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Saturday 25 November 2017

I'm Ready for 2018





This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 25th November  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
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Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, I am using the beatiful artwork of Nocturne
You must have a license to use the same tube as me
you can purchase this from Pics for Design
Cluster 3 HERE from Dreamworld Design
My Mask 203
Other supplies HERE
Font of choice
I used paper 23 from This Kit but any black and gold paper/gradient could be used


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open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 23 as new layer
resize by 70
apply mask
merge group
duplicate
image, mirror & flip
move down a bit

c/p cluster 3 as new layer
resize by 60
erase as much of the frame as you can
you dont have to be exact as we are going to cover
any bits left

c/p gold frame
resize by 60
position under cluster and to the right a little
duplicate
move down and to the left so its showing under the
cluster at the bottom

c/p black flower
resize by 20
position at the bottom, covering any frame that is left
d/s

c/p glitter ball
resize 20
position under the black flower but to the right a little
d/s

c/p "im ready for 2018" layer of WA 2018
position along bottom of tag

Make cluster active
c/p tube as new layer
resize to fit
erase any that is showing at the bottom of your tag
and make sure that part of the tube is covering any
frame that is left showing on the cluster
d/s

c/p gold sparkles
resize 60
duplicate 
rotate, mirror, flip both layers
until you have them positioned to your liking
adjust, sharpeness, sharpen more, twice on both layers
d/s

reposition anything you wish now

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
save as png

To Make The Avatar

Open blank canvas 200 x 200

copy your finished tag
paste as new layer on avatar canvas
position so some of the cluster is showing

c/p large "2018" from WA 2018
paste as new layer
resize to fit

new raster layer
select all
floodfill with a gold color
contract selection by 2
hit delete on keyboard
deselect
add noise, 100% gaussian, monochrome
add name
merge all flatten
save as jpg


Here are some more examples made by the members of  Taggers Inn

Made by Deeva


Made by Suzie





Monday 20 November 2017

Silver Bells

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice, one with a close up is good
I am using the beautiful artwork of Alex Prihodko which can be 
purchased at Pics For Design
Supplies Here
Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th November  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Open supplies

open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

copy and paste paper as new layer
apply mask
merge group

preset shapes, ellipse
width 20, foreground set to foil pattern
background null, 
draw out a small circle in the middle of your canvas
align, center in canvas
convert to raster
adjust, brightness & contrast
B54, C15
adjust, sharpen more
repeat brightness

duplicate
position side by side, but make one slightly
higher than the other and just overlapping slightly
erase the part of the bottom one that is showing
inside the top one
merge down

magic wand, feather 0, mode Add(shift)
click inside both parts of the frame
expand by 4
paste paper again
invert, delete
deselect
drag paper layer below frame layer

c/p swirl
resize by 60
position along bottom of frame

c/p berries
position on top of swirl

c/p fir
resize 40
position below swirl but to the left
duplicate, image, mirror
move so it is poking out from behind the swirl

c/p diamond circle
resize 40
image effets, offset
H-68, V54 transparent

duplicate
offset, H146, V-155
merge down
drag down to just above your mask layer

c/p snowflake swirl
resize 70
duplicate twice and flip &/or mirror 
to show some of the snowflakes to your liking

c/p silver bells
resize 30
drag to top of layer palette
position at the end of the berries stalk

c/p ribbon
position behind silver bells

Make frame layer active
magic wand, click inside the left one
expand by 4
c/p your close up tube
invert
delete
invert
duplicate tube
adjust blur, gaussian blur 9
deselect

change blend mode on bottom tube to luminance legacy
change blend mode on top tube to screen
change opacity of both tube layers to 58
drag tube layers below frame layer

c/p tube above frame layer
but below all other elements
resize to fit nicely over top of empty frame

dropshadow, tube, elements and frame

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
save as png





Sunday 19 November 2017

Merry Christmas



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 19th November  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
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Supplies needed:


Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Misticheskaya
you will need a PFD license to use the same tube as me.
My template 108 HERE
Scatter - save from the bottom of the page
Font of choice
Filters - Penta.com, AAA foto frames

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Open template
shift & d to dupliate and close original

delete credits on duplicate

bg layer
floodfill with white/red gradient
linear, angle 0, repeats 0

copy and paste scatter as new layer
resize as necessary
dropshadow
change blend mode to dodge

copy and paste tube 
resize 150
position to the right
change blend mode to burn
drop opacity to around 50

You may wish to reposition your scatter
at this point

layer 3
select all, float, defloat
new raster layer, floodfill with same
red/white gradient as before but change
angle to 90
keep selected

copy and paste tube as new layer
invert selection
delete
deselect
change blend mode to luminance legacy
dropshadow

repeat for layer 4
but resize tube by 60

layer 1
adjust, colorize
hue 255, saturation 255

layer 2 
repeat colorize

WA layer
add noise 100%
uniform, monochrome checked

merge visible
effects, aaa foto frame
width 20, opacity 50, 
all other settings default

selection tool, custom selection
left & top 15, right 685, bottom 285
invert

(if for some reason the selection is not close to the rectangle made by the 
foto frame filter, then contract by 3 or 4 to get it closer)

effects, penta.com, color dot
change distance to 6

deselect
add name, copyright and license information
merge all flatten
save as jpg

Click to open scatter full size and save to your computer




Here are some more examples made by the members of my forum Taggers Inn

Made by Gigi

Made by Suzie

Made by Mary