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This tutorial was
written for those who have a working knowledge of Paint
Shop Pro.
It was written by me on November 30, 2010 and comes from
my own creativity. It is meant to be
a guide and you may make make changes to it make a tagthat is uniquely yours. I retain the copyright to
the tutorial, but any tag you make is your own,
and you can do with it as you wish.
Any resemblance to another tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies needed:
PSP 9 (any version
will work)
Gorgeous Tube by Jamie Kidd. You must have a
license to use her art. You can purchase
hers art and a license to use it
Here
Template #125 by Beth
Here
Montis Blindsmask 1
Here
bow and element of choice
Font of choice. I used Montelago
Open the template in
Paint Shop Pro. Shift and small d to duplicate and
delete the original. We will work on the copy.
Open mask and tube and minimize for now. Hide all
layers except Raster 7, the word art layer
View, Zoom in more
to make the letters of the word art easier to see.
Hold down the shift key and select each letter of the
word art. Selections, Modify, Expand by 2,
Keep selected. Add a new layer. Flood fill
with white. Drag below the word layer. Hide
Open Raster 2, the
candy cane. Select with magic wand,
Selections, Modify, Expand by 1, Keep selected.
Add a new layer. Flood fill with white. Drag
below the candy cane layer. Effects, 3D Effects,
Drop Shadow 0, 0, 50, 5. Hide these layers
Open Raster 4,
select with magic wand. Flood fill with
white. Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel as shown

Select Raster 3 with
the magic wand. Flood fill with color #c30b03
Effects, Texture Effects, Tiles as below

Select Raster 5 with
magic wand. Change background to color #c30b03 and
foreground to #000000 Flood fill with
Gradient, foreground background as below

Keep selected.
Copy large tube, paste as a new layer to right lower as
shown.
Selections, Invert, Delete. Move opacity slider to
60
Select Raster 3.
Copy and paste standing tube.
Resize all layers to
600 X 600 pixels. Highlight bottom Raster.
Add a new layer. Flood fill with white, Drag
to bottom
Add a new layer
flood fill with same gradient as above
Layers, new mask layer
from image, find Monti's Blindsmask 1 in the dropdown
and apply,
Source Luminance Selected, Invert Mask Data checked
Layer,
delete, yes to the question and apply. Delete Mask Layer, merge
group
Add a drop shadow to each layer.
Add bow and elements to candy cane if desired.
Add name
Layers,
Merge visible.
Add all copyright information
Thank You for
trying my tut!
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