Paint Shop Pro - My translations (valyscrappassion) - Cléophée

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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 March 18 - 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 #979b9b

Background color 2 #b89585

Additional color 3 #84b8ce

Additional color 4 #ffffff

Materials

1 alpha layer

1 color palette

3 fonts

1 preset

5 masks

1 Jeanne tube

5 custom tubes

Filters

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass

AP[Lines] - Lines - SilverLining

FM Tile Tools - Roll Image

Filter Gallery Effects (download here) to be installed in your Plugins' folder in the usual manner
MuRa's Filter Meister - Perspective Tiling

In Filters Unlimited 20

Filter Factory Gallery B - Button Deluxe

Preparation

Double-click on the Glass-Cleophee-VSP preset - which will install automatically.

Open the tubes - remove the signatures if necessary.

Open the masks and minimize them in your workspace.

Place color 1 #979b9bin the Foreground and color 3 #84b8ce in the Background.

 

Prepare a radial gradient in the foreground

Angle 70 - Repeat 0,

Invert unchecked

Center H 0 - Center V 70

 

Let's start!!

1

Open the Alpha-Cleophee-VSP layer

Window - Duplicate (Close the original and work on the copy)

Flood fill with gradient just prepared

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Roll Image

Effects - Plugins - Gallery Effects: Classic Art 3 - GE Plastic Wrap

2

Layers - New raster layer

Flood fill with color 4 #ffffff

Layers - New mask layer - From Image - Mask creation.tine_masque256

 Layers - Merge - Merge group

Layers - Merge - Merge layer below

 

3

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 20 - Filter Factory Gallery B - Button Deluxe Edition

Repeat with the default settings

Layers - Properties - Blend Mode to Multiply

4

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Filter Meister - Perspective Tiling

 Layers - Properties - Blend Mode to Hard Light

5

Layers - New raster layer

Flood fill with color 4 #ffffff

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Mask masque9_franiemargot

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Image - Mirror - Mirror

3D Effects - Drop Shadow 4/10/100/0 with Color 2 #b89585

Shadow on New Layer checked

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

and settings at 3 / -1 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Your Layers palette looks like this

 

And your image looks like this

6

Activate the top layer in the stack (Group-raster2)

Layers - New Raster Layer

Flood fill with color 4 #ffffff

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Mask creation.tine_masque031

Layers - Duplicate

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

7

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

Edit - Clear

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass

and select furnished Preset Glass-Cléophée-VSP or the following settings

Selections - Select none

 

8

Activate the layer Copy (2) of raster 1 (3rd from the bottom)

Layers - New raster layer

Flood fill with color 4 #ffffff

Layers - New mask layer - From image - Mask - Narah_mask_0379

Layers - Duplicate

Adjust - Sharpen - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge group
 

9

Activate the Deco1-Cleophee-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: 151 and Vertical position: 36

 

10

Activate the Deco2-Cleophee-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: 98 and Vertical position: 3

Press the letter M on your keyboard

 

11

Activate the layer Copy of raster 1 (2nd from the bottom)

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

 

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select none

Effects - Geometric Effects - Horizontal Perspective

 

Objects - Align - Left

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 15/15/100/20

Layers - Properties - Blend Mode Difference

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

 

 

12

Activate Tube_Hortensia_Girl_28_07_2025-vi

Edit - Copy

Back to your image at the top of the stack

Edit - Paste as New Layer Image
Image - Resize to 85% - uncheck Resize All Layers

 

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Objects - Align - Right

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 15/15/50/30

 

 

13

Activate Tube Title-Cleophee-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: 32 and Vertical position: 0

14

Activate the Deco3-Cleophee-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 and Vertical position: 18

Press the letter M on your keyboard

 

15

Image - Add borders of 2 pixels with Color 3 #84b8ce

Image - Add borders of 10 pixels with Color 4 #ffffff

Image - Add borders of 2 pixels with Color 3 #84b8ce

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize to 85% - Uncheck Resize All layers

 

16

Activate the bottom layer

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur at 25

Layers - New raster layer

Flood fill with color 3 #84b8ce

Layers - New mask layer - From image - Mask - Silvie_Mask_Abstract82G

Effects - Edge effects - Enhance more

Layers - Merge - Merge group

Layers - Merge - Merge layer below

 

17

Activate the top layer in the stack

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 7/7/50/15

Repeat the Drop Shadow effect with its negatives (-7/-7)

 

18

Image - Add borders of 2 pixels with Color 3 #84b8ce

Image - Add borders of 10 pixels with Color 4 #ffffff

Image - Add borders of 2 pixels with Color 3 #84b8ce

 

19

Activate the Deco4-Cleophee-VSP tube

Edit - Copy

Back to your image at the top of the stack

Edit - Paste as New Layer

 

20

Image - Add borders of 30 pixels with Color 4 #ffffff

Image - Add borders of 1 pixel with Color 3 #84b8ce

 

21

Image - Resize to 800 pixels for Width - check Resize All layers

Adjust - One step Photo Fix

(For older PSP versions: Adjust - Sharpen - Unsharp Mask - default settings)

22

Sign and save as JPG or File or Export as an Optimized jpeg.

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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Paint Shop Pro - My translations (valyscrappassion) - Zen

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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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