Virginia-so vintage

So vintage !

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

Plugins necessary
* AAA Frames - FotoFrame
* Adjust - Variations
* Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 - Impact
* Andrew's Filter 57 - import into Filters Unlimited
Filters Unlimited - Buttons & Frames
* Filters Factory A - import into Filters Unlimited
* Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1
* Mura's Seamless - import into Filters Unlimited
* Penta Com - Jeans

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 Palette
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

and don’t forget to save your work as often as possible
Instructions 
1
open a new image => transparent => 950 * 550 px
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / 3 / 4

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Andrew’s Filter Collection 57 / Data Flow

2
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery A / Rings

3
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

effects => plugins => Adjust => Variations
1 click on « Original »
1 click on « Lighter »
1 click on « OK »
keep selection active

4
effects => texture effects => texture
choose the texture provided

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

5
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 70 / 30 / color 5
selections => select none
your tag looks like this

6
copy / paste « deco01_Vintage_vir.png » as new layer
don’t move it
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

7
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror

effects => User Defined Filter => Emboss 3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 1 / 60 / 10 / noir
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

8
copy / paste « deco02_Vintage_vir.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 42 / position Y : 27
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

9
prepare the materials palette, color 3 & 4 as FG and BG colors
prepare a linear gradient in materials palette =>…

selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
keep selection active

10
enable the flood fill tool

flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Bevel / Bevel color 6

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

11
enable the magic wand tool

select inside the frame

selections => modify => expand => 2 px
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
keep selection active

12
layers => arrange => bring to top

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
keep selection active

13
layers => new raster layer
open « CV_2026_vintage_paysage.png »
adjust => Brightness and Contrast => Brightness/Contrast

edit => copy
back to your main work => paste as new layer
keep selection active

14
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
settings tab = > « Clear, No Drop Shadow »
Basic tab => …

selections => select none

15
your layers palette looks like this

Raster 4 is the active layer
layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => under Raster 3

16
highlight top layer (Raster 3)
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 40 / 10 / noir

17
highlight bottom layer
adjust => blur => radial blur

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
effects => plugins => Penta.com => Jeans

18
highlight top layer (promoted selection)
edit => copy special => copy merged
edit => paste as new image

19
we now work with this image….
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
save this work for more security, and set aside (minimize to tray) for a later use in step 23

20
back to your main work
copy / paste « deco03_Vintage_vir.png » as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 7 / position Y : 5
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 70 / 25 / color 5

21
copy / paste « deco04_Vintage_vir.png » as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
your tag looks like this

22
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 3
10 px color 2
(If you feel that the initial color is a bit too dark based on your choice of tubes and color scheme,
try lowering the saturation of that color slightly—which is what Virginia did for her second result)
1 px color 5
selections => select all
38 px color 3

23
back to the image you set aside in step 19
edit => copy

24
back to your main work
selections => invert
edit => paste into selection
keep selection active

25
effects => texture effects => Weave / color #fee6ee

effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Buttons & Frames / 3D Glass Frame 1

26
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 70 / 30 / color 5
selections => select none

27
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 2
2 px color 3
5 px color 2
1 px color 3

28
copy / paste « Pearl Bow_Liddy.png » as new layer (colorize if necessary)
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 320 / position Y : 54
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

29
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 3 / 30 / 20 / black

30
open « CV_2026_vintage_femme.png »
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 68%
erase the watermark
edit => copy
back to your main work
edit => paste as new layer
effects => image effects => offset => H : 290 / V : -12 / tick « custom » and « transparent »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / 3 / 60 / 40 / black

31
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
apply Virginia’s watermark
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

save as... type jpeg

Another version with a tube created by Laurette

and one of my misted images

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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 at the bottom of this translation

coming ▼ soon