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GIVE ME THE CHECKS TAG
Supplies Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro. Optional: Penta.Com Dot and Cross Filter for the background effect. If you do not have this filter, you can use any other filter that can create a background design, any outside filter that has texture, any PSP texture or fill with any seamless background tile. Tubes of Choice (3) - For this tutorial, I used the delightful images created by Suzanne Woolcott. You can purchase her wonderful art in tube and full form at AMI which stands for Artistic Minds, Inc. Please remember, when creating your signature tags, to only use permission art and to apply the copyright information on the tag which would include both the artist's name and online gallery link. If you have purchased a commercial image, do add your license number as well. Supplies to Download. This file contains the checkered grid mask and the ribbon mask created by me.
SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL Magic Wand Settings Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 4 (more or less depending on your PSP version), Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected. Drop Shadow: Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black
CREATING THE BASIC TAG USING THE MASK TEMPLATE Step 1 Open up your tube graphic, checkered grid mask, tube graphics you will be using and a new transparent image 600 width by 600 height. At the Material Palette, select a deep, solid color for your basic tag. Flood fill the transparency with that color. Step 2 Go to Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image. At the source window's drop down menu, locate the checkered grid mask with source luminance and invert mask data checked. Click ok. Step 3 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Step 4 Left click the selection tool and set it to rectangle. Going from left to right and down, draw a rectangle inside the largest checkered frame. Make one of your tube graphics active and go to Edit/Copy. Make your tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Left click the mover tool and move the tube graphic within the selection. Step 5 If the tube graphic is too large to fit, go to Image/Resize, using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers checked. Step 6 Move the image within the selection and go to Selections/Invert. Now click the delete key. Go to Selections/Select None. Step 7 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Step 8 Left click the magic wand and use the settings from above. Left click the magic wand inside the top smaller frame. Make your tube graphic active and go to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate - Direction: Left, Degrees 10. Step 9 Go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Repeat Step 5 if the tube image is too large to fit. Step 10 Repeat Steps 6 and 7. Step 11 Left click the magic wand and use the settings from above. Left click the magic wand inside the bottom smaller frame. Make your tube graphic active and go to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate - Direction: Right, Degrees 10. Step 12 Repeat Steps 7 through 7. Step 13 Left click the magic wand on the background area surrounding the three frames that area is selected. Go to Effects/Plugins/Penta.Com/Dot and Cross and you can use my settings or your own. Mine are: Amount 75, Cross Distance 46, Cross Width 2 Once you apply the filter go to Selections/Select None. **If you do not have this filter - you can apply another filter, any texture effect or even fill the selected area with any seamless background tile you may have. Plenty of choices. ** Step 14 Open up the ribbon mask. Open a new transparent image 125 width by 125 height. Flood fill the transparency with the color of the light check in your tag. Do not select the dark color. Step 15 Go to Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image. At the source window's drop down menu, locate the ribbon mask with source luminance and invert mask data checked. Click ok. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 16 Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the settings from above. Step 17 Make your ribbon graphic active and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Step 18 Go to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate - Direction: Left, Degrees 10. Left click the mover tool and move the ribbon to where you want it on your tag. Step 19 Go to Layers/Duplicate and move the second ribbon to where you want it on the tag. Step 20 When you are done decorating the tag, go to Layers/New Raster Layer. Step 21 Add your copyright information, go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Step 22 Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers checked. Save your tag as a jpg. Please note, we have not added the text yet. By saving the tag, you now have a template where you can make multiple tags. Step 23 For text - go to Layers/New Raster Layer. Apply your text and the drop shadow using the settings from above. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten) and save this file with a different name. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Purrs, Nikki, Nichie and Sue
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