mardi 29 septembre 2026

My translations (valyscrappassion) - Opaline

 

This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary - better known as valyscrappassion.com.  You can find the original tutorial 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 work 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 created by Valérie on August 18, 2026.  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 #5b453d

Background color 2 #f1e5dd

Additional color 3 #da521e

Additional color 4 #ffffff

 

Material

1 alpha layer
1 color palette
3 masks (saved on the alpha layer)
2 fonts used for the tutorial
1 tube from Renée Graphisme
5 personal tubes
 

Filters

AAA Frames - Foto Frame
AP[Distort] Distort - SlicedTurn
Carolaine and Sensibility CS-LDots and CS-D Lines
Redfield Mesh3d
In Filters Unlimited 2.0
Toadies - What Are You?
VM Extravaganza - Transmission

Preparation
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-Opaline-VSP layer
Window - Duplicate
Close the original and work on the copy (you could need the original for a fresh restart..)
Flood fill with the gradient just created
Effects - Plugins - AP 01 - Innovations -  [Distort] Distort - SlicedTurn


Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

2
Layers - Duplicate
Image - Mirror
Image - Flip
Layers - Properties - Opacity at 50
Layers - Merge - Merge Down
Effects - Plugins - VM ExtravaganzaTransmission

Edit - Repeat the same plugin with these settings

3
Selections - Load/Save Selection - from Alpha Channel and select Selection#1

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer
Selections - Load/Save - from Alpha Channel Selection#2

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer
Effects - Plugins - VM ExtravaganzaTransmission

Selections - Select none
Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow  0  -  0  -  60  -  20 black

Activate Middle Layer (Transformed Selection)
Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You?

4.
Activate the bottom layer (Raster 1)
: Selections - Load/Save -  from Alpha Channel and select Selection #3

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer;
Selections - Load/Save - from Alpha Channel and select Selection #4

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer;
Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility CS-L Dots

Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow with same settings as before
Selections - Select none
Activate the layer below (Transformed Selection 2)
Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility CS-D Lines with default settings

5
Activate the top layer of the stack (Transformed Selection 1)
Selections - Load/Save - from Alpha Channel and select Selection #5

Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow  0  -  0  -  60  -  60 black

Selections - Select none

6.
Layers - New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Color 1
Layers - Load/Save Mask layer - Load Mask from Alpha Channel and select VSP288


Layers - Merge - Merge Group

7
Edit - Copy Merged
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Image - Flip
Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame

8
Selections - Load/Save - from Alpha Channel and select Selection#6

Effects - Plugins - Redfield - Mesh3d

Selections - Select none
Image - Resize with these settings

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You?

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Mosaic

Layers - Properties - Blend mode to Darken

Note:  my image did not look like the result obtained by Valérie so, I did this: Layers 4 and 5 of the Promoted Selection were modified with a Blend mode to Overlay


Your layer palette looks like this:


And your image looks like this:


9
Activate the Deco1-Opaline-VSP tube
Edit - Copy
Back to your image
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 236  -  Vertical position: 43

10
Layers - New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Color 2
Layers - Load/Save Mask - and load Mask from Alpha Channel Narah_Mask_1199

Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Image - Mirror
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 0  -  Vertical position: -14

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

11
Open the Deco2-Opaline-VSP tube
Edit - Copy
Back to your image
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Position Horizontal: 16  -  Vertical Position: 138

Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow  0  -  0  -  60  -  10 black

12
Open the Deco3-Opaline-VSP tube
Edit - Copy
Back to your image
Edit - Paste as New Layer
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal Position: 18  -  Vertical Position: 43

13
Layers - New Raster Layer
Flood fill with color 4 #ffffff
Layers - Load/Save Mask - from Alpha Channel and select cas_Mask_0415_05

Layers - Duplicate
Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Image - Mirror
Layers - Arrange - Move down twice

14
Open the Title1-Opaline-VSP tube
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: 125   -  Vertical Position: 318

15
Image - Add symmetric borders of 1pixel with color 3 #da521e
Image - Add symmetric borders of 50 pixels with color 2 #f1e5dd
Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Image - Add symmetric borders of 1 pixel with color 3 #da521e
Image - Add symmetric borders of 50 pixels with color 2 #f1e5dd

16

If you use your own images and colors, modify accordingly the following steps but if you use Valérie's materials, pursue with this:

Open the tube Renee-TUBES-October-2025-30
Edit - Copy
Back to your image
Edit - Paste as new layer
Image - Resize to 65% uncheck 'Resize all layers'

 
Image - Mirror
Press the letter K on your keyboard
Horizontal position: 605  - Vertical position: 17

Press the letter M on your keyboard
Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow  52  -  45  -  50  -  30 black

17
Open the tube Title2-Opaline-VSP
Edit - Copy
Back to your image at the top of the stack
Edit - Paste as new layer


18
Image - Add symmetric borders of 1 pixel with color 1
Image - Resize to 900 pixels wide with 'Resize All layers' checked


Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

19
Sign and save as jpg or File - Export as an optimized jpeg.

 

That's it, it is done. I hope you enjoyed it.  Feel free to send Valérie your creations here so that she can put it in her gallery.



samedi 29 août 2026

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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