This
tutorial was written on Wednesday, October 31st 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. 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'm using a brand new release by Ismael Rac called “Sassy
Attitude” which you can buy now in his store HERE
Kit
- “Misfit Fall” by Melissaz Creations which you can download HERE
Template
- “Temp 66” by Spawns Forum Set Templates HERE
Word
Art – I'm using some Autumn wordart by Audrey from the Creative
Misfits Blog HERE
**Plugins**
Xero
– Radiance
Open
up your tube
Press
Shift+d to duplicate
Close
the original
Open
up the template
Press
Shift+d to duplicate
Close
the original
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To Make The Main Tag @@
On the template, delete
layers “credits”, “left square lines” and “right square
lines” on the template
Highlight
layer “Right Foreground”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “Right Foreground 1”
Choose
a paper from your kit. I am using the one on layer “raster 9”
from the kit
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Selections
– None
Delete
“Right Foreground” layer
Highlight
layer “Left Foreground”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “Left Foreground 1”
Grab
your paper again
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Selections
– None
Delete
layer “Left Foreground”
Highlight
layer “Middle Foreground”
Selections – Select All –
Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “Middle Foreground 1”
Choose
a different paper from your kit. I am using the one on layer “Raster
8” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Selections
– None
Delete
layer “Middle Foreground”
Highlight
layer “Middle Foreground 1” again
Grab
your Change To Target brush (the one that looks like a bullseye)
Change
your Foreground colour to a colour that compliments your tag. I am
using #ff7300
Colourise
your Middle Foreground 1 layer
Highlight
layer “Left Black Line”
Layers
– Merge – Merge Down and rename “Lines”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: 88
Contrast
: 10
Still
using your Change To Target Brush
Change
your Foreground to another colour which compliments your tag. I am
using #a53900
Colourise
your “Lines” layer
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Highlight
layer “Right Foreground 1” again
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Grab
your tube
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “Tube1”
Arrange
over the selected area
Once
happy with the position
Selections
– Invert and hit delete
Selections
– None
Change
the Blend Mode to “Overlay”
Lower
the Opacity to around 26
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “Tube1a”
Effects
– Plugins – Xero – Radiance
Use
the default settings :
**Please
be sure to check that the artist you have chosen allows this kind of
alteration to their art. Thanks!**
Change
the Blend Mode to “Hard Light”
Lower
the Opacity to around 24
Highlight
layer “Lines”
Grab
your tube again
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “Main Tube”
Resize
and arrange it over on the left-hand side of your tag until you are
happy with the positioning
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “Main Tube1”
Adjust
– Blur – Gaussian Blur – Radius 3
Change
the Blend Mode to “Hard Light”
Lower
the Opacity to around 83
Highlight
your “Main Tube” layer again
Add a drop shadow of choice
Highlight
layer “Main Tube1”
Grab your Wordart
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “Wordart”
Arrange
along the bottom-right of your tag
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “Border”
Selections
– Select All
Selections
– Modify – Select Selections Border with these settings :
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Change
your Foreground to a complimenting colour from your tag. I am using
#a53900
Floodfill
your selection
Selections
– None
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with these settings :
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Add
your name and copyright to your tag and save.
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@@
To Make The Matching Avatar @@
Open
up a new image
Canvas
size 150 x 150 pixels
Selections
– Select All
Choose
a paper from the kit. I am using the one on layer “Raster 9”
again
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Selections
– None
Rename
this layer “Background”
Grab
your tube again
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “TubeA”
Resize/Arrange
your tube over to the left-hand side of your avatar
Lower the Opacity to around 34
Once
happy with the positioning
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “TubeB”
Effects
– Plugins – Xero – Radiance with the previous settings
Change
the Blend Mode of this layer to “Hard Light”
Lower
the Opacity to around 46
**Once
again, please check that the artist you have chosen allows this kind
of alteration to their art. Thanks!**
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “Border”
Selections
– Select All
Selections
– Modify – Select Selections Border
Use
the previous settings
Grab
your Floodfill Tool again
Your
Foreground should still be set to the colour we used before (#a53900)
Floodfill
your selection
Selections
– None
Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise with the same settings from before
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Add
your name and copyright to your tag, save and your done! :)
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