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Thursday 25 February 2010

Tag Tutorial - Viva - PTU



Tube of Choice - I'm using a gorgeous one by Ted Hammond

Artwork © Ted Hammond

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have in your collection


Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using the superb "Sin City" by Jessica over @ Gothic Inspirations - thank you sweetie xx

Please go HERE for more details

Background Image of choice - preferably a Las Vegas shot - I used one
from Stock Xchng www.sxc.hu - I used Las Vegas as the search word
and found one I liked by getjustin on (I think) about Page 6 or so.


Two masks by Chelle WeeScotsLass - Mask 145 and 220

Xero Graphics - Pastellise

Xenofex 1 - Shower Door


(both of these filter plug ins are freely available from the Net)

Lokas Shadow (optional)



Sparkles of Choice
also optional

Font of Choice - I used a FontDiner.com font called Loungy

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OK - so
The Usual, a new Canvas in PSP

I used 680 x 600 (nice and big but if you'd like to start smaller

or you have forum restrictions where you post, then just adjust as needed and

do the same for the following element percentages too)


Then

C&P your chosen tube as a New Layer

Place centrally to the tag canvas, resize if needed

then hide the tube layer for now


Open Paper5

Leave for the moment


Now, open the Nightlife photo/image you've chosen to use - a landscape image

works better than a portait one

IF you've used the same one as me, resize image 30%

then

C&P as a new layer on our tag canvas(ideally you

want the image size to be not as massive as the canvas, but

large enough to take the mask) just above the White Background

Now unhide your tube so we can build the tag around it


Now

On the Background image,

Use Chelle's mask WSL_Mask145

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Make sure it's below your tube layer

then

duplicate the mask layer

and on the bottom copy,

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur by 10

then

go to Xenofex 1 - Look for Shower Door

and apply the Collage preset from the drop down menu


Now duplicate the untouched mask layer again

and on the top copy

Apply Xero Graphics Pastellise - on these settings of mine



Hope you get the same effect as me - you shouldn't have any extra background

added to the layer - if it's applied right, the preview window hopefully will show

as mine

Anyway, once applied

Change the Blend Mode of this mask layer in the LP to either Soft Light or Overlay -

whichever you prefer


So you should have 3 masked layers

the Top one in the LP should be the Pastellised one

the middle should be the untouched mask one

and the bottom should be the Shower Doored one

Yes?

Cool!


OK

Duplicate your tube layer

and

On the top one - apply Pastellise as we did for the mask layer

Same settings

but this time

Change the Blend Mode in the LP to Burn or similar, we want a nice darkened effect

OK?


Cool

Now, let's element this baby up lol!


Open Vegas Sign

Image Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine


Open Dice 2

50%

C&P

Place to the right of your tube

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open Scatter Bling

70%

C&P

Place to the left of the tag as mine

Move this down the LP below all the mask layers

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open Poker Chips

30%

C&P

Place to the left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open Money

50%

C&P

Place to the right of the tag as mine

just under the right dice layer

Then


Open Money Bag

40%

C&P

Place above your tube layer

and duplicate

Use to cover any half body or leg chop off from your tube

or (in my case) the furry carpet (yikes! lol!)

Anyway, use it as mine, but don't mirror image the bag

Just duplicate and move over as needed


Now - remember our paper from way back? lol!

Go to Pattern (in the Materials Palette, next one along from Colour/Gradient)

Find the Money Paper - but change

the Scale to 40

See my settings here



Click OK

and you should now have the Pattern in your Foreground (or Background) box

Good

So add a New layer just above the White Background

and Floodfill this new layer with your Money pattern :D

OK

Now you can close the Paper - we're done with that

And

On this money layer

Apply Chelle's Mask - WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

and

Duplicate this layer for added emphasis


Now then - dropshadows!

One of the best finishing touches for any tag imho :D

So...

Don't shadow any of the mask layers

but for all the elements use

2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

Apply to all elements

and

On your bottom copy of your tube - not the Pastellised one

Apply

a favourite dropshadow that you'd usually use for tubes

I used one from Lokas Shadow called Flat Faint Shadow (it's a preset in there)


Now, crop the canvas again to the size you'd like it (it

also helps to get rid of any overhangs, if there are any)

I just cropped to the size it is - 680 x 600


Add your Artist info now and if using photo/image
that needs a courtesy mention, add that too.

And if liked, add some sparklies you may have

I added a New layer

and looked in my Picture Tube tool and found Sparkle (dunno if

it's a preset or one that I obtained but I used that)

and placed various sizes of it to compliment the Sparkle Bling layers

I also used some other sparkles I had :D Improvise with what you have

and see what you like

then

finally -

Using one of the fabulous Font Diner retro Vegas style fonts

(I used Loungy)

I added the name in a glitter fill and black stroke

Place in the blank space top right

and added the element dropshadow

All done :D

Hope you enjoy xx

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This tutorial was written on 25th February 2010 by VixIt is a tutorial based on a tag of my own design created
this morning and
any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
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