(Imagem Original de Tshaka)

(minha versão)

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

Original here

Tubes

Material

Plugins

FF Gallery D - Mehdi - Scribe - Toadies - Simple

You can find these plugins on the websites of:

Renée
Cloclo

You can also find this tutorial translated into these languages:
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SCRIPT

Materials used:
1 male tube
1 text element
1 gradient (save to the PSP Gradients folder)
1 selection (save to the PSP Selections folder)
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1
Colors

Open your tube and the text [Text_Tsha] in PSP
Choose a light color (#f5e7cf) for the foreground and a dark color (#3b2e2b)
for the background

2
Click on the foreground -

Choose the Gradient option -

Locate the gradient [Zane] and configure it as shown in the screenshot

3
Open a new transparent image, 900x550px
Fill it with the gradient

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Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2 - FF Gallery D - Mirror It - default

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Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

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Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

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Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More
Blend Mode: Multiply
Merge visible

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Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2 - Scribe - 4 Way Mirror - Default (both controls = 128)

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Blend mode: Lighten
Merge visible

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Selections - Load selection - From disk - Selection [Zane-Tsha]
Selections - Promote selection to layer

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Effects - Plugins - Toadies - Weaver

Select none

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Effects - Image Effects - Offset [105/0]

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Layers - Duplicate
Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal
Merge Down

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Effects - Plugins - Simple - Pizza Slice Mirror
Effects - Plugins - Simple - Top Left Mirror
Blend Mode: Multiply

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Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Plugins - Simple - Left Right Wrap
Blend Mode: Normal

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Activate the Magic Wand and select the rectangles on the right and left (tolerance=0/feather=1)

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Drop Shadow: 0 0 85 50 black
Select none

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Repeat the Drop Shadow with Blur: 5

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Image - Add borders:
1px - background color
30px - white
1px - background color

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Selections - Select all
Image - Add borders - 40px - white

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Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

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Selections - Promote selection to layer
Drop Shadow: 0 0 85 50 black
Select none

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Activate the background layer
Effects - Plugins - Simple - Pizza Slice Mirror
Effects - Plugins - Simple - Top Left Mirror
Effects - plugins - Simple - Left Right Wrap

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Activate the top layer
Copy [Text-Tsha]
Paste as new layer
Position according to the example
If you wish, you can change the color (the author used the background color)

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Drop Shadow: 0 5 100 0 black or another color of your choice

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Copy your main tube
Paste as new layer
Position wherever you think looks best
Apply a Drop Shadow of your choice

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Image - Add borders - 2px - background color

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If you wish, you can add more text to your image
Add credits
Merge all
Save as JPEG