"Platthand Gold Tag" This tutorial was written by Mouse and put on this site 1/17/2003. Tools: PSP free trial at jasc.com Eye Candy 4000 purchase here. ULEAD ArtTexture They require you to register even though it's a free download. Plathead Demo Font Zip File Image and Corner zip file 1. Open the image provided or one of your choice. If you choose a different image make sure it has a central focal point and lots of background noise around it. Duplicate the image and close out the original. 2. In the layer palette highlight background, right click and promote to layer, then right click and duplicate. Place a red X on the top layer and highlight the bottom layer. 3. With the bottom layer highlighted go to Effects > Texture Effects > Mosaic Glass. Use the settings shown below. 4. Now go to your layer palette and highlight the top layer and make sure the red X is gone. Choose the selection tool and set it on Ellipse, Feather = 0, Antialias checked. Position your cursor in the center of your focal area and create a selection around it. It may take a few tries getting this part right. You want a fairly even space left around the selection. 5. Selection invert. Now hit delete on your keyboard. Select None. 6. With the top layer still highlighted go to Effects > Plugins > EyeCandy 4000 > Bevel Boss. Apply the settings on the following three screen shots!. 7. You can now even up your image around the edges and make it more aesthetically pleasing in the event it looks off center. Choose your selection tool and change it to Rectangle. Create the rectangle around your picture and go to Image, Crop to selection. Select None. 8. Go to Image > Add borders. Make sure symmetric is checked and add a border of 5. 9. Click on your border to select it. Go to Effects > Plugins > Ulead Effects > Art Texture Choose palette 5 and hit ok. On the next screen select the top right border and hit ok. 10. Now your border should be gold. Let's lighten it up a little by going to Colors > Adjust > Brightness/Contrast. Use the settings below. 11. Select None. Now add a border of 35. Select it with your magic wand and flood fill it with the color of your choice. I used #83446f. Select None. 12. Repeat steps 8 - 10. 13. With the last border still selected go to Selections > Invert Go to Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout and apply the following: 14. Now open up your corner ding, Edit > Copy. Edit > Paste as new layer. Position the ding in the top left corner. Go to your layer palette and right click on the corner hit duplicate. Go to Image > flip. 15. Go back to your original ding layer and duplicate it again. Go to Image > Mirror 16. Go back to your original ding layer again, duplicate again and go to Image > flip, Image > mirror. 17. Go to Layers > Merge > Merge visible. Go to Image > Resize >Use the following settings. 18. Now add your text. Select the A located on the bottom left toolbar. Click anywhere on your image and the text box will appear. Use the settings listed below. 19. Go to your layer palette and locate the floating layer. Right click on that and hit promote to layer. Apply the same Gold Ulead Art Texture as before. 20. Position the text where you want it by clicking on the tool with the four arrows. 21. Apply the following drop shadow. 22. Layers > Merge > Merge all flatten. Resize if desired. And, this is what it should look like. Any similarities to other tutorial(s) is purely coincidental! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial please email me with any questions at email me. Return to my Index Return to DreaminPSPTaggers Index