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 artwork I used is ŠAna Rasha http://anarasha.deviantart.com/
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Xenofex 1.1 (Shower Door), you can download here (scroll down all the way)
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes, mask, texture and font
Put the mask in your mask folder
Put the texture in your texture folder
Open the tubes in psp and minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Hansa" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your Foreground color to #D2E9E3
Set your Background color to #68C5CB
~ Step 1 ~
Duplicate Pchm~C!Birds.psp and minimize one copy for later use
Working on one copy of Pchm~C!Birds.psp
Ajust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, set Radius to 12
Effects, Plugins, Xenofex 1.1, Shower Door and use the following settings:
~ Step 2 ~
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.148.bmp and use the following settings:
~ Step 3 ~
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
~ Step 4 ~
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find mask085 and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Edit, Copy
***You now can close this as we wont use it anymore***
~ Step 5 ~
File, New
Set Width to 500 and Height to 355, background transparent
Selections, Select All
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
~ Step 6 ~
Copy frame.pspimage
Paste as new layer in the working area
Move it to the right
(Look at my image for placement)
Select inside the frame using your magic wand
Layers, New Raster Layer
~ Step 7 ~
Set your foreground to gradient (linear, angle 45, repeat 1, invert NOT checked)
Fill the layer with the gradient
Selections, Select None
Change the opacity of this layer to 76
Move this layer down under the frame layer
(Layers, Arrange, Move Down)
~ Step 8 ~
Activate your frame layer (should be your top layer now)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
~ Step 9 ~
Copy your flower tube again
Paste as new layer in the working area
Image, Resize 47 %, Resample using: Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio checked, Resize all layers NOT checked
Move it so it fits nicely in the frame
Move this layer down so its second layer from the bottom (just over the background layer)
Change the opacity of this layer to 70
~ Step 10 ~
Copy Glow__by_anaRasha_Kpink.psp
Paste as new layer in the working area
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Move the tube to the left
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the same settings as in step 8
***If you are using another tube then resize so it fits in the image***
~ Step 11 ~
Set your foreground back to null
Set your background to #0F3661
Activate your text tool and use the following settings:
Type your name
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Move it so it fits nicely in the frame
Apply same Drop Shadow as in step 8
~ Step 12 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with any color you'd like for background
(I used white #FFFFFF)
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Save your work as jpg
Add your watermark and the artist info (ŠAna Rasha http://anarasha.deviantart.com/)
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 artwork I used is ŠAna Rasha http://anarasha.deviantart.com/
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Xenofex 1.1 (Shower Door), you can download here (scroll down all the way)
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes, mask, texture and font
Put the mask in your mask folder
Put the texture in your texture folder
Open the tubes in psp and minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Hansa" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your Foreground color to #D2E9E3
Set your Background color to #68C5CB
~ Step 1 ~
Duplicate Pchm~C!Birds.psp and minimize one copy for later use
Working on one copy of Pchm~C!Birds.psp
Ajust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, set Radius to 12
Effects, Plugins, Xenofex 1.1, Shower Door and use the following settings:
~ Step 2 ~
Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Find winni.texture.148.bmp and use the following settings:
~ Step 3 ~
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
~ Step 4 ~
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find mask085 and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Edit, Copy
***You now can close this as we wont use it anymore***
~ Step 5 ~
File, New
Set Width to 500 and Height to 355, background transparent
Selections, Select All
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
~ Step 6 ~
Copy frame.pspimage
Paste as new layer in the working area
Move it to the right
(Look at my image for placement)
Select inside the frame using your magic wand
Layers, New Raster Layer
~ Step 7 ~
Set your foreground to gradient (linear, angle 45, repeat 1, invert NOT checked)
Fill the layer with the gradient
Selections, Select None
Change the opacity of this layer to 76
Move this layer down under the frame layer
(Layers, Arrange, Move Down)
~ Step 8 ~
Activate your frame layer (should be your top layer now)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
~ Step 9 ~
Copy your flower tube again
Paste as new layer in the working area
Image, Resize 47 %, Resample using: Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio checked, Resize all layers NOT checked
Move it so it fits nicely in the frame
Move this layer down so its second layer from the bottom (just over the background layer)
Change the opacity of this layer to 70
~ Step 10 ~
Copy Glow__by_anaRasha_Kpink.psp
Paste as new layer in the working area
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Move the tube to the left
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the same settings as in step 8
***If you are using another tube then resize so it fits in the image***
~ Step 11 ~
Set your foreground back to null
Set your background to #0F3661
Activate your text tool and use the following settings:
Type your name
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Move it so it fits nicely in the frame
Apply same Drop Shadow as in step 8
~ Step 12 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with any color you'd like for background
(I used white #FFFFFF)
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Save your work as jpg
Add your watermark and the artist info (ŠAna Rasha http://anarasha.deviantart.com/)
and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.