Tutorial 12

More with Gradients and PSP Effects

In this tutorial you will be using a Gradient, Brush Strokes and Mosaic Antique effect, which can all be found within your Paint Shop Pro.

Supplies needed:-

PSP - I am using PSPXI but this will work in most versions.

PSP Tube - The one I used is by Joel Adams, www.lilz.net ,and is licensed through CILM. You may not use his images without the appropriate license. Licenses and tubes can be obtained through Creative Image Licensing.

Font of choice. I used Fairy Scroll available Here

Open your psp image/tube and font and minimise until you need them. You are now ready to start making your tag. Remember to save your work often so that if your program or pc crashes you do not have to start from the beginning again.

Open a new image :-

Set your colour to a dark and pale colour from your tube. I used #F592B6 as the foreground colour and #8D0E3E as my background layer.

Click on the little drop down box on your foreground colour . The drop down will show three options. The block colour signifies colour, the striped box is for gradients , and the chequered one below it is for patterns. Click on the gradient box:-

A new box will open giving you the options to choose the type of gradient you want to use. In our example we will use the following settings:-

Foreground/ background gradient , angle 90, repeats 0 and the Second style in from the left. Click OK then flood fill your image. Your image will now look something like this, depending on your colour choice:-

Right click on this layer in the Layers Palette and rename it "Background".Now we are going to add a texture to the background by using one of the effects called Brush Strokes which comes with PSP :-

Click on brush strokes and select the following settings:-

Softness20, Bristles 160, Width 5, Opacity 50, Length 10, Density 25, angle 102, Colour White .

Open your Tube and making sure that the picture layer is active copy and paste it as a new layer onto your image.

Resize your image by 70% using the settings below:-

Make sure that Resize All Layers is unchecked.

Duplicate your tube layer and hide the top layer. Renames the duplicate layer "Tube", and the original layer" Mosaic".Make sure the lower tube layer is then the active layer.

Making sure that the bottom Mosaic layer is active go to effects, texture effects , mosaic antique:-

and then use the following settings:-

Now unhide your top tube layer and make sure that it is now the active layer. Now go to effects and locate Drop Shadow and add to your tube with the following settings:-

Now we can add some text.Make sure your top layer is active and then click on the text tool and choose the Fairy Scroll Display font. You should still have it minimised on your screen and it will therefore show in the Fonts drop down menu. Use the following settings:-

Pick a colour for your background colour , the text colour, and blank off the foreground/stroke colour. I used #F592B6 for mine.

Add your text, position and resize to suit your tag, and then right click on the Text layer and convert it to a Raster Layer.

Rename this layer Text. If you are going to want to create this tag for other names, you can also add the Font Name to the layer name to remind you which one you have used. Now add a drop shadow using the original settings you used on the tube.

Now add your "Tagged By" or watermark layer and the © layer from your tube. Save the image as a psp image then merge all the layers.

Ok,we are going to finish this tag off by giving it a border. Click on "Image" in the top menu bar, scroll down and you will see Add Borders:-

Add a border of a colour to suit your tag with the following settings:-

Now you can save your tag as a jpeg and the tutorial is finished.

If you have any queries on this tutorial , please contact me. I would also love to see your results.

This Tutorial was written in July 2010 by Helen Peachey, and the concept of the tutorial is copyrighted.
Please feel free to LINK to the tutorial and/or print it out for your personal use,
but please do not copy it in any way to put online, pass out or re-write without permission.
The image you create using this tutorial is for you to do what you wish except for monetary gains or for merchandising.
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