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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 :
- XE Xtras / Elemental ici
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 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 tube of the couple is by Mtm
You can join in her sharing group here
-The tube of the butterflies is by Biche57
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Preparation
Duplicate your tubes. Close the originals and minimize the copies for now.
- Put the picture tube in your Psp picture tubes folder
- Put the selection in your Psp selection folder
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Click here to print the tutorial
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You can use my arrow to follow your work
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1- Open a new transparent image of 800 by 650 pixels
2- Set your material palette with two colours out of your main tube
My choice : Foreground : colour 9a7a53
Background : colour 8e9d98
Set your foreground with a sunburst gradient as below :
3- Flood fill your transparent layer with that gradient
4- Layers / duplicate
5- Effects / plugins / XE Xtras / Elemental as below t
Click on Customize to get these settings
Choose for that layer a mode that gives a nice effect ( I have chosen Overlay, opacity 100)
6- Add a new raster layer and select all
7- Selections / modify / Contract by 40 pixels
8- Flood fill your selection in white
Select none
Lower the opacity of that layer to about 30
9- Layers / duplicate
Image / resize at 75% ( Resize all the layers NOT checked !)
10- Repeat step 9, twice
You'll get then 4 white rectangles as below :
11- In your layers palette, close the eyes of Raster 1 and Copie de Raster 1
- Activate Raster 2 / Layers / merge visible
- Your 4 rectangles are now on the same layer !
12- Effects /edge effects / enhance more
13- Open the eyes of Raster 1 and Copie de Raster 1
Activate copy of raster 1 as below :
14- Activate the tube "calguismistedciel5810.pspimage" or a large scenery tube ( with a nice sky ), copy it and paste it as a new layer
15- Effects / image effects / Seamless tiling default
16- Activate the top layer
Selections / select all
Selections / float
Selections / defloat
17- Add a new raster layer
Paste into the selection ( the copy of your scenery tube which is still in the computer's memory ! )
Keep selection !
18- Effects / image effects / Seamless tiling default
Select none
19- Set your material palette with two brightful colours out of your scenery tube
My choice : Foreground : White
Background : bright yellow eaa53a
Set your foreground with a linear gradient as below :
20-Add a new raster layer
Selections / load a selection / from disk / choose " fairymist_Lamarquise.PspSelection" /check Source Luminance d'origine and replace the selection
21- Flood fill the selection with your gradient
Select none
I have set the mode of that layer to Overlay and lowered its opacity to 75
It is up to you to see what suits you best
*** If your Psp doesn't accept my selection, there's a copy of my layer ( you may have to colorize it ! )
22- Activate the tube "B57_papillons@YOURAB7B9E1799.pspimage" or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
I have rubbed off the candle which is on that tube with my eraser tool
Then, I modified the colours of the tube so that it matches my tag :
Adjust / Hue and saturation / Hue , saturation , lightness as below :
I have applied that effect twice !!!!!!
It is up to you to find the colours that match your tag
23- Effects / image effects / Seamless tiling default
24- Activate the tube "Mtm_Ma-P63-Secret- 19 Feb 2007.pspimage"or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
I have resized my tube at 60%
Place it on the left hand side of your tag like me or to your liking
25- Effects / 3d effects / drop shadow of your choice / 0, 0, 80, 40, black for me
26- Make sure everything is in the right place
Layers / Merge all
Edit / copy ( we'll use that copy further on )
27 - Add some symmetrical borders of 1 pixel with a colour of your choice (white for me )
28- Layers / Promote Background layer
29- Image / resize at 90 °% (Resize all the layers NOT checked )
30- Add a new raster layer
Layers / arrange / move down
31- Selections / select all
Edit / paste into the selection ( the copy you did on step 26 is still in memory )
Select none
32- Adjust / Blur / gaussian blur / 10
33- Adjust / Blur / radial blur as below :
34- Add a new raster layer and apply your signature
35- Selections / select all
Selections / modify / contract by 16 pixels
36- Add a new raster layer
Flood fill your selection with the same gradient as on step 19
Selections / modify / contract by 2 pixels
Hit the delete key and select none
37- Add a new raster layer
Activate the picture tube tool, set as belox and apply the picture tube "petits papillons' or a tube of your choice
Place to your liking
I have set the mode of that layer to Exclusion and lowered its opacity to 60 ( It is up to you !)
38- Add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with a colour of your choice (white for me )
39- Save your work as a jpeg file and resize it if necessary
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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 so I can see to the problem !
Tutorial translated on the 5 th of september 2010
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