This tutorial was created March 19, 2006
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
The picture I used is by Antje Darling. You can find her awesome artwork at Antje's Graphics.com
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Simple (4 Way Average), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image, textures and mask
Put the textures in your texture folder
Open your image and the mask in psp
Minimize the mask
Duplicate your image and minimize one copy for later use
Set your Foreground color to #274857
Set your background color to #7AA8B5
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 5, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 7, Right 0, Color: your light color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.109 and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 5, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 50, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.18 and use the following settings:
Do not deselect!
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill the selection with your light color
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.109 and use the following settings:
Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow use the following settings:
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 5, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the width to 1024 and make sure the height doesnt change
Placement right or left (to your liking): 512 (i put mine on left)
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
The width stays the same (1024) and change the height to 900
Placement will be: Bottom 528
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Make sure Shadow on new layer IS checked!
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the shadow out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Selections, Select All
Maximize the image we duplicated earlier and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 35
Effects, Plugins, Simple, 4 Way Average
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise and using the following settings:
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity around 50%
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
The picture I used is by Antje Darling. You can find her awesome artwork at Antje's Graphics.com
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Simple (4 Way Average), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image, textures and mask
Put the textures in your texture folder
Open your image and the mask in psp
Minimize the mask
Duplicate your image and minimize one copy for later use
Set your Foreground color to #274857
Set your background color to #7AA8B5
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 5, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 7, Right 0, Color: your light color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.109 and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 5, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 50, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.18 and use the following settings:
Do not deselect!
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill the selection with your light color
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.109 and use the following settings:
Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow use the following settings:
Image, Add borders, uncheck Symmetric and use the following settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Bottom: 5, Right 0, Color: your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the width to 1024 and make sure the height doesnt change
Placement right or left (to your liking): 512 (i put mine on left)
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
The width stays the same (1024) and change the height to 900
Placement will be: Bottom 528
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Make sure Shadow on new layer IS checked!
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
(like in the screen shot)
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the right side of the image
(like in the screen shot)
This will extend the shadow out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the left side
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Selections, Select All
Maximize the image we duplicated earlier and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 35
Effects, Plugins, Simple, 4 Way Average
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise and using the following settings:
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity around 50%
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.