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Ellie's Treasures Paint Shop ProTranslated Tutorials - Baby Scrap http://www.ellies-treasures.com/jetjes/babyscrap-psp/babyscrap-psp.html |
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For this tutorial you
will need: Corel Paint Shop Pro (or Jasc previous versions) I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and PSP XI. 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 Filters Unlimited 2 Mura's Meister>Copies Pentacom vtr2 is in the supplies zip Supplies in zip file here for version 8 and up http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/babyscrap-psp-supplies.zip Supplies in zip file here for older psp versions has .psd tubes instead of pspimage. these can be opened in any program. http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/babyscrap-ps-pi-supplies.zip I am assuming you know the basics of Paint Shop Pro and where the tools can be located. |
| 1. Put the gradient jb-g435 in your gradient folder and your 3 filters in your plugin folder. Open your font so it's available for use. |
| 2. Open a canvas 640 x 480 Fill it with the gradient jb-g435 Angle 0, repeats 3, invert not checked (don't forget this, I got all the way to step 9 when I realized my mistake. Wouldn't have been too bad if I hadn't had to redo all my screenshots! LOL)   Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur radius of 35  Keep in mind that in the rest of the working canvas screenshots, the lines do not appear as fine as they really are, a result of me resizing so my screenshots aren't too large. |
| 3. Layers - duplicate Effects>Pentacom>VTR2 at default   Put the layer opacity at 70 |
| 4. Make the bottom layer active Layers>duplicate Image>Resize 80% bicubic (all layers unchecked)  |
5. Layers>Arrange>Bring to Top Apply a drop shadow 1, 1, 100, 3 #827a64 - repeat with -1, -1, 100, 3   Call this layer baby1 |
| 6. Copy this layer and paste as new image (control-V) Effects>Filters Unlimited 2>Edges, Square>Square edge 17 It will look like a torn edge. Copy and paste as new layer (Control-L) in your working canvas  |
| 7. Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance Drop shadow 1, 1, 100, 3 #827a64 repeat with -1, -1, 100, 3  Call this layer baby2 |
| 8. Go to layer baby1 Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance Layers>Duplicate Layers>Arrange>Bring to Top Image>Resize>80% bicubic  Layers>Duplicate Make the "copy of baby 1" layer active, the one just under the top one Effects Mura's Meister>Copies - Push the reset button at the bottom to set back to default, change bg color to black>Presets at bottom left, change to Afterimage(rotate random)  Change blend mode to luminance  |
| 9. Make the upper layer active Adjust>PhotoFix>Digital camera noise removal at default  Selections>Select all Selections>Float Selections>Defloat Selections>Modify - contract 10 pixels |
| 10. Create a new raster layer Copy the baby and Edit>Paste into selection Put the blend mode on luminance and the opacity on 80  Duplicate layer Layers>Merge>Merge Down |
| 11. Copy the tube "babykant" (rickrack) and paste as new layer Move it into place at the top of the baby picture Move this layer in your layer palette to just beneath the layer of baby1 Now move it under so that the scallop at the bottom of the rickrack is not visible  Duplicate layer, Image>Flip Duplicate layer Image>Rotate>Free rotate>90 left-all layers NOT checked  Move it into place and cut and/or erase away the excess (see example)  Layer duplicate, image>Mirror Make sure everything is in the right spot  Starting at the top rickrack layer, merge down 3x so all rickrack in on one layer In the layer palette, change your blend mode to soft light Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance  Layers>Merge visible |
| 12. Copy the tube "babyriem" (belt),
paste as a new layer Image>Rotate>Free rotate, all layers NOT checked 45 left Move it into place Apply a drop shadow 1,1,100, 3 color #827a64 (same as before) then repeat with -1 Duplicate layer. Image>Flip, then Image>Mirror  |
| 13. Copy the flower and paste as a new layer Place it on the buckle of the belt, apply a drop shadow as before Duplicate, flip, then mirror  |
| 14. Copy shoes and paste as new layer Image>Resize, I reduced it 6x at 80% bicubic each time You don't have to open the resize window each time, just go to Edit>Repeat Resize Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize>30 - 50  Apply the same drop shadow as before  Merge visible |
| 15. Adding Text Put foreground color on none and background color a light color from your picture (I used #dfd5bd, a very light beige) Find a nice font: mine was Bisque-size 25   Type your text, such as "welcome" that I typed for the belt Image>Rotate>Free Rotate 45 left all layers NOT checked Move it into place Apply a drop shadow 1, 1, 100, 3 as before Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen |
| 16. Duplicate layer and move to the other side of belt, as shown in example, then duplicate 2 more times for the other belt, Move all into the right place then merge all layers  |
| 17. Image>Add border: 1 pixel #706550, symmetric checked Add border: 20 pixels white Select border with your magic wand - tolerance 0 - anti alias inside Fill with your gradient. Keep selected. Effects 3d cutout 1,1,80,5 #706550 repeat with -1, -1, 80, 5  |
| 18. Copy the tube "zigzagbaby" and paste as new layer, move it a bit if you have to. It should be pretty good, but I had to move mine a little right so the stitches would be even on both sides.  Copy the "knop" (silver bead) and paste as a new layer. I sharpened mine twice to make it shinier. Duplicate layer, flip, duplicate layer, mirror, duplicate layer flip. This will put one in each corner.  Your tag is finished! |
| Resize if wanted.
This will be a hard one to resize, when you reduce a great deal, the fine lines become thick lines. What I did for my screenshots was, using the zoom tool, I reduced the onscreen size to 65%, then I hit Alt-Print Screen to take a picture, then control-V to copy as a new image. Now crop out your tag. You can even resize it a little more this way, without getting those lines all ugly. LOL I used 65% for the smaller tags, about 400 width. When I wanted the 500 width for the header, I zoomed it down to 75% before taking the picture. Make sure nothing is covering any part of your tag, such as the layer window, before hitting print screen. The tag is 640X480. You can take it down to 600 width without losing the thick lines by just resizing in the normal way. Don't forget to optimize (File>Export>Jpeg Optimizer). I usually optimize at about 20. |
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