Tutorial by Soxikibem

English Translation by Moderation SIM-PSP

Original Tutorial:

MATERIAL

 1 Main Tube of your choice

1 Misted Christmas of your choice

jss_heavenly_scattered stars white

tituloSTJBySoxikibem

DecorBySoxikibem

Selections - spreadthejoy1 (Save selections in the PSP's Selections folder)

PLUGINS

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature

NOTE:
- Feel free to change the Blends and Opacity according to

the material and colors chosen for your work.

TUTORIAL

 Foreground #660704

 Background #f1eeea

2 - Open a 900x550px transparent image.

Paint with a Linear gradient, formed by the chosen colors:

3 - Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur: 20.

Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature > Snow Drift:

Lighting > Shadow Color: Foreground color.

4 - Layers > Duplicate.

Effects > Plugins > Mehdi > Sorting Tiles.

Layers > Properties > General > Blend Mode: Darken.

5 - Layers > New Raster Layer.

Selections > Select All.

Edit > Copy in Misted Natalino.

Edit > Paste Into Selection.

Selections > Select None.

Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling: Default.

6 - Adjust > Blur > Radial Blur:

Effects > Texture Effects > Weave:

 Weave color: Background color - Gap color: Foreground color

7 - Effects > Texture Effects > Mosaic - Antique:

Layers > Properties > General: Blend Mode: Hard Light.

8 - Layers > New Raster Layer.

Selections > Load/Save Selections > Load Selection From Disk: spreadthejoy1.

Paint this selection with the background color.

Selections > Modify > Contract: 3.

Press the Keyboard's Delete key.

Selections > Select None.

With the Pick Tool: Mode Scale tool, move the sides as in the example:

9 - With the Magic Wand tool: Tolerance and Feather 0, select the center of this rectangle:

Layers > New Raster Layer.

Paint this selection with the background color.

Selections > Select None.

Layers > Properties > General > Opacity: 40%.

10 - Activate the layer Raster 3.

Layers > Duplicate.

Activate the Raster 3 layer again.

Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow: 0, 0, 100, 20, Color: #ffffff (White).

Layers > Properties > General > Blend Mode: Dissolve.

11 - Activate the top layer. (Raster 4)

Edit > Copy in Misted Natalino.

Edit > Paste as New Layer.

Position to the left.

12 - Edit > Copy no jss_heavenly_scattered stars white.

Edit > Paste as New Layer.

Image > Mirror > Mirror Vertical.

With the Pick Tool tool, position: Position X: 14, Position Y: 13.

Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling: Side by side.

13 - Edit > Copy in the tituloSTJBySoxikibem.

Edit > Paste as New Layer.

With the Pick Tool tool, position:  Position X: 287, Position Y: 120.

14 - Edit > Copy No DecorBySoxikibem.

Edit > Paste as New Layer.

Objects > Align: Left.

15 - Image > Add Borders > Symmetric:

1px - color: Background color.

5px - color: Foreground color.

30px - color: Background color.

2px - color: Foreground color.

5px - color: Background color.

2px - color: Foreground color.

30px - color: Background color.

2px - color: Foreground color.

16 - Edit > Copy the Main Tube.

Edit > Paste as New Layer.