This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 10th September, 2020

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/SwingsAndRoundabouts/SwingsAndRoundabouts.html



Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

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  Images:
JHanna_462 tube.pspimage
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Zona-Mushrooms103-03-17.png
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99475398_large_003.png
mbp-honey_bees.png
D.D.Twins.png
D.D.WeepingFlower.png

Signature.png

Some of these image were obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you   

Texture:
@nn_250410_TXT_031_tdstudio

Colour Swatch

Alpha Channel

Plugins:
Medhi
Simple
MuRa's Meister

MuRa's Seamless
VM Distortion
VM Toolbox
(Import  these into Filters Unlimited 2.0)

Found here:

AND 


Notes:
This Tutorial was created in Corel 2020.... other versions may need adjustment
Some of the graphics may be from Free to Use sites or Share Groups. 
If you are the creator of one of these please let me know so that appropriate credit can be given. 
No infringement of copyright is intended or intentional.
Before opening PSP, download plugins and install

Some helpful information:

You can change the blend mode, opacity and drop shadow, as well as colourise the materials,
according to the tubes/colours you are using.

When applying the Resize with the All Layers option checked, this will be informed in the tutorial,
otherwise, apply the resize with this option unchecked.

Remember always to save your work.

Whenever you reduce an image, apply Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen, to maintain the sharpness of the image.

Some tools or features have other names in earlier versions of the PSP.



Please Note:   Offset settings provided in this tutorial may vary according to size of your image.
Please adjust to suit.

The settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #c3bf83
Set your Background colour to #c7a98b



Step One:
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

Open Alpha Channel
Duplicate
Close Original

We will now work on the Duplicate Alpha Channel
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Linear Gradient as follows:



Flood fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Selections/Select All
Maximise D.D.Twins.png
(Don't worry about the tubers watermark)
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur as follows:



Step Three:
Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Sorting Tiles as follows:



Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Simple/Four Way Average

Step Four:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Distortion/Center Mirror as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More

Step Five:
Select Copy of Raster 1 Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel as follows:




Promote Selection to Layer
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Distortion/Gear as follows:



Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings

Step Six:
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Toolbox/Radial Mosaic as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Select Promoted Selection Layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Seven:
Select Copy of Raster 1 Layer
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Toolbox/Slipthrough as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:




Step Eight:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Change Background Colour to #87c0c9
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/@nn_250410_TXT_031_tdstudio as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:




Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Select Copy of Raster 1 Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection#3 from Alpha Channel
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Gradient settings to Angle 45 Repeats 5
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Selections/Select None
Maximise 99475398_large_003.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Hue/Saturation/Lightness as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss At Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Ten:
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten
Edit/Copy
Promote Background Layer
Image/Canvas Size as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Selections/Select All
Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Selections/Select None
Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds as follows:



Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135

Step Eleven:
Maximise JHanna_462 tube.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Twelve:
Maximise D.D.WeepingFlower.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Maximise D.D.Twins.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Carefully remove the Tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Thirteen:
Maximise Zona-Mushrooms103-03-17.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer
Carefully remove the Tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize 85%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:


OR  Using the Move Tool, move image over to the left corner
(see my image for placement)
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Fourteen:
Maximise mbp-honey_bees.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/85%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/7 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 315
Selections/Select None
Maximise Signature.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at bottom of Layer
Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge All Flatten
Image/Resize/900 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
File/Export/JPEG Optimiser/Compression Value 20

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
A big thank you to the ladies who test my Tutorials
TESTERS' RESULTS


SHIRLEY NZ



LILLIAN



FRAN


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