top)
blend mode of the layer : Luminance

23
highlight top layer
copy / paste « Deco_04_BarbieD_vir.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 164 / position Y : 0
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow (don’t change settings)

24
highlight bottom layer
edit => copy
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

25
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 1
8 px white
1 px color 1
selections => select all

26
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 40 px white
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
keep selection active

27
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Simple => Diamonds

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 25

effects => distortion effects => Pixelate

adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 30 / black
selections => select none

28
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
10 px white
2 px color 1
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

29
copy / paste « Deco_05_BarbieD_vir.png » as new layer
don’t move it
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

30
copy / paste « texte_BarbieD_vir.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 87 / position Y : 256
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / -1 / 50 / 1 / color 5

31
copy / paste « tutoriel_barbiedoll_femme_creationsvirginia.png » as new layer
(don’t forget to erase the watermark)
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 551 / position Y : 8
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow (don’t change settings)

32
apply your watermark and Virginia’s
layers > merge > merge all (flatten)
resize to 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

your tag is finished
save as... type jpeg

Another version with a tube created by Nadège

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