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This tutorial was made on May 24 - 2025. I have used PSPX to make my translation; you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP; the result might be slightly different.
Colors
Foreground Color 1 #0c6781
Background Color 2 #f97012
Additional Color 3 #97b343
Additional Color 4 #ffffff
Materials
1 Alpha layer
1 font
2 presets
1 gradient
3 masks
1 tube from Sim PSP that we thank for
using in this tutorial
2 tubes from Valerie
Plugins
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow
Flaming Pear - Flexify2
In Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Toadies - Weaver
Preparation
Double-click on the preset Pers-Shadow-Mayline-VSP and it will install itself
in its right place.
Open the tubes and delete the watermark as indicated
Open and minimize the masks until needed
Let's start!!
1
Open the alpha layer - Window - Duplicate and close the
original
Always work on the copies as you might need the originals
later on
Flood fill this layer with color 1 #0c6781
Open the tube '1287MulherByqnaAlice' - Copy/Paste as a new
layer in your image
Image - Free rotation - 90 to the left
Adjust - Blur - Radial blur 
Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify2
Click on the red arrow and browse to the preset 'Flexify2-Mayline-VSP' from the Materials
Layers - Merge - Merge the group
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with color 2 #f97012
Layers - New mask layer - From a picture and select 'VSP219'
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layers - Merge - Merge group
5
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with Color 4 #ffffff
Layers - New mask layer - From a picture and select 'VSP261'
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layers - Merge - Merge group
Layers - Properties - Lower the opacity of this layer to 65%
Layers - Merge - Merge visible
6
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with the linear gradient 'dégradé-Mayline-VSP'
Angle 90 and 3 Repeats - Invert checked
or you can use your own colors if you choose
Selections - Load/Save a selection from the alpha channel and select 'Sélection#2'
Selections - Invert
Edit - Cut
Selections - Select none
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds with your Foreground
color
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow 2 / 2 / 50 / 10
Layers - Merge - Merge down
7
Open the tube '1287MulherByPqnaAlice'
Copy/Paste as a new layer into your image
Note: if you use your own character, the following steps may be different;
refer to the final result to adjust your resizing, mirror and offset effects on your own
image
Image - Resize to 70% uncheck 'Resize all layers'
Repeat this resize step
Image - Mirror
Using your Pick tool (or hit the letter K on your keyboard),
Position horizontal at 641 - Position vertical at 23
Hit your letter M on your keyboard to disable
Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow - Preset
'Pers-Shadow-Mayline-VSP'
8
Open the tube 'Titre-Mayline-VSP'
Copy/Paste as a new layer in your image
Using your Pick tool (or hit the letter K on your keyboard),
Position horizontal 272 - Position verticale 215
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow 2 / 2 / 100 / 00 with Color 2 #f97012
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow 1 / 1 / 40 / 6 with black
9
Open the tube 'Deco-Mayline-VSP'
Copy/Paste as a new layer in your image
Layer - Arrange - Move down twice
Your layer palette should look like this:
and your image, like this (I used different colors):
10
Layers - Merge - Merge visible
Edit - Copy
Image - Add symmetric borders of 2 px with Color 3 #97b343
Selections - Select all
Image - Add borders unchecking 'Symmetric'
Top and Bottom at 30 - Right and Left at 45 color is not
important
Selections - Invert
Image - Rotate to the left
Edit - Paste into the selection
Adjust - Blur - Radial blur
11
Image - Add symmetric borders of 2 px with Color 3 #97b343
Selections - Select all
Image - Add borders unckeching 'Symmetric'
Top and Bottom at 45 - Right and left at 30 color not
important
Selections - Invert
Image - Rotate to the right
Edit/Paste into the selection
Adjust - Blur - Radial blur with same settings as before
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance more
Image - Rotate to the left
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds checking Horizontal this time
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow 0 / 0 / 50 / 40 with black as before
Selections - Select none
Image - Add symmetric borders of 2 px with Color 3 #97b343
12
Image - Resize the width at 800 pixels with 'Resize all layers' checked
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