This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro V8. © 2010 - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved. You will need the following to complete this tutorial: ccharisse_tagback2_co (mask) yp_lady_in_red_hat (tube) yp_wordart_wistful The above can be downloaded here Extract these to a file on your computer Eyecandy 3.1 Available from PSP Designers Studio Extract to your Plugins folder ****************** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive ***************** INSTRUCTIONS Open the mask, tube and word art and minimise on your workspace Open a new canvas 600 x 450 pixels, white background Layers >> Promote Background Layer In your Materials Palette load foreground with #EE6C66 Dark Pink Layers >> New Raster Layer Flood fill this layer with the foreground colour Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image Select mask ccharisse_tagback2_co from the drop down list Click OK Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group Image >> Mirror In the Materials Palette load the foreground with #F9DFDB Pale Pink and the Background with #FFFFFF White Make a foreground-background gradient Style = rectangular with the following settings: Click OK In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 1 Flood fill with the gradient Window >> Duplicate Working on the duplicate copy Image >> Resize 45% Resize all layers checked Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) Image >> Add Borders with the following settings Click OK This tile will be used later, minimise or save as a psp.image then minimise Back to the original copy In the layers Palette highlight Group-Raster 2 Image >> Resize 75% Resize all Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen With the Mover Tool re-position so that the top right-hand corner is at the co-ordinates 20, 570 Layers >> Duplicate Image >> Flip Maximise the tile we made earlier Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as a New Layer on your working canvas With the Move Tool re-position so that the top left-hand corner of the tile is at the co-ordinates 20,20 Layers >> Duplicate Image >> Flip This is what you should have now Maximise yp_lady_in_red_hat Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your working canvas Image >> Resize 75% Resize all layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen With the Move Tool re-position (see finished tag for placement) Effects >> Plugins >> Eye Candy 3.1 >> Drop Shadow with the following settings: Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) Image >> Add Borders same settings as before Size in pixels = 2 Colour = #F9DFDB Pale Pink Symmetric checked Image >> Add Borders with these settings: In the Materials Palette load the gradient increase the Repeats to 7 Click OK With the Magic Wand select the white border Flood fill with gradient Selections >> Select None Image >> Add Borders Size in pixels = 2 Colour = #F9DFDB Pale Pink Symmetric checked Maximise yp_wordart_wistful Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste as New Layer on the working canvas With the Move Tool re-position in the top right-hand corner See finished tag for placement Add your name and/or watermark Resize if desired Save as a jpg I hope you enjoyed this tutorial If you have any questions or would like to show me your result EMAIL ME BACK TO TUTORIALS - PAGE 1 MENU