Pretty hat

Original can be found here


Franie works with PSP 13, and I use PSP 18
But this tutorial can be realized with another version of PSP

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The tubes Franie uses have been sent by the authors in different sharing groups
And she has their permission to use them
she also creates her own tubes
If you see a tube that belongs to you, contact Franie or myself
And a link towards your site will be added.

Filters used
Andromeda / Perspective
Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling 1.1
Mura’s Meister / Copies 1.3
Simple / 4 Way Average  &  Blintz
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow & Glass
DSB Flux / Blast
VM Distortion / Radiator

Material
tubes - 1 element - 1 font - 1 mask - 1 preset (double click on it to install it) - 1 color palette
1 alpha layer (selections included)


Tubers’ authorizations

Franie’s colors
Don’t hesitate to change them and to change the blend modes of the layers
According to your tubes and images
color 1 -> foreground color --> FG --> #65184e
color 2 -> background color --> BG -> #fcfaf5
color 3 -> #32092a


Use the pencil to follow the steps
left click to grab it

Realization
1
open the alpha layer -> duplicate
work with the copy and close the original - name it « raster 1 »

2
prepare FG and BG colors in the materials palette

3
flood fill the layer with FG color
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> select all
copy / paste into selection « woman-822 »
selections -> select none
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling (side by side)

4
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
to create her second tag, Franie lowered the opacity to 50%
layers -> merge -> merge visible
adjust -> softness -> soft focus

5
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> Andromeda / Perspective
click on « presets »

effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling 1.1

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> color 1

6
activate bottom layer (Merged)
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> uncheck « all alyers » -> 50%
image -> free rotate -> right / 90°
send the layer to top
effects -> distortion effects -> punch

7
« copy of merged » is the active layer
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
adjsut -> blur -> gaussian blur -> 10
effects -> plugins -> Simple / 4 Way Average
keep selection active

8
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

layers -> new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 1
adjsut -> add / remove noise -> add noise

effects -> edge effects -> enhance
selections -> select none

9
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #1
selections -> modify -> contract / 10 pixels
effects -> 3D effects -> cutout -> color 3

selections -> select none
layers -> merge -> merge down
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black

10
copy / paste as new layer « woman_822 »
image -> resize -> 80%
place it as shown on the final result
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 10 / 10 / 50 / 20 / black
layers -> merge -> merge down

11
effects -> plugins -> Andromeda / Perspective

activate the Pick Tool with the following settings

press the M key to disable the tool
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy Impact / Perspective Shadow
choose the preset « Bibi_perspective »

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 10 / 10 / 50 / 20 / black

12
activate the bottom layer (Merged)
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> 75%
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #2
effects -> plugins -> Simple -> Blintz
effects -> plugins -> Simple -> 4 Way Average
effects -> edge effects -> enhance
selections -> select none

13
effects -> distortion effects -> polar coordinates

activate the Pick Tool
pull up the layer to 100 pixels

disable the tool (M)
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 10 / 0 / 50 / 20 / color 3

14
layers -> duplicate
effects -> image effects -> offset -> H : 0 / V : 15

15
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #5
flood fill with color 1
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / Clear (default settings)

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 5 / black
selections -> select none

16
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient with colors 1 and 2

17
activate bottom layer (merged)
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #3
flood fill selection with the gradient
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 10
selections -> select none
effects -> plugins -> DSB Flux / Blast

blend mode of the layer : hard light (or other)
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> horizontal mirror
effects -> image effects -> offset -> H : 650 / V : 0

18
activate bottom layer (merged)
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 2
open the mask and minimize it to tray
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

layers -> merge ->merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge (or other) - opacity : 50%

19
activate bottom layer (merged)
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #4
selections -> promote selection to layer
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur -> 20
effects -> plugins -> VM Distortion / Radiator

selections -> select none

20
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Copies 1.3 / color 1

adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
blend mode of the layer : hard light
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 45 / black

21
activate top layer
copy  paste as new layer « objets_575 »
image -> resize -> 50% (Twice)
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
place it as shown on the final result
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 / Impact / Perspective Shadow
choose the preset « Bibi_perspective » as in step 10

22
copy / paste as new layer « objets_576 »
image -> resize -> 40%
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
place it as shown on the final result
layers -> merge -> merge down
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 10 / 10 / 50 / 20 / black

23
keep Raster 3 active
selections -> load / save selection -> from alpha channel -> selection #6
copy / paste into selection « element_Bibi »
selections -> select none

24
activate the Text tool

in the materials palette, set colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors
write « Bibi » (or your own text)
layers -> convert to raster layer
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> -3 / 3 / 40 / 3 / black
move it to the right

25
activate bottom layer (merged)
edit -> copy   -   edit -> paste as new image
set aside for a later use
layers -> merge -> merge visible

26
image -> add borders -> ---
2 pixels color 3
5 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 3

27
selections -> select all
image -> add borders -> 40 pixels white
selections -> invert
copy / paste into selection the image set aside in step 25
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 5 / 5 / 50 / 10   ***   -5 / -5 / 50 / 10  / black
selections -> select none

28
apply your watermark
image -> add borders -> ---
2 pixels color 3
5 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 3
save your work as... type .jpeg
Your tag is finished

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