Autumn Tag
Supplies Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro. Tube of Choice - For this tutorial, I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott. You can purchase her wonderful art in tube and full form at AMI which stands for Artistic Minds, Inc. Accessories - Autumn Scene Template using the clipart from Microsoft Clipart Media, a autumn tree tubed by me, again using clipart from Microsoft and the tree animation, also from Microsoft Clipart Media, a wonderful place for graphics! Please remember, when creating your signature tags, to only use permission art and to apply the copyright information on the tag. If you have purchased a commercial image, do add your license number as well. **When creating your Signature tags with Paint Shop Pro, do remember to save continually. Nothing worse than to use up your memory resources and lose everything!** SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL Drop Shadow Settings: Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80 Blur 5, Color Black
CREATING THE TAG Step 1 Step 2 Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above. Step 3 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer. Open up the autumn tree. Copy and paste on the outer area of your template. Step 4 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer. Add your text and apply the same drop shadow as in Step 2. Step 5 Go to Layer/New Raster Layer and add your copyright information and licensing information, if applicable. Go to Layer/Merge/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Step 6 Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 80%, bicubic and resize all layers checked. Step 7 Save this file as a psp or psd file. We will finish the animation in animation shop. Click here to continue...
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