Butterfly Tag made by Birgit.

You are not allowed to forward this lesson or to place it on any web site.
Do not claim as your own, but all graphics made by your self, are yours.

I have used PSP 9, but other versions should work.

MATERIALS:

1. picture - bj-butterfly
2. misted tubes - bj-astilbe1 and bj-astilbe2.
Font - Heavy Heap.
Picture and tubes are from my own photos.
All in this zip
You can also use your own picture, tubes and font.

Open PSP
Save tube and font in your own Folder and then open
them in PSP, Minimize.
In Material Box, set foreground to #cec0ff and background to #62599a.
Or use your own color.
Make a Gradient, set Angle 327, repeat 2, no check in Invert, Style Linear:

Now we are ready to begin.

1.

In PSP go to Image,  File/New Image:

Set Width 800, Height 500, transparent.

Flood fill with Gradient.
Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Set Noise 10 and check Gaussian and Monochrome:

Effects/Distortion Effects/Ripple:

With these settings .
If you use other colors, change color here::

2.

Go to Preset Shape/Ellipse Tool,
Set Width 15,00, Create On Vector:

In Material Box, close Foreground and Swap Background to Foreground.
Just push on arrow next to Background, then you have it as Foreground:

          

Set on Rulers - View/Rulers:

Now make a Ellipse on Image, starting at  1. 101 x 101 (red cross ) and draw out to 2. 460 x 380.
Look at Status Bar in right bottom of PSP:

Close Rulers.

In Layer Palette, right click Layer and Convert to Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel:

With these settings:

In Layer Palette, right click Frame Layer and Duplicate.
Image/Resize 108%, no check in Resize All Layers:

Use mover Tool and place it outside first frame.
If it's not fit, use Raster Deform Tool :

In Layer Palette, right click Duplicate Layer and
Merge/Merge Down.
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow:

With these settings:

3.

Grab Magic Wand:

Use it to select inside of frame.
Selections/Modify/Expand:



Set pixel to 5:

In Layer Palette. Active Backgrounds Layer.
Open picture bj-butterfly. Edit/Copy.
On Image, Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer.
Image/Resize 85 % , no check in Resize All Layers.
With mover Tool Move it in frame:

Selections/Invert. Hit Delete on Keyboard.
Selections/Select None.
In Layer Palette, right click Frame Layer and Merge/Merge Down.

4.

Open tube bj-astilbe1. Edit/Copy. Close it.
On Image, Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer.
With Mover Tool move it to the right side.
Look at mine placement.

5.

Open tube bj-astilbe2, Edit/Copy, close it.
On Image, Edit/Paste /Paste as New Layer.
With Mover Tool move it down left.
Look at mine placement.
In Layer Palette, right click astilbe2 layer and Duplicate.
Image /Flip.

6.

Now we are going to write our text round frame.
First open Vector Shape/Ellipse Tool.
We change width to 2.
In Material Box  set Foreground to Black and close Background.
Now make a Ellipse round Frame. If you have to move it, then active Pen Tool:


Now go to Text Tool.
Set Foreground to black, Background to #625999,
or use your own color and Font.
I use Heavy Heap, size 34, Kerning 20 and Vector:



Hold  Mouse on Ellipse line, where you want text to begin,
And you will now see and A with a bow.
Left click:

Now type your text.
If you want to move it, then set mouse where you see my red cross.
and you can move it.

When satisfied go to Layer Palette.
Click on cross besides Vector1 Layer and it open.
Now close New Ellipse:

Right click Vector Layer and Convert to Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow  same as  tube.
Put on your name or watermark.
In Layer Palette , Right click a Layer.
Merge/Merge Visible.

Now we are ready, just Resize a bit.
Image/Resize 85 % check in Resize All Layers.
Save it as JPG.
 File/Export/JPEG Optimizer:



Set compression value to 20

Then give it a name and save.

Hope you are satisfied with result.
Thank you for trying .

Tutorial made by Birgit
January 2010

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