This
tutorial was written on Saturday, 12th January 2013 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
– Roman Zaric's “Donatela” HERE
Kit
- “Donatela” matching kit HERE
Template
- “Temp70-Leah” HERE
Mask
- “Tee-Mask46” HERE
Wordart
- “Baby It's Cold Outside” HERE
**Plugins**
Alien
Skin – EyeCandy – Gradient Glow
Open
up your tube of choice
Shift
+ d to duplicate
Close
the original
Minimize
your copied tube for the moment
Open
up your template
Shift
+ d to duplicate
Close
the original
Delete
layer “credits”
Image
– Canvas Size – 800 x 650 pixels
This
may seem rather large but don't worry, it can be resized later on if
peeps wish :) Mine was resized by 80%.
Highlight
layer “circle 1”
Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat
Open
up “paper 6” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “square 4”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “square 4a”
Copy
– Paste paper 6 into your selection again
Selections
– None
Delete layer “square 4”
Highlight
layer “square 5”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “square 5a”
Open
up “paper 3” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None
Delete
layer “square 5”
Highlight
layer “circle 3”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “circle 3a”
Copy
– Paste paper 3 into your selection again
Selections – None
Delete
layer “circle 3”
Highlight
layer “circle 2”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “circle 2a”
Grab
your Floodfill tool
Change
your Background Colour to #745950
Fill
your selection
Selections – None
Delete
layer “circle 2”
Highlight
layer “square 1”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Floodfill
with the same colour from before
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “square 2”
Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat
Change
your Foreground colour to #8f071f
Fill
your selection
Selections – None
Highlight
layer “square 3”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Floodfill
with the same colour (#8f071f)
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “circle frame 2”
Adjust
- Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise
Uniform
– Monochrome – 57%
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Highlight
layer “frame”
Adjust – Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
= 255, Contrast = 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise
Uniform,
Monochrome, 57%
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Highlight
layer “frame 1”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
= 255, Contrast = 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise
Uniform,
Monochrome, 57%
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Highlight
layer “frame 2”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
= 255, Contrast = 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise
Uniform
– Monochrome, 57%
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Highlight
layer “circle1”
Grab
your tube that we minimized earlier
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “main tube”
Arrange
over the middle circle
Once
you are happy duplicate and rename “main tube copy”
Layers
– Arrange – Bring to top
Hide
this layer for the moment
Highlight
your “main tube” layer
Grab
your Eraser tool and carefully remove any of your tube which overlaps
the bottom of the middle circle like so :
Effects
– Plugins – EyeCandy – Gradient Glow with these settings :
Unhide
and highlight layer “main tube copy”
Grab
your eraser tool again, and once more carefully remove any of your
tube which overlaps the bottom of the circle
Highlight
layer “square 1”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Grab
your tube again
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube1”
Position
over your selection
Selections
– Invert and hit Delete
Selections
– None
Lower
the Opacity to around 53
Highlight
layer “square 2”
Selections
– Select All – Float - Defloat
Grab
your tube again
Image
– Mirror
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube2”
Position
over your selection
Selections
– Invert and hit Delete
Selections
– None
Lower
the Opacity to around 53
Highlight
layer “square 3”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Grab your mirrored tube again
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube3”
Position
over your selection
Selections
– Invert and hit Delete
Selections
– None
Lower
the Opacity to around 53
Unhide
layer “bg”
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Change
your Background colour to #ba3f4a
Fill
this layer and rename “mask”
Layers
– Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk
Choose
“ Tee-Mask46” with these settings :
Add
a Drop Shadow to the following layers :
circle
frame 2
square
1
square
2
square
3
The
next steps are given as guidelines only to replicate the taggie I
made above. Please feel free to add whichever elements you wish from
the kit you have chosen.
Highlight
layer “main tube copy”
Open
up “flower1” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “flower1”
Image
– Resize – 45%
Position
over the bottom edge of the circle frame like so :
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up “charm” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “charm”
Image
– Resize – 55%
Arrange
over on the right-hand side of your tag on the middle square frame
like so :
Hide
layer “main tube copy” for a moment
Open
up “bow1” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “bow1”
Arrange
over on the top-left of your tag like so :
Layers
– Arrange – Move Down
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up “bow2” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “bow2”
Image
– resize – 50%
Arrange
above the previous bow we just placed like so :
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up “evergreen” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “evergreen”
Image
– Resize – 75%
Arrange
over on the bottom-left of your tag like so :
Layers
– Arrange – Move Down
Layers
– Arrange – Move Down
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “evergreen copy”
Image
– Mirror
Image
– Flip
Arrange
over on the top-right of your tag like so :
Drag
this layer down in your Layer Palette until it is below layer
“frame2”
Add
a Drop Shadow to both “evergreen” and “evergreen copy” layers
Highlight
layer “bow2”
Open
up “tree” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tree”
Effects
– Plugins – EyeCandy – Gradient Glow with the same settings
from before, but change the Glow Width to 20.16
Arrange
your tree over on the left-hand side of your tag like so :
Drag
this layer down in your Layer Palette until it is below layer “frame”
Unhide
your “main tube copy layer”
Highlight
layer “flower1”
Open
up “sparkles” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “sparkles”
Time
to add your wordart
If
you are using the one I have used
Open
up “Baby It's Cold Outside”
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “wordart”
Effects
– Plugins – EyeCandy – Gradient Glow with the same settings
again, but this time change the Glow Width to 6.77
Arrange
along the bottom of your tag like so :
**If
you would like 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!
I hope peeps have enjoyed the tut and I would love to see any results :)
*huggs*
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