* ~ * Happy New Year 12 * ~ *


Jeanette's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here.

Click on the image to view the working script

MATERIALS NEEDED:
Supplies here.
The flower tube was made by Brigitte;
the castle by Hanne.
Save the Preset Shapes in your PSP Preset Shapes folder.

FILTERS:
None.



Change the foreground color to #9A988B,

background to  #EEEAE1

Make a gradient:





1. Open a new transparent canvas, size 600x450 px
and fill with the gradient.

2. Activate the Preset Shapes Tool and find the 'DIV 13'- shape.
Draw a shape from the to top left corner
to the bottom right corner in black.
Deselect.

3. Select the black area with the Magic Wand
while pressing the Shift key down.

4. Add a new layer.
Fill with the gradient.
It should happen square by square.
It will look exactly the same now as in step 1.

5. Apply a drop shadow: 3 3 70 15,00.

6. Selections --> Modify --> Select Selection Borders: Inside 1.

7. Add a new layer.
Fill with a silver pattern.
You will have to fill the borders one by one.
Make sure you don't forget any of the borders.
Deselect.

8. Set the background color to silver pattern.

9. Add a 2 px black border.
Select and fill with the silver pattern.

10. Duplicate the tube.
You will need two images for the script.

11. Open the bell tube.
Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.
Apply the same drop shadow as in step 5.

12. Open the flower tube.
Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply the same drop shadow as in step 5.

13. Mirror the flower tube.
Copy and paste it onto the canvas.
Merge all layers visible.

14. Lock the foreground color.
Add a text.
Apply a drop shadow: 3 3 70 5,00

15. Sharpen 1x.
Deselect.
Merge all layers.

The tag is finished.


Image 2.
Take the duplicated image.
Open the castle tube.
Copy and paste onto the duplicate image.
Change the opacity of this layer to 75%.

17. Merge layers visible.

18. Add some text and do the same as in step 14 and 15.
To write text vertical, the text direction has to be
changed in the text toolbar.

You need an additional 2 background if you want to
use the script.

Have fun !!
Happy New year !!

Download the empty script here

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Translated on 16th December 2006



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