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Click here for my friend Bobbi's version
Translated with permission from the creator, Jet at Jetje's PSP Creaties tutorial site.
See the original tutorial here for PSP in Dutch

This is not my tutorial, it belongs to Jet.
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 PS CS3 and PSE 5
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.
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Filters and materials needed
Funhouse - ZigZaggerate and Xaggerate, free here
FM Tile tools - Blend Emboss, free here (it's a trial version but blend emboss is one that keeps working)
Simple - Four Way Average, free here
Graphic Plus - Cross Shadow, free here
Penta.com - VTR 2, free here
Bordermania - free here
Eye Candy 3.1 - free here
Scribe - Super Emboss - free here
Supplies in zip file here
The material has been prepared so that you can open it with different versions of the program.
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I am assuming you know the basics of Photoshop/Photoshop Elements and where the tools can be located.
My filter windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my filters.
A great program! It's Shareware and you can get it here.
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.
           



1. Open the gradient canvas supplied in the Materials zip file.
2. Fill your canvas with the gradient. Go to Adjust>Blur>Gaussian blur set at 45.


It should look like this now.
3. Effects>Funhouse - ZigZaggerate at default of 60-60




Effects>Simple - 4way average


Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance more
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen
Filter>Scribe>Super Emboss>45-127-127-132-135


Filter>FM Tile tools>Blend Emboss>


Effect>Graphic Plus - Cross-Shadow-default except for Vertical and Intensity 35 and Brightness on 67




If you are using Filters Unlimited (a filter manager) as I do, if you hold the Alt key down while clicking Apply you can do multiple filters without it closing down between each one.
4. Open and Copy (Control-A then Control-C) marif misteddecor0100 and paste as new layer (control-V)
Move it to bottom right as shown, partially off the canvas


Change blend mode to luminosity and the opacity to 26
5. Open and Copy marif misted fleurs and paste into canvas
Move this right above the angle as shown


Change blend mode to luminosity and the opacity to 20
6. Open and copy marif misted face and paste into canvas
Move it to the left side as shown

Blend mode on hard light and opacity at 73

Filter>FM Tile tools>Blend Emboss at default

 
7.
In Photoshop Elements
Enhance>Adjust Color>Adjust color for skin tone
When that window opens, when you move your cursor out of it an eyedropper will appear. Click on a point on the lighter part of her cheek as shown. If it looks ok, click ok, if not move the sliders around a bit to get the effect you want.


In Photoshop:
Filter>Noise>Reduce Noise, set strength at 10 and the other two at 0,Sharpen Details at 50%).


Yours should now look like this
8. new raster layer
Open the words canvas and copy and paste them into the tag canvas. Apply in the spot shown.


In Photoshop Elements
Styles palette>Layer Styles>Drop Shadows, click on Low
Go to Layer>Layer Style>Style Settings and change the settings to 3-2-100, black, angle at 30.




In Photoshop
Layer>Layer Style>Drop Shadow, settings multiply, black, 75%, angle 120,
use global light checked; 3-0-3, the rest at default



Merge all layers
If you want your tag to be 600 px width then reduce the size to 540 pix
wide because a frame of approximately 63 pixels will be added
The tag part is now done, we'll add the frame next.
Duplicate the tag and minimize one copy.
9. Image (in PS it's Edit)>Copy
Selections>Select all
Filter>Bordermania>3D BW Sunken #2, border width at 0



Select none. Flatten image.
10. We'll be expanding the canvas a number of times now.
To expand canvas, right click in title bar of the canvas and pick expand canvas.
Check the box "Relative" and put in the expansion numbers. Keep the anchor in the middle. Pick your color.


Expand Canvas 1 pixel # 5e462a
Right click in layer palette and make background into a layer
Now make a new layer by clicking on the little icon at top left, under the word Normal
(In PS it's at the bottom of the layer palette). pull it beneath the other one. Stay in that layer.
Expand Canvas 15 pixels it will be a transparent border
Copy your duplicated image and back in your tag canvas Edit>Paste
It will look like nothing happened but your layer is in behind the other one.
Click the eye in the layer palette for the top layer to turn it off.
Go to Image>Resize>Scale (in PS it's Edit>Transform>Scale) and pull the boxes
so the canvas is filled right to the edges. Hold down the control key while pulling the boxes
to resize evenly. You may have to pull at the top and bottom boxes a bit to get
the top and bottom right to the edges. Don't worry if it deforms the picture a bit.

Click on the checkmark. In PSE it's right in the canvas, in PS it's in the toolbar.
Turn the top layer back on.
11. Adjust (in PS it's Filter)>Blur>Gaussian Blur set at 30
Filter>Funhouse>ZigZaggerate 60-60
Filter>Funhouse>Xaggerate - 24-24
Filter>Simple 4 way average
Filter>Scribe>Super Emboss>0-128-128-147-145


PSE: Enhance>Auto Sharpen.
PS: Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen

Flatten image.
12. Expand Canvas 10 pixels color #a0744f
Select border with magic wand set at tolerance of 15
Filter>Graphics Plus>Cross-Shadow bottom two lines at 128 (default)


Filter>Penta>VTR2, leave all at default but change Contrast to 185


Filter>Eye Candy 3.1>Inner Bevel>width 8, shape flat, smoothness 6,
shadow depth 11, brightness 18, sharpness 16, direction 135, inclination 45


Filter>FM Tile Tools>Blend Emboss at default -1, -1, .250, 64, last 3 at .938, edge wrap checked


PSE: Enhance>Adjust Lighting>Brightness and contrast
PS: Image>Adjustments>Brightness and Contrast),
Both: change brightness to -14 and contrast to 21



Select none

Right click on layer palette, Layer from Background
13. Create new layer and pull it beneath the other one
Expand Canvas 25 pixels
Make sure the duplicate canvas is still in clipboard
Select all and copy
In your working canvas Edit>Paste (or control-V),
PSE: Image>Resize>Scale
PS it's Edit>Transform>Scale
and pull out to fit with bounding boxes to the edges as before.
Don't forget to click the eye in the top layer to turn it off.
Pull out the canvas beyond the edges and make sure the picture goes just beyond the edges.

Adjust (in PS it's Filter)>Blur>Gaussian Blur set at 30
Filter>Funhouse>ZigZaggerate 60-60
Filter>Funhouse>Xaggerate - 24-24
Filter>Simple 4 way average
Filter>Scribe>Super Emboss>0-128-128-147-145

PSE: Enhance>Auto Sharpen.
PS: Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen.
Flatten image.
14. Expand canvas 12 pixels #a0744f
Select border with magic wand set at tolerance of 15
Filter>Graphics Plus>Cross-Shadow bottom two lines at 128 (default)
Filter>Penta>VTR2, leave all at default but change Contrast to 185
Filter>Eye Candy 3.1>Inner Bevel>width 8, shape flat, smoothness 6,
shadow depth 11, brightness 18, sharpness 16, direction 135, inclination 45
Filter>FM Tile Tools>Blend Emboss at default
 -1, -1, .250, 64, last 3 at .938, edge wrap checked
PSE: Enhance>Adjust Lighting>Brightness and contrast
PS: Image>Adjustments>Brightness and Contrast),
Both: change brightness to -14 and contrast to 21
Select none
You're done! Watermark and save. Don't forget to optimize. I usually save at 8 or 9.
l hope you had fun!
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These tutorials are translated with permission from the original writer.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
Feel free to share any of my tutorials on this site by a link back to my site,
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My friend Bobbi's version
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Webpage Design Information
This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven
 Sadly, she passed away but her tutorials just came back online, thanks to PIRCNet.
You can find the tutorial here.
 The font I used for the text on the buttons is BrockScript
The font I used for the "Don't Love One" tutorial header is ChaseCallasSH.
 Click on the font name to download the font.
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.