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Noisy Flower Mask Tag
Supplies Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro any version. Tubes of Choice (2 or 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. Filters Unlimited 2 (a commercial filter) for edge effect using Edges Square 03. If you do not own Filters Unlimited 2, you can use your favorite edge effect from another filter or you can add a border width, from Paint Shop Pro, instead. Supplies for download - Noisy Flower Mask and background created by me and doodle flowers created by Lori M. Optional Elements - such as tubes, preset shapes, or brushes for added design style.
SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL
Magic Wand Settings Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 48, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected. Drop Shadow Settings (1)Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80 Blur 5, Color White (2)Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80 Blur 5, Color Black CREATING THE BASIC TAG Step 1 Open up your tube graphics, the noisy flower mask, and a new transparent image 600 width by 550 height. At the Material Palette, select a medium, 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 noisy flower mask with source luminance and invert mask data checked. Click ok. Step 3 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Group. Step 4 Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the #1 drop shadow settings. The color for this drop shadow is white. Step 5 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 6 Open up the flowerbkgnoise file. At the Material Palette, left click on the color you selected from Step 1 and write down the hue and saturation. Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and type in the hue and saturation amounts. Step 7 At the Material Palette, left click the top color box and when the color selection window opens up, select pattern, locate the flower pattern with angle set to 0 and scale set to 100. Step 8 Make your tag active and go to Layers/New Raster Layer. Flood fill this new layer with the flower background pattern. Go to Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Steps 9 Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. Step 10 Go to Effects/Plugins/I.C. Net Software/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Edges Square/Edges Square 03. Step 11 Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from Drop Shadow (1) above. For those who who do not have any edge effect type filters: Skip steps 9 -11 and instead go to Step 12. Once you have flattened your image, go to Image/Add Borders and when the border selection window opens, select a color for your border, symmetric and a width of 3. Step 12 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Step 13 Left click the magic wand using the settings from above. Left click the magic wand into the top frame. Step 14 Make one of your tube graphics active and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. With the mover tool, move the tube graphic inside the the selected frame. The full sized graphic DOES NOT need to fit inside the circle, just the top portion should fit. Step 15 If the top portion of the tube graphic is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. Move the top portion inside the selection, go to Selections/Invert and click the delete key. Go to Selections/Select None. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 16 Make your second tube graphic active. Go to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate with direction right, free and 20 degrees. Go to Edit Copy. Step 17 Left click the magic wand inside the bottom frame to select it. Go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. With the mover tool move the image inside the selected frame. If the Image is too large, resize it as you did in Step 15. Go to Selections/Invert and click the delete key. Go to Selections/Select None. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 18 Make one of your tube graphics active (or use another one) and copy and paste it full size to the left of your picture frames. Apply a drop shadow (#2 with the color black). Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 19 (Optional) Apply the Lori M doodle flowers for additional decoration. Colorize your doodle to match the colors in your tag as you did in Step 6. Resize as necessary. You can also add any other decorative element for your tag. Step 20 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your copyright information. Step 21 Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers checked. Step 22 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Save this file as a jpg and you can use it as a template to create more tags. Step 23 For each new tag you create, go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your text. If you use the vector option, you will see it has a rounded arrow that allows you to rotate your text. If you are not comfortable using vector text, then use floating text and go to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate/direction left and the degrees you will need to experiment with to find the best setting for your text. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten) and save each tag with a different name. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Purrs, Nikki, Nichie and Sue
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