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 boo word art I used is by Dozi. You can download it here (2nd theme-kit from the top) ***

Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Eye Candy 5 Impact (Perspective Shadow), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the tubes and font

Open your tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Sands of Fire" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your Foreground color to #6F7B96
Set your Background color to #30333F

~ Step 1 ~

Maximize frame.pspimage
Duplicate and close original
Unhide Raster 1
This will be our working area
Activate the Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill the selection with your background color
Do not deselect!

~ Step 2 ~

Copy MoonlightFlight_MistedByGini_08-01-06.pspimage and paste into selection
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



~ Step 3 ~

Layers, New Raster Layer
Activate the Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Copy face.pspimage and paste as into selection
Selections, Select None
Change the Blend Mode to Overlay
Set the Opacity to 18
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 4 ~

Copy GhostReaper-Trble-82706.psp and paste as a new layer
Move it up and to the left
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, Plugins, Eye Candy 5 Impact, Perspective Shadow and use the following settings:





Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 5 ~

Copy magic.pspimage and paste as a new layer
Move it to the left and position it like it would be hanging from the ghost foot
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 6 ~

Copy DamselfuInDistress-Schwegel-Trble-82606.psp and paste as a new layer
Move it up and position it on the right side of the moon
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Image, Resize and use the following settings:
Width and Height 70 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect Ratio checked, Resize all layers NOT checked
Move it down and to the left a little
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Resize and use the same settings as before
Move it up a little
(Look at my image for placement)

~ Step 7 ~

Hide Bottom Layer
Merge all the bats together
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
Change the Opacity to 80
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 8 ~

Copy chain.pspimage and paste as a new layer
Move it to the right
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 9 ~

Maximize a-dozi's-halloween'kit-03.psp
Select the boo word art, copy it and paste as a new layer into your working area
Resize 50%
Move it to the right on top of the chain
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Make sure Shadow on new layer is checked!!!



Activate the top layer (not the shadow)
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 10 ~

Set your foreground color to Null
Set your background to #30333F
Activate text tool and use the following settings:



Type your name (or whatever you want)
Move it between the ghost reflection and the chain
(Look at my image for placement)

~ Step 11 ~

Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings (color #6F7B96):
Make sure Shadow on new layer is checked!!!



Activate the top layer (not the shadow)
Change the Blend Mode to Difference
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Save your work as jpg

Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.