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Plugins:

Rorshack Filters, Ripleyer - Here

Filter Factory Gallery Q, Archie's Spirals - Here

Graphics Plus, Quick Tile I - Here

AP 01 [Innovations], Lines - SilverLining - Here

Flaming Pear, Flood - Here

It@lian Editors Effect, Bordo con Luci - Here

 

 

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  Preparations 
 
Place the selections 'cas_DoIt_Sel1', ...Sel2, ...Sel3, ...Sel4 and 'cas_DoIt_Sel5' in the Selections folder to your PSP program.

 

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Materials here

 

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Tube from

Guismo:  http://dakara.free.fr/

Mask from Narah

 

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1.   Set the foregroundcolor to #c00000 and the backgroundcolor to #ffffff (white).

 

       Change the foregroundcolor to Gradient, Foreground-Background:

 

      

 

       Open New Transparent Image 800 x 450 pixels.

 

       Flood Fill with the gradient.

 

 

2.   Effects - Plugins - Rorshack Filters - Ripleyer:

 

             

 

       Layers - Duplicate.

 

 

3.   Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory Gallery Q - Archie's Spirals with the standard settings:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy) and Opacity to 50.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Visible.

 

 

4.   Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk.

 

       Find 'cas_DoIt_Sel1':

 

      

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 1.

 

       Flood Fill the selection with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

5.   Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling:

 

      

 

 

6.   Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Quick Tile I:

 

      

 

 

7.   Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk like before, but find 'cas_DoIt_Sel2'.

 

       Edit - Clear, or hit the Delete key on your keyboard.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

8.   Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling:

 

      

 

 

9.   Activate Pick Tool and set the settings like this:

 

      

 

       Layers - Duplicate.

 

 

10. Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Overlay.

 

 

       Your image should look like this now:

 

      

 

 

11. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk like before, but find 'cas_DoIt_Sel3'.

 

       Change the foregroundgradient:

 

      

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 2.

 

       Flood Fill the selection with the gradient.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

12. Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur:

 

      

 

 

13. Effects - Plugins - AP 01 [Innovations] - Lines - SilverLining:

 

      

 

       Layers - Duplicate.

 

       Image - Mirror.

 

       Image - Flip.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Down.

 

 

14. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #ffffff (white)

 

       Check in Shadow on new layer.

 

 

15. Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling:

 

      

 

       Activate the top layer, Raster 2.

 

 

16. Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 3.

 

       Flood Fill the layer with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

       Open Mask 'Narah_mask_0421' and minimize it.

 

       Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image.

 

       Find 'Narah_mask_0421':

 

      

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Group.

 

       Image - Flip.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 75.

 

 

17. Activate Raster 1.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Down.

 

       Stay on the layer.

 

 

18. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk like before, but find 'cas_DoIt_Sel4'.

 

       Selections - Promote Selection to Layer.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

       Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur 80.

 

 

19. Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flood.

 

       Push the red arrow and find 'cas_DoIt_Flood' in the material folder.

 

       Double-click on the file.

 

      

 

       Push OK.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Burn.

 

 

20. Open the tube 'cal-guis-mistcouple-18112008'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 1.

 

 

21. Activate Pick Tool and place it like this:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 36.

 

       Activate the top layer Group - Raster 3.

 

 

22. Open the Image 'cas_DoIt_Deco1'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 3.

      

 

23. Open the Image 'cas_DoIt_Deco2'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 4.

 

 

24. Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

 

25. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection like before, but find 'cas_DoIt_Sel5'.

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 5.

 

       Flood Fill the selection with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

 

26. Selections - Modify - Contract 5 pixels.

 

       Edit - Clear, or hit the Delete key on your keyboard.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

27. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #000000 (black)

 

       Remember to uncheck Shadow on new layer.

 

 

28. Open the Image 'cas_DoIt_Text1'.

 

       Activate Raster 1.

 

       Edit - Copy, do not close it down.

 

       On your Image, Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 6.

 

 

29. Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

 

30. Go back to the Image 'cas_DoIt_Text1'.

 

       Activate Raster 2.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       On your Image, Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 7.

 

 

31. Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

 

32. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #000000 (black)

 

 

33. Open the Image 'cas_DoIt_Text2'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       On your Image, Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 8.

 

34. Activate Pick Tool and place it like this:

 

      

 

       Layers - Duplicate.

 

 

35. Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave:

 

      

 

       Activate Pick Tool again and place it like this:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 20.

 

 

36. Image - Add Borders:

 

      

       Color #ffffff (white).

 

 

37. Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 1 pixel, Color #000000 (black)

 

       Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 30 pixels, Color #c00000

 

 

38. Effects - Plugins - It@lian Editors Effect - Bordo con luci:

 

      

 

 

39. Open the Image 'cas_DoIt_Deco3'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 1.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Soft Light.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten).

 

 

40. Sign you image.

 

       Resize if you want a smaller image and save it.

 

 
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If you liked my tutorial, I would be pleased, if you tell me. I also would love to see your creation, if you have used other tubes and colors.

 

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February 22, 2015

 

 
 
 
 
Version with another tube and color

Tube from Fafy:  fafytubes

 

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Thank you Cher for testing my tutorial

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Thank you Sylvie for testing my tutorial and for translating it into French

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Thank you Angela for translating my tutorial into Dutch

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Thank you Misstyca for translating my tutorial into Hungarian

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