Thank you for putting a link to this tutorial, whenever you display your realization of that tag on a website, on a group or in a mail !

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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE

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To realize that tag, you'll need  the plugin :

- Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact

and the material zip down below :

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*It is forbidden to suppress watermarks on the material provided , to alter, mist or rename the tubes in order to respect the work of the tubers

- The tube of the woman is by Jhanna

- You can join her sharing group here

- The tube of the scenery is by Guismo

You'll be able to find her tubes on Dakara' s site here

and you can join in her sharing group here

- The other elements that I haven't created, have been found on the net.

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Preparation

- To be on the safe side, duplicate your tube and image in your Psp :
- Window / Duplicate
- Close the originals and work with the copies !

- Place the mask "sg_perspective-flooring-3.PspMask" in the mask folder of your Psp files.

- Place the texture files in the texture folder of your Psp files..

- Place the selections in the selection folder of your Psp files.

- Place the preset Deformation in the Bump maps of your Psp files.

- Double click on the preset Perspective shadow for Alien skin eye candy 5 so that it installs itself in the right folder.

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You can use my arrow to follow your work
Click on it and drag it all along the tutorial !

 

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Tutorial realized with PSP XIII

Step 1 : The background of the tag

1 - Open a new transparent image of 850 by 700 pixels.

2 - Set your Material palette as explained below :

- Foreground : I have used my dropper tool to pick some blue of the sky out of my scenery tube : 5e7489.

- Background : A contrasting colour to apply a texture on the sky : I have used my dropper tool to pick some pink out of the lady tube : edb7db.

- Set the Polar texture with your background colour as shown below :

         

3 - Flood fill your transparent image with your foreground colour.

4- ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Flood fill your new layer with your background texture (Right clik).

- If you wish to emphasize the effect of the texture, you may duplicate that layer or set it on a mode that makes it come out nicely (I have left it as it is).

5- Open the image "texture_sisal_fairymist.jpg" in your Psp. (You can minimize it).

- Set your Materials palette as below :

- Foreground with a colour of your choice /Maroon 2b0914 for me (Colour out of the tube of the lady).

- Background with your Sisal Texture .

               

6-ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Selections / Load a selection / from Disk / Choose the selection "Fairymist_Gonnie1.PspSelection" with the settings below :

7- Flood fill that selection with your foreground colour. Don't deselect !

8-ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Flood fill that new layer with your background Sisal texture (Right click).

9- Layers / Load a mask / from disk / Choose the mask "sg_perspective-flooring-3.PspMask" with the following settings :

- Layers / Merge group.

10-ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Selections / Load a selection / from Disk / Choose the selection "Fairymist_Gonnie2.PspSelection" with the previous settings.

11- Flood fill the seection with your foreground colour.

- Deselect all.

- Here is what I get at that stage :

Step 2- The wall

1-ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

2 - Selections / Load a selection / from Disk / Choose the selection "Fairymist_Gonnie3.PspSelection" with the previous settings.

3- Flood fill the seection with your foreground colour.

4- Effects / texture effects  / Texture "Briques- Corel-15-033" or any other texture of your choice with the following settings :

5- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Extrude as below :

6- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Perspective shadow as below :

- You may change my settings if you wish to get a different shadow and change the colour of the shadow too.

- Deselect all ( Ctrl + Lettre D)

Step 3 : The scenery

1- Open the tube "calguismistedjpgcityDanae09012012.pspimage" or a large tube of your choice and copy it.

2- In your layers palette, activate Raster 2.

- Paste your scenery tube as a new layer on to your tag.

- With your move tool, drag ( a little) that tube vertically towards the top of the tag :

3- Open the tube "Pink_blossom_tree.pspimage" or a tube of your choice and copy it.

4- In your layers palette, activate the layer which is on top of the pile.

- Paste the tube of the tree as a new layer on to your tag.

- Instead of a tube, you may prefer to use a brush of a tree on a new layer !.

5- I have resized the tube of the tree at 120% (Resize all the layers, NOT checked).

- Place that tree on the right hand side of your tag or to your liking.

Step 4 : The screens

1-ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Selections / Load a selection / from Disk / Choose the selection "Fairymist_Gonnie4.PspSelection" with the previous settings.

2- Set your Material palette as explained below :

- Foreground : Colour you will use to paint the frame of your screens. My choice : beige b09274.

- Background : White

3- Flood fill your selection with your foreground colour.

4- Selections / Modify / Contract by 8 pixels.

- Hit the delete key of your keyboard. Keep selection!

5-ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Flood fill the inside of the frame in white (Right Click).

- In your layers palette, lower the opacity of that layer ( 55 for me). Deselect all.

6- Layers / Arrange / Merge down.

7- Activate the layer which is just above (The layer where the frame is).

- Effects / 3d effects / Drop shadow as below or to your liking.

8- Layers / Arrange / Merge down.

9- Layers / Duplicate.

10- Effects / Image effects / Offset as below :

11- Layers / Arrange / Merge down.

- Leave that work on the side for the moment.

12- Open a new image of 100 by 100 pixels;

13 - Activate your Pen tool and set it as below :

- Draw a line similar to mine ( width slightly inferior to 2 squares ) :

- Click on the green arrow to apply.

- Layers / Convert to raster layer.

14- Copy that line you have just drawn and paste it as a new layer on the tag you have put on the side at point 11.

15- With your move tool, place that line as shown below :

16- Layers / Duplicate.

- Place that duplicated line as shown above (2)

- You may use the Zoom (Lettre Z) as well as the arrows of your keyboard to help you place these lines.

17- Activate the layer on top of the pile.

- Layers / Merge down. / Twice so that all the elements of these two frames are on the same layer

18- Layers / Duplicate.

19- Effects / Image effects / Offset as below :

20- Layers / Duplicate.

21- Effects / Image effects / Offset as previously.

22- Activate the layer on top of the pile.

- Layers / Merge down. Twice so that all the frames are on the same layer

23- Paste your line ( It is still there !) as a new layer on to your tag.

24- Image / free rotation as below :

25- Place as shown below.

26- Layers / Duplicate / Seven times.

- Place all the elements as shown below :

27- Activate the layer on top of the pile of layers.

- Layers / Merge down / 8 times (So that all the elements of the screen are on the same layer)

28- Activate your Raster Deform tool (Letter D) and proceed as explained below to apply my Deformation preset :

- Click on the blue arrow to apply the effect and click on any other tool to get rid of the Deform tool !

- You'll find down below the settings of this preset, in case the preset itself wouldn't work :

29- Layers / Duplicate / twice.

- Image / mirror.

- Place the 3 screens as on my tag or to your liking.

Step 5 : The main tubes.

1- Open the tube "JHanna_577©G.Boissonnard.pspimage" or a tube of your choice and copy it.

2- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- I have resized the tube at 75% (Resize all the layers, NOT checked).

- Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen.

- Place as on my tag or to your liking.

3- Effects / 3d effects / Drop shadow of your choice / - 4, 4, 60, 20, black for me.

4- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Perspective shadow / Tab Settings : choose the preset Perspective_shadow_Gonnie1

- Here are the settings of my preset :

5- Open the tube "Lanterns"or a tube of your choice and copy it.

6- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- Place as on my tag or to your liking.

7- This is how I have changed the Hue and Brightness of these lamps :

- Adjust / Hue and saturation / Colorize as below :

- Adjust / Brightness and contrast as below :

8- Open the tube " Chinoiseries"or a tube of your choice and copy it.

6- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- I have resized the tube at 50% (Resize all the layers, NOT checked).

- Place as on my tag or to your liking.

10- Voilà comment j'ai changé les couleurs de ce tube :

- Adjust / Hue and saturation / Hue map :

- It is up to you to play with the different cursors to get a result that matches your colours.

11- Effects / 3d effects / Drop shadow of your choice / - 4, 4, 60, 20, black for me.

12- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Perspective shadow as on point 4.

13 - Apply your signature signature

- Make sure everything is at the right place.

- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 5 pixels with a colour of your choice :
- 2b0914 for me.

 - Save your work as a jpeg file.

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That's it !! You've done it !!

If you 've enjoyed doing my tutorial, it would be nice to write a few words in my guest book ! If you 've had the slightest problem, please, send me a mail here so I can see to the problem

Tutorial translated on the 16th of June 2012

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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE