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This tutorial is by Manyi, who I thank for letting me translate her tutorials.

Original tutorial here

The original tutorial was made on PSP 2020

The translation was done on the PSP X9

Plugins:

Gmic Plugins-X86-3,2,0

Instant Art-Spider Web VM

Flaming Pear-Flexify2

Material:

No material

You will need:

> 1 tube character

> 1 landscape tube

You can find it here: here or here

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About the G'MIC Plugin:

> you can download it here - download

>Unzip the file to your plugins folder

>When you activate it, it shows a window outside the PSP, minimized in the Windows taskbar, just click on the icon and it maximizes it.

>Next to each effect, there is an arrow, which you just click and other effects appear.

> When making a tutorial that uses GMIC, open a folder in the material, with the name gmic or whatever you want. Some effects, after being applied, ask to save. Just save it in this folder and then open it on the PSP, as requested.

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Click on the images to enlarge and make reading easier. You can also copy the image and open it on the PSP.

01. Colors used in the original tutorial:

Foreground: #4b678f

Background: #c9daf4

Open a folder called gmic.

02. Open a new transparent image measuring 800 x 500px

Prepare a Linear gradient (45/5/invert unchecked)

Paint the image with this gradient

03. Layers/Duplicate

Image/Resize: 75% - all layers unchecked

04. Effects / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Patterns / Strip

05. Layers/Duplicate

Image/Mirror

06. Merge down

Continue on the layer

Select the rectangle with the Selection Tool as shown in the screenshot

07. Selections / Modify / Select selection borders

Paint the selection with the foreground color

08. Keep the selection

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel

09. Select none

Effects / Plugins / Flaming Pear / flexify2

10. Drop Shadow: 1 1 80 0 color #212c3f

11. Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

12.Adjust/sharpness/sharpen

Select the center of the image with the Magic Wand

13. Layers / New Raster Layer

Copy the landscape and paste into the selection

Selections/Invert

14. Activate the background layer - Raster 1

Effects / Plugins / Unlimited 2 / VM Instant Art / Spider Web

15. Select none

Layers/New Raster Layer

paint with foreground color - #4b678f

16. Layers / Arrange / Send to bottom

Activate the layer above it - Raster 1

Layers /Properties / blend Mode: Screen

17. Merge visible

Effcts / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Frames / Frame (painting) - Color: #4b678f

Save to the gmic folder

18. Open the saved image and continue working on it

Effects / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Frames / Frame (Painting) - color #4b678f

Save the image in the gmic folder

19. Open the saved image AND the frame

Copy the frame and paste it into the previously saved image as a new layer

20. Effects / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Patterns / Strip - same configuration

21. Layers/Duplicate

Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal

Layers/New Raster Layer

Paint with the foreground color

Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

22. Activate the top layer

Copy the tube character and paste as a new layer

Position to the left according to the model

23.Adjust/sharpness/sharpen

Drop shadow: 3 3 50 30 black

24. Repeat Drop shadow with negative V and H

Merge All

25. Effects / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Frames / Frame (Painting) - color #4b678f

Save to the gmic folder

26. Open the saved image and continue editing it

Effects / Plugins / GMIC-QT / Frames / Frame (Painting) - color #4b678f

Save to the gmic folder

27. Open the saved image

Resize to 900 x 607px

Put your signature

28. Save as jpeg

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Tutorial translated by Vera Mendes

Do not alter or repost without authorization from the author

12/02/2023