This tutorial was created on August 5, 2005 and is the sole property of Bubbles' Psp.  Please do not remove this tutorial, in whole or in part, to add to another site unless you have permission from me to do so.  Psp groups, you are always welcome to use my tutorials for your members.  Please provide a text link to the tutorial and do not store them at MSN Groups or pass through email.

This tutorial was created using PSP version  8 but I see no reason why it cannot be created using all versions of PSP.

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro (Trial Version)

Graphic and template here

Font of choice

Let's get started on our tag!

1.  Open the graphic and template in PSP that was provided in the supplies zip.  Shift+D to make a duplicate of your graphic; close out the original so you will have it if you want to use it again.  Set your background/fill color to #C32413.

2.  Make the template your active image and go to Edit/Copy.  You can close out your template now; go back to your graphic and go to Selections/Select All.  Layers/New Raster Layer.  Next, go to Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection.  Selections/Float.  Flood fill your selection with your red background color.  Selections/Invert.

3.  Layers/New Raster Layer.  Effects/3D Effects/Cutout using the settings shown below.

Vertical 0; Horizontal 0; Opacity 100; Blur 25; Color Black

Selections/Select None.

4.  Hide (X out) your background layer and merge visible your template and cutout layers.  With your merged layer being the active layer, go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the settings shown below.

Vertical 1; Horizontal 1; Opacity 100; Blur 4; Color Black

5.  Remove the X from your background layer and merge visible all layers.  Activate your selection tool and use the settings shown below:

Rectangle; Feather 0; Anti-alias checked; Add(Shift) Mode

Layers/New Raster Layer.  Draw a long rectangle under your picture (see header tag for where to draw rectangle).  I started at points 65,298 to 366,352.  Flood fill your selection with black (#000000).  Selections/Modify/Contract by 2 pixels.

6.  Flood fill the selected area with white (#FFFFFF).  Selections/Select None.  Effects/Distortion Effects/Wind using the settings shown below.

Wind Direction - From Left; Wind Strength - 100

7.  Effects/Distortion Effects/Wind using the settings shown below.

Wind Direction - From Right; Wind Strength - 100

8.  Activate your selection tool and draw a selection around the part where the wind layer covers the double squares at the bottom right of your tag (see below for example).  Hit the delete key on your keyboard.

9.  Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds using the settings shown below.

Width 3; Opacity 40; Color Black; Horizontal checked

Lower the opacity of this layer to 80.

10.  Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten).  Image/Add Borders 3 pixels symmetric checked; Color Black

11. Time to add your text to your tag.  I used Bank Gothic Light with the background color set to Black and the foreground color nulled out.  Size was set at 60; Vector; Anti-alias checked.  Then after I had my text like I wanted, I added a drop shadow effect using the settings shown below.

Vertical 1; Horizontal 1; Opacity 100; Blur 2; Color Black

12.   Once you have finished with your text, merge all (flatten) all layers.  Resize if needed and save in desired format.

Below is another example of this tutorial.