Simple PSP8 tutorial

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1.Prepare your base(soften,sharpen etc.)
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2.Duplicate it twice and set the first copy to Screen at 100%,and the second copy to Soft Light at about 55% (I also desaturated the Soft Light layer by 60% as I felt that his skin looked too pink).
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3.Now create a new raster layer,flood fill it with white and set it to Lighten.Then add this brush by absolutetrouble.com in black where you want the transparent part to be.
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4.Apply these brushes by dearest
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5.Add some text or text brushes
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6.Paste this texture by ? beneath your first Lighten layer.
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7.Mirror your new texture layer and set it to Lighten and you´re done :)
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