06 - Tag Chic - English


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I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Xero 4 / Fritillary
Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation
Animation Shop



You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you,
it shows you always where you are

(just click and drag)

Have Fun!


tutorial tested by:

Ok, let's start:

01) open the file: alpha-tag-chic-colombe.pspimage

Window / Duplicate

close the original

set your FGC to: #808080
and your BGC to: #ffffff

flood fill with this gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 40

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Fritillary:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen More

Selections / Select all

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 25

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with your gradient

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 40

Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds:

Effects / Reflection Effects / Kaleidoscope:

Deselect

03) activate your selection tool / Custom Selection:

Selections / Invert

Effects / Texture Effects / Weave:
FGC & BGC

Selections / Invert

Selections / Promote selection to layer

Deselect

activate the layer under it: Raster 1

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
&

04) activate the top layer: Promoted Selection

Layers / Duplicate

Layers / Image Effects / Offset:

Layers / Duplicate

Layers / Image Effects / Offset: same settings

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Edit / Repeat Layer Merge Down

Adjust / Brightness and Contrast / Brightness/Contrast:
27 / 0

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #858585
&

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

05) open the tube: chrismist_@monica.png

Image / Resize: 80%

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

change the blend mode to: Luminance (Legacy)

and the opacity to: 62

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

06) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

flood fill selection with this gradient:

Deselect

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Effects / Distortion Effects / Wind:
&

Effects / Texture Effects / Weave:
FGC & BGC

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

07) Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with this gradient:

Deselect

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Resize: 60% (all layers NOT checked)

Effects / Texture Effects / Weave:
FGC & BGC

place it as shown below:

activate the layer under it

Effects / Texture Effects / Weave: same settings

Layers / Merge / Merge visible

08) open the tube: diam010.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

09) open the tube: elegance3000011-tube-colombe.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #858585
&

Layers / Merge / Merge visible

10) open the tube: diam-ligne-colombe.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

11) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

flood fill the selection with this gradient:

Deselect

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Effects / Texture Effects / Weave:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #66656a
&

12) open the tube: chaussure01-01-tube-colombe.png

Image / Resize: 18%

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #66656a / -3
 

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

place it as shown below:

Layers / Merge / Merge / Down

Edit / Repeat Layer Merge Down

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

13) open the tube: makeup02-colombe.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place as shown below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

14) open the tube: frame-colombe.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

15) activate your text tool

Font: Not just a toy / size: 48

FGC: #808080 / BGC: #ffffff

write: CHIC

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer

now write your name

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer

place it as shown below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

16) add your watermark and name

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

activate the top layer 
(layer with diam-ligne-colombe.png tube)

Layers / Merge / Merge Down (with text layer)

17) open the tube: blanco.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

move it exactly over the first

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

18) Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / Paste as new Animation

back to your PSP

Edit / Undo Constellation

19) Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation:
same settings

But: hit once on Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / Paste after current frame

File / Save as ....gif

show me your work:

subject line: 06 - Tag Chic - your name

You are done!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
as much as I have enjoyed creating it
for you. I would love to see your results,
so if you would like, email it to me at:
waldlichtelfe@waldgeist.co.uk
with (Name of the tutorial)  in the subject line.

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Copyright tutorial: Colombe
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, February 05, 2009