You need:

Paint Shop Pro 8, 9 or X

- the Plugin "Tessela",  HERE

Install it  in your  Plugin-Folder.

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- a nice tube and decoration

- a gold-gradient,  HERE

Put it in your Gradient-Folder

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1. Open a new image, transparent,  400 Pixel width and 250 Pixel height.

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2. Activate the Flood Fill Tool and choose two nice colours from your tube.

 Foreground  is bright and Background is darker.

with these settings:

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3. Flood fill your image with the gradient.

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4. "Adjust - Blur - Average" with number "31".

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5. "Effects - Texture-Effects - Blind" with these settings:: 

If you like black or white ? You can choose it :-)

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6. "Effects - Plugins - Tessela - Tessela 0-2" with these settings:

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7. Here the settings of your gradient - stil just:

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8. Activate your  Magic-Wand with these settings::

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9. Zoome your image bigger.

click with your Magic Wand Tool into the lines, do you like.

for example:

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10. If you ready,  fill these lines with your gradient. 

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11. "Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow" with these settings::

Selection none.

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12. "Layer - new Raster-Layer" 

activate the Selection Tool with Option "Rectangle"

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13. make a rectangle on the left side, bottom. See my example:

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14. Copy your Tube and past into selection of your image. Selection none.

"Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen"

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15. Layerpalette -  Opacity 60 % , Blend mode = Luminance ( Legacy)

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16. Copy your tube and past into the image as a new layer.

Put it on the right side.  

"Merge - Merge visible"

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17. Just the settings of your gradient-stil:

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18. "Layer - new  Raster-Layer"

activate the Selection Tool, Options " Rectangle"

make a small rectangle from top to bottom.... see my example:

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19.Flood fill with the gradient

repeat the Effect of  Step 5 

Selection none.

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20. "Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen"  

"Effects - 3D-Effects - Drop Shadow ":

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21. Aktivate the Text Tool with a nice Font,  and write your Name. 

 PSP 9 + X with these settings:

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22. "Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow" with these settings.

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23. Merge - Merge all.

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24. "Image - Add Border" with these settings:

activate the Magic-Wand-Tool and click into the small border.

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25. Gradient settings: " Gold New 222" 

Flood fill the border with this gold gradient. Selection none.

Merge - Merge all. Save it at .jpg.

 

Ready :-)

 

Here a second example of this work:

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I hope, you have enjoyed my tutorial.

 

hugs Nici

 

 

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Tutorial written/translated by ŠNici, November 2005

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