This tutorial was created March 18,
2006
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
FM Tile Tools (Blend Emboss and Seamless Tile), you can download here
Simple (Quick Tile), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and mask
Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your image in psp
{ If you are not using the picture provided then make sure yours is 512 by 320 }
Layers, Promote Background Layer
Duplicate your image and minimize one copy for later use
Effects, Plugings, Simple, Quick Tile
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 35
Effects, Artistic Effects, Posterize with these settings:
Levels: 50
Effects, Plugins, FM Tile Tools, Blend Emboss
and use the default settings but uncheck "Edge Wrap"
Repeat the Blend Emboss with the same settings
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise and use the following settings:
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
Duplicate this image and minimize one for later use
Activate your Selection Tool and use the following settings:
Click on Custom Selection (shown by the red arrow)
And use the following settings:
Top: 280, Left: 0, Right: 512, Bottom: 320
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add noise and use the same settings as
before but change Noise for 20
Selections, Invert
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find CrisTaylor_m40(1) mask and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Maximize the image we duplicated earlier (not the background) and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste As New Layer
Image, Resize 75% (for "Resample" use Bicubic and make sure "Resize all layers" is NOT checked)
Move your image up some (refer to my finished image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -8
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Resize 50% (for "Resample" use Bicubic and make sure "Resize all layers" is NOT checked)
Move your image down and to the right (refer to my finished image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the height to 900 and make sure the width doesnt change (512)
Placement bottom: 580
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Set your foreground to pattern and find the background we created earlier
Angle 0, Scale 100
Fill your layer
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity around 50%
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate
Direction: Left, Degrees: 90, All layers: checked
Effects, Plugins, FM Tile Tools, Seamless Tile and use the following settings:
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate
Direction: Right, Degrees: 90, All layers: checked
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
FM Tile Tools (Blend Emboss and Seamless Tile), you can download here
Simple (Quick Tile), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and mask
Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your image in psp
{ If you are not using the picture provided then make sure yours is 512 by 320 }
Layers, Promote Background Layer
Duplicate your image and minimize one copy for later use
Effects, Plugings, Simple, Quick Tile
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 35
Effects, Artistic Effects, Posterize with these settings:
Levels: 50
Effects, Plugins, FM Tile Tools, Blend Emboss
and use the default settings but uncheck "Edge Wrap"
Repeat the Blend Emboss with the same settings
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise and use the following settings:
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:
Duplicate this image and minimize one for later use
Activate your Selection Tool and use the following settings:
Click on Custom Selection (shown by the red arrow)
And use the following settings:
Top: 280, Left: 0, Right: 512, Bottom: 320
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add noise and use the same settings as
before but change Noise for 20
Selections, Invert
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Selections, Select None
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find CrisTaylor_m40(1) mask and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Maximize the image we duplicated earlier (not the background) and copy it
Go back to our main image
Edit, Paste, Paste As New Layer
Image, Resize 75% (for "Resample" use Bicubic and make sure "Resize all layers" is NOT checked)
Move your image up some (refer to my finished image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Repeat Drop Shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -8
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Resize 50% (for "Resample" use Bicubic and make sure "Resize all layers" is NOT checked)
Move your image down and to the right (refer to my finished image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Image, Canvas Size
Change the height to 900 and make sure the width doesnt change (512)
Placement bottom: 580
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Set your foreground to pattern and find the background we created earlier
Angle 0, Scale 100
Fill your layer
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity around 50%
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate
Direction: Left, Degrees: 90, All layers: checked
Effects, Plugins, FM Tile Tools, Seamless Tile and use the following settings:
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate
Direction: Right, Degrees: 90, All layers: checked
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.