This tutorial comes from Tetê Samuel, whom I thank for letting me translate her tutorials.
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Original here

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Tubes

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Material

> You will need a tube character
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Plugins
Mock / Mosaic
Mehdi / Sort Tiles
Simple / Zoom Out and Flip
FM Tile Tools / Mix relief
Toadies / What are you?
AP[Lines] / Lines - SilverLining
Andrew's Filter Collection 59 / Enter and exit filters
Blur / TransBlur
AAA Frames / Photo Frame

You can find these plugins on the websites of:
Renée
Cloclo

SCRIPT

1.
Open the material on the psp / Duplicate (shift+d) / Close the original
Choose two colors from your tube and put a dark color in the foreground and a dark color in the background

2.
Prepare a Linear gradient

Open a new transparent image with 800x600px

3.
Paint the image with the gradient
Effects / Plugins / Mock / Mosaic

4.
Effects / Plugins / Mehdi / Sorting  tiles

Effects / Plugins / Simple / Zoom out and Flip

5.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Vertical mirror (flip)

6.
Layers / Properties / Blend mode: Lighten
Merge down

7.
Effects / Plug-ins / FM Tile tools / Blend Emboss

Effects / Plugins / Toadies / What are you?

8.
Effects / Plugins / AP [Lines] / SilverLining

Effects / Plugins / Simple / Zoom Out and Flip

9.
Activating a selection tool / Custom selection and configuration

Selections / Promote selection to layer

10.
Select none
Image / Mirror / Mirror horizontal (Mirror)

11.
Merge down
Activate the selection tool / Custom selection and configure

12.
Selections / Promote selection to layer
Do not select

13.
Effects / Plug-ins / Andrew's Filter Collection 59/ Collection filters 59 / Ind and Out of Filters

Layers / Duplicate

14.
Merge down
Layers / Duplicate

15.
Activate the selection tool and set it up: X=595 / Y=0

Layers / Duplicate

16.
Activate a selection tool and set: X=794 / Y=0

Merge down

17.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror horizontal

18.
Merge down - 2 times
Copy the tube deco [element_deco] and paste it as a new layer

19.
Layers / Properties / Blend mode: Hard Light
Activate the pick tool and set: X=490 / Y=0

20.
Layers / Duplicate
Activate the pick tool and set: X=685 / Y=100

21.
Merge down
Layers / Duplicate

22.
Activate a selection tool and set it up: X=95 / Y=0

Merge visible

23.
Copy your tube character and paste it as a new layer
Make the necessary adjustments (resize/sharpen/shadow/position etc)

24.
Image / Add borders / 2px / black
Image / Add borders / 50px / white

25.
Selections / Select all
Selections / Modify / contract=50

26.
Selections / Invert
Prepare this Linear gradient

27.
Paint the selection with this gradient
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur=50

28.
Adjust / Add/Remove Noise / Add Noise

Effects / Plugins / Blur / TransBlur

29.
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Selections / Invert

30.
Drop Shadow: 0 0 80 40 black
Select none

31.
Image / Add borders / 2px / black
Image / Resize: 800x600px

32.
Adjust / /sharpness / Sharpen
Effects / Plugins / AAA frames / Photo Frame

33.
Adding signatures
Merge all
Save as jpeg

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Tutorial traduzido em 23/08/24

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