This tutorial was created in 2006
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
©N@thy 2007

This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions

~ You will need ~
The picture I used is by Bez Boardman. You can find her awesome artwork at Bez Boardman's Gallery
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes the image and the mask

Put the mask in your mask folder
Open your picture in psp, duplicate and minimize one copy for later use

~ Step 1 ~

Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness and Contrast and use the following settings:
Brightness: -80, Contrast: 0
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:



Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5

~ Step 2 ~

Effects, Texture Effects, Mosaic - Antique and use the following settings:



Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the same settings as before
Minimize for later use

~ Step 3 ~

Activate your other image we duplicated earlier
Layers, Promote Background Layer
Edit, Copy
Layers, Duplicate
Hide both layers and add a new one
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom Selection and use the following settings:
Left: 340 , Top: 0, Right: 350, Bottom: 450
Edit, Paste, Paste into Selection
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5
Selections, Select None

~ Step 4 ~

Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:



Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



~ Step 5 ~

Activate Raster Deform Tool
Move your mouse until the white double-headed arrow appears
Once you see it left click on your mouse, hold and drag it past the top of the image
This will extend the border out past the strip getting rid of any seams
Do the same thing on the bottom

~ Step 6 ~

Unhide bottom layer and make sure its the active layer
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness and Contrast and use the following settings:
Brightness: 100, Contrast: 0
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:



~ Step 7 ~

Unhide middle layer and make sure its the active layer
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask for Disk
Find Prism9 mask and use the following settings:



Layers, Merge, Merge Group

~ Step 8 ~

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Repeat Drop Shadow but change Vertical and Horizontal to -5
Repeat Drop Shadow once again but use the following settings:



Move it slightly to the left so it looks more centered
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 9 ~

Image, Canvas Size
Change the Width to 1024 (Height stays the same 450)
Placement Right: 674
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Make sure Shadow on new layer IS checked!



Repeat step 5
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 10 ~

Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Set your foreground to pattern and find the background we made earlier
Fill the layer with the pattern
Layers, Properties and change the Opacity to 50
Layers, Merge, Merge All Flatten
Save your work as jpg

Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.