Snowflakes
 
Snowflakes


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Materials

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

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Filters:
&<Bkg Designer sf10 III> / SE Shiver (download here).**
AAA Frames / Foto Frame (download here).
Mehdi / Sorting Tiles (download here).
&<Bkg Designer sf10 I> / Cruncher (download here).**
Toadies / Blur 'em! (download here).
Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-HLines (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 Sylvie Erwan.
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.

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) #60768b
Set your Backgroundcolor to (2) #dbe9f5

≈ Step 2 ≈

Set your Foregroundcolor to "Foreground/Background" Gradient:

≈ Step 3 ≈

Open a new transparent image of 900 x 550 pixels.

≈ Step 4

Fill your transparent image with the foreground gradient.

≈ Step 5

Layers / New Raster Layer.

≈ Step 6

Selections / Select All.

≈ Step 7

Open the tube "TD_Snowflakes_Misted1" and copy.
Go back to your work and paste into selection.

≈ Step 8

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 9

Layers / Merge / Merge Down.

≈ Step 10

Adjust / Blur / Radial blur:

≈ Step 11

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance.

≈ Step 12

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling:

≈ Step 13

Effects / Plugins / Unlimited / &<Bkg Designer sf10 III> / SE Shiver (default):

≈ Step 14

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More.

≈ Step 15

Open the tube "Tube_Woman_Sylvie_Erwan", open the visibility of the activated layer and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.

≈ Step 16

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (0,00) and Y (0,00):

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

≈ Step 17

Edit / Copy Special / Copy Merged.

≈ Step 18

Edit / Paste as new image.

≈ Step 19

Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 2 pixels / Color: (4) #ffffff

≈ Step 20

Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames / Foto Frame:

≈ Step 21

Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 2 pixels / Color: (4) #ffffff

≈ Step 22

Edit / Copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.

≈ Step 23

Image / Resize: 80% ("Resize All Layers" - Not checked).

≈ Step 24

Open the mask "TD_Mask_Degradado" and return to your work.

≈ Step 25

Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group.

≈ Step 26

Layers / Duplicate.

≈ Step 27

Layers / Merge / Merge Down.

≈ Step 28

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (44,00) and Y (52,00):

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

≈ Step 29

Close the visibility of this layer and go to the one below ("Raster 2").

≈ Step 30

Change the Blend Mode to "Luminance (Legacy)".

≈ Step 31

Layers / Merge / Merge Down.

≈ Step 32

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur to 25.

≈ Step 33

Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting Tiles:

≈ Step 34

Effects / Plugins / Unlimited / &<Bkg Designer sf10 III> / SE Shiver (default):

≈ Step 35

Layers / Duplicate.

≈ Step 36

Image / Resize: 80% ("Resize All Layers" - Not checked).

≈ Step 37

Effects / Geometric Effects / Skew:

≈ Step 38

Effects / Plugins / Unlimited / &<Bkg Designer sf10 I> / Cruncher (default):

≈ Step 39

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - Stutter diagonal:

≈ Step 40

Change the Blend Mode to"Multiply".

≈ Step 41

Layers / New Raster Layer.

≈ Step 42

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

≈ Step 43

Fill the Selection with the foreground gradient.

≈ Step 44

Selections / Select None.

≈ Step 45

Effects / Plugins / Toadies / Blur 'em! (deault):

≈ Step 46

Effects / Plugins / Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-HLines (deault):

≈ Step 47

Adjust / Blur / Motion blur:

≈ Step 48

Change the Blend Mode to"Multiply".

≈ Step 49

Activate the top layer ("Group - Raster 3") and open the visibility.

≈ Step 50

Open the tube "TD_Snowflakes_Misted2" and copy.
Return to your work and paste as new layer.

≈ Step 51

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (444,00) and Y (-132,00):

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

≈ Step 52

Change the Blend Mode to "Luminance (Legacy)".

≈ Step 53

Layers / New Raster Layer and fill with the color (4) #ffffff

≈ Step 54

Open the mask "TD_Mask1_Snowflakes" and return to your work.

≈ Step 55

Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group.

≈ Step 56

Layers / New Raster Layer and fill with the color (4) #ffffff

≈ Step 57

Open the mask "TD_Mask2_Snowflakes" and return to your work.

≈ Step 58

Layers / New Mask Layer / Fron Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group.

≈ Step 59

Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay".

≈ Step 60

Activate "Eraser" (X) Tool and remove the circles that you don't want to cover the tube:

Note: For this tube, I have only removed the one from the face.

≈ Step 61

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

≈ Step 62

Image / Negative image.

≈ Step 63

Activate Tool "Pick" (K) and modify the positions of X (458,00) and Y (399,00):

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

≈ Step 64

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 3 / 3 / 50 / 5 / Color: (3) #2a3a48

≈ Step 65

Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #2a3a48
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 3 pixels / Color: (1) #60768b
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #2a3a48
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 10 pixels / Color: (2) #dbe9f5
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #2a3a48
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 15 pixels / Color: (4) #ffffff
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #2a3a48
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 35 pixels / Color: (4) #ffffff

≈ Step 66

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

No need move.

≈ Step 67

Layers / New Raster Layer and add your name or watermark.

≈ Step 68

Image / Add Borders / Symmetric - 1 pixel / Color: (3) #2a3a48

≈ Step 69

Image / Resize: Width 950 pixels (Resize All Layers" - Checked).

≈ Step 70

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen.

≈ Step 71

Export your work as an optimized .jpg file.

It's over!
I hope you liked it and enjoyed it.

.:. Another version of the tutorial with tubes by Guismo (woman) and mine (misted) .:.

Snowflakes

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.:. Here you can see other versions of the tutorial .:.

Tutorial created by ©Tati Designs - All rights reserved - Translated by Tati Designs - December 2020