Sunday 22 April 2012

"Fight Like A Girl" - FTU Tutorial



This tutorial was written on Sunday, April 22nd 2012 by Mystery Designs. It was written in PSP X2 and assumes a good, working knowledge of the program. Any similarity to other tutorials is purely coincidental and not done intentionally. Please do not copy or claim the tutorial as your own. If you wish to do so, please link to my blog should groups or forums use it in challenges, and please leave me a comment with a link to where it is being used. Thanks :)

**Supplies Needed**

Tube of choice. I am using one of Xeracx's beautiful Breast Cancer Awareness girls. You need a license to use his art and all the info is over on his store here

Scrapkit of choice. I am using this beautiful FTU add-on kit called “Think Pink” by Kooky Cat Designs which you can collect from here

Template of choice. I am using a freebie by Punky Butts Tutorials – Template 136 which you can download from her blog here

Mask of choice. The one I am using is by Weescotslass (Mask 84) and can be collected over on her blog here

Font of choice.

Please don't forget to leave some love when downloading, thanks :)


**Plugins**

DSB Flux – Bright Noise


Ready? Lets begin.....

Open up the template in PSP
Press shift + d to duplicate it
Close the original

On the duplicate, delete the Pbs Credits, Font Used:Georgia, small rec right and small rec left layers

Open up your tube of choice
press shift + d to duplicate it
Close the original

Highlight the "left circle" layer
Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_paper3” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection

**Do Not Deselect**

Grab your tube and Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Tube1
Arrange it over the selection until you are happy with the placement

Selections – Invert and hit delete


Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “Blank
Selections – Select All

Highlight your “Tube1” layer again
Image – Crop To Selection

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to “Overlay

Effects – Texture Effects – Blinds with these settings :


Highlight the “right circle” layer
Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Grab “KCD_thinkpink_paper3” again
Copy – Paste – Into Selections
Selections – None

Highlight your “Tube1” layer
Layers – Duplicate and rename “Tube2

Image – Mirror
Drag this layer up in your layer palette so that it is above the “right circle” layer

Highlight the “left circle frame” layer

Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise with these settings :


Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen

Add a drop shadow


Highlight the “right circle frame” layer

Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise with the same settings

Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen

Add a drop shadow


Highlight the “back square” layer

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat


Open up “KCD_thinkpink_paper5” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None

Highlight the “back square frame” layer
Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “square rotate left” layer

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_paper1
Copy – Paste – Into Selection 
Selections – None


Highlight the “left square frame” layer
Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “square rotate right” layer

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_paper8” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None

Highlight the “square right frame” layer

Grab your tube
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Tube3

Resize and arrange your tube over the middle square


Once happy with the placement
Layers – Duplicate and rename “Tube4

Drag your “Tube4” layer down in the layer palette so that it is below the “square right frame” layer

Hide your “Tube3” layer for a moment

Highlight the “square rotate right” layer

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat
Selections – Invert

Highlight your “Tube4” layer

Grab your Eraser Tool and wipe out any of your tube that overhangs the bottom of the square

Selections – None

Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “square right frame” layer
Grab your Magic Wand Tool with these settings :


Select the inside of the frame

Selections – Invert

Unhide and highlight your “Tube3” layer

Grab your Eraser Tool again and once more, remove any overhang at the bottom of the square

Selections – None

Highlight the “square right frame” again

Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise with the same settings as previously


Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen


Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “fight like a girl top” layer

Drag the layer down in your layer palette so that it is below the “square rotate right” layer

Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “fight like a girl bottom” layer

Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “heart” layer

Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise with the same settings

Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen

Highlight the “square top” layer

Add a drop shadow


Highlight the “square bottom” layer

Add a drop shadow


Highlight the “BCA glitz” layer

Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “BCA” layer

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “BCA1

Grab the “KCD_thinkpink_paper3” from the kit again

Copy – Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None

Delete the “BCA” layer

Highlight the “heart” layer

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_bow” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Bow1

Image – Resize – 10%

Arrange the bow over to the top-left of the frame surrounding your main tube

Drag this layer down in your layer palette so it is above the “square frame right” layer

Layers – Duplicate and rename “Bow2

Image – Mirror

Arrange your second bow over to the bottom-right of the “left square frame


Drag your second bow layer down in your layer palette so it is below the “square rotate right” layer

Add a drop shadow to both of your bows

Highlight the “heart” layer again

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_bcaribbon2” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Ribbon

Image – Resize – 10%

Arrange the ribbon on the letter “B” of the BCA wordart

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_brad” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Brad

Image – Resize – 10%

Arrange it over by the ribbon so it looks like it is pinning it in place on the “B


Add a drop shadow

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_bird” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Bird

Image – Resize – 10%

Image – Mirror

Arrange the bird so that they are sitting on top of the BCA wordart

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_flower1” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Flower1

Image – Resize – 10%

Arrange down at the bottom of the letter “B

Duplicate the flower several times and arrange them along the bottom of the BCA wordart until you are happy with how they look. Add a drop shadow to each of the flowers.

Making sure your top layer in the layer palette is highlighted

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_txtthink” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Think


Image – Resize – 10%

Arrange it over at the bottom-left of your tag, below the BCA wordart and flowers

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KCD_thinkpink_txtpink” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Pink

Image – Resize – 10%


Arrange it next to your “Think” at the bottom-left of your tag

Add a drop shadow

Highlight the “Background” layer

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “Mask

Using your Floodfill tool, fill your “Mask” layer, colour #f8c3cf

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk

Choose “WSL_Mask84” with the following settings :


Image – Resize - 115%

**If you wish to resize your tag, now is the time to do so**

Add your name and all copyrights. Save your finished tag and you’re done!

Here is another version using a different image




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