Christmas

The original tutorial can be found HERE


Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.

Material
1 background  « bdn_rouge »
4 Selections
1 Element « scrap boules 37 »
1 Element « scrap guirlande 17 »
1 Mist « bdn_paysage_noël »
1 pattern « fondor »
1 Tube  « bdn_noeud »
1 Wordart « bdn_noel »
1 image « paper 11 »
1 Tube personnage (not provided)

place the pattern into the folder « patterns » of My PSP Files
place selecitons into the selections folder of My PSP Files

Filters Used
user defined filter : Emboss 3


translator’s note
Belle de Nuit  works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 to create my tag and write my translation
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes of the layers to match your tubes and colors
Colors
color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #b30a23 (red)
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #163412 (very dark color)

Use the pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab it and move it

Realization
if you want to create your own Background, open a new transparent raster layer 900 * 550 pixels
flood fill with color 1 (if color 1 is too lifhgt, choose color 2)
selections -> select all
layers -> new raster layer -> copy / paste into selection image « paper 11 »
blend mode : luminance (legacy) or overlay
effects -> user defined filter -> Emboss 3
layers -> merge -> merge down

1
open « fond_bdn_rouge »
window -> duplicate
minimize copy to tray for a later use (in step 32)
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
if your background is already « well » embossed  by Emboss 3, don’t sharpen
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection « bdn_noel_1 »

2
selections -> promote selection to layer

3
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

4
into materials palette, prepare »fondor » into the FG box

5
layers -> new raster layer -> flood fill selection with the pattern
selections -> select none

6
highlight Background layer
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection « bdn_noel_2 »

selections -> promote selection to layer
layers -> arrange -> move up
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill selection with the pattern
blend mode : Multiply or Luminance (Legacy) (match with your colors)

7
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

layers -> new raster layer

8
flood fill selection with the pattern

9
selections -> select none

10
close the eye of Background layer
layers -> merge -> merge visible
open the eye of Background layer

11
iamge -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 90%

12
effects -> image effects -> offset

13
highrlight Background layer

14
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection « bdn_noel_3 »

15
layers -> new raster layer
selections ->promote selection to layer

16
flood fill selection with the pattern

17
blend mode : Multiply or Luminance (Legacy)
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

18
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the pattern

selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black

19
copy / paste as new layer « Mist_bdn_payage_noel »
optional : resize your misted landscape to 710 pixles (width)
effects -> image effecst -> offset

20
blend mode : Overlay or Luminance (Legacy)
layers -> arrange -> move down 3 times (above Background layer)
your tag looks like this

21
copy / paste a character tube as new layer
adjsut -> sharpness -> sharpen more
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / dark color

22
highlight top layer

23
copy / paste as new layer « scrap guirlande élément 37 »
move it as shown and drop a shadow of 5 / 5 / 50 / 25 / black

24
copy / paste as new layer « élément scrap 17 scrap boules de noël »
move it as shown

25
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

26
copy / paste « wordart_bdn_noël » and move it as shown

27
image -> add borders ->...
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2

28
selections -> select all
image -> add borders -> 10 pixels color 1

29
selections -> invert
in materials palette, set « fondor » pattern in the FG box
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill selection with pattern
blend mode : Overlay or Luminance (Legacy)

30
selections -> select all
iamge -> add borders -> 40 pixels color2

31
selections -> invert
layers -> new raster layer

32
copy / paste into selection background created in step 1

33
effects -> user defined filter -> Emboss 3 (only if you use the Background provided)

34
layers -> merge -> merge down

35
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

36
drop shadow again

37
selections -> select none
image -> add borders -> 2 pixels color 2

38
copy  /paste as new layer « bdn_noeud »
place it top left as shown
layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)
apply your watermark ans save as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t forget to sign (to avoid plagiarism) and save file as… type JPEG

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Belle de Nuit

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery at the bottom of the tutorial page
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