Friday, January 16, 2015

NEW TUTORIAL(sorry its late) CHRISTMAS STAR


 
For this tutorial you need a basic knowledge of psp.
Scrapkit I used is called Christmas Story by Foxys Designz
which can be purchased here
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=2&zenid=ea2d47ef92a712d81dd4ed9ef67ddac2

Close up tube of choice. I used the artwork of Keith Garvey which you need a license in order to use. You can find it in his store here http://garv-girlspsptubes.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=home

Open a new image 600x600 pixels, transparent checked.

Open frame3. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Go to image-resize.  Under pixel dimensions change the drop box to percent and put 75. Make sure lock aspect ratio is checked below. click ok.

Now open frame1. Copy and paste as a new layer on your tag and resize using same settings as before.

Open paper5. Copy and paste on to your tag as a new layer. Image resize by 50 percent. Drag this layer below your frame layer by clicking and holding down the left mouse button in the layer pallete and dragging it down.
Grab your magic wand tool. Mode-add, Match mode-rgb value, tolerance 10, contiguous checked, feather 1, anti alias checked
and the lil drop box on end outside. Click on your frame layer to make it active. Then with the magic wand click in the center of frame. Selections-modify-expand by 10. Go to selections invert.  Now click on your paper layer and hit the delete button. This should delete any paper that was outside of your frame.
Selections select none.


Open your tube and paste as a new layer. Your tube should be in between your frame layer and paper layer.
Place your tube similar to mine, resizing a lil if needed but dont worry bout the extra outside the frame. We will fix that.
Get your magic wand again, same settings.  Click on frame layer and click the magic wand in center as before. Repeat the modifying and expanding steps.
Now selections invert. Make your tube layer active and hit delete.
Select none. Your tube should now be neatly inside the frame.


Open element 30. Resize as needed and place on the left top corner of frame. Make sure this layer is above the frame layer. Give the bow a drop shadow. Effects, 3d effects, drop shadow. Vertical
and horizontal 0, Opacity 100, blur 10, color black.


Open element 37. Click on your paper layer. Paste Element 37 as new layer. Resize as needed to fit in the frame. Then using the arrow tool, Move this layer to the right of the tag.
We will delete the extra outside the frame if you left yours a lil bigger as i did mine.  Now duplicate this layer by going image, duplicate. Then image mirror. Move this layer how you
like on the left side of the tag.  Merge the two star layers together by clicking the top star layer. Then right click it, merge-down.

Now delete the extra the same as we did the tube and paper.

Activate the frame layer and grab the wand tool. Same settings. Click in center of frame. Modify expand by 10. Selections invert.
Make the star layer active and hit delete. Select none.

Give the stars a drop shadow. Effects, 3d effects, drop shadow. Vertical and horizontal 0. Opacity 100, blur 3, color black. ok.

Now add your copyright info in a legible form.  If needed give it a gradient glow using eye candy 4000-gradient glow. Glow width 3 soft corners 25 overall opacity 100. Draw only outside checked.
Then click the tab says color. Choose either white or a color to match the background of the tag but that will also make your copyright more noticeable. ok.


Click the text tool. Choose a font and add your name. I used a font called vijaya with a size of 22. I used red for the foreground and green for the background colors. Place how you like on your tag.
Now right click this layer and convert to raster. Effects, edge effects, enhance. Add a gradient glow with colors of choice and a size of 3-5. Now add a drop shadow of choice. Save your tag and that's it you are done!