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With your result, you can make signatures, websets, incredimail letters, etc.
Please, credit to Tati Designs, thank you.
Materials
PSPX9 (you can use any version).
To do this tutorial you will need a main tube.
Download the tutorial material here:
Filters:
Mehdi / Sorting Tiles (download here).
MuRa's Meister / Copies (download here).
&<Bkg Designer sf10 I> / Cruncher (download here).**
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass (download here).
** Import this filter with "Unlimited".
IMPORTANT
It is forbidden to modify or rename files or remove the watermark.
Please do not use the material provided outside this tutorial.
Main tube by Occhi Blu Grafica, you can download here.
The rest of the material used in the tutorial is mine.
Preparation
Duplicate the tubes. Close the originals.
Install the Filters in the "Plugins" folder of your PSP.
In the "Selecciones" folder are 4 files, put them in the "Selections" folder of your PSP.
Colors
Choose colors in harmony with your tube.
This is the tutorial palette:
If you use other colors, you must play with the Blend Mode and the Opacity of the layers.
≈ Step 1 ≈
In your Materials palette:
Set your Foregroundcolor to (1) #d0d5d9 
Set your Backgroundcolor to (2) #1f3a66 
≈ Step 2 ≈
Set your Foregroundcolor to "Foreground/Background" Gradient:
≈ Step 3 ≈
Open a new transparent image of 850 x 550 pixels.
≈ Step 4 ≈
Fill your transparent image with the foreground gradient.
≈ Step 5 ≈
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur to 35.
≈ Step 6 ≈
Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting Tiles:
≈ Step 7 ≈
Effects / Distortion Effects / Pinch: Strength to 100%
≈ Step 8 ≈
Layers / Duplicate.
≈ Step 9 ≈
Effects / Geometric Effects / Skew:
≈ Step 10 ≈
Effects / Distortion Effects / Polar Coordinates:
≈ Step 11 ≈
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance.
≈ Step 12 ≈
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling:
≈ Step 13 ≈
Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and lower the Opacity to 50.
≈ Step 14 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer.
≈ Step 15 ≈
Selections / Load/Save / Load Selection from Disk: choose "TD_Back_to_Back_01":
≈ Step 16 ≈
Fill the Selection with color (2) #1f3a66
≈ Step 17 ≈
Selections / Select None.
≈ Step 18 ≈
Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Copies:
≈ Step 19 ≈
Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds:
≈ Step 20 ≈
Effects / Plugins / Unlimited / &<Bkg Designer sf10 I> / Cruncher:
≈ Step 21 ≈
Layers / Duplicate. - Image / Mirror.
≈ Step 22 ≈
Effects / Distortion Effects / Pixelate:
≈ Step 23 ≈
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance.
≈ Step 24 ≈
Open the mask "TatiDesigns_TagMask044" and return to your work.
≈ Step 25 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer and fill with the color (3) #ffffff 
≈ Step 26 ≈
Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image:
Layers / Merge / Merge Group.
≈ Step 27 ≈
Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and lower the Opacity to 70.
≈ Step 28 ≈
Open the mask "TatiDesigns_TagMask132" and return to your work.
≈ Step 29 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer and fill with the color (1) #d0d5d9
≈ Step 30 ≈
Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image:
Before merging, duplicate the mask layer.
Layers / Merge / Merge Group.
≈ Step 31 ≈
Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay".
≈ Step 32 ≈
Window / Duplicate (Mayus+D).
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible.
Leave this image aside, we'll use it several times later.
≈ Step 33 ≈
Return to your work.
≈ Step 34 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer.
≈ Step 35 ≈
Selections / Load/Save / Load Selection from Disk: choose "TD_Back_to_Back_02":
≈ Step 36 ≈
Fill the Selection with color (3) #ffffff
≈ Step 37 ≈
Selections / Modify / Contract / 2 pixels.
≈ Step 38 ≈
Press the "Delete" key on your keyboard.
≈ Step 39 ≈
Selections / Modify / Contract / 10 pixels.
≈ Step 40 ≈
Fill the Selection with color (3) #ffffff
≈ Step 41 ≈
Selections / Modify / Contract / 1 pixel.
≈ Step 42 ≈
Activate the image that we had apart in Step 32 and copy.
Go back to your work and paste into selection.
≈ Step 43 ≈
Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass:
≈ Step 44 ≈
Selections / Select None.
≈ Step 45 ≈
Layers / Duplicate.
≈ Step 46 ≈
Image / Resize: 75% ("Resize All Layers" - Not checked).
≈ Step 47 ≈
Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (691,00) and Y (152,00):
Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.
≈ Step 48 ≈
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen more.
≈ Step 49 ≈
Activate the layer below ("Raster 3").
≈ Step 50 ≈
Layers / Duplicate.
≈ Step 51 ≈
Image / Resize: 50% ("Resize All Layers" - Not checked).
≈ Step 52 ≈
Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (706,00) and Y (239,00):
Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.
≈ Step 53 ≈
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen more.
≈ Step 54 ≈
Activate the Top Layer.
Layers / New Raster Layer.
≈ Step 55 ≈
Selections / Load/Save / Load Selection from Disk: choose "TD_Back_to_Back_01":
≈ Step 56 ≈
Repeat Steps 36 to 44.
≈ Step 57 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer.
≈ Step 58 ≈
Selections / Load/Save / Load Selection from Disk: choose "TD_Back_to_Back_03":
≈ Step 59 ≈
Repeat Steps 36 to 44.
≈ Step 60 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer.
≈ Step 61 ≈
Selections / Load/Save / Load Selection from Disk: choose "TD_Back_to_Back_04":
≈ Step 62 ≈
Repeat Steps 36 to 44.
≈ Step 63 ≈
Open the main tube of your choice again and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.
Resize if necessary. Place in the center.
≈ Step 64 ≈
Layers / Duplicate.
≈ PaStepso 65 ≈
Activate the layer below (the original tube).
≈ Step 66 ≈
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur to 10.
≈ Step 67 ≈
Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds:
≈ Step 68 ≈
Change the Blend Mode to "Multiply".
≈ Step 69 ≈
Activate the Top Layer.
≈ Step 70 ≈
Open the tube "TD_WordArt_Back_to_Back" and copy the selected layer.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.
≈ Step 71 ≈
Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (638,00) and Y (306,00):
Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.
≈ Step 72 ≈
Change the Blend Mode to "Multiply".
≈ Step 73 ≈
Activate again the tube "TD_WordArt_Back_to_Back", select the layer "WA Back to Back 2" and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.
≈ Step 74 ≈
Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (702,00) and Y (376,00):
Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.
≈ Step 75 ≈
Change the Blend Mode to "Screen".
≈ Step 76 ≈
Layers / Merge / Merge All (Flatten).
≈ Step 77 ≈
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #ffffff
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 10 pixels / Color: (2) #1f3a66
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #ffffff
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 50 pixels / Color: (1) #d0d5d9
≈ Step 78 ≈
Activate "Magic Wand" Tool, Tolerance and Feather to 0.
Select the border 50 pixels.
≈ Step 79 ≈
Activate the image that we had apart in Step 32 and copy.
Go back to your work and paste into selection.
≈ Step 80 ≈
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur to 10.
≈ Step 81 ≈
Image / Mirror.
≈ Step 82 ≈
Selections / Select None.
≈ Step 83 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer.
≈ Step 84 ≈
Selections / Select All.
≈ Step 85 ≈
Selections / Modify / Contract / 29 pixels.
≈ Step 86 ≈
Fill the Selection with color (3) #ffffff
≈ Step 87 ≈
Selections / Modify / Contract / 1 pixel.
≈ Step 88 ≈
Press the "Delete" key on your keyboard.
≈ Step 89 ≈
Selections / Select None.
≈ Step 90 ≈
Layers / New Raster Layer and add your name or watermark.
≈ Step 91 ≈
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (2) #1f3a66
≈ Step 92 ≈
Image / Resize: Width 900 pixels (Resize All Layers" - Checked).
≈ Step 93 ≈
Export your work as an optimized .jpg file.
It's over!
I hope you liked it and enjoyed it.
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