This tutorial was created in 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, you can download here
UnPlugged Colors, you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and the mask
Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your picture in psp, duplicate and minimize for later
Set your Foreground color to #7F609A
Set your Background color to #aF9ECB
Selections, Select all
Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout and use the following settings:
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 10 pixels in your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -1
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 20 pixels in a white color
Maximize the duplicate image and copy
Activate your working image and paste into selection
Effects, Plugins, Simple, Diamonds
Adjust, Blur, Glaussian Blur and set the Radius to 20
Effects, Art Media Effects, Brush Strokes and use the following settings:
Effects, Plugins, UnPlugged Colors, White Shimmer (just click "OK")
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 15 pixels in your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the same settings as before
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -1
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 55 pixels in your light color
Select the border with your magic wand
Layers, New Raster Layer and fill with your dark color
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find 200.jpg Mask and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Selections, Float
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Selections, Select none
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select All
Selections, Modify, Contract 55
Hit delete key once
Selections, Select None
Image, Add Borders, 20 pixels in your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Image, Add Borders, 1 pixel in a black color
Save your work as jpg
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, you can download here
UnPlugged Colors, you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and the mask
Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your picture in psp, duplicate and minimize for later
Set your Foreground color to #7F609A
Set your Background color to #aF9ECB
Selections, Select all
Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout and use the following settings:
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 10 pixels in your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -1
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 20 pixels in a white color
Maximize the duplicate image and copy
Activate your working image and paste into selection
Effects, Plugins, Simple, Diamonds
Adjust, Blur, Glaussian Blur and set the Radius to 20
Effects, Art Media Effects, Brush Strokes and use the following settings:
Effects, Plugins, UnPlugged Colors, White Shimmer (just click "OK")
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 15 pixels in your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the same settings as before
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -1
Selections, Select none
Image, Add Borders, 55 pixels in your light color
Select the border with your magic wand
Layers, New Raster Layer and fill with your dark color
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find 200.jpg Mask and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Selections, Float
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Selections, Select none
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select All
Selections, Modify, Contract 55
Hit delete key once
Selections, Select None
Image, Add Borders, 20 pixels in your dark color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Image, Add Borders, 1 pixel in a black color
Save your work as jpg
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.