IN THE JUNGLE

Supplies

Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro. 

Tube of Choice  -  This lovely tube image comes from the art of Mitch Foust. 

Accessories- Jungle template made using a graphic image from Microsoft Clipart Media - a great place for graphics, tiger animation and cheetah animation.

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

Open up the jungle template.  Go to Image/Add Borders and when the border selection window opens up, select black for your border color with symmetric checked and border width 5.

Step 2

Open up the tube graphic you will be using and go to Edit/Copy.  Make the jungle tag active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.  If the image is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.  Left click the mover tool and move your image on the stone steps, leaving room to add the tiger and cheetah animation later. 

Step 3

Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above.

Step 4

Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 75%, bicubic and resize all layers checked.

Step 5

If your image has dulled due to the resizing, go to Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen.

Step 6

Go to Layer/New Raster Layer.

Add your text.

Step 7

Repeat Step 3.

Step 8

Add your copyright information and license number, if applicable.  Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten and save the file as a psp or psd file.

We will add the tiger and cheetah in animation shop.  Click here to continue.