You will find the original tutorial Here
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You can find the banners of these tubers in the left column
of her blog, under the heading "autorisations"
some of the tubes Sweety uses were received in sharing groups
or found on the web
if one of them is your property, please let us know
a link to your site will be added
they are provided as « single-use » for
this tutorial
you are not allowed to share or use them for another purpose.
you are not allowed to present them on your site, blog or
forum
This tutorial is a personal creation,
any resemblance with another one would be pure coincidence
Thank you to the tubers for their great job
they make our creations possible
translator’s note : This translation is my property,
it is strictly forbidden to copy or distribute it on the Net
Thanks to Sweety for her kind permission
Sweety works with PSPX2, I work with PSPX9, but it is possible to use another
version.
tubes without tuber‘s watermark are ALWAYS stolen tubes
Please respect the tuber ‘s work
do like me : choose tubes with a watermark and give credit to the tuber
Thank you ! have fun....
Material
color palette - selections (save into the folder « selections » or
Corel PSP folder)
preset for Extrude (double click on it)
not provided : landscape (google image) - character
tube - decoration (Sweety used a tube created by Jewel)
Plugins
Mehdi - Stylize - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Toadies
- AAA Frames - Filters Unlimited 1 - Mura’s Meister
Thank you to Tine for her permission to use her filters page
Colors
foreground color -> FG -> color 1 -> #ffd5c6
background color -> BG-> color 2 -> #a2757c
you will need about 1 hour to create your tag (not counting
the time to choose your tubes)
according to the version of PSP you use, your tag might be
slightly different from the example
Use the pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click of your mouse to grab it and move it
Realization
1
choose 2 colors into your landscape tube
or use Sweety’s colors
open a new transparent image 950 * 600 pixels
effects -> plugins 6 -> Mehdi / Wavy Lab
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 10
effects -> plugins 6 -> Mehdi / Sorting Tiles
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
opacity of the layer : 50%
layers -> merge -> merge down
2
effects -> plugins -> Stylize / Extrude
selections -> promote selection to layer
***** at this point of the tutorial, if you use a
later version of PSP X2, the plugin will not « work » properly
the effect appears only on the left side of the selection
so you will have to use « effect-stylize_extrude_step_2 » provided
in the material
copy / paste as new layer
and colorize it, if necessary, or change the blend mode,
matching with your personal colors *****
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0
/ 60 / 10 / black
selections -> select none
highlight bottom layer (Raster 1)
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
opacity of the layer : 50%
layers -> merge -> merge down
3
selections -> load from disk -> selection #2
selections -> promote selection to layer
flood fill selection with color 2
effects -> 3D effects -> inner bevel
selections -> modify -> contract / 5 pixels
DELETE on your keyboard
highlight Raster 1
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
/ Glass / Clear / default settings
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0
/ 60 / 10 / color 2
selections -> select none
highlight « promoted selection » (above)
layers -> merge -> merge down
4
your tag and your layers palette look like this
Promoted selection 1 is highlighted
layers -> duplicate
make sure that in your your materials palette, colors
1 and 2 are set as FG and BG colors
effects -> plugins -> Toadies / What Are You ?...
/ default settings
layers -> arrange -> move down
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy) (or other)
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
5
selection tool -> custom selection
DELETE
layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste landscape image into selection
effects -> plulgins -> AAA Frames / Foto Frame
layers -> new raster layer
effects -> 3D effects -> cutout
selections -> select none
6
your tag and your layers palette look like this
copy of raster 3 is highlighted
layers -> merge -> merge down
layers -> duplicate
highlight the original layer just underneath
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling / side
by side
optional -> image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
highlight « Copy of Promoted Selection 1 -> effects
-> edge effects -> enhance
7
highlight bottom layer (Raster 1)
layers -> duplicate
effects-> plugins -> Stylize -> Extrude
***** at this point of the tutorial, if you use a
later version of PSP X2, the plugin will not « work » properly
the effect appears only on the left side of the selection
so you will have to use « effect-stylize_extrude_step_7 » provided
in the material
copy / paste as new layer
and colorize it, if necessary, or change the blend mode,
matching with your personal colors
delete the layer « copy of Raster 1 » if
you created it and highlight Raster 4 *****
effects-> plugins -> Unlimited 2 / Buttons & Frames
/ Bull’s Eye
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0
/ 60 / 10 / black
8
your tag and your layers palette look like this
layers -> duplicate
highlight Copy of Raster 1 again (o Raster 4 if you used
the material’s layer)
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling
highlight Copy 2 of Raster 1 (or Copy of Raster 4 if you
used material’s layer)
image -> resize -> untick « resize all
layers » -> 93%
optional -> blend mode : Multiply
highlight Copy of promoted Selection 1
layers-> duplicate
layers -> merge -> merge down
opacity : 70%
9
highlight Copy of Raster 2 (second from bottom) (or Raster
4 if you used materials layer)
selections -> load from disk -> selection #3
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects-> plugins -> Stylize -> Extrude as in
step 7
***** at this point of the tutorial, if you use a
later version of PSP X2, the plugin will not « work » properly
the effect appears only on the left side of the selection
so you will have to use « effect-stylize_extrude_step_9 » provided
in the material
copy / paste as new layer
and colorize it, if necessary, or change the blend mode,
matching with your personal colors *****
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
selections -> select none
blend mode : Luminance (Legacy)
highlight Copy 2 of Raster 1 (juste above), this layer’s
blend mode is set on « Multiply »
change the blend mode to « Luminance (Legacy)
back on the second layer from the bottom (copy of Raster
1) ( or Raster 5 if you used material’s layer)
selections -> load selection from disk -> selection
#4
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects-> plugins -> Stylize -> Extrude as in
step 7
***** at this point of the tutorial, if you use a
later version of PSP X2, the plugin will not « work » properly
the effect appears only on the left side of the selection
so you will have to use « effect-stylize_extrude_step_9
bis » provided in the material
copy / paste as new layer
and colorize it, if necessary, or change the blend mode,
matching with your personal colors *****
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
selections -> select none
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (Legacy)
10
highlight bottom layer (Raster 1)
effects -> art media effects -> brush strokes
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
image -> add borders -> 2 pixels color 2
layers -> duplicate
close the eye of this layer
11
highlight bottom layer
selections -> load from disk -> selection #5
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective
Tiling
12
highlight « Copy of Background » (layer
with the eye closed)
open the eye
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective
Tiling as before
layers -> arrange -> move down Twice
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0
/ 75 / 20 / black
drop the same shadow on Promoted Selection and on Copy
of Promoted Selection
13
top layer is highlighted
selections -> load from disk -> selection #6
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
highlight middle layer (promoted selection)
selections -> load from disk -> selection #7
selections -> promote selection to layer
layers -> arrange -> move up
effects -> art media effects -> brush strokes as
beofre
selections -> select none
highlight Promoted selection 1 (top layer)
layers -> merge -> merge down
14
your tag and your layers palette look like this
selection tool -> custom selection
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
/ Extrude
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers-> merge -> merge down
Decoration
copy / paste decoration tubes as you like
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow as you like
resize the tubes if necessary
final step
image -> add borders -> 2 pixels color 2
apply your watermark
iamge -> resize -> 950 pixels (width)
file -> save as... type .jpeg
file -> save as... type
.jpeg
your tag is finished
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