Ellie's Treasures Universal Tutorials-To Love Scrap Tag

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For this tutorial you will need:
Any graphics program that allows 3rd party filters.
Commonly any version of Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Gimp, etc
You can even do it in free programs that use filters, such as IrfanView.
There are instructions on their home site about adding filters to the program.
Filters and materials needed
No outside filters needed
Scrap Kit used is "Be Mine" kit and is by Lilybelle Scraps
Go to her blog and look in the right hand column for "Be Mine" under Labels
I've unzipped them all together so not sure about some, but I know you need elements 3 and 4 and Errors-Omissions-Additions
I don't see the outside heart frame with Be Mine in the previews but I think it's from the Errors and Omissions folder.
Supplies in zip file here . They are in psd format and can be used in any program.
Supplies are the rose tube and the copyright for the scrapkit on a layer
I left the rose and leaves in layers so they can be colorized
I made the rose from this tutorial: http://pspbuddies.com/pspTutor/Gibbs/Pretty-Rose/index.html (tut now seems to be gone)
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I am assuming you know the basics of your program 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

1. Create a new canvas 600X630, transparent. I'm showing it on a white background here for clarity.

2. Activate png file "fburnettBEMINE-STICKERFRAME2.png"
Resize to width of 400, keep aspect ratio, resize all layers not checked.
Copy and paste as new layer into canvas. Put it just above the center of the canvas, centered horizontally.

3. Active rose tube, merge into single layer if needed (in PI, merge as single object),
then copy and paste as new layer, position at bottom point of heart as shown

4. Activate png file "fburnettBEMINE-WORDART8S.png".
Resize to width of 250, keep aspect ratio, resize all layers not checked.
Copy and paste as new layer into canvas.
Position at top of outline heart as shown.
In your layer palette, pull this layer below the layer with the rose,
so the bottom point of this heart is just behind the rose.

5. Activate png file "fburnettBEMINE-ROSERIBBONCLUSTER.png".
Resize to width of 130, keep aspect ratio, resize all layers not checked.
Copy and paste as new layer into canvas. Position at top left of heart as shown.

6. Activate png file "fburnettBEMINE-FOCUSFRAME1.png".
Resize to width of 600, keep aspect ratio, resize all layers not checked.
Copy and paste as new layer into canvas.
It should automatically go at the outside of the canvas to enclose all you've done so far, if not, move it there.
I didn't like the little curl of rose stem sticking out on the right of this frame so,
making sure I was on the rose layer, I erased the part sticking out.

7. Activate psd file copyright Lilybelle and add it to your tag.

If you want to save as a gif, delete the layer with the white background, if you have one.
In PI, go to View>Base Image to put it on a transparent background.

You're done. If you reduce the size, make sure you use your unsharp mask at Radius 1-Amount 64%-Threshold 4.

Save
PSP: File>Export>Gif optimizer
On the Transparency tab, select Existing image or layer transparency
On the Partial Transparency tab, select Use full transparency for pixels below 5% opacity,
and Yes, blend with the background color and in the color swatch,
pick the closest color to the background your tag will be used on.
Many people have more success saving gifs in Animation Shop but I haven't tried that.

PI: Web>Image Optimizer>click on Gif tab, then Mask options tab, click the drop down arrow next to Matte, pick either a color
(pick the closest color to the background your tag will be used on) or your background image (browse to it then click "open"),
now Save As, give it a name and save.

PS/PSE: File>Save for web. Where it says Matte, pick the closest color to the background your tag will be used on. Now save.

For any of the programs. There is an option to not pick any matte color, but to use transparent instead.
I have always found it to save very poorly without a matte, with lots of ragged edges,
and it was the biggest problems with my gifs for many years.

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Tutorial was written February 9, 2008
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These tutorials are all my own creations.
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,
but do not copy and send the entire tutorial to anyone or any group.
You do not need my permission to share a text link only to this tutorial.
You may also save it to your hard drive (go to File>Save As, and save as an mht file-
this will save the pictures with the page in one single file and will open in a browser.
If not available, save as Web Page, complete (*.htm, *.html).
This will save it with the pictures in a separate folder)
or print it out for your own personal use.
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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 "To Love" tutorial header is Boa Scrip SF.
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.