Translated with permission from the creator, Duchessa.
 


See the original tutorial here for PSP in Italian.
This is not my tutorial, it belongs to Duchessa.
If you would like to translate into another language, you must ask her permission.
You can contact her here.

 They will both open in a new window and print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper

For information about which fonts, programs, etc I used to construct my pages and my headers, click here.
For this tutorial you will need:
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I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and Duchessa has done it in PSP X2.
I believe it can be done in most versions.
You may have to look around for the commands but it's likely they are there.
Filters and materials needed
Alien Skin Xenofex2-Constellation, available for trial or purchase here
Supplies in zip file here.
Supplies for older versions in zip file here if the other ones don't work for you. These are in psd format.
Everything you need is supplied.
Font: 101! Star Lit Nght (included in supplies)
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Credits
Tagback by JMC Mist by Gini, Tubes by Jeann, Kits, LD
I have no addresses for any of these designers. If you do, please let me know and I'll add the links.
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I am assuming you know the basics of Paint Shop Pro and where the tools can be located.
Here are some arrows and bars you can drag and drop where you need to mark or underline where you are. .
Just left click and drag to where you want it then let go.
They will stay where you put them until you close your browser.
           




 Here's a small version of the tag that you can drag with you for reference
Preparation
Before opening PSP, double click the font to open it and leave it open
so it will be available for use in PSP (or install the font)
Put the plugins into your plugin folder.
Add the gradient to your gradient folder (or use any gold gradient you choose).
Now open PSP. Open your tubes in PSP, duplicate them (shift-D) and close the originals
None of the tubes are used more than once, so each can be closed after use.
Step 1
Open a transparent canvas dimensions 600 x 450
Material palette, change foreground color to #d3b781 (golden tan)

Using your flood fill tool (bucket), fill the canvas with the foreground color.
Step 2
Layers>New raster layer (or right click in layer palette and choose new raster layer)
Selections>Select all (or Control-A)
Activate the tube "jeann5017"
Edit>Copy (Control-C)
Return to working canvas, Edit>Paste into selection (Control-Shift-L)
Selections>>No selection (Control-D)
In your layer palette, change Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)




Adjust>Blur>Radial Blur, settings: zoom and elliptical checked, 93/-7/-22/25




Effects>Image Effects>Seamless tile, settings: Corner, bidirectional and curved checked, 0-0-50




Effects>Texture Effects>Mosaic Antique, settings: 50-50-70-2-50, symmetric checked




Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge visible
Copy tag (Shift-D) and minimize
Step 3
Back to your original canvas
Activate the tube "1209-04~24KGoldTemp~JMC"
Edit>Copy (Control-C)
Return to working canvas, Edit>Paste as new layer (Control-L)
Using your move tool, position as shown, almost to right edge and looking at the gold squares, up just a bit to touch the third line down
In your layer palette, change Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
Step 4
Activate the tube Fragile_MistedByGini_08-13-062"
Image>Resize to 80%


Edit>Copy (Control-C)
Return to working canvas, Edit>Paste as new layer (Control-L)
Using your move tool, position as shown, down a bit and almost to left edge


Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen
Layers>Merge visible (or right click in layer palette)
Step 5
Image>Add borders 2 pixels black, symmetric


Activate your magic wand: Tolerance 0 - Feather 0
Select the frame
In your Materials Palette, set up a gold gradient - Angle 0 - repeats 0


Fill the frame


Deselect
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Promote background layer (will become raster1)
Step 6
Image>Canvas Size>New dimensions - 650 X500-click on middle diamond to center it


New raster layer
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Arrange>Move down (or drag down in layer palette),
raster 2 will now be below raster 1

In your Material palette, select pattern for foreground and find the
minimized tag you duplicated before, use as the pattern Angle 0 - scale 100

Fill the bottom layer with this pattern

Make upper layer active
Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, settings: 2-2-50-5-black

Repeat the shadow with negative -2/-2
Step 7
Effects>Image Effects>Page Curl, settings:
white-50-24-32-transparent, corner 1 picked (top left corner)


Effects>Image Effects>Page Curl, settings: same settings but corner 3 picked (bottom right corner)


Activate your selection tool>Free Hand>Point to point, mode Add,
feather and smoothing 0, anti-alias checked


Select both page curls as shown


Adjust>Hue & Saturation>Colorize: Hue 29 - Saturation 92


Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, settings: 1-1-40-5-black
Repeat with negative -1/-1

Deselect
Layers>Merge visible (or right click in layer palette)
Step 8
Activate the tube "KitsDiamonds"
Choose raster 2, the horizontal chain
Adjust>Hue & Saturation>Colorize: Hue 29 - Saturation 92
Edit>Copy (Control-C)
Return to working canvas, Edit>Paste as new layer (Control-L)
Using your move tool, position as shown above the top edge of the curled layer


Using your Deformation tool, make it the same width as your tag, completely across the top


Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Duplicate layer
Image>Flip, this will place the duplicate layer at the bottom of the tag


Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge visible
Step 9
Activate your tube "LD-pensieraad"
Adjust>Hue & Saturation>Colorize: Hue 29 - Saturation 92
Edit>Copy (Control-C)
Return to working canvas, Edit>Paste as new layer (Control-L)
Using your move tool, position as shown, up and to the left, right on the
bottom corner of the top left page curl, so it looks like it's pinning it down
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen
Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, settings: 2-2-50-5-black

Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge visible
Step 10
Image>Add borders 4 pixels black
Activate magic wand - Tolerance 0 - Feather 0 -
Select the frame - Fill with the gold gradient

Deselect.
Step 11
Activate your text tool
Pick the font, 101 Star Lit Night, size 48 - stroke 2


In your Materials Palette, put the gold gradient as the foreground,
in the background use color #5e4e2e (dark brown)


Type your text, I typed "Gold"
Move it to the bottom left edge of the curled layer
Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, settings: 5-5-40-3-black


Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen
If you are going to resize, now would be the best time to do it, before adding your watermark.
See below step 13 for resizing, watermarking and saving tips.

New raster layer, add your watermark
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge visible
Step 12
Activate your selection tool>Free Hand>Point to point - select the face of the woman as shown


Selections>Invert
Duplicate layer twice so you have three layers
Make bottom layer active
Effects>Alien Skin Xenofex2_Constellation, settings:
2-28-1-0-100-75-Twinkle rotation 45-Keep original image checked


Make the second layer active
Effects>Alien Skin Xenofex2_Constellation, settings:
2-28-1-0-100-75-Twinkle rotation 45-Keep original image checked, but click once on random seed
Same procedure for the third layer, clicking once on random seed
Deselect and save as psp file for Animation Shop
Step 13
Open Animation Shop
Open your saved psp file
Control-A to select all
Animation>Frame Properties, Display Time tab, change value to 15


View>Animation, you will see your animated tag play

If you like your preview, save as a gif, using default values.
Tips for Resizing
To resize, make sure, to retain the texture and the clarity, resize at 90% bicubic and repeat till you get close to the size you want.
At that point you can resize by pixels as usual. You will find this makes a big difference in your final result.
If you resize, use the unsharp mask or Brightness/Contrast to sharpen it a bit.
Adjust>Sharpness>Unsharp mask at Radius 1, strength 60, clipping 4.
or
Adjust>Brightness and Contrast set to Brightness of 5-contrast of 15.
You can resize either in PSP or in Animation Shop.
If the size difference is going to be quite a lot, I prefer to resize in PSP before
animating, so I can use Unsharp Mask to brighten and sharpen after resizing.
Tips for Watermarking and Saving
Watermark: Layers>New raster layer. Add your water mark on this new layer.
Layers>Merge>Merge all (flatten)
Save: File>Export>Jpeg optimizer - compression of 20.
If you've animated, you'll need to save it as a gif. I usually just use the defaults in Animation Shop.
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Translated October 2008
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Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
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Webpage Design Information
This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven
 Sadly, she passed away and her site is gone.
 The font I used for all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript
The font I used for the "Gold" tutorial header is La Portenia de la Recoleta.
(Click on the font names to download the fonts.)
I use PhotoImpact to make all of my headers due to the amazing
3D text it has and the wonderful presets available free online
 Most of the presets I use are either the ones that come with PhotoImpact, usually the Gel ones,
or from Deb's PI Tutorials and More (see below) or Carol Oyl's site
 This is the address to Deb's old pages
 http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/millenit/1716/pitutorials/objects/presets/presets1.html
 I can't find any links to her new pages but the presets are still on this page for download.
 For more sites to find PI Presets, take a look at my Great Beginnings page.