This tutorial was created March 24, 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 Bez Boardman. You can find her awesome artwork at Bez Boardman's Gallery
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Andrew's Filters 8 (Random City Negative), you can download here
Artistic (Rough Pastels), you can download here
L en K landksiteofwonder (L en K's Raisa), you can download here
Mura's Seamless Filters C (Emboss at Alpha), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and mask
Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your image in psp and minimize it for later use
{ If you are not using the picture provided then make sure yours is 625 by 343 }
Set your foreground to black (#000000)
Set your background color with a dark color from your picture
Write down the Hue and Saturation of this color as you will need it to colorize later on
{ Working area }
File, New
Set Width to 1024, the Height to 450 and check Transparent
Fill the layer with black
***you have to use black or this is not going to work***
Effects, Illumination Effects, Sunburst and use these settings:
Effects, Plugins, Andrew's Filters 8, Random City Negative and use these settings:
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Effects, Plugins, L en K landksiteofwonder, L en K's Raisa and use these settings:
Activate your Selection Tool and use these settings:
Click on Custom Selection (shown by the red arrow)
And use these settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Right: 512, Bottom: 450
Edit, Clear
Selections, Select None
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Top: 0, Left: 50, Right: 974, Bottom: 350
Image, Crop to Selection
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
(or use the Hue and Saturation numbers from your dark color)
{ Mask }
File, New
Set Width to 736, the Height to 315 and check Transparent
Fill the layer with your dark color
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find kc-050 mask and use these settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Edit, Copy
Go back to our working area and paste as new layer
Effects, Plugins, Mura's Seamless, Emboss at Alpha and use these settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -3
Select the big middle square with your magic wand
Selections, Modify, Contract 1
Layers, New Raster Layer
Maximize the image we minimized earlier and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the height to 900 and make sure the width doesnt change (924)
Placement bottom: 550
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these 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 drop 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
Minimize for now
{ Background }
Maximize our duplicate image
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Right: 392, Bottom: 343
Image, Crop to Selection
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use these settings:
Effects, Plugins, Artistic, Rough Pastels and use these settings:
Image, Flip
Effects, Plugins, Artistic, Rough Pastels and use the same settings as before
Image, Resize and set the Width to 300 pixels
Set your foreground as pattern and fine the background We just made and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 100
Minimize this background and back to our working area
Fill the bottom layer with the pattern
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the same settings as before
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with your dark color
Layers, Properties and change the opacity to 30
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with white
Layers, Properties and change the opacity to 30
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 Bez Boardman. You can find her awesome artwork at Bez Boardman's Gallery
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Andrew's Filters 8 (Random City Negative), you can download here
Artistic (Rough Pastels), you can download here
L en K landksiteofwonder (L en K's Raisa), you can download here
Mura's Seamless Filters C (Emboss at Alpha), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and mask
Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your image in psp and minimize it for later use
{ If you are not using the picture provided then make sure yours is 625 by 343 }
Set your foreground to black (#000000)
Set your background color with a dark color from your picture
Write down the Hue and Saturation of this color as you will need it to colorize later on
{ Working area }
File, New
Set Width to 1024, the Height to 450 and check Transparent
Fill the layer with black
***you have to use black or this is not going to work***
Effects, Illumination Effects, Sunburst and use these settings:
Effects, Plugins, Andrew's Filters 8, Random City Negative and use these settings:
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Effects, Plugins, L en K landksiteofwonder, L en K's Raisa and use these settings:
Activate your Selection Tool and use these settings:
Click on Custom Selection (shown by the red arrow)
And use these settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Right: 512, Bottom: 450
Edit, Clear
Selections, Select None
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Top: 0, Left: 50, Right: 974, Bottom: 350
Image, Crop to Selection
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
(or use the Hue and Saturation numbers from your dark color)
{ Mask }
File, New
Set Width to 736, the Height to 315 and check Transparent
Fill the layer with your dark color
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find kc-050 mask and use these settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Edit, Copy
Go back to our working area and paste as new layer
Effects, Plugins, Mura's Seamless, Emboss at Alpha and use these settings:
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -3
Select the big middle square with your magic wand
Selections, Modify, Contract 1
Layers, New Raster Layer
Maximize the image we minimized earlier and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the height to 900 and make sure the width doesnt change (924)
Placement bottom: 550
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these 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 drop 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
Minimize for now
{ Background }
Maximize our duplicate image
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom Selection and use these settings:
Top: 0, Left: 0, Right: 392, Bottom: 343
Image, Crop to Selection
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use these settings:
Effects, Plugins, Artistic, Rough Pastels and use these settings:
Image, Flip
Effects, Plugins, Artistic, Rough Pastels and use the same settings as before
Image, Resize and set the Width to 300 pixels
Set your foreground as pattern and fine the background We just made and use these settings:
Angle: 0, Scale: 100
Minimize this background and back to our working area
Fill the bottom layer with the pattern
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the same settings as before
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with your dark color
Layers, Properties and change the opacity to 30
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with white
Layers, Properties and change the opacity to 30
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.