Paint Shop Pro - My translations - Zen (valyscrappassion)

 

This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary, better known as

valyscrappassion.com. 

I have her written authorization to translate her tutorials and 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,

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 work and other artwork creators.

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.  I can be reached here.

This tutorial was made in 2026 with an earlier PSP version.  I have used PSP9 to make my translation; you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP, but the interface of the images from this tutorial as well as your result might be slightly different.  Download the zip file containing the materials, decompress, copy the originals and close them.  Work with the copies, you could need the intact originals later on, if you encounter problems with your PSP.  Also, save your work often as pspimage (with all the layers) for the same reasons.  For fonts and presets, double-click on them and they will install themselves.

For gradients, selections, textures, etc, simply place in your appropriate 'My PSP Files' folders.

The masks used in this tutorial are already in the alpha layer.

Materials

 

Filters used
[AFS Import] sqborder
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass

In Filters Unlimited 2.0:
Emboss - Emboss Greyscale
Kang 1 - Ben-Wah's Sister
Kang 2, Keep Color invert light
Kang 3 - Liquid you too
Mock - Windo
Paper textures

To import in Filters Unlimited 2.0, go to Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 and click on Import at the bottom of the window, then browse to the file furnished in the Materials and select Emboss.ffx file.  It should now appear in the list of the plugins.

 

Colors
Foreground color 1 #9ca35e
Background color 2 #f5ecd3
Additional color 3 #d1d0cc
Additional color 4 #ffffff

Let's go!! 

1
Open the alpha layer Alpha-Zen-VSP furnished in the Materials,
Window - Duplicate
Close the original (you could need it later on) and work on the duplicate.
Flood fill with the radial gradient Dégradé Zen-VSP

but click in the Edit box and make these adjustments since the
ones that you previously made will still be there

and when PSP asks you if you accept the changes, click 'yes'.

 

2

Effects - Reflections - Reflecting Mirror

 

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Kang 3 - Liquid you too
with these settings:

 

Effects - Filters Unlimited 2.0  - Kang 2 - Keep Color-invert Light

 

Adjust - Blur - Motion blur

 

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper textures - Canvas - Fine

 

3

Layers - New raster layer
Effects - Reflecting effects - Rotating mirror
Rotation angle at 180

 

Effects - Plugins - Mock - Windo

 

4

Layers - Load/Save Mask - From Alpha Channel 

and select  Mask_Geometric_3_GB*

 Layers - Merge Group

 

5

Selections - Load/Save from Alpha Channel - Selection 1

 

Open image 11948084_2019_zenitude
Edit - Copy
Return to your image on the alpha channel
Layer - New raster layer
Edit - Copy in the selection
Selections - Select none
This should be the result obtained:

 

6

Activate raster 2 in your layers palette (in the middle)
Selections - Load/Save - From the Alpha Channel - Selection 2

 Selections - Promote selection to layer
Selections - Select none
Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper textures - Cotton paper, fine

 

7

Highlight the top layer (Raster 2)
Open the wordart furnished in the Materials
Edit - Copy
Back to your image
Reload the Selection 2 in the alpha channel
Edit - Paste as a new raster layer
Resize at 55%
Using the Pick tool (type letter K), change the settings to
Horizontal Position: 178
Vertical Position: 46

 

Type on the letter M to deselect the Pick tool
Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Emboss - Grayscale
128 / 0

 

8
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill with white #ffffff
Layers - Load/Save mask from Alpha channel - Narah_Mask_0546

Layers - Duplicate
Layers - Merge - Merge group
Make this layer with Blend Mode at Luminance Legacy

 

9
Highlight the bottom raster layer (Raster 1)
Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Kang 1 - Ben-Wah's Sister

 Properties of this layer: Blend mode at Multiply and Opacity at 20%

 Now, your palette looks like this:

and your image like this:

 

10
Highlight the top raster layer (Group Raster 4)
Selections - Load/Save selection from the alpha channel - Selection #3

 Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow using Foreground color #9ca35e
and checking for the Shadow on the new layer

then remake this Drop shadow with the negative settings

 Keep the selection active

 

11
Highlight the bottom raster layer (Raster 1)
Selections - Promote selection to raster layer
Layers - Arrange - Bring to top
Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy Impact 5 - Glass - Preset Glass-Zen-VSP

or if you cannot add the preset in your Eye Candy Impact 5, use the settings:

 Selections - Select None
Layers - Merge - Merge visible

 

12
Image - Add borders of 1 pixel, color 3 #d1d0cc
Selections - Select all
Image - Add borders of 10 pixels, color 4 #ffffff
Selections - Invert
Effects - Plugins - [AFS Import] sqborder

 

13
Selections - Select all
Image - Add borders of 60 pixels with color 4 #ffffff
Selections - Invert
Effects - Plugins - [AFS Import] sqborder
Selections - Select none

 

14
Open tube Deco1-Zen-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image alpha channel
Edit - Paste as a new layer
Objects - Align - Bottom
Note from the translator: Objects doesn't work for me so I used
Effects - Image effects - Offset

15
Highlight the tube Deco2-Zen-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image alpha channel
Edit - Paste as a new layer 

16
Highlight the tube Deco3-Zen-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image alpha channel
Edit - Paste as a new layer
Type the letter K and modify the placement
Horizontal position: 13
Vertical position: 14

Type the letter M to deselect the pick tool

17
Highlight the tube Deco4-Zen-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image alpha channel
Edit - Paste as a new layer

 

18
Image - Add borders of 70 pixels with color 4 #ffffff
Highlight the tube Deco5-Zen-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image alpha channel at the top of the layers
Edit - Paste as a new layer

 

19
Open the tube DecoVSP42
Edit - Copy
Back to your image alpha channel
Edit - Paste as a new raster layer
Image - Resize at 60%, uncheck Resize all layers

 

Type the letter K on your keybord to change the placement
Horizontal position 354
Vertical position 467

 

Type the letter M to deselect the pick tool
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow -8 / 57 / 60 / 25

 

20
Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)
Image - Resize at a width size of 800 pixels - check Resize all layers

 Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Image - Add borders of 1 pixel with color 3 #d1d0cc

 

21
Sign your creation and save it in a jpg or
File - Export - As a JPEG Optimized image 

That's it! You are done!!

Hoping that you enjoyed making this tutorial,

please do not hesitate to send your creations

to Valérie here as she loves to publish them in her gallery.

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Paint Shop Pro - My translations - Ysee (valyscrappassion)

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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, masks and other creation, 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 December 7, 2025

 I have used PSP9 to make my translation but you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP but the result might be slightly different.

Materials
1 Alpha layer
1 color palette
1 font
1 preset
4 masks
1 woman tube
1 apple tube
3 decorative tubes

Filters
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 impact, Glass
AP[Lines], Lines-SilverLining
Carolaine and Sensibility, CS-Linear-H
Mehdi, Wavy Lab 1.1
Toadies, What Are You

In Filters Unlimited 2.0:

FunHouse, Loom

Simple, Pizza Slice Mirror and 4 Way Average

°v° Kiwi's Oelfilter, Setzboard

Preparation

Double-click on the preset, which will install automatically.

Double-click on the font and it will also install itself.

Open the tubes, remove the signatures if necessary.

Open the masks and minimize them.

Place color 1 # in the foreground and color 2 in the background.

1

Open the Alpha layer (Alpha-Ysee-VSP.pspimage)

Window, Duplicate. Close the original and work on the copy.

Effects, Plugins, Mehdi, Wavy Lab 1.1

Linear with settings 3 / 45 / 30 and colors as indicated below:

Effects, Plugins, Filters Unlimited 2.0, Simple, Pizza Slice Mirror

Effects, Plugins, Filters Unlimited 2.0, Simple, 4 Way Average

2.

Selections, Load/Save Selection, Load Selection from Alpha Channel, Selection 1

Selections, Transform Selection to Layer

Effects, Plugins, Filters Unlimited 2.0, FunHouse, Loom at default settings

Selections, Deselect

Effects, Plugins, Toadies, What Are You with X and Y at 10

Layers, Duplicate

Image, Mirror (the old version)

Layers, Merge, Merge Down

Layers, Properties, Blend Mode Multiply

3.

Activate the bottom layer (Raster 1)

Selections, Load/Save Selection, Load Selection from Alpha Channel, Selection 2

Selections, Transform Layer selection

Effects, Plugins, Filters Unlimited 2.0, °v° Kiwi's OilFilter, Setzboard with settings at 83

Selections, Deselect

Effects, Plugins, Toadies, What Are You with X and Y at 15

Effects, Image Effects, Seamless tiling

4

Activate the top layer

Layers, New Raster Layer

Prepare a linear gradient in the foreground as follows:

Foreground color 1, Background color 3 - Angle 0, Repeat 3

Invert unchecked

Fill the layer with this gradient

With the mask furnished in the Materials opened in your working window,

Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image, Mask Narah_mask_Abstract131

Effects, Edge Effects, Ehance

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Layers, Properties, Blend Mode to Lighten

5

Activate the bottom layer (Raster 1)

Layers, New Raster Layer

Fill with color 1

With the mask furnished in the Materials opened in your working window,

Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image, Mask Narah_mask_0626

Effects, Edge Effects, Enhance More

Layers, Merge, Merge Layers Group

Layer Properties, Blend Mode to Multiply, Opacity 75

6.

Activate the bottom layer (Raster 1)

Selections, Load/Save Selection, Load Selection from Alpha Channel, Selection 3

Selections, Convert Selection to Layer

Effects, Plugins, Carolaine and Sensibility, CS-Linear-H

and modify the controls as follows: 15/30/20

Selections, Deselect

Layers, Duplicate

Image, Mirror

Layers, Merge, Merge Down

Layers, Properties, Blend Mode Multiply

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow, 0/0/70/20, Color 1

7.

Activate the bottom layer (Raster 1)

Selections, Load/Save Selection, Load Selection from Alpha Channel, Selection 4

Selections, Convert Selection to Layer

Selections, Deselect

Effects, Plugins, AP[Innovations], Lines-SilverLining and select Dotty Grid

with Gap-Threshold-Line settings at 5/-1/10

Layers, Duplicate

Effects, Image Effects, Offset Custom - Transparent - Horiz 0, Vert at -9

Layers, Properties, Blend Mode to Soft Light

Your Layers palette looks like this:

And your layer at this:

Layers, Merge, Visible Layers

8

Layers, New Raster Layer

Fill with Color 4

With the mask furnished in the Materials opened in your working window,

Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image, Mask Silvie_Mask_Abstract8H

Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

9

Layers, New Raster Layer

Selections, Load/Save Selection, Load Selection from Alpha Channel, Selection 5

Fill with Color 4

Selections, Modify, Contract by 20

Edit, Clear

Fill with Color 1

Selections, Modify, Contract by 1

Edit, Clear

Fill with Color 4

Selections, Modify, Contract by 5

Edit, Clear

Selections, Deselect

10

Activate Tube 3925 - Deco - LB TUBES

Edit, Copy

Activate your layer at the top of the stack (Raster 1)

Edit, Paste as New Layer

Image, Resize to 38%, uncheck Resize All Layers

Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

Press the letter K on your keyboard.

Horizontal position: 642.

Vertical position: 189.

Press the letter M on your keyboard.

Layers, Arrange, Move Down.

11.

Activate the top layer (Raster 1).

Press the letter S on your keyboard.

Click on Custom Selection

Enter these settings :

Effects, Plugins, Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact, Glass, Preset Glass-Ysee-VSP or enter these settings as shown below:

  Selections, Deselect All.

   Layers, Merge, Merge down

12.

Activate the Deco1-Yzee-VSP tube

Edit, Copy

Activate your layer Alpha, Edit, Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard.

Horizontal position: 586.

Vertical position: 126.

Press the letter M or any other key on your keyboard to desactivate K

Note from the translator: the shortcut K does not work in PSP9 so as an

approximate placement, I used

Effects - Image effects - Offset with these settings:

13.

Activate the Deco2-Yzee-VSP tube

Edit, Copy.

Activate your layer Alpha, Edit, Paste as New Layer

Press the letter K on your keyboard.

Horizontal position: 17.

Position Vertical: 9

Press the letter M or any other key on your keyboard to desactivate M

Note from the translator: same thing as step 12:
Effects - Image effects - Offset with these settings:

14

Activate the bottom layer (Merged)

Layers, New Raster Layer

Fill with color 3
With the mask furnished in the Materials opened in your working window,

Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image, Mask NarahsMasks_1557

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

15

Activate tube 4962 - woman - LB TUBES

Edit, Copy

Activate your Alpha layer, Edit, Paste as new layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to top

Objects*, Align, Bottom and Objects, Align, Left

*'Objects' does not work for me so I use Effects, Image effects, Offset
and insert these settings:  Horiz at -190 and Vert at -10

Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow, -13/34/50/30

16

Image, Add borders of 1, Color 4

Image, Add borders of 5, Color 1

Image, Add borders of 50, Color 4

Image, Add borders of 1, Color 1

Image, Add borders of 1, Color 4

Image, Add borders of 5, Color 1

Image, Add borders of 1, Color 4

Image, Add borders of 1, Color 1

Image, Add borders of 50, Color 4

17

Activate the Deco3-Yzee-VSP tube

Edit, Copy

Activate your Alpha layer

Edit, Paste as new layer

Image, Add borders of 1, Color 1

18

Image, resize to 900 pixels wide, Resize All layers checked

Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

19

Sign and save as jpg or Export as JPG optimized image with compression at 20%.

 We are done!  I hope that you enjoyed yourself.

Don't hesitate to send Valérie your creations here so that she publishes them in her gallery.

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