Sunday, March 7, 2010

Congratulations, You Did It! Stat Tutorial




This tutorial shows one use of selections.

Novice-Intermediate level

Need a working knowledge of PSP.

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

PSP 9 was used, but your version should have allowances for any settings indicated. If you have more options available, change only those indicated in this lesson.

Supplies:

Download and unzip supplies file from

http://www.4shared.com/file/233928228/e2668171/Supplies_for_Congrations_You_D.html

Included in this file is:

goldbead.pspimage by unknown.

Star1.pspshape by unknown.

Fill_jazzl_022.jpg by Jazzl

Font: 2Peas Variety Show.ttf

Getting Started:

Place both goldbead and Fill_Jazzl_022 files in your PSP Patterns file.

Place Star 1 in your PSP Presets file.

Open PSP

In Materials Palette, set FG color to red, HTML #ff0000 and BG color to purple HTML #8d6e71.

Step 1:

File>New: 500 x 500 pixels, 200, Raster, Transparent



OK

File>View>Rulers

Step 2:

Selection Tool: Star 1 from drop down list, Add (Shift), Feather 0, Check Anti-Alias



Start left click at 50, horizontal and vertical, drag right and down to 450 horizontal and vertical, before releasing to draw star. You will have a “marching ants” star shape.

Step 3:

Choose pattern for BG: goldbead from dropdown list, 0, 50



Step 4:

Flood Fill Tool>right click within star, RGB Value, Tolerance 20, UNcheck Sample merged, Blend mode Normal, Opacity 100



Selections>Select None

Step 5:

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: 9, 10, 20, 2, 0, 0, white, 315, 50, 25





OK

Step 6:

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 1, 1, 100, 5, White, UNcheck Shadow on new layer



OK

Step 7:

Effects>Illumination Effects>Sunburst: yellow HTML #ffff00, 21, 32, 39, 35, 43, 75



OK

Step 8:

Layers>New Raster: Dissolve, 62, 0, UNcheck Highlight in layer palette, Check Layer is visible, UNcheck Lock transparency



OK

Change BG pattern to fill_jazzl_022 with no other changes from last used

With Flood Fill Tool, right click to apply jazzl pattern

Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom



Step 9:

Text Tool: Vector, 2Peas Variety Show, 36, Stroke 1, Bold, Centered, Smooth, Leading 0, Check Auto kern, Kerning 135, Tracking 0, Line style Solid, Miter limit 1, Check Warp text, Offset 0



Type “Congratulations” above the star and apply. Use nodes to adjust size as desired.

Objects>Align>Horizontal Center in Canvas



Type “You Did It!” below the star and apply. Use nodes to adjust size of text as desired.

Objects>Align>Horizontal Center in Canvas.

Convert to Raster Layer

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel with same settings as last used

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow with same settings as last used

Step 10:

Image>Add Borders: pixels, 2, black, check Symmetric



Repeat Add Border with FG color, then BG color with no other setting changes.

Repeat Add Border with Black, FG, and BG color with no other setting changes.

Selections>Select All

Selections>Modify>Contract: 12,OK

Selections>Invert



Effects>3D Effects>Buttonize: 23, 50, 50, Transparent, White



OK

Selections>Select None

Step 11:

Layers>New Raster Layer: Normal, 100, and no other changes from last used



OK

Add your Watermark

Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)

Step 12:

Stat makers: If making a tag, duplicate image, and follow directions below for taggers.

Header image: resize to desired header size, jpeg and save. Assemble in Letter Creator using Stat Background of your choosing.

Taggers: Resize to desired tag size, jpeg and save.



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. I would love to see any creations you make from this tut. Please share!

I hope you had fun!

Hugs,

Debi Z

Date Written: March 3, 2010

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http://debizdesigns.blogspot.com



http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ChelseasJustTutorials/

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