My Translations (valyscrappasion) - Calypso

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This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary - better known as valyscrappassion.com.  You can find the original here.  Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.

It is strictly forbidden to modify tubes - to change their name or take off the watermarks unless specified - to present them on your sites or blogs - to share them in groups - to make a bank of images or to use them on lucrative purposes.

 Thank you to respect Valérie’s and other creators' work mentioned in the original tutorial. Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can.  You can reach me here.

 Download the zip file containing the materials - decompress and copy the originals; work with the copies.  For presets - doubleclick on them and they will install themselves.  For gradients - masks - selections - textures etc - simply place in your appropriate PSP folders.

This tutorial was made by Valérie on August 1st - 2026.  I have used PSP18 to make my translation; you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP but the result might be slightly different.

Colors
Foreground color 1 #95b9c7
Background color 2 #ffffff
Additional color 3 #c46720
Additional color 4 #484d51

Materials
1 alpha layer
1 color palette
1 preset
5 masks (already saved on the alpha layer)
1 image
3 fonts used for the tutorial
1 Riet tube
7 personal tubes

Filters
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass
AP[Lines] (Lines - SilverLining)
Vanderlee (UnPlugged-X)

In Filters Unlimited 2.0
RCS Filter Pak 1.0 (RCS Coppertooling Simulator
and RCS Digi-Lens - Bubble Pack)


Preparation
Doubleclick on the Glass-Calypso-VSP preset which will install itself
Open the tubes - remove the signatures if necessary.
Place color 1 in the foreground and color 2 in the background.

The masks and selections are saved on the alpha layer.

1
Open the Alpha-Calypso-VSP layer
Window - Duplicate (Close the original and work on the copy)
Flood fill with color. 1
Layers - New raster layer
Selections - Select all

2
Open the tube Riet 1247 - 221125
Edit - Copy
Highlight your alpha layer
Edit - Paste into selection
Selections - Deselect
Layers - Merge - Merge down
Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

3

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror horizontally (always the old Mirror option)

Layers - Properties - Opacity to 50

Layers - Merge - Merge down

4

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Free rotation

Edit - Cut (looks funny but it is to put the layer in the memory)
Selections - Select all
Edit - Paste into selection 
Selections - Deselect
Layers - Properties - Opacity to 50
Layers - Merge - Merge down

5
Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0
RCS Filter Pak 1.0 - RCS Coppertooling Simulator

6
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Selection #1 
Selections - Promote Selection to Layer 
Effects - Plugins -Filters Unlimited 2.0 - RCS Filter Pak 1.0
RCS Digi-Lens - Bubble Pack 

Selections - Deselect

Effects - Image effects - Seamless Mosaic (Default) 

7

 Selections - Select All 

Layers - New Raster Layer 

Open the tube fond-Fleurs-VSP 

Edit - Copy 

Open your Alpha Layer

Edit - Paste into Selection 

Selections - Deselect 

Layers - Properties of this layer with Mode to Luminance Legacy - Opacity to 30

Layers - Merge - Visible

8
 Layers - New Raster Layer
 Flood fill with Color 2
Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Alpha Channel - Narah_mask_0781

Layers - Duplicate

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

9

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Selection#1 Again

Flood fill with Color 2

Selections - Modify - Contract by 6

Edit - Clear or hit the Delete key

Set Paint Bucket Opacity to 45

Flood fill Selection with Color 3

Set Paint Bucket Opacity back to 100

Selections - Deselect

10

Effects - Plugins - Vanderlee - UnPlugged-X - Defocus

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Mosaic with these settings

11

 Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Selection#2

Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass - Preset Glass-Calypso-VSP

(or modify for these settings)

Highlight the bottom layer in the stack (merged) 

Effects - Plugins - Vanderlee - UnPlugged-X - Pixel Distort

 

12

 Highlight the top layer in the stack (raster 1) 

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Selection#1 again 

Effects - Plugins - AP[Lines] - Lines - SilverLining 

Selections - Deselect

13

 Layers - New Raster Layer 

Flood fill with Color 1 

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Alpha Channel - VSP287 mask 

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance 

Layers - Merge - Merge Group 

14

 Layers - New Raster Layer 

Flood fill with Color 2 

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Alpha Channel - NarahsMasks_1579

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Tap the letter K of your keyboard (the Pick tool)

Horizontal position: -196 Vertical position: 0

 Press the letter M on your keyboard to disable the Pick tool

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 17/ -17 /60/10 

15

Open the Riet tube 1247 - 221125

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer

Edit - Paste as new layer

Image - Resize to 80% - Uncheck Resize All layers

Press the letter K on your keyboard (Pick tool)

Horizontal position: 543 and Vertical position: 1

Press the letter M on your keyboard to disable the Pick tool

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 26/ -52 /60/30

Your Layers palette looks like this:

And your layer looks like this:

16

Edit - Special Copy - Copy Merged

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Selection#3

Edit - Paste into Selection (we still have the tube in memory)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Polar Coordinates

Selections - Deselect

Layers - Properties - Multiply Mode

17

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip (the old Flip)

Press the letter K on your keyboard

Horizontal position: 265 and Vertical position: 316

Press the letter M on your keyboard

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

18

Open the Deco1-Calypso-VSP tube

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer

Edit - Paste as new layer

Press the letter K on your keyboard

Horizontal position: 128 and Vertical position: 0

Layers - Arrange - Move down ( 2 times )

19

Open the Deco2-Calypso-VSP tube

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer at the top of the stack

Edit - Paste as new layer

Press the letter K on your keyboard

Horizontal position: 2 and Vertical position: 237

Press the letter M on your keyboard

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 2/ -5 /60/2

20

Layers - New raster layer

Flood fill with color 2

Layers - Load/save mask - Load mask from Alpha channel - VSP217 mask

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Properties - Luminance Legacy

Layers Mode - Arrange - Move Down ( 3 times )

21

Open the Deco3-Calypso-VSP tube

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer at the top of the stack

Edit - Paste as New Layer

Press the letter K on your keyboard

Horizontal position: 82 and Vertical position: 53

Press the letter M on your keyboard

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 2/ -2 /60/2

22

Open the tube Title-Calypso-VSP

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer

Edit - Paste as New Layer

Press the letter K on your keyboard

Horizontal position: 410 and Vertical position: 9

Press the letter M on your keyboard

23

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill with Color 2

Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Alpha Channel - Narah_Mask_1386

Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Effects - Distortion Effects - Polar Coordinates

Effects - Plugins - AP|Lines] - Lines-SilverLining

Layers - Properties - Lighten Mode

24

Open the tube Deco4-Calypso-VSP

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer

Edit - Paste as New Layer

25

Open the tube Title2-Calypso-VSP

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer

Edit - Paste as New Layer

Press the letter K on your keyboard

Horizontal position: 440 and Vertical position: 448

Press the letter M on your keyboard

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 2/ -2 /60/2

(settings same as before)

26

 Image - Add Borders of 1 - color 4 

Edit - Copy 

Selections - Select All 

27

 Image - Add Borders of 50 with color 2 

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 0/0/60/40 

28

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders of 15 - Color 2

Selections - Invert

Edit - Paste into Selection ( previously copied image in memory )

Effects - Distortion Effects - Pixelate

Selections - Deselect

Image - Add Borders of 15 - Color 2

29

Open the tubeDeco5-Calypso-VSP

Edit - Copy

Highlight your Alpha layer

Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 2/ -3 /40/5

Image - Add Borders of 1 - Color 4

30

Image - Resize to 800 pixels wide - All Layers checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

31

Sign and save as jpg or File - Export as an optimized jpg

That's it, it's finished. I hope you enjoyed it.  Feel free to send Valérie your creation here so that she can show it in her gallery...

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Paint Shop Pro - My translations (valyscrappassion) - Anaya

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This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary - better known as
valyscrappassion.com. You can find the original here.

Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is strictly forbidden to modify tubes -
to change their name or take off the watermarks unless specified -
to present them on your sites or blogs - to share them in groups -
to make a bank of images or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Valérie’s and other creators' work mentioned in the original tutorial.  Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can. You can reach me here.

Download the zip file containing the materials - decompress and copy the originals; work with the copies. For presets - double-click on them and they will install themselves.  For gradients - masks - selections - textures etc - simply place in your appropriate PSP folders.

This tutorial was made by Valérie on March 25 - 2026. I have used PSPX8 to make my translation; you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP but the result might be slightly different.

Colors
Foreground color 1 #e5b48d
Background color 2 #939b5a
Additional color 3 #ffffff

 

 

Materials

1 alpha layer
1 set of colors
2 fonts
1 preset
4 masks
2 tubes by Franie Margot
9 personal tubes
1 signature

Filtres
Toadies - What Are You?
Flaming Pear - Flood

In Filters Unlimited 2.0
[AFS IMPORT] - BORFADE1 -
&<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Slice N Dice


Let's start!!

1
Open the image Alpha-Anaya-VSP layer.
Window - Duplicate (close the original and always work on the
copy - the original will always be available intact if needed)
Flood fill with Foreground color

2
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with the following gradient:
Radial gradient - Color 1 #r5b48d as Foreground - color 2 #939b5a as Background
Angle 53 - Repeat 1
Invert unchecked
Center H 55 - Center V 47

Layers - New mask layer - From Image - VSP286 Mask

Layers - Merge - Merge Layers group
Layers - Merge - Merge Layer Below

3
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with color 3 #ffffff
Layers - New mask layer - From Image - VSP287 Mask

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layers - Merge - Merge group
Properties of Blend Mode for this layer changed to Luminance (Inherited)

 

4
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with color 1#e5b48d
Layers - New mask layer - From Image and select Mask ildiko@create0051_mask

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Mosaic at its Default settings

5
Layers - New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Color 2 #939b5a
Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image and select Mask NarahsMasks_1828 

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layers - Merge - Merge Group 

 6
Selections - Load/Save Selection - from Alpha Channel and select Selection #1

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - [AFS IMPORT] - BORFADE1 with default settings

Selections - Select none
Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flood

Click in the small red window and select the Flood-Anaya-VSP preset in your Materials folder

then OK
Layers - Duplicate
Layers - Merge - Merge Layer Down

7
Selections - Load/save a selection - from alpha channel and select Selection #2

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 20 - &<Background Designers IV> - sf10 Slice N Dice

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer
Selections - Select none
Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You?

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - 2/2/50/4 with black

8
Open the tube pochoir 10_franiemargot
Edit - Copy
Back to your image, Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 16 and Vertical position: -36

Properties for this layer at Blend Mode at Soft Light
Layers - Duplicate

Your layer palette looks like this:

And your image looks like this:

9
Open the tube Deco1-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image, highlight the 4th layer from the bottom
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Objects - Align - Left 

 10
Open the tube Deco2-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 16 and Vertical position: 169

Press the letter M on your keyboard 

11
Open the tube Deco3-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 316 and Vertical position: 235

Press the letter M on your keyboard 

 
12
Open the tube Deco4-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer 
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 146 Vertical position: 175

 
Press the letter M on your keyboard 

13
Open the tube Deco5-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image, highlight the 4th layer from the bottom
 Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 342 and Vertical position: -8

Press the letter M on your keyboard

14
Open the tube EmmaMulderBergstra79_franiemargot
 Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
 Edit - Paste as New Layer
Image - Resize to 115% - uncheck Resize All Layers
Image - Mirror
Adjust - One Step Photo fix
(For older versions: Adjust - Sharpen - Unsharp Mask - default setting) 
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 267 Vertical position: 38 

Press the letter M on your keyboard
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 11 / 21 / 35 / 33 with black

15
Open the tube Title1-Anaya-VSP
 Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal Position: 773 and Vertical Position: 60

Press the letter M on your keyboard
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 26 / -14 / 36 / 1 - Color 1 #e5b48d

16
Open the tube Title2-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
 Horizontal Position: 229 and Vertical Position: 541

Properties for this layer with Opacity at 62 

 

17
Layers - Merge - Visible Layers
Edit - Copy 
Image - Add Borders of 10 pixels with Color 3 #ffffff
Selections - Select All
Image - Add Borders of 60 pixels with Color 3 #ffffff
Selections - Promote Selection to Layer
Keep Selection Active

18
Highlight the Bottom Layer 
Selections - Invert
Layers - New Raster Layer
Edit - Paste into Selection (Image copied previously)
Selections - Select none
Properties of this layer with Opacity at 50

19
Highlight the top layer in the stack
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 10 / 10 / 40 / 20 with black

Repeat the Drop Shadow effect with its negatives

20
Open the tube Deco6-Anaya-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer

21
Activate the Deco7-Anaya-VSP tube
Edit - Copy
Activate your Alpha layer at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as New Layer

22
Image - Add Borders of 10 pixels of Color 3 #ffffff
Image - Add Borders of 1 pixel of Color 2 #939b5a

23
Image - Resize to a Width of 800 pixels - check Resize All Layers
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

24
Sign and save as jpg or File or Export as an optimized jpg

That's it, it's finished and I hope you had fun making it.
Feel free to send Valérie your creations here to put in the gallery.
She loves to see your results and puts them in her gallery!

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