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Tube=by Yoka _top_design_tubes        This tutorial is written in psp X
This tut is translated for us by Mac (L&K co- host) and we give here a hug and biggggg kiss for doing a wonderful job, thanks , lisette and karin.

materials :

• Mura's Filter Meister-> Copies : here
  
• Plugin Balder Olrik : here
  
• Plugin Tymoes grid 2 : here
  
• Plugin Xero-> porcelain : here
  
• Plugin Factory H here
• L&K_vorm_les url+L&K tube's bol: here
  
• L&K mask verticaal_1: here
  
• L&K selection here
• preset : here  extract to your PSP preset folder
• Tube :  here, Brigitte Manon, thank you so much for this tube. Her group Tops can be found : here
  
• font Brie light: here

(In case you'll have trouble making a print screen -> file here )

Especially for this tut Jetty wrote a beautiful script here , for which we thank her. Her lovely site you can find here

preparation:

• colour numbers mentioned are the colours used in the Dutch version
• set your foreground colour to a dark colour, matching your tube #056b93
• set your background colour to a brighter colour  #43a1c5
  I used:
  
  Find your foreground/background gradient, following settings:
  
  

1. We start with making a printscreen of an address bar on the internet.
   If you have your own site, you could use your own url.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Go to the internet,
   choose a site and hit the button Print Scr on your keyboard!
   
   
   
   
3. Back to PSP -> edit / paste as a new image
   
   
   
4. Image / zoom in -> Zoom in a lot: to the upper part of the page.
   Because the bar is much too long, we will shorten it.
   
   
   
5. selection tool : rectangle
   and select exactky the last piece of the bar, as in the example given:
   
   
   
   
6. No activate your deformation tool:  
   as you see there are nodes all around the selection,
   move your cursor on the selected area
   till you see the arows and en leftclick with your mouse once.
   Now look in the layer palette and you will see that the selected area is on a seperate layer now.
    
   
   
7. Move your cursor again on your selection -> press your left button and drag the selection to the left!!!
   
   
   
   
   
8. View / zoom in -> zoom in on the area we dragged
   and place the piece in its place => make sure the lines are connected
   
   
   
   
9. Crop tool / crop the selected area
   (double click on one of the lines, if your pleased with the result)
   
   
   
   
10. layers / merge /merge all
    
    
    
11. edit / copy !!!
    
    
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12. Open a transparent size 700 x550 pixels
    
    
    
13. edit / paste as a new layer
    
    
    
14. effect / Plugins/ Mura's Filter Meister-> Copies
    
    
    
    
    
15. effects/ distortion effects / wave
    
    
    
    
    
16. layers / load/save mask/ load mask from disk, find your L&K verticiaal_1
    
    
    
    
17. layers / merge -> merge group
    
    
    set this url image aside till later on in this tut.
    
    
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18. Open a new transparent size 700 x550 pixels
    
    
    
19. Flood fill / Flood fill with your gradient
    
    
    
20. make a copy using shift + D for later on,
    we will use this as a background, so put it aside for now.
    
    Let's continue with this tut:
    
    
21. effects / plugins / Balder Olrik - Select Sharp, following settings:
    
    
    
    
    
22. swap your material, make your bright colour your foregrounc colour
    
    
    
23. selections / load/save selection/ load selection from disk, find your L&K_les_url
    
    
    
    
24. Flood fill / use your bright colour
    
    
    
25. selections / invert
    
    
    
26. layers / new layer !!
    
    
27. effects / plugin / tymoes -> Gridmaker 2, following settings:
    
    
    
    
28. Selections  / deselect !!
    
    
    
29. Deformation tool   -> Preset -> L&K les url
    
    
    
30. layers / merge / merge all (flatten) !!
    click on the pan tool (the little hand) to get rid of the deformation tool.
    
    
    
31. effects / plugins /filter factory gallery H- GridMin
    
    
    
    
32. swap your colours-> make your dark colour your foreground colour.
    
    
    
    open the file L&K_vorm_les url
    
    
    
33. edit / copy
    
34. back to your working area
    
35. edit / paste as a new layer
    
    
36. magic wand :
    
    
    
37. click in the 7 areas: see both examples , pay attention!!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
38. flood fill /
    flood fill the selection with your dark colour
    
    
    
    
    
39. Repeat: effects / plugins / Tymoes -> Gridmaker 2,
    now fill out these settings :
    
    
    
    
    
40. selections / deselect !!
    
    
    
41. effects / 3 d / dropshadow
    
    
    
    activate the url image   we created earlier in this tut.   ( don't close it, we will need it again later on)
    
    
    
42. edit / copy
    
43. back on your working area
    
44. edit / paste as a new layer
    
    
45. move tool / place this to the right side of your image, as example given
    
    
46. in your layers palette / lower the opacity to approx. 30%
    
    
    
    
47. repeat: effects / 3 d / dorpshadow, same settings as before
    
    
    open the L&K bol_klein_les url
    
    
    
48. edit / copy
    
49. on your working area
    
50. edit / paste as a new layer
    
    
51. move tool / move the little ball as in the example given:
    
    
    
    
52. adlust / hue and saturation / colorize -> find a colour matching your image
    
    
    
    
    
53. view / zoom in -> zoom in a lot
    
54. layers - duplicate, move the secon ball in its place.
    
    
55. repeat this -> layers / duplicate -> 3 x, you have 5 little balls now.
    move them in the centre of the circles. use your move tool.
    
    
    
    
56. open L&K bol_groot_les url
    
    
    
57. edit / copy
    
58. on your working area
    
59. paste as a new layer
    
    
60. move tool / put the ball in its place
    
    
    
    
61. adlust / hue and saturation / colorize / same settings as before
    
    
    
    
62. activate your tube, Mtm_99a_Zkatalys-23 Dec 2005.pspimage
    (or use your own tube, -. resize -> this tube is 480 pixels heigh)
    
    
63. edit / copy
    
64. on your working area
    
65. edit / paste as a new layer.
    
    
66. move tool/ place the tube to your liking.
    
    
    
67. Repeat: effects / 3 d / dropshadow, same settings as before
    
    
    
    
68. image / add borders / 1 pixel -> white
    
    
69. effects / Xero / porcelain, all channels on 0
    
    
70. hide your foreground colour -> background colour = white.
    
    
71. text tool: font -> Brie Light -  size 30 pixels
    
    
    type the name of the site in the textbox or a text you prefer.
    
    
72. effects / 3 d /dropshadow: following settings
    
    
    
    
73. image / rotate free / Right
    
    
    
    
74. move tool - place the text
    
    
    
    
    
75. layers / merge / merge all (flatten)

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background:

1. open the copy we made in the beginning of the tut.
   
   
   
2. adjust / blur /gaussian blur - radius: 50
   
   
   
3. effects / image effects / seamless tiling
   
   
   
   
   activate the url image again:
   
   
4. edit / copy
   
5. on your working area
   
6. edit / paste as a new layer (don't move)
   
   
   
7. layers / load/save mask from disk / load mask from disk, same mask
   invert tranparancy checked!!!
   
   
   
   
8. layers / merge / merge group
   
   
9. repeat: effects / image effects / seamless tiling
   check Corner !!
   
   
   
   
10. In your layerpalette / lower the opacity somewhere between 40 and 70, just to your liking.
    
    
11. In case you want to use the script provided, activate L&K bol_klein_les url image and colorize it with the same settings you used before. Export as a gif.

Export the image and the background as jpg.
extra example :

Hugs, lisette, karin and mac