This tutorial was created November 28, 2007
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 snow I used is by Stephanie Shimerdla. You can find her awesome work @ Obsidian Dawn
MuRa's Meister Copies, you can download here
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes, patterns and font
Open tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Scriptina" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your foreground color to White (#FFFFFF)
Set your background color to #A50000
~ Step 1 ~
File, New
Width set to 700 and Height set to 725 with transparent background
Set your Foreground to pattern, find nathy_scratches_500paper_7.jpg and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 100
Activate your Selection Tool, click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Left: 106, Top: 110, Right: 594, Bottom: 614
Fill the selection with your pattern
Selections, Modify, Contract 3
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground back to color (should be white still) and fill the selection
Move this layer below the frame layer
~ Step 2 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your Foreground to pattern, find nathy_sweetchristmas_paper_5.jpg and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 15
Fill the selection with your pattern
Change the Opacity to 40
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 3 ~
Effects, Plugins, MuRa's Meister, Copies and use these settings:
Click on the arrow to select a preset, choose Afterimage(sphere random) and click OK
Effects, Plugins, MuRa's Meister, Copies and use these settings:
Click on the arrow to select a preset, choose Afterimage(rotate random) and click OK
***You results will probably be a little bit different than mine and its normal I think
I redid this about 20 times and each time the result was different, I guess the filter does that***
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Move the frames down as much as you can into the working area but keep them centered
~ Step 4 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your Foreground to pattern, find nathy_scratches_500paper_7.jpg and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 100
Activate your Selection Tool, click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Left: 140, Top: 98, Right: 569, Bottom: 552
Fill the selection with your pattern
Selections, Modify, Contract 10
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
~ Step 5 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Move Down
Set your foreground back to color (should be white still) and fill this layer
Maximize Christmas11Nov07Bnll.pspimage
Hide the credits layer
Edit, Copy Merged
Paste as new layer into your working area
Move it up a little
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 7
Change the Opacity to 78
~ Step 6 ~
Copy joyouschristmas-sandi.pspimage and paste as new layer
Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light
Move the tube up a little and to the right
Click on the frame layer to activate it (should be top layer)
Activate your Magic Wand and use these settings:
Mode: Add, Match mode: RBG Value, Tolerance: 0, Contiguous Checked,
Feather: 0, Anti-alias Checked, Outside
Select outside the frame
Activate the scenery layer we just put and hit delete once on your keyboard
Activate the layer underneath (should be the christmas ball) and hit delete once on your keyboard
Activate the white layer below this one and hit delete once again
Selections, Select None
~ Step 7 ~
Activate the frame layer (should be top layer)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
Copy jet-christmaswoman-november-2007.pspimage and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
75 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the same settings as before but Check Shadow on new layer
Set the Opacity of the shadow layer to 50
Activate the lady layer and repeat the drop shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -2
Set the Opacity of this shadow layer to 50 as well
Move the lady down into the left bottom corner (look at my image for placement)
Activate your Selection Tool and select the bottom part outside the frame
Hit delete once on your keyboard and do the same for both shadow layers
Selections, Select None
~ Step 8 ~
Copy nathy_christmasfun_tag_2.png and paste as new layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Image, Resize and use these settings:
50 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen
Move the tag into the top left corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 9 ~
Maximize nathyminiscrews.png
Select the small screw with your Selection Tool
Copy and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
55 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the screw into the top left corner so its holding the tag
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 50, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
~ Step 10 ~
Copy christmasball.psp and paste as new layer
Move the ball into the top right corner
Copy GGSantaHat_004.psp and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
70 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Right, Degrees: 20, all other options Unchecked
Move the hat into the top right corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000, Shadow on new layer Checked
Set the Opacity of the shadow layer to 50
~ Step 11 ~
Copy nathy_ribbon_wrap_red.png and paste as new layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to top
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Move the ribbon down so its aligned with the front frame we made (NOT the lady's frame!)
with Mura's Meister but leave about 7-8 pixels at the bottom (look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: -1, Horizontal: 0, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 12 ~
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Foreground set to White (#FFFFFF)
Background set to #A50000
Type your name
Position your name at the bottom of the frame
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 13 ~
Crop your image using the Crop Tool
Image, Canvas Size
Add 40 pixels to your Width and Height
Placement will be centred with 20 pixels all around
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Fill this layer with white
~ Step 14 ~
Copy SS-snow.png and paste as new layer
Unlock the transparency for this layer
Right click on any dark spot in the snow layer to fill with your background color (red)
Lock the transparency
~ Step 15 ~
Make sure mask.jpg is open in psp
Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image... and use these settings:
Source window: mask.jpg, Create mask from: Source luminance, Invert mask data Unchecked
Right click on on Group, Merge, Merge Group
Change the Opacity to 40
~ Step 16 ~
Hide the white layer and crop your image once again
Unhide the white layer
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark, resize if you'd like and save your work as jpg
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 snow I used is by Stephanie Shimerdla. You can find her awesome work @ Obsidian Dawn
MuRa's Meister Copies, you can download here
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes, patterns and font
Open tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Scriptina" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your foreground color to White (#FFFFFF)
Set your background color to #A50000
~ Step 1 ~
File, New
Width set to 700 and Height set to 725 with transparent background
Set your Foreground to pattern, find nathy_scratches_500paper_7.jpg and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 100
Activate your Selection Tool, click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Left: 106, Top: 110, Right: 594, Bottom: 614
Fill the selection with your pattern
Selections, Modify, Contract 3
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground back to color (should be white still) and fill the selection
Move this layer below the frame layer
~ Step 2 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your Foreground to pattern, find nathy_sweetchristmas_paper_5.jpg and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 15
Fill the selection with your pattern
Change the Opacity to 40
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 3 ~
Effects, Plugins, MuRa's Meister, Copies and use these settings:
Click on the arrow to select a preset, choose Afterimage(sphere random) and click OK
Effects, Plugins, MuRa's Meister, Copies and use these settings:
Click on the arrow to select a preset, choose Afterimage(rotate random) and click OK
***You results will probably be a little bit different than mine and its normal I think
I redid this about 20 times and each time the result was different, I guess the filter does that***
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Move the frames down as much as you can into the working area but keep them centered
~ Step 4 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your Foreground to pattern, find nathy_scratches_500paper_7.jpg and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 100
Activate your Selection Tool, click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Left: 140, Top: 98, Right: 569, Bottom: 552
Fill the selection with your pattern
Selections, Modify, Contract 10
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
~ Step 5 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Move Down
Set your foreground back to color (should be white still) and fill this layer
Maximize Christmas11Nov07Bnll.pspimage
Hide the credits layer
Edit, Copy Merged
Paste as new layer into your working area
Move it up a little
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 7
Change the Opacity to 78
~ Step 6 ~
Copy joyouschristmas-sandi.pspimage and paste as new layer
Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light
Move the tube up a little and to the right
Click on the frame layer to activate it (should be top layer)
Activate your Magic Wand and use these settings:
Mode: Add, Match mode: RBG Value, Tolerance: 0, Contiguous Checked,
Feather: 0, Anti-alias Checked, Outside
Select outside the frame
Activate the scenery layer we just put and hit delete once on your keyboard
Activate the layer underneath (should be the christmas ball) and hit delete once on your keyboard
Activate the white layer below this one and hit delete once again
Selections, Select None
~ Step 7 ~
Activate the frame layer (should be top layer)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
Copy jet-christmaswoman-november-2007.pspimage and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
75 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the same settings as before but Check Shadow on new layer
Set the Opacity of the shadow layer to 50
Activate the lady layer and repeat the drop shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -2
Set the Opacity of this shadow layer to 50 as well
Move the lady down into the left bottom corner (look at my image for placement)
Activate your Selection Tool and select the bottom part outside the frame
Hit delete once on your keyboard and do the same for both shadow layers
Selections, Select None
~ Step 8 ~
Copy nathy_christmasfun_tag_2.png and paste as new layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Image, Resize and use these settings:
50 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen
Move the tag into the top left corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 9 ~
Maximize nathyminiscrews.png
Select the small screw with your Selection Tool
Copy and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
55 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the screw into the top left corner so its holding the tag
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 50, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
~ Step 10 ~
Copy christmasball.psp and paste as new layer
Move the ball into the top right corner
Copy GGSantaHat_004.psp and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
70 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Right, Degrees: 20, all other options Unchecked
Move the hat into the top right corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000, Shadow on new layer Checked
Set the Opacity of the shadow layer to 50
~ Step 11 ~
Copy nathy_ribbon_wrap_red.png and paste as new layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to top
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Move the ribbon down so its aligned with the front frame we made (NOT the lady's frame!)
with Mura's Meister but leave about 7-8 pixels at the bottom (look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: -1, Horizontal: 0, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 12 ~
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Foreground set to White (#FFFFFF)
Background set to #A50000
Type your name
Position your name at the bottom of the frame
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 13 ~
Crop your image using the Crop Tool
Image, Canvas Size
Add 40 pixels to your Width and Height
Placement will be centred with 20 pixels all around
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Fill this layer with white
~ Step 14 ~
Copy SS-snow.png and paste as new layer
Unlock the transparency for this layer
Right click on any dark spot in the snow layer to fill with your background color (red)
Lock the transparency
~ Step 15 ~
Make sure mask.jpg is open in psp
Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image... and use these settings:
Source window: mask.jpg, Create mask from: Source luminance, Invert mask data Unchecked
Right click on on Group, Merge, Merge Group
Change the Opacity to 40
~ Step 16 ~
Hide the white layer and crop your image once again
Unhide the white layer
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark, resize if you'd like and save your work as jpg
Your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.