This tutorial was created March 23, 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
Harry's Power Grad (Frame Gradient), you can download here
VM Instant Art (Three Cuts), you can download here
VM Extravaganza (Color Fusion), you can download here
Fun House (Streak Mirror), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image
Open your picture in psp
{ If you are not using the picture provided then make sure yours is 300 by 375 }
Duplicate and minimize one copy for later use
Set your foreground color to #2b4a5f
If your not using same image as mine set your background color
with a dark color from your image, you will need to get the
Hue and Saturation of this color to colorize later on
Image, Add border, 10 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, Harry's Power Grad, Frame Gradient and use these settings:
Adjust, Colorize and use these settings:
(or use Hue and Saturation you wrote down in step 1)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop shadow and use these settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -3
Selections, Select None
Image, Add border, 30 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, VM Instant Art, Three Cuts and use these settings:
Colorize using same settings as before
Selections, Select None
Image, Add border, 10 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, Harry's Power Grad, Frame Gradient and use these settings:
Colorize using same settings as before
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop shadow and use these settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -3
Selections, Select None
Image, Add border, 45 pixels with foreground color (dark blue)
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, VM Extravaganza, Color Fusion and use these settings:
Colorize using same settings as before
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Clarify and use these settings:
Strength of effect: 5
Repeat Clarify one more time
Selections, Select None
Image, Resize
Set the Width to 390 (the Height will change by itself),
Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio should be checked as
well as Resize all layers
Image, Add border, 10 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, Plugins, Harry's Power Grad, Frame Gradient and use the same settings as before
Colorize using same settings as before
Selections, Select None
Activate Selection Tool and use these settings:
Click on Custom Selection (shown by the red arrow)
And use these settings:
Top: 10, Left: 10, Right: 410, Bottom: Height of your image minus 10
Image, Crop to Selection
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the top of the image
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the bottom
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the width to 1024 and make sure the height doesnt change
Placement will be: Right 624
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Selections, Select All
Maximize the image we duplicated earlier and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 25
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use these settings:
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise using these settings:
Effects, Plugins, Fun House, Streak Mirror and use these settings:
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity to 50
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Flip
Turn the frame layer off by clicking on the eye like in the screenshot:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the same settings as before
Repeat Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling but use these settings:
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity to 80
Now highlight the frame layer and unhide it by clicking on the red X
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
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the top of the image
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the bottom
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 Antje Darling. You can find her awesome artwork at Antje's Graphics.com
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Harry's Power Grad (Frame Gradient), you can download here
VM Instant Art (Three Cuts), you can download here
VM Extravaganza (Color Fusion), you can download here
Fun House (Streak Mirror), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image
Open your picture in psp
{ If you are not using the picture provided then make sure yours is 300 by 375 }
Duplicate and minimize one copy for later use
Set your foreground color to #2b4a5f
If your not using same image as mine set your background color
with a dark color from your image, you will need to get the
Hue and Saturation of this color to colorize later on
Image, Add border, 10 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, Harry's Power Grad, Frame Gradient and use these settings:
Adjust, Colorize and use these settings:
(or use Hue and Saturation you wrote down in step 1)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop shadow and use these settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -3
Selections, Select None
Image, Add border, 30 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, VM Instant Art, Three Cuts and use these settings:
Colorize using same settings as before
Selections, Select None
Image, Add border, 10 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, Harry's Power Grad, Frame Gradient and use these settings:
Colorize using same settings as before
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop shadow and use these settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change vertical and horizontal for -3
Selections, Select None
Image, Add border, 45 pixels with foreground color (dark blue)
Select the border with your magic wand
Effects, Plugins, VM Extravaganza, Color Fusion and use these settings:
Colorize using same settings as before
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Clarify and use these settings:
Strength of effect: 5
Repeat Clarify one more time
Selections, Select None
Image, Resize
Set the Width to 390 (the Height will change by itself),
Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio should be checked as
well as Resize all layers
Image, Add border, 10 pixels in white color
Select the border with your magic wand
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Effects, Plugins, Harry's Power Grad, Frame Gradient and use the same settings as before
Colorize using same settings as before
Selections, Select None
Activate Selection Tool and use these settings:
Click on Custom Selection (shown by the red arrow)
And use these settings:
Top: 10, Left: 10, Right: 410, Bottom: Height of your image minus 10
Image, Crop to Selection
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the top of the image
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the bottom
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the width to 1024 and make sure the height doesnt change
Placement will be: Right 624
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Selections, Select All
Maximize the image we duplicated earlier and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Selections, Select None
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 25
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use these settings:
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise using these settings:
Effects, Plugins, Fun House, Streak Mirror and use these settings:
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity to 50
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Flip
Turn the frame layer off by clicking on the eye like in the screenshot:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the same settings as before
Repeat Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling but use these settings:
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity to 80
Now highlight the frame layer and unhide it by clicking on the red X
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
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the top of the image
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the bottom
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.