Created May 2004 © §harang© - Sharang's Place

Please do not place or copy this tutorial without my permission,
you are more than welcome to link to it with a text link.

This tutorial is written for PSP7 and assumes you have a good
working knowledge of the PSP tools.

Any resemblence to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.


Supplies Needed

Paint Shop Pro
The Font I Used - Scriptina Here
My Supplies - Here
This includes the lady tube I used and my mask and lip tube.
The lady tube is by the very talented Audieanne at Montage Menagerie.
Many thanks Audieanne for your kind permission to use your tubes.




1. Open the supplies in PSP. Minimise the mask and lip tube for now.
Shift & D to duplicate the lady tube and close the original for future use.
Image > Resize by 65%, Bicubic Resample, All Layers - Checked.
Image > Canvas Size 400 width x 400 height,
Centre Image Horizontally and Vertically both checked.

2. In your layer palette, click on the watermark layer to make it active.
Layers > Arrange > Move Down.
Floodfill this layer with solid black.

3. Masks > New > From Image as follows.

4. Masks > Delete.
Click on Yes to the pop-up window.

5. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel as follows :

6. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow as follows :

7. In your layer palette, click on your tube layer to make it active.
Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow.
Use the same settings as before.

8. Using your Mover Tool, position your tube like this :

9. Maximise the lip tube and Edit > Copy.
Minimise the lip tube again, we've finished with it.
Edit > Paste As New Layer.
Using your Mover Tool, position the lips in the top right corner.
Edit > Paste As New Selection.
Position these lips down and to the right of the first.
Image > Rotate as follows :

10. Effects > Sharpen > Sharpen.
Selections > Select None.

11. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel.
Use the same settings as before but change the depth to 1.
Colours > Adjust Brightness / Contrast.
Brightness = 25. Contrast = 20.
Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow.
Use the same settings as before but change the opacity
to 60 and change the blur to 4.

12. Set your foreground to solid colour black.
Set your background to solid colour #F99BCD.
Click on your Text Tool and apply your text using these settings :

13. Using the centre node, rotate your text to an angle and
position it. You can use my finished sig above as a guide.
Layers > Convert To Raster Layer.

14. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel.
Use the same settings as before but change the depth
to 2 and the light intensity to 60.
Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow, the same settings as before.
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.

15. Click on your crop tool.
In your Tool Options Palette, click on Crop Settings.
Select Opaque Area - Current Layer = Checked.
Click on OK. Then click on Crop Image.

16. Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flatten).
Save as a JPG and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial and you like your new sig.





Homepage


Contents Page


Contact me