Striped Tag Tutorial

STRIPED TAG TUTORIAL

Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado

for those who have a working knowledge of PSP.

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.

Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.

If you want to translate please ask first. 

It's one of my first Forum Style Tutorial, it's a very old tag

I created when I was in Rac's Forum.

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Material:

Tube: ©Ismael Rac (a free one no longer available) 
you can find many more great ones at his site www.xeracx.com/, 
remember to follow the artist TOU. 

Do not use it without the #license.

Filter: Penta.com > ColorDot 

Gradient by me, here

A doodle, used one from a FTU Kit Inked created by Kat,
no longer available, you can use a Dingbat font - one good: SLSquiggles.

Font:ITC Jeepers

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*~* First - Tag. *~*

1. Put the gradient in your gradient folder (My PSP Files > Gradients). If you downloaded the free kit Inked, open element27, duplicate it (Shift+D) and close the original. Open the tube, duplicate and close the original.

2. Choose 2 colors from your tube. Open the gradient 2masa and use: Angle=0 Repeat=7. Open a new canvas of 600 x 200 and fill with your gradient.

3. Select the lighter color strips with the Magic Wandt and apply Effects > Texture Effects > Blinds, with the follow: Widht=3, Opacity=60, Horizontal marked and color #C0C0C0. Selections > Select None.

4. Select the darker color strips and apply Penta.com filter, preset Color Dot (Effects > Plugins > penta.com > color dot), using: 60-2-255-255-255. Selections > Select None.

5. Use the element27 from FTU Kit Inked criated by Kat - NKDigitAlart OR any other doodle OR even a dingbat. Colorize it to go with your tube if necessary (Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize). Apply a shadow, I used: H=2, V=1, Opacity=55, Blur=5 and the color black. 

6. Add your tube and put it wherever you want it, remember to leave space to your name. Apply the same shadow used before. Select the Crop tool. At Tools Options use Widht=600 and Height=200 and apply it.

7. Add a new Raster Layer, move it over your tube layer. Selections > Select All. Selections > Modify > Select Borders with: Both, Width=2 and Antialias marked. Fill this selection with the darker color and apply a shadow, I used: V-H=0, Opacity=40, Blur=10 Color: Black.

8. Add a new Raster Layer. Add Copyright info needed. 

9. Add a new Raster Layer to your name. Apply same shadow. Save as JPG or PNG.

*~* Second - Avatar *~*

1. Open a new canvas of 150 x 150. (When this tut was written the forum avatar was 150x120)

2. Now is very simple, leave the name, the copyright and the frame layers invisible, with Selection tool, Rectangle shape, draw a selection around your tube and doodle (see mine for example). Edit > Copy > Copy Merged.

3. Click on canvas of 150 x 150, Selections > Select All. Edit > Paste Into Selection. Repeat step 7 to recreate the frame. Add a new layer to add Copyright info and another one for your name or just your initials. Save as JPG or PNG.

The Zone Proud Member Tag

THE ZONE PROUD MEMBER TAG

Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on September 4th, 2014

for those who have a working knowledge of PSP.

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.

Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.

If you want to translate please ask first. 

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Material:

Tube: FTU Artist - Burkhard Niebert - www.kunstmaler-niebert.de 

The Zone Groups forum has the artist permission, do not use it 

unless you have the same permission of usage.

Fonte: BankGothic Lt BT

Plugin: Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass 

(if you do not have it you can use a Inner Bevel or nothing)

My Materials: Template, Filter Settings and Gradient here

(To install the EC5 Settings just click twice on the MS_TheZoneTemplate.f1s

and move the MS_TheZoneTemplate.jgd inside your gradient folder)

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--> Remember to save often and use my tag as reference if necessary.

1. Open the The Zone Template, duplicate and close the original. Delete the © info layer.

2. Activate the zone layer. Selections > Select All. Selections > Float. Selections > Defloat. Add a new layer. Fill with a gradient of your choice. I used MS_TheZoneTemplate Gradient - Angle: 45 - Repeats: 3 - Style: Linear. Keep selected. Effects > Edge Effects > Enhance More

3. Effects > Distortion Effects > Pixelate > Symmetric Marked and Block Width/Height: 25.

4. Effects > Edge Effects > Enhance. Duplicate this layer, change the Layer Blend Mode to Overlay and leave it invisible for now.

5. Click on the zone layer to activate it. Add as a new layer the tubes or elements or image you want to use inside the text to fill it. 

6. Arrange the tubes as you wish. Leave only the tubes layers visible. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. Selections > Invert. Press the Delete key from your keyboard.

7. Selections > Select All. Selections > Clip to Canvas. Image > Crop to Selection. Change the Layer Blend Mode to Luminance (L).

8. Activate the Copy of the zone layer. Selections > Select All. Selections > Float. Selections > Defloat and add a new layer.

9. Apply the Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact Glass preset I provide or use the Settings below.

10. Activate the Only Wh Border and use Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Gaussian - Monochrome - Noise: 100. Add this same effect again. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow > V/H: 1 - Opacity: 85 - Blur: 2 - Color: Black.

11. Activate the Proud Member Layer. Selections > Select All. Selections > Float. Selections > Defloat. Add a new layer. Selections > Modify > Expand 2 and fill it with white color. Move it below the Proud Member Layer. Deselect. Apply the same Drop Shadow above.

12. Add your copyright and name (same Drop Shadow as before) and save it as PNG.

** The Avatar template is used the same way just 

change the EC5 Impact Glass - Bevel Width to 15. **