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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery here
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To make that tag, you'll need the plugins :
- AP Lines / SilverLining.
- Simple.
- Filter Factory Gallery A.
- Mura's Meister / Perspective tiling et Clouds.
- 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 tubes used in this tutorial are by Sabine
- The tubes "Transat" and "soleil" are part of Sabine's tubes.
You can join in her sharing group here.
- You will find her nice tutorials 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 tubes and image in your Psp :
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Window / Duplicate
- Close the originals and work with the copies !
- Place the selection file in the selection folder of your Psp files.
- Double click on the Alien skin presets, they will go in the right place.
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Click here to print the tutorial
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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 made with PSP XV
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1- Open a transparent image of 850 by 700 pixels
2 - Set your colour palette with two colours of your choice.
My choice : Foreground : Brightful colour ffcd4a
Background : White (or any light colour of your choice).
3 - Flood fill your transparent layer with your foreground colour
4- Layers / Duplicate.
5- Effects / Plugins / AP Lines / SilverLining as below :
6- Effects / Plugins / Simple / Diamonds.
7- Layers / Duplicate.
- Image / Mirror.
- In your layers palette, lower the opacity of that layer at 50%.
8- Layers / Merge down.
9- Effects / Plugins / Simple / Centre tile.
10- Effects / Plugins / Filter Factory Gallery A / Mirror, mirror default.
11 - EDIT / COPY.
- EDIT / PASTE AS A NEW IMAGE / LEAVE THAT IMAGE ON THE SIDE.
(To be on the safe side, you may save the image and name it Background).
12- On your tag : Selections / Load a selection / from Disk / Choose "Fairymist_Summertime" and set as below :
13- Effects / Plugins / Mura's Meister / Perspective tiling default.
14- Selections / Invert.
- Hit the delete key of your keyboard.
15 - ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.
16- On that new layer : Effects / Plugins / Mura's Meister / Clouds default.
- In your layers palette, set the mode of that layer on to Screen.
17- Layers / Duplicate.
- In your layers palette, set the mode of that layer on to Multiply.
18- Selections / Deselect all.
19- Open the tube "Graph-Sabine Desin-Tubes 79" or a similar vector tube (not a misted tube!), in your Psp and copy it.
20- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
- In your layers palette, set the mode of that layer on to Multiply.
21- Effects / Image effects / offset as below :
22- In your layers palette, make sure the layer where the houses are is activated.
- Selections / Select all.
- Selections / Float .
- Selections / Defloat.
23- Activate now the layer which is just underneath (copy of raster2) and hit the delete key of your keyboard.
24- Activate now the layer which is just underneath (raster2) and hit the delete key of your keyboard.
25- Activate the layer which is on top of the pile (layer with the houses).
- Deselect all.
26- Optionnal : Layers / Duplicate.
27- If you have duplicated the layer of the houses (like me), activate your top layer.
- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / extrude / in the settings tag, click on the preset Fairymist_Summertime_extrude1
- Optionnal : Layers / Duplicate.
28 - Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Perspective shadow / in the settings tag, click on the preset Fairymist_Summertime1
29- Open the tube "soleil" or a tube of your choice, in your Psp and copy it.
30- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
31 - Place it as on my tag or to your liking.
- I have set the mode of that layer on to Multiply.
32- Open the tube "Graph-Sabine Desin-Tubes 82", in your Psp and copy the selection I have made if you wish to make the same tag as me.
33- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
- I have resized the tube at 75% (Resize all the layers NOT checked).
- Place it as on my tag or to your liking.
34- Effects / 3d effects /drop shadow of your choice (- 4, - 4, 30, 10 black for me).
35- Open the tube "transat"or a tube of your choice, in your Psp and copy it.
36- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
- Place it as on my tag or to your liking.
37- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Perspective shadow / in the settings tab, click on the Fairymist_Summertime2 preset.
- (Beware you don't use preset 1again !!!!).
38- Open the tube "Graph-Sabine Design-Tubes 42"or a tube of your choice, in your Psp and copy it.
39- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
- I have resized the tube at 75% TWICE ! (Resize all the layers NOT checked).
- Place it as on my tag or to your liking.
40- Effects / 3d effects /drop shadow of your choice (- 4, - 4, 30, 10, black for me).
41- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 / Impact / Perspective shadow / in the settings tab, click on the Fairymist_Summertime2 preset.
- (Beware you don't use preset 1again !!!!).
42- Open the tube "bird .pspimage"or a tube of your choice, in your Psp and copy it.
43- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
- Place it as on my tag or to your liking.
44- Effects / 3d effects /drop shadow of your choice (- 4, - 4, 30, 10, black for me).
45- Open the tube "Fairymist_Summertime_ titre", in your Psp and copy it.
46- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.
- Colorize it if necessary so that it matches your colours.
- Place it as on my tag or to your liking.
47- Effects / 3d effects /drop shadow of your choice (1, 1, 27, 3, brown 3a0700 for me).
48- Make sure everything is in the right place !
- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with a colour of your choice :
f14800 for me.
49- Layers / Promote background layer into a raster layer.
50- ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER..
51- Layers / Arrange / Move down.
52- Image / Canvas size as below :
53- Selections / Select all.
- Copy the image you have put aside on point 11(Background) and paste it into the selection.
- Deselect all.
54- Activate the layer on top of the pile of layers.
- Effects / 3d effects / drop shadow / 0, 0, 80, 10, black.
55- Apply your signature
56- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with a colour of your choice :
f14800 for me.
57- 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 so I can see to the problem
Tutorial translated on the 24th of July 2013
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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE
