This tutorial is from Tshaka who I thank for letting me translate their tutorials.



Original here



Tubes

Material

My images: Here



Plugins

Mehdi - Eye Candy 5: impact



You can find these plugins on the websites of:

Renée
Cloclo

You can also find this tutorial translated into these languages:
(Click on the flag)

     


 

Notes:
> Open the material / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the originals
> Change the blend mode of the layers to match their colors.
> In older versions of PSP, Mirror Horizontal=Mirror / Mirror Vertical=Flip / Pick tool=deformation

> Open the masks in psp and minimize
>Adjust the size of the tubes according to your images

 



 

SCRIPT

 

Images:

1 female tube
1 landscape tube
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Double-click the preset [PS_AfricanS_Tsha] to install it in the plugin
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Open your material in PSP
Original colors
Set the foreground color to #c3944f and the background color to #ffffff
 


Prepare this Sunburst gradient


Open a new transparent image with 900x550px
Paint with the gradient
Image / Free Rotate left 90


Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling - side by side


Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting Tiles


Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling


Copy the image [Vorlage_AS_Tsha]
Paste it as a new layer
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Activate the top layer
Set the background color to #6D2C23
Add a new layer
Paint the layer with this Color
Effects / Texture Effects / Fine leather


Blend Mode: overlay
Layers / Duplicate
Layers / New Mask Layer / From image / Mask [Mask-Africa_Tsha] - INVERT CHECKED


Merge group
Blend mode: overlay
Effects / Image Effects / Offset 242/0


Selections / Select all
Selections / Float / Selections / Defloat
Copy the landscape image
Paste as a new layer
Resize if necessary
With the Move tool, position the image in the selection as desired
Selections / Invert
Press Delete
Select none
Blend Mode: Multiply / Opacity: 60%
Activate the layer Group Copy of Raster 2 (second layer from the top)
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Perspective Shadow - preset [PS_AfricanS_Tsha]


Copy the tube [Deko_AS-Trees]
Paste as a new layer
Position it at the bottom left as per the model
Blend mode: Soft Light
Layers / Arrange / Bring to top
Add a new layer
Paint with white color
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Mask [Narah_Mask-0578]


Merge group
Objects / Align / Top
Blend Mode: Soft Light
Borders:
2px / background color
2px / white
2px / background color
Selections / Select all
Border: 15px / white
Drop shadow: 0 0 55 15 black
Select none
Border:
2px / background color
2px / white
2px / background color
50px / white
Minimize this image, we will use it later
Open the Alpha file [Deco_African_Sunrise_Tsha] / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the Original
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection 1


Paint the selection with the background color
Select none
Selections / Load selection from alpha channel / Selection 2


Paint the selection with the foreground color
Select none
Image / Resize: 28% - all layers unchecked
Layers / Duplicate
Merge down
Copy
Return to your main image
Paste as a new layer (the image from memory)
Position in the upper left corner as per the model
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Free Rotate - right 90


Move to the lower right corner as per the model
Copy your main tube
Paste as a new layer
Position as desired
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 5: Impact / Perspective Shadow - preset [PS_AfricanS_Tsha]


Border:
2px / background color
2px / white
2px / background color
Add signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg