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Wednesday 21 December 2011

Tag Tutorial - PTU - Very Merry



This is another quite simple copy and paste tutorial, but
with another nice kit hehe :) xx

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Please bear with me but for some reason Blogger Editor isn't displaying properly and I'm out of time to do my usual fancy schmancy links and what not - so I'm adding them here as web addresses and when Blogger is fixed I'll do them properly lol!

SO - you'll need

Tube of Choice - preferably one with different sized versions - I'm using one by Keith Garvey called "Christmas Pixie"
I love it!!
You can get this tube from PTE - http://psptubesemporium.com/
or use another triple tube or just one mahoosive tube and resize as needed


Kit - Merry Christmas by...me! You can get it for 30% off
until the end of December at SATC and Clarey's Designz
http://www.scrapsandthecity.com or http://www.clareys-designz.com

Mask by me - Vix_Mask434 - the snowflakey one from a while back



Click on the thumbnail to get the full sized one and right click and save to your
own computers

No other Filters needed

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Open a New Image in PSP

700 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White



Then open Vix-MC-E21a (realistic tree with baubles
or use on of the other two coloured versions in the kit)

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag - middleish

Open

Vix-MC-E1 (The Peppermint Twist Trio Frame)

C&P

Place under the tree in the LP (Layer Palette...that bit over on the right
of PSP which shows yer layers)

and then move over to the right of the tag canvas more

Lining it up as mine for positioning


Now

Open your Tube/Close Up Combo

Get the full bodied tube

C&P

Line up as mine - making sure she's above the
other layers in the LP

Now

Open the Middle sized tube

C&P

Place as mine - and move to just under the Tree layer

Now

Duplicate this tube layer

Move one copy of the tube DOWN the LP so it's under the Frame layer

Hide the top copy of the tube for now

Apply a nice dropshadow to this Bottom tube layer

I went for

1

6

12

2.00

Black

Now taking your Magic Wand on the usual settings (see the side Glossary
of Terms if you're unsure about Selection Erasing)

Click inside the botton frame area (the middle bit)

Selections

Modify Expand by 3

Selections

Invert

Don't hit Delete - we want to keep the top of the tube

So, just grab your Eraser and erase the bit of the tube at the bottom of
the frame area - ie. the skirt that overhangs the frame section

Selections None

Unhide the Top copy of this tube

Apply the same shadow then

Taking your Eraser again

Erase so the skirt area is once again removed
taking care not to erase any shadowed area on the bottom right of the tube

You may need to zoom in a bit for this bit - I know I did lol!
(I went into 200%)
So erase the area carefully on the right of the tube
then you can go a little madder and erase the rest of the
tube bottom as before so she now
appears to be emerging from the frame

(If you're not happy doing this erase part, then don't apply the shadow to the top tube copy
and then you can just do the erase without worrying about removing shadow)

OK, now for some papers within the frame

You can either apply one paper to each frame section
or one whole paper to all - you choose :)

To do this - and I'm gonna shorthand it

Click inside the area of frame you'd like filled
Selection Expand as we did for the Tube earlier

Then

Don't Invert

Just take your chosen paper/s

C&P

Position within the selection

Now, Selections, Invert

Hit Delete on the Paper layer within the LP

Selections None

Move the paper down the LP so it's just above the White Background
and repeat as needed

I used Vix-MC-P11 (white one with red snowflakes)
for all three frame fills


OK
So looking like mine?

Eeeeeeeeexcellent!


So now,

Take your largest version of your tube

C&P

Place over to the right of the tag canvas

Sandwich this layer betweem the paper and frame layers in the LP

If you're having your tube filling the area, don't bother applying a shadow

but if - like me - you're having your face "peeking in" from the frame

then do :)

I used

0

0

50

21.78

Black

(Big and Smudgy Central Shadow)

Then, once more do a Selection Expand Delete as before on this tube


Now CROP the tag to the current size 'cos if you've just

done the large tube and shadow combo, it's still there, sneakily hiding

outside of the tag canvas...

Wanna see? If yes, read on - if not, just crop and skip ahead to the asterisk

So, BEFORE you crop - Go to

Image, Canvas Size

and go to Width 750 x Height 600

LOOK! There it is all hiding under the outside of the tag canvas...schneaky lol!

This can sometimes cause problems with shadow lines on tags and excess tube bits too

Nothing irritates me like when I finish a tag, make a load for friends and then

see a flippin' shadow line or iffy cropped bit.

SO, in my tuts, I always crop to the actual canvas size to get rid of any of this stuff.

People sometimes wonder why I do it...and now, YOU know :D xx

Oh, so just go to your Undo Arrow and Click undo once to get back to your original

tag canvas size of 700 x 600 and NOW you can Crop to Canvas size of 700 x 600

OK

Back to the tut...


*Open the Paper - Vix-MC-P7

C&P

Just above the White Back in the LP

Do another crop to canvas size

Now

Open Vix-MC-E27 - one of the scatters

C&P

Place over on the right of the tag as mine

Making sure this layer is above all the others (we'll move down in a min)

Duplicate

then Move (don't mirror flip as the scatter is shadowed)

over to the left of the tag canvas area

Again, Position as Mine

Now move both of these layers down the LP

so they're just above the Mask layer

OK

Now open Vix-MC-E74 - the wordart

C&P

It should position itself in the middle of the tag area?

If not, move down so it's in the middleish - see me tag for ref

Then

Move down the LP so it's just above the Mask layer


Now taking your Magic Wand again

Click inside the three strip areas of the frame

Selection Modify Expand as before

Then

Hit Delete on all the layers that show through this frame bit

So

the Mask Layer

The Wordart Layer

the two Scatter Layers

Once they've been deleted - Selections None

Now add a nice shadow to the frame layer

I used

1

1

52

2.00

Black

OK

Open Vix-MC-E23 - the sparkles

C&P

Place above all the other layers in the LP

and position as mine


Final bits now...

Add a dropshadow to your main tube and the tree

I used

-1

5

27

12.00

Black


Add your name in a font and style of choice

Place where you prefer

And

then add your Artist CR info and URL etc

Do one more crop to tag canvas - taking care not to crop the Sparkles layer

You might want to add a Black fill layer so you can see what you're doing :)

I got down to 691 x 570

and

Now, Delete the White Background (And black fill layer if you use one)

Merge all layers Visible

and

Save as a PNG file


Ta-daaaaaa!!

Thanks for trying my tut, if you buy it, thanks for
buying the kit ((hugs)) and importantly - enjoy your tag hehe xx

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Tag Tutorial - PTU - It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas



This is a nice, simple copy and paste tag tutorial
It is not taxing on the PSP skills :)
However, it uses a gorgeous kit *wink* and is fab for getting to
know your PSP layers or if you need a tag in a hurry! :D

SUPPLIES NEEDED


Tube - I'm using Merry by Celinart Pin Up which you can get from Scraps and the City HERE

Scrapkit - PTU - A collab by SkyScraps and me called "Christmas Delight"
You can purchase it HERE


Mask by me - it's one of my Christmas Masks from 2008
called Vix_Mask301
and it's available from my tutsite for download if you
don't have it already
Scroll down the page and find them HERE

Xero Graphics - Radiance

Eye Candy Gradient Glow - optional


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Open a New Image in PSP - 700 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White


Open the file Vix-E3 (The Black frame)

C & P

Position in the centre of the tag canvas


Open the file - SkyScraps-CD-E40 (The Christmas Tree)

Image

Resize

80% Smartsize

Copy

and Paste as a new Layer above the frame layer


Open the file SkyScraps-CD-E21 (the red swirly ribbon)

Image

Resize

50% Smartsize

Copy

and Paste as a new Layer on the right side of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Now Move BOTH of these ribbon layers

down the Layer Palette so they're just above the White Background layer


Open my paper Vix-P2 (the green one)

Image

Resize

86%

Copy

and Paste

as a new Layer

Click with your Magic Wand inside both of the frame sections

Selections

Modify

Expand

4

Selections

Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections

None

and make sure the Paper layer is above the ribbons and below the frame


Open vix-E29 (the baubles)

Image

Resize

60%

Copy

Paste on the left side of the tag canvas

Line it up to the top of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror



Open the Celine tube

Edit

Copy

Paste as a New Layer

It'll be massive - hooray! lol!!

So place on the left side of the tag canvas

Under the frame layer

Line up as Mine

Use Magic Wand once more - and do the same selection

as before

and hit Delete on the tube layer

Selections

None

In the Layer Palette (the LP) change the Blend Mode of

the tube to Screen and drop the Opacity to 53 or thereabouts


Now

Paste the tube again

And this time

Resize the tube

60%

Move over to the right of the tag canvas (see mine for placement)

and move the tube layer up to the top of the LP

Duplicate the tube layer

on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

Xero Graphics - Radiance

on these settings



Then change the Blend Mode in the Layer Palette to Soft Light



Open the SkyScraps-CD-pp6 (Paper)

Image

Resize

75%

(So the paper should be 600 x 600 now)

Now

Apply my mask to the Paper

Then

Copy the Masked Paper

Paste as a new layer on the Tag canvas

Place it on the left side just above the White Background

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Now open Vix-E41 (the scatter)

Copy

Paste over on the right side

Move in to position as mine

Duplicate

Move that layer over to the left

Move both scatter layers down the LP so

they're just below

the Paper frame fill layer


Open the file Vix-E34 (the holly)

Copy

Place as mine on the left side of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Flip


Make sure both of these layers are

just below the main tube layer in the LP


Open the file Vix-E39S (the shadowed glitter ornament)

Copy

Paste over to the left side of the tag canvas

Move this layer in the LP

down to just above

the Mask layers

Place as mine

Duplicate

Move the duplicate over to the top right as mine


Open the file - Vix-E45 (the Celebrate wordart)

Copy

Paste as a New Layer

just above the ornament layers

and place as mine

Duplicate

and move down to line up with the bottom of the frame

See my tag again for reference :D


OK

Nearly there!


So now

Crop the tag canvas to it's size or smaller if liked

Delete the White Background layer

Apply a favourite drop shadow to any element that

doesn't already have one

I used a subtle one for the holly and ribbons

and a larger one for the frame, tree and bottom tube layer


Now finally

Add your name in a font and style of choice

Shadow it

and then add your Artist Info

Save as PNG

That's it

All done and I hope you enjoy your tag xx