Ellie's Treasures PSP-Tuts Marian's Past Scrap Tag

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Translated with permission from the creator, Marian at Marian's PSP-Lessen tutorial site.
See the original tutorial here for PSP in Dutch

This is not my tutorial, it belongs to Marian.
If you would like to translate into another language, you must ask her permission.
You can contact her here.

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For this tutorial you will need:

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
FM Tile Tools, available free here
Penta>VTR2, available free here, (scroll till you see the plugin icons)
Bordermania, available free here
Supplies in zip file here.
Supplies in zip file here for older versions if the other ones don't work for you. These are in psd format.
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From Marian
The tubes which I have used are of FBR and several scrap tubes. *
Have respect for the tubers and leaves them in their original state.
Important!!! Please read carefully!!!
* The scrap tubes used in this tutorial are bought by me personally.
You may use these scrap tubes for this tutorial, and for your personal use.
You may not offer these tubes for sale, trade, sharing, your own tutorials, or commercial purposes.
Read carefully the conditions and term or the scrap designers, otherwise I will have to stop writing scrap tutorials!!!
Thanks for your cooperation.
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My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins.
It's available for purchase here: http://www.icnet.de/filters_unlimited/
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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
Activate your tubes, duplicate them (shift-D) and close the originals.
I always open all of my tubes and close them as I use them
None of them are used more than once so you can close each one after use.
Drag the small copy of the tag just above with you for reference as you work.
Most of the tubes have the actual tube in the middle layer,
make sure you are in this layer before copying.

Step 1
Open a transparent canvas of 640x480 pixels.
Selections>Select All (Control-A)

Step 2
Activate "PA-Achtergrond_01",
Copy (Control-C) and Edit>Paste>Paste into selection.
Deselect.

Step 3
Activate "PA-Achtergrond_02",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move it to the left as shown.

Step 4
Activate "PA-Overlay", Copy (Control-C) and Paste as new layer (Control-L).
It does not need to be moved.

OPTIONAL: Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge all.
After I had realized I put this not far enough to the left and had to go back from step 8,
I left this unmerged in case of another emergency. LOL
I didn't merge anything till I had to, to add the borders, in step 20.

Step 5
Activate tube "PA-Lace", Copy (Control-C) and Paste as new layer (Control-L)
Move it to left right with the straight edge up against the left edge as shown

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 1 and V 1, Opacity 80, Blur 5.

Repeat with h -1 and V -1.

Step 6
Open tube "PA-Web"
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move it to the bottom right as shown.

Step 7
Activate tube "PA-Ribbon",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move these to the bottom.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 1 and V 1, Opacity 80, Blur 3.
Repeat with h -1 and V -1.

Step 8
Activate tube "PA-Stitching", Copy (Control-C) and Paste as new layer (Control-L)
Leave it where it is.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 1 and V 1, Opacity 80, Blur 3.

Step 9
Activate tube "PA-Rivet_Trim,
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move these to the bottom.
You can move it later if you don't like where it is.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 1 and V 1, Opacity 80, Blur 3.
Repeat with h -1 and V -1.

Step 10
Activate tube "PA-Frame",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move to the right as shown.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 2 and V 2, Opacity 60, Blur 15.

Repeat with H -2 and V -2

Step 11
Activate "PA-Achtergrond_frame", delete watermark layer
Activate tube "FBR_andaria" (woman),
Image>Resize to 70% bicubic

Image>Mirror

Step 12
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L) the woman into
the "PA-Achtergrond_frame".
Move it a bit down and to the left as shown.

Effects>FM Tile tools>Blend Emboss.
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge all.

Step 13
Copy (Control-C) this image your just made and
Paste as new layer (Control-L) into your working canvas.
Drag this in your layer pallet under the frame layer.
Move the picture until you don't see any edges

OPTIONAL: Activate top layer
Layers>Merge>Merge down (see previous note about merging, I didn't merge here'
and actually didn't merge till I had to, to add the borders in step 20)

Step 14
Activate tube "PA-Doodle",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move it to the top left as shown.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H -1 and V -1, Opacity 80, Blur 3.

Step 15
Activate tube "PA-Doodle-01",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move it to the left as shown

At this point I compared my example to Marian's and moved my background 2,
the woman with the frame and the rivets, more to the right. Glad I didn't merge earlier.
I always have an example open and refer to it at all times,
but this misalignment wasn't obvious to me till I places Doodle_01

Step 16
Activate tube "PA-Flower_01",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move these so that it is exactly at the left edge of the frame
and slightly higher than the bottom edge of the frame.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 1 and V 1, Opacity 80, Blur 3.
Repeat with h -1 and V -1.

Step 17
Activate tube "PA-Flower_02",
Copy (Control-C) and paste as new layer (Control-L).
Move it as shown by the other flower.
Use the same drop shadow as above.

Step 18
Do this step last if you want to change the text after making the tag,
or it will be merged into the tag in step 20.
Activate tube "PA-Wordart", Copy (Control-C) and Paste as new layer (Control-L)

Image>Rotate>Free Rotate>85 degrees to the left, no boxes checked.

Resize 93%, resize all layers not checked. Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen

Move it onto the tag on the frame as shown.

You can put your name or other text on the tag instead if you like.

Step 19
Make sure all is where you want it. As mentioned, if you will want to use it without the word Past on it,
leave that step off for now until you're done. You can add whatever text you want to the tag later.
You will have to merge now, to add the borders, so check it all to make sure it's all where you want it.
That was a lot of tubes to place!
Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Merge all.

Step 20
Image>Add Borders> 25 pixels white,

select with Magic Wand, anti-alias checked, tolerance and feather at 0.

Put foreground color on #ba8f70/background color on #9b9ca0

Make a gradient: Angle 45, repeats 0, invert not checked, linear

Fill the selection with this gradient.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings:
H 1 and V 1, Opacity 80, Blur 3.
Repeat with h -1 and V -1.

Step 21
Effects>Penta.com>VTR 2 at default settings: 26-0-169-0

Effects>Bordermania>Frame # 2: 4-7-110-130-notch corners checked, bevel not checked

Deselect

Step 22
Selections>Select All (Control-A)
Selections>Modify> Contract 20 pixels.
New raster layer
Fill with your gradient. This will cover your picture, don't worry, you haven't messed up!
Selections>Modify>Contract 5 pixels.
Press your delete key.
Deselect.

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel, settings:
bevel 2 - 2-10-2-1-10-315-40-33-white

You're done!

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.

Watermark and Save
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.

l hope you had fun!
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Revised translation Feb 24, 2008
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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 all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript
The font I used for the "Past" tutorial header is Beatrice.
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.