Debi Z Designs: CONGRATS! TUTORIAL

Supplies:
Download and unzip supplies file from http://www.4shared.com/file/200697484/7430d78e/Supplies_Congrats_Tut.html
Included in this file are:
Penta Plugin
!LJ[Flower Accents1].png
2 Peas Class Act Font
AB-12-15-04-Starcluster.psp
TGIFJumpGirlAndDog.pspimage

Getting Started:
This is a beginner-intermediate level tutorial and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

All settings remain the same as last used unless otherwise noted.

If a setting is indicated and not available in your version of PSP, it is OK. Your version has allowances.

If a setting is indicated and you have more options available, change only those indicated in this lesson.

Install the Penta folder into your plugins folder before you open PSP.

Open PSP. Version 9 was used for this tutorial, but your version should work well.

File>Preferences>File Locations>Plugins. Make sure that your Plugins folder is in the list.

Open font to your desktop and minimize

Method for Tag/Stat Header:
Step 1:
Open TGIFJumpGirlAndDog. Shift D to duplicate image and close original.

Using Dropper Tool, set green, HTML #33ef86 for FG color. Set blue, HTML #3e77db for BG color.

Step 2:
Layers>New Raster layer: Normal, 100, 0, Check Layer is visible, UNcheck Lock transparency, and UNcheck Highlight in layer palette

Flood Fill with BG color

Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom

Step 3:
In Layers Palette, highlight Raster 1 (girl and dog image)

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 6, 6, 60, 9, Black, UNcheck Shadow on new layer

Step 4:
In Layers Palette, highlight Raster 2 (blue BG)

Effects>Plugins>Penta: jeans, 61, 5

Step 5:
Image>Add Borders: Pixels, 1, Check Symmetric, Black

Image>Add Borders: change size to 7 and color to FG

Image>Add Borders: change size to 17 and color to BG

Selections>Select all

Selections>Modify>Contract 24

Selections>Invert

Effects>Plugins>Penta: change to Dot and Cross, 72, 10, 2

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: 2, 20, 20, 5, 0, 0, white, 315, 50, 30

Selections>Select none

Step 6:
Image>Add Borders: change size to 27 and FG color

Click in new border using Magic Wand Tool: Add, RGB, Tolerance 0, UNcheck Sample Merged, Check Contiguous, Feather 0, Check Anti-alias, Outside

Effects>Artistic Effects>Enamel: 85, 81, 124, 265, FG color

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel

Selections>Select None

Image>Add Borders: change size to 1 and color to Black

Step 7:
Change FG color to red, HTML #ff0000, and BG color to white, HTML #fffff

Click Text Tool: Vector, 2Peas Class Act, Size 26, Stroke 1, Bold, Centered, Smooth, Leading 0, Check Auto kern, Kerning 135, Tracking 0, Line style Solid line, Miter limit 1, UNcheck Warp test, Offset 0

In Caps, type each letter of text individually on a separate line

Apply

Use nodes to stretch text between girl and dog to fit as desired.

Objects>Align>Vert. Center in Canvas

Layers>Convert to Raster Layer

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow

Step 8:
Open AB-12-15-04-Starcluster.

Repeat this step to Edit>Copy, then Edit>Paste as a New Layer on working copy, as desired, to have different colored stars (see my sample)

Close original.

Use Mover Tool to place stars in blank areas, as desired.

Individually highlight your star layers and Effects>3D Effect>Drop Shadow each one

Turn on all layers

Merge>Merge all (flatten)

Step 9:
Open !LJ[Flower Accents1]

Using Freehand Selection Tool (lasso), circle desired accent with connecting circle

Edit>Copy

Close original and mark “No” to question to save changes

Back to working image: Edit>Paste>Paste as New Layer

Use Mover Tool to position to left upper corner (see my sample)

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow

Layers>Duplicate
Image>Mirror

Layers>Duplicate
Image>Flip

Layers>Duplicate
Image>Mirror

Step 10:
Layers>New Raster Layer

Add your watermark

Layers>Merge>Merge All (flatten)

Step 11:

Image>Resize: Pixels, H500, W will self-adjust, Check Resample using Pixel Resize, Check Lock aspect ratio, and Check Resize all layers

File>Export>JPEG Optimizer to save as “your name tag or header”)

**If you want to make a stat, continue with the steps below to create a stat BG. If you want just a tag, you have completed this tut!**

Stat BG:
File>New Image: 200x200 pixels, Raster BG, Transparent

Flood Fill with original blue, HTML #3e77db BG color

Effects>Plugins>Penta: jeans

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tile: default (check curved arrow by Presets)

File>Export>JPEG Optimizer and save as “your name header BG”

Now you can take your Header and BG files to assemble your stat in LC.

This tutorial was written and designed by Debi Z from teaching and tips gained from learning groups and the web. Any resemblance to other tutorials available is coincidental. Please do not place this tut on any web site without my written permission: debzoe@charter.net. You may share this tutorial, but please give me credit in your stat and/or tag and do not claim it as your own. Please share any creations you make from this tut because I would love to see what you have made.

I hope you have had fun!
Hugs,
Debi Z
Date Written: January 18, 2010
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http://debizdesigns.blogspot.com/