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Summer Days Forum Set
DIR By: Sezy
Date: February 19, 2012, 1:52 am
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[size=12pt]I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should
be able to create this tag in all versions.
Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I’m using one by Psyco
HTML http://psycojimi.deviantart.com
, which you must gain a FTU
license from My Tubed Art
HTML http://www.mytubedart.com
to use.
Please do not use unless you have the appropriate license.
Image of choice. I’m using one I downloaded from www.sxc.hu
Fonts of choice. You’ll need a bold font and a script font.
I’m using Pussycat and Affalite.
Plugins:
Fantastic Machine – Paint Engine
Graphics Plus – Pinwheel
1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels
2. Set your foreground and background to two bright colours
from your tube.
Create a foreground-background gradient, angle on 45, repeats on
3. Flood fill your canvas.
3. Apply Graphics Plus – Pinwheel with the following settings:
HTML http://images59.fotki.com/v791/photos/5/1294515/8684281/SummerDaysPinWheel-vi.jpg
4. Copy and paste your image as a new layer. Resize it and
move it until you are happy with the image that is showing.
Crop your image to 600 x 250 pixels.
5. Apply Fantastic Machine Paint Engine with the following
settings:
HTML http://images55.fotki.com/v648/photos/5/1294515/8684281/SummerDaysPaintEngine-vi.jpg
6. Select your preset shapes tool, set to Eclipse. Set your
foreground to null, your background to a colour of choice. It
doesn’t matter what colour, as you will be deleting this layer
later. Draw out a circle, holding down the shift key to keep it
even. When you are happy with the circle, convert it to a
raster layer. Duplicate this layer. Mirror the duplicate
circle. Make sure your two circles overlap slightly in the
centre. See my screenshot below:
HTML http://images61.fotki.com/v380/photos/5/1294515/8684281/SummerDaysPresetShapes-vi.jpg
7. Merge your two circle layers. Selections – Select All –
Float – Defloat. Highlight your image layer. Selections –
Invert. Press the delete button. Selections – Select None.
8. Delete your circles layer. Highlight your image layer.
Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat. Selections – Modify
– Expand by 10 pixels. Add a new raster layer and floodfill the
selected area with black. Selections – Select None. Move this
layer under your image layer and merge them together. Add a
drop shadow of choice (I’ve used 2, 2, 70, 15). Move it over to
the right of your canvas.
9. Paste your tube as a new layer and move it to the left of
your canvas. Add a drop shadow of choice (I’ve used 2, 2, 70,
15).
10. Add a new raster layer. Selections – Select All.
Selections – Modify – Contract by 4. Selections – Invert.
Floodfill with colour of choice (I’ve used black).
11. Add your saying (I’ve used Summer Days) in your bold font,
using white or colour of choice. Add a drop shadow (I’ve used
2, 2, 70, 7). Change your blend mode to soft light. Add your
name using the script font, using black or other colour of
choice.
12. Add copyright and license number (if necessary). Don’t
forget to credit your background photo.
And you’re done :)
To create the avatar:
1. Select the background layer of your tag and copy it.
2. Paste as a new image and crop to 150 x 150 pixels. You can
do this with a custom crop:
HTML http://images59.fotki.com/v791/photos/5/1294515/8684281/SummerDaysCrop-vi.jpg
3. Add a new raster layer. Selections – Select All.
Selections – Modify – Contract by 4. Selections – Invert.
Floodfill with colour of choice (I’ve used black).
4. Add your name or initial using your script font.
Remember: No copyright is necessary on your avatar because you
created the background using a gradient.
And you’re done :)
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