Tati Designs - Estela English

Please read my Terms (TOU) before doing the tutorial.

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Please, credit to Tati Designs, thank you.

This tutorial is dedicated to Estela Fonseca, as a thank you for translating my tutorials into Portuguese.

Materials

PSPX9 (you can use any version).
Download the tutorial material here:

Filters:
Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1 and Sorting Tiles (download here).
Toadies / What are you? (download here).
Funhouse / Loom (download here).**
Italian Editors Effect / Effeto Fantasma (download here).
AP [Lines] / Lines - Silverlining (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 I have created for this tutorial on another site.

Main tube by Luz Cristina.
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 "Presets" folder is two files, double click to install with filter Eye Candy 5 Impact.

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 (2) #714770
Set your Backgroundcolor to (1) #c39bc3

≈ Step 2 ≈

Open the file "TD_Canal_Alfa_Estela.pspimage". Duplicate and close the original.
(This will be the base of our work, which contains selections on the alpha channel.)
Rename the layer "Canal Alfa" as "Raster 1", "Trama 1", etc, depending on the language of your PSP.

≈ Step 3 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1:

#c39bc3

#714770

#96929a

#1c0d29

≈ Step 4 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting Tiles:

≈ Step 5 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Toadies / What are you? (default):

≈ Step 6 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Unlimited / Funhouse / Loom (default):

≈ Step 7 ≈

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen.

≈ Step 8 ≈

Activate "Selection" Tool (S) and click on "Custom Selection":

≈ Step 9 ≈

Selections / Promote Selection to Layer.

≈ Step 10 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 11 ≈

Layers / Duplicate.

≈ Step 12 ≈

Image / Free Rotate / 90º Left.

≈ Step 13 ≈

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - "Side by side":

≈ Step 14 ≈

Effects / Edge Effects / Erode.

≈ Step 15 ≈

Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay".

≈ Step 16 ≈

Activate the layer below ("Promoted Selection").

≈ Step 17 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Italian Editors Effect / Effeto Fantasma (default):

≈ Step 18 ≈

Effects / Geometric Effects / Skew:

≈ Step 19 ≈

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling:

≈ Step 20 ≈

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 0 / 0 / 100 / 0 / Color: (5) #1c0d29

≈ Step 21 ≈

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen.

≈ Step 22 ≈

Change the Blend Mode to "Soft Light".

≈ Step 23 ≈

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 0 / 0 / 100 / 0 / Color: (5) #1c0d29

≈ Step 24 ≈

Activate the Top Layer ("Copy of Promoted Selection").

≈ Step 25 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to #ffffff

≈ Step 26 ≈

Layers / New Raster Layer and fill with the color #ffffff

≈ Step 27 ≈

Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image / "TD_Mask1_Estela":

Layers / Merge / Merge Group.

≈ Step 28 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to (2) #714770
Set your Backgroundcolor to (1) #c39bc3

≈ Step 29 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to "Foreground/Background" Gradient

≈ Step 30 ≈

Layers / New Raster Layer and fill with the gradient.

≈ Step 31 ≈

Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image / "TD_Mask2_Estela":

Layers / Merge / Merge Group.

≈ Step 32 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
You will see that the selection is directly available "TD_Estela_Sel1", click to "Load":

≈ Step 33 ≈

Effects / Plugins / AP [Lines] / Lines - Silverlining - "Vertical":

≈ Step 34 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 35 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Show the menu and choose "TD_Estela_Sel2", click to "Load":

≈ Step 36 ≈

Effects / Plugins / AP [Lines] / Lines - Silverlining - "Dotty Grid":

≈ Step 37 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 38 ≈

Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay".

≈ Step 39 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to #ffffff
Close the background.

≈ Step 40 ≈

Activate Tool "Pen" (V) and configure as follows - Line style "Dot":

Draw a line from left to right at the level of the white line on the 1st mask.
(Hold down the Shift key for a perfectly straight line):

Note: I made the line in blue so it would look good in the screenshot.

≈ Step 41 ≈

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer.

≈ Step 42 ≈

Layers / Duplicate. - Image / Flip.

≈ Step 43 ≈

Layers / Merge / Merge Down.

≈ Step 44 ≈

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / Color: (5) #1c0d29

≈ Step 45 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to (2) #714770
Set your Backgroundcolor to (1) #c39bc3

≈ Step 46 ≈

Layers / New Raster Layer.

≈ Step 47 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Show the menu and choose "TD_Estela_Sel3", click to "Load":

≈ Step 48 ≈

Fill the Selection with the previous gradient:

≈ Step 49 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 50 ≈

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur to 35.

≈ Step 51 ≈

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling (like before):

≈ Step 52 ≈

Effects / Plugins / AP [Lines] / Lines - Silverlining - "Zag Across":

≈ Step 53 ≈

Change the Blend Mode to "Hard Light".

≈ Step 54 ≈

Layers / New Raster Layer.

≈ Step 55 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Show the menu and choose "TD_Estela_Sel4", click to "Load":

≈ Step 56 ≈

Fill the Selection with color #ffffff

≈ Step 57 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 58 ≈

Layers / New Raster Layer.

≈ Step 59 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Show the menu and choose "TD_Estela_Sel5", click to "Load":

≈ Step 60 ≈

Fill the Selection with color (2) #714770

≈ Step 61 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy5: Impact / Glass and, on "Settings", select "TD_Glass_Estela1":

Note: If the preset hasn't been installed, in the "Basic" tab you have the settings.

≈ Step 62 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 63 ≈

Layers / New Raster Layer.

≈ Step 64 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Show the menu and choose "TD_Estela_Sel6", click to "Load":

≈ Step 65 ≈

Fill the Selection with color (2) #714770

≈ Step 66 ≈

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy5: Impact / Glass and, on "Settings", select "TD_Glass_Estela2":

Note: If the preset hasn't been installed, in the "Basic" and "Lighting" tabs you have the settings.

≈ Step 67 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 68 ≈

Selections / Load/Save selecction /Load Selection from Alpha Channel.
Show the menu and choose "TD_Estela_Sel7", click to "Load":

≈ Step 69 ≈

Press the "Delete" key on your keyboard.

≈ Step 70 ≈

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 71 ≈

Layers / Merge / Merge Down: 2 times.

≈ Step 72 ≈

Layers / Duplicate

≈ Step 73 ≈

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (65,00) and Y (432,00):

Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.

≈ Step 74 ≈

Open the tube "TD_WordArt_Estela" and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.

≈ Step 75 ≈

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (17,00) and Y (174,00):

Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.

≈ Step 76 ≈

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 5 / 5 / 30 / 10 / Color: (5) #1c0d29

≈ Step 77 ≈

Open the tube "TD_Titulo_Estela" and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.

≈ Step 78 ≈

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (744,00) and Y (142,00):

Press the "M" key to deactivate the "Pick" Tool.

≈ Step 79 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to (2) #714770
Set your Backgroundcolor to #ffffff

≈ Step 80 ≈

Activate Tool "Color Changer" (in the Flood Fill drop-down menu):

Click anywhere in the title (it's all white).

Then click "Apply":

≈ Step 81 ≈

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 35 / 55 / 60 / 0 / Color: #ffffff

≈ Step 82 ≈

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 5 / 5 / 30 / 10 / Color: (5) #1c0d29

≈ Step 83 ≈

Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: #ffffff
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 3 pixels / Color: (1) #c39bc3
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (5) #1c0d29
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 15 pixels / Color: #ffffff
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (5) #1c0d29
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 5 pixels / Color: (1) #c39bc3
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (5) #1c0d29
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 50 pixels / Color: #ffffff

≈ Step 84 ≈

Open the tube "TD_Deco_Estela" and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.

Note: If you use other colors, color with your color values (2).

≈ Step 85 ≈

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (8,00) and Y (9,00):