This tutorial is from Alessandra, who I thank for letting me translate her tutorials
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Original here



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Tubes: VM Tubes



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Material



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Plugins
Simple / Diamonds
Simple/Top Bottom Wrap
Simple/Blintz
Unlimited 2.0
&<Background Designers IV> / @Night Shadow Pool


SCRIPT

01. Open the mask [leteia_049_2018] on the psp and minimize
Open the material on psp / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the originals
Choose two colors for your tube, a dark one for the foreground and a light one for the background


02. Open a new transparent image measuring 850 x 500px
Paint with this Linear gradient:
[Linear / Angle: 45 / Repeats: 2 / Invert unchecked]


Effects / Plugins / Simple / diamonds
Effects / plugins / Simple / Top Bottom Wrap
Effects / edge Effects / Enhance More
Effects / plugins / Simple / blintz
Layers/Duplicate


03. Image / Mirror/ Mirror Horizontal
Layers / Properties / blend mode: Multiply
Merge down
Activate the Selection Tool / Custom Selection and configure:
[0 175 675 250]


Selections / Promote selection to layer


04. Select none
Effects / geometric Effects / skew
[vertical 45 transparent]


Drop shadow: 10 10 30 15 black
repeat Drop shadow with negative V and H
Layers/Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal


05. Layers / Properties / blend Mode: Multiply
Merge down
Effects/ distortion effects/ polar coordinates
[rectangular to polar repeat]


Effects / Image Effects / Offset=0/-110/transparent


Add new layer
Paint with white color


06. Layers / New Mask layer / From Image / Mask [leteia_049_2018]


Adjust / sharpness / sharpen More
Merge Group
Copy the deco tube [deco_blintz] and paste it as a new layer


07. Effects / Image Effects / Offset=23/0/transparent]


Copy the tube character and paste as a new layer
Position as desired
Resize if necessary
Drop shadow: 0 10 30 15 black


08. Image / Add borders / symmetric marked / 3px / white
Image / Add borders / symmetric marked / 30px / dark color
Select this 30px border with the Magic Wand (tolerance/feather=o)
Paint with the gradient
Effects /Plugins / unlimited 2 / Background Designers IV / @Night Shadow Pool

PRINT

Repeat @Night Shadow Pool
Select none


09. Image / Add borders / 3px / symmetric marked / white
Put your signature
Merge all
Save as jpeg

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Tutorial traduzido em 30/01/2024

 

   
   
   

 

 

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