For this tutorial you will need the following supplies;
Paint Shop Pro (This tut done in version 8 but easily
adapted for other versions.) trial version available
here
My Mask
here
EyeCandy 4000
A tube and font of your choice ~ I used the artwork of Caron Vinson for
the examples in this tut. Please visit her website
here
You can purchase a licence to use Caron's work, please visit CILM
Here
Open a new image 500 x 500 and floodfill with white.
Copy your tube and paste as a new layer.
Resize by 65% and position it centrally on the canvas.
Go to Effects > Plug ins > Eye Candy 4000 > Corona.
Select a nice bright colour from your tube with the colour picker
in corona and apply with the following settings;
Re-apply Corona with the same settings but change the colour
in the colour picker to white.
Re-apply once again and change the colour to a darker one
from your tube.
Re-apply once more using the same colour as you did the first
time.
Finally apply Corona one more time using a darker colour from
your tube.
The idea is to build up the flare background with lots of
contrasting complimenting colours. Go nuts!
Once you have done with your corona go to Layers > Load /
Save Mask > Load mask from Disk.
Locate my mask Sweetmask15 in the dropdown box and apply with
these settings;
Delete the mask layer in the layer palette and say yes
to the pop up box.
Image > Resize.
Resize by 75% with bicubic resample all layers unchecked.
Move the merged layer up towards the top right of your canvas.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Position it so that it
covers the part of the tube that shows on the corona layer. Resize
as necessary.
Apply the following drop shadow;
Select a scripty font I used Gwendolyn.
Set your text to Vector and use a dark colour from your tube.
Apply the first line of the quote you would like to use.
Rotate to the left by 90 degrees with rotate single layer around
canvas checked and position along the left side of the box.
Convert to raster layer.
Now apply the second part of the quote along the top of the box.
Add your © info.
Finally add your name. I used the same text as the quote but selected
a light colour from the tube for the background and set the darker
colour I used for the quote to the foreground.
Apply as a vector with a line width of 1.
Pull the nodes on the vector text to get your name to fit to where you
put it and convert to a raster layer.
I added the following inner bevel;
And then added the same drop shadow as we used on the tube.
Crop off any excess white and resize to suit your taste.
A nice simple little tag but with a really effective look!
All artwork on this page is ©Caron Vinson
and is used with a licence.
Please visit her website
here
To purchase a licence to use Caron's work please visit CILM
Here
Any resemblance to other tutorials is coincidental.
© Angela Taylor (Sweet) 20.02.2007