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« on: May 20, 2010, 09:17:57 am »


T A P E S T R Y







This tut, my first ever, was written on Sept. 18, 2009.
It is meant for PSP9; I'm not sure whether the same effects are available in other versions.


SUPPLIES

An image at least 600 pixels wide.
I'm using a beautiful watercolor by Barbara Jensen
You can find similar images at her site HERE

The following filters:
Xero -  Porcelain and Fritillary
Mura's Meister - Clouds
Eye Candy 5 Textures - Swirl (or another texture effect)
Greg's Factory Output - Pool Shadow

The font of your choice
I'm using a font called "Bicycle"


Let's begin!

Begin with your image.
Crop to 600x150
The easiest way I've found to crop is to use the Crop Toolbar.
Click on the Crop tool, and at the top of the screen you should see the toolbar.
Enter the length and width you desire.
There is a square dot in the center of the selection that can be moved using the Move Tool.
When the selection is where you want it, click on the the checkmark.

Here's a shot of the toolbar:



Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen and convert this layer to a raster layer.

Duplicate this layer, and hide the top layer.  Highlight the bottom layer.
Xero - Porcelain (default settings).

Unhide the top layer, and highlight it.
Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay and the opacity to 54.
Merge visible.

Xero - Fritillary (default settings).
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Pick out a dark foreground color, and a lighter background color

Add a new layer.
Select all (CTRL + A). Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders with this setting:



Fill the selection with your dark color.  Select None.  DO NOT MERGE.

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Image - Canvas Size; 600x200 (centered)

Add a new layer.

Mura's Meister - Clouds (default setting).  Hit Reset, if necessary)

Eye Candy 5 Textures - Swirl
Use the Random, Medium Loops, Long Streaks setting.
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Move this layer to the bottom. (Layers - Arrange - Send to bottom).

Add a new layer.
Repeat the border explained above.  DO NOT MERGE.

Highlight the top layer.

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Image - Canvas Size; 600 x 250 (centered).

Add a new layer, and floodfill with your dark color.
Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise with these settings:  Uniform, 12, Monochrome checked.
Greg's Factory Output - Pool Shadown (default setting but change Intensity to 50)
Move this layer to the bottom.

Highlight the top layer.
Add a new layer, and repeat the border on this layer.

Bring the three border layers to the top.
Hide the three bottom layers.
Merge visible.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow using the following settings:



Repeat using -2, -2.

Unhide the three bottom layers.

The tag is complete, but before adding your name and credits, let's make the avatar.


TO MAKE THE AVATAR

Make a copy of your unmerged tag (Shift +D)

Using the copy, crop to 150x150.
Move the center dot to where you think it looks best, and click the checkmark.
Hide the border layer, if it shows.
Add a new layer, and repeat the border layer as explained above.

Merge visible, and add the appropriate credits.

Now you're done!

Merge visible the layes on the main tag, adding your name as desired.
Make sure to properly credit both the tag and the avatar.

I'd so love to see your results!
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2010, 10:55:19 pm »

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