We are the World

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This tutorial will be utilizing the following PSP Components:

Magic Wand
Drop Shadow
Copy and Paste
Resizing
Selection (Rectangular)
Animation
Copy and Paste Entire Frames

Needed:

Tube of Choice - I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.
World Template, We are the World Circular Text File, World Background, Flower Wreath, and We are the World Animation created by me.
Doodle Flowers and Insects created by Lori.
Beautiful Peace Bird created by Rainbow Coffi

You can download all the supplies here.

Magic Wand Setting: Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 38, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected.

Drop Shadow Settings:

#1 Vertical Offset 1, Horizontal Offset 1, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

#2 Vertical Offset -1, Horizontal Offset -1, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

#3 Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

CREATING THE TAG

Step 1
Open up the world template and the map background. Left click the magic wand and use the settings from above. Left click the magic wand inside the circle template and go to Selections/Modify/Expand 3.

Step 2
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer.
Make the world background active and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste into Selection.

Step 3
Go to Selections/Select None.
Go to Layers/Arrange/Move Down.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 4
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the #1 drop shadow settings.
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and this time use the #2 drop shadow settings.

Step 5
Open up the We Are the World Circular Text psp file. Go to Edit/Copy. Make your tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Left click the mover tool and place the file around the tag as you see on mine.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 6
Open your tube graphic and go to Edit/Copy. Make your tag graphic active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. If the image is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 7
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the #3 drop shadow settings.

Step 8
Open up the doodles by Lori and select the doodles you like, one by one, using the selection tool set to rectangle, and copying and pasting each doodle as new layers on your tag.

Step 9
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your text. Apply drop shadow #3 to the text.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 10
Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 80%, bicubic and resize all layers checked.

Step 11
Open up the floral wreath and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Move the floral wreath so that it surrounds the entire tag.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible and move the tag toward the top of the palette to leave room for the animation.

Step 12
Open the peace dove graphic and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.

Step 13
Add you copyright and licensing information and go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).
Go to Image/Resize, using the percent option at 90%, Bicubic and Resize all layers checked.

Step 14
Go to Layers/Duplicate. Do this 7 times so that there are a total of 8 layers.

Step 15
Save this file as a psp or psd file.

CREATING THE ANIMATION

Step 1
At Animation Shop, go to File/Open and locate the psp or psd file. Go to View/Normal Viewing. Click the control and A keys to activate all the frames.

Step 2
Open up the We are the World animation, go to View/Normal Viewing, and click the Control and A keys to activate all the frames. Go to Edit/Copy.

Step 3
Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste into selected frame. Holding down the left mouse button, place the animation directly at the bottom of the tag with part of the globe on the tag and part on the surrounding flower. Once placed, release the left mouse button.

Step 4
Before we continue to save the animation, first click the Customize button to make sure you have all the correct settings for this animation. You should see two tabs: Colors and Optimizations.

Here is what each setting should be under the two separate tabs:

Colors - This is a bit different - do it as noted
255 Colors, Optimized Median Cut and Nearest Color should be checked.

Optimizations
The middle three selections should be checked.
The top and bottom selections - unchecked.
After customizing these animation settings, click Ok and click Next and you will get the following screens:
Screen 1 Animation versus output Size - just click next.
Screen 2 Optimization process - just click next.
Screen 3 Optimization preview - just click next.
Screen 4 Optimization results - click finish.

Step 5
Make sure to save your image as a gif file.

Comments and Sharing Your Results
Please do let me know how this tutorial worked for you. You can post your comments at the Blog and do email me your results so I can see!

Rhythm of the Rain

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This tutorial will be utilizing the following PSP Components:

Dropper Tool
Colorizing
Layer Palette
Magic Wand
Drop Shadow
Flood Fill
Copy and Paste
Resizing
Animation
Propagate Paste

Needed:

Tube of Choice - I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.
Template made by me, Cloud (different than shown on tag for those who do not have the Gorjuss tube graphic) made by me, pink pattern and blue pattern psp files, polka dot seamless tile.

You can download all the supplies here.

Magic Wand Setting:Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 0, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected

Drop Shadow Settings:

1. Vertical Offset 0, Horizontal Offset 0, Opacity 50, Blur 10, Color Black

2.Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black


CREATING THE TAG

Step 1
Open up rhythm of the rain template and the tube image you will be using. Left click the dropper tool, and left click it on a color from your tube image that will work well on your tag. At the Material Palette, left click the top color box that has the color you selected and write down the hue and saturation amounts.

Step 2
Open up your layer palate and go to the layer that says block 1. Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and type in the hue and saturation amount.

Step 3
Left click the dropper on another color from your tube image. Open up the layer palette and go to the block 2 layer and colorize.

Step 4
Left click the dropper on another color from your tube image. Open up the layer palette and go to the block 3 layer and colorize.

Step 5
Open up the polka dot seamless tile. Colorize the tile to work with the colors of your tag.
At the Material Palette, left click the top color box. When the color selection window opens, select pattern, locate your polka dot tile and set the angle at 0 and scale to 100%.

Step 6
Open up the Layer Palette and go to the hearts layer. Left click the magic wand using the settings from above, and left click the magic wand into each heart so all the hearts are selected. Left click the flood fill tool and left click it so that each heart is filled with the polka dot pattern.
Go to Selections/Select None.

Step 7
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the #1 drop shadow settings.

Step 8
Add your copyright and licensing information.

Step 9
Open up your cloud tube and copy and paste the cloud on both sides of the tag (see above). Do not cover the middle large diamonds with the cloud tube.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
We have not yet added our main tube image to the tag - that will come later.

Step 10
Go to Layers/Duplicate. Do this six more times so you now have a total of eight (8) layers.

Open up the layer palette and rename each of your layers from the bottom up as Layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Close off all your layers so that you have a red X on the eye of each layer.

Step 11
At the layer palette, open up layer 1 (the bottom layer) and left click the magic wand inside the left large diamond. Make sure you are on Layer 1. It will be highlighted in blue.

Step 12
Open up the blue1 psp file. Go to Frame 1. Go to Edit/Copy.
Go to the tag template and go to Edit/Paste into selection. DO NOT DESELECT.

Step 13
Go back to your tag template, and at the layer palette, close off layer 1 and open up layer 2. Make sure you are on layer 2.
Go to your blue1 psp file. Go to Frame 2. Go to Edit/Copy.
Go back to the tag template and go to Edit/Paste into selection. DO NOT DESELECT.

Step 14
You will continue copying and pasting each frame of blue1 psp into the corresponding layer of the tag template. When you have all the layers completed, go to Selection/Select None.
Again, close off all the layers.

Step 15
Open up layer 1 of the tag template and left click the magic wand inside the right large diamond.
Open up the pink1 psp file. And as you did with the blue1 psp file - you will copy and paste the pink1 psp frames into the corresponding layers.
When you have finished copying all the pink1 psp frames into the template, go to Selections/Select None.
At the layer palette, open up all the layers so that there are no red X's and save this file as a psp file.

Step 16
Once your file is saved, go to Layers/New Raster Layer and copy and paste the tube image you will be using on your tag. Resize the image as needed and apply drop shadow #2 to the image to dramatize it. On this same layer, apply your copyright and licensing information. If you are copying and pasting it, paste it as a new selection and go to Selections/Select None.

Step 17
Go to Edit/Copy. (you will be only copying the layer that has the image anc copyright/licensing information added).
Open up animation shop and go to Edit/Paste as New Animation. You should only have your tube image and copyright information.

Step 18
At Paint Shop Pro, close your tag template. DO NOT RESAVE IT.

ANIMATING THE TAG

Step 1
Open up your tag template. Go to View/Normal Viewing. You should have 8 frames.
Left click the control and A keys to activate all the frames.

Step 2
Make your tube image animation active and go to Edit/Copy. Go to Edit/Propagate Paste.

Step 3
Make your tag template active (having all the frames activated), and go to Edit/Paste into Selected Frame. Holding down your left mouse button, place the tube image to exactly where you want it in Frame #1. Once you have it at the exact location you want it, release the left mouse button and your tube image will be in all the frames.

We will go ahead and save this now without text added so you can use this as a template to make multiple tags.

Step 4
Before we continue to save the animation, click the Customize button to make sure you have all the correct settings for this animation. You should see two tabs: Colors and Optimizations.

Here is what each setting should be under the two separate tabs:

Colors
255 Colors, Optimized Median Cut and Error Diffusion should be checked.

Optimizations
The middle three selections should be checked.
The top and bottom selections - unchecked.

After customizing these animation settings, click Ok and click Next and you will get the following screens:
Screen 1 Animation versus output Size - just click next.
Screen 2 Optimization process - just click next.
Screen 3 Optimization preview - just click next.
Screen 4Optimization results - click finish.

Step 5
Make sure to save your image as a gif file. You now have a template file with NO text. This template you can use over and over to make tags for yourself, friends and group members.

Adding Text

Step 1
Open up Paint Shop Pro and open up the original psp file you saved before animating. Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and apply the text you want for your tag, adding a drop shadow and any other effect you like to your text.

Step 2
Go to Edit/Copy. Open up Animation Shop and go to Edit/Paste as New Animation. You are only copying over the text.

Step 3
Make your text file active and go to Edit/Copy. Now go to Edit/Propagate Paste.
Have your original tag file open and click the control and A keys to activate all the frames.
Go to Edit/Paste into current frame. Holding down you left mouse button, bring the text to the very first frame, position the text exactly where you want it and release the left mouse button. Your text will now be in every frame. Resave your tag with a new name.

Step 4 - Important - Regarding Propagate Text Function
If you continue to add more names to your tag, just make the text active and go to Edit/Copy, make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste into selected frames (do not go to propagate paste if you had already activated this function previously). The propagate paste should only be activated one time for it to continue to work. And as long as you have animation shop open, and are continuing to add names to your tag, this function will remain working

Comments and Sharing Your Results
Please do let me know how this tutorial worked for you. You can post your comments at the Blog and do email me your results so I can see!

Lunar Eclipse

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This tutorial will be utilizing the following PSP Components:

Flood Fill
Copy and Paste
Resizing
Animation
Duplicate Selecting Frames
Copying and Pasting Frames
Changing Frame Properties (Speed)

Needed:

Tube of Choice - I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.
Lunar Eclipse Animation, Night Sky Font, Stars, Silver fill
You can download all the supplies here.

CREATING THE TAG

Step 1
Open up a new image 600 width by 400 height. Left click the top color box and when the color selection window opens at html type in #030303. Flood fill this image with that color.

Step 2
Go to Image/Add Border and when the border selection window opens up for color, select white, symmetric and width 5.

Step 3
Open up the silver fill. Left click the bottom color box and when the color selection window opens up, select pattern, locate the silver fill with angle 0 and scale 100%.

Step 4
Left click the magic wand and left click the white border to select it. Flood Fill the white border with the silver fill. Go to Selections/Select None.

Step 5
Open up your tube image. Make your tube image active and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Left click the mover tool and place your image where you would like it on the tag. If the image is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.
VERY IMPORTANT: DO LEAVE ROOM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TAG to later add the lunar eclipse animation. Check on my animation to see about how much room you will need.

Step 6
Open up the stars psp file. Each star is on a separate layer. Click on the star you want for your tag and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Put each of your stars you add to your tag on separate layers. Make sure to leave plenty of room on the right hand side for the lunar eclipse animation. See above.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 7
At the Material Palette, make the top color box white and leave the silver fill in the bottom color box. Open up the Night Sky font with windows explorer and minimize it. Left click the text tool and locate the Night Sky Font and type in your text.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 8
Add your copyright information and go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 9
Save this file as a psp or psd file. We will finish the file in animation shop.

ANIMATING THE TAG

Step 1
At Animation Shop, go to File/Open and locate the psp or psd file.
With the mouse, right click on the psp file and go to Duplicate Selected. Once you do, you should see F:2 which means 2 frames. Repeat the duplicated selected again and you will now see F:3 which means 3 frames. Repeat again, and you will now have F:5 - meaning 5 frames. Do this again and you will see F:9 - meaning you have 9 frames. Do this once more and you will see F:17 - meaning you have 17 frames.

Step 2
Go to View/Normal Viewing.
Go to Edit/Select All and all your frames of your tag file should now have blue around them.

Step 3
Open up the lunar eclipse file. You will see that file also consists of 17 frames, the exact same number as we have for the tag file. Again, go to Edit/Select All so that all the frames of the lunar eclipse animation also have blue around them.
Make the lunar eclipse animation file active and go to Edit/Copy.
Make the tag file active and go to Edit/Paste into Current Frame. Making sure you are now at the FIRST frame of the tag file and holding down the left mouse button, place the lunar eclipse animation at the top right side of your tag and release the mouse button. You should now have the lunar eclipse frames in all the 17 frames of your tag file.

Step 5
With your mouse, right click frame #1 and go to frame properties and left click. Type in 200.

Step 6
Holding down the control key, left click on frames #2 through #8 to select them. Right click on one of these frames and go to frame properties and left click. Type in 15.

Step 7
Holding down the control key, left click on frames #9 and #10 to select them. Right click on one of these frames and go to frame properties and left click. Type in 100

Step 8
Holding down the control key, left click on frames #11 through #17 to select them. Right click on one of these frames and go to frame properties and left click. Type in 15.

Step 9
Before we continue to save the animation, click the Customize button to make sure you have all the correct settings for this animation. You should see two tabs: Colors, and Optimizations .Here is what each setting should be under the separate tabs:

Colors
255 Colors, Optimized Median Cut and Error Diffusion should be checked.

Optimizations
The middle three selections should be checked.
The top and bottom selections - unchecked.

After customizing all the animation settings, click Ok and click Next and you will get the following screens:

Screen 1 Animation versus output Size - just click next.

Screen 2 Optimization process - just click next.

Screen 3 Optimization preview - just click next.

Screen 4 Optimization results - click finish.

Step 10
Make sure to save your image as a gif file

Comments and Sharing Your Results
Please do let me know how this tutorial worked for you. You can post your comments at the Blog and do email me your results so I can see!

On the Beach

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This tutorial will be utilizing the following PSP Components:

Magic Wand
Freehand Selection
Resizing
Copy and Paste
Drop Shadow
Selection Tool set to Rectangle
Free Hand Selection Tool
Animation

Needed:

Tube of Choice - I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.
Beach tag template.
Clouds Tube - Provided by Jasc in an earlier version of Paint Shop Pro
Sun Sense Tube - Created by me
Lori's Ocean Stuff Doodles.
Dolphin Animation
You can download all the supplies here.

Drop Shadow Setting: Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black
Magic Wand Setting:Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 18, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected.

CREATING THE TAG

Step 1
Open up your beach tag template and you will see it is in shades of gray. What you will do is colorize it. If you wish to use the same colors as I have in my tag. Here is the template provided with the html color codes I used.





Step 2
Left click the magic wand using the settings from above. Left click the magic wand in one of the three areas on the tag. At the material palette, left click the top color box. When the color selection window opens up, select the color tab and type in the html code I used for the area you selected or your own color of choice. Flood fill that area with the selected color and go to Selections/Select None.

Step 3
Repeat Step 2 filling in the remaining two areas with either my choice of colors, or your own.

Step 4
With the magic wand, left click the outline border of the tag. Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and Select a blue shade for your border. Go to Selections/Select None. You will find by doing it this way, the border is filled without any jagged edges which you might get if flood filling.

***If you want to add some texture effects - such as noise to the sand to give it a grainy look - that would work great! Or if you own the Flaming Pear Flood Filter - you can even give your water some wavy effects.**

Step 5
Open up the Clouds Tube and with your selection tool set to rectangle, select one of the clouds. Go to Edit/Copy. Make your tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. If you want to resize your cloud either bigger or smaller, go to Image/Resize, using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. If you want your clouds larger, you will need to adjust the percent option to be more than 100%.

Step 6
Open up the sun sense tube and resize it. Copy and paste the tube on your tag. If you would rather use the sun from Lori's doodles or one of your own, you can do that too.

Step 7
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above.

Step 8
Open up your tube graphic. Copy and Paste it to your tag. Resize as necessary.

Step 9
Repeat Step 7 applying a drop shadow to the tube graphic.

Step 10
Open up Lori's Ocean Stuff Doodles. Using the freehand selection tool, draw a selection around one of the doodles you wish to use on your tag. Copy and Paste it to your tag and resize as necessary.

Step 11
Continue selecting all the Doodles you want for your tag using the freehand selection tool and resizing as necessary.

Step 12
Add your text and copyright.

Step 13
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 14
Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers checked.

Step 15
Go to Layers/Duplicate. Do this 5 more times so you now have a total of 7 layers.

Step 16
Save this file as a psp or psd file. We will finish the animation in Animation Shop, adding the dolphin to the tag.

Animation Shop Steps

Step 1
At Animation Shop, go to File/Open and locate the tag file. Go to View/Normal Viewing. Click the Control and A Keys to Activate all the Frames.

Step 2
Open up the animated dolphin file. Go to Animation/Resize Animation with Percent of Original at 90%, Smart Size and Maintain Aspect Ratio checked. Click the Control and A Keys to Activate all the Frames.

Step 3
Your animated dolphin file should now be active. Go to Edit/Copy. Go to Edit/Paste Into Current Frame. Holding down the left mouse button, bring the animated dolphin to the very first frame and place it exactly where you want it on your tag file. Once you have the dolphin animation placed, release the left mouse button and the animated dolphin file should now be in all 7 frames of the tag file.

Step 4
Go to your second frame, left click to activate the frame. Right click the frame, go to frame properties and left click. Type in 13.

Step 5
Holding down the control key, left click frames 3, 4, 5 and 6 to activate them. Right click and go to frame properties and left click. Type in 15.

Step 6
Left click frame 7 to activate it. Right click on this frame and go to frame properties. Type in 150.

Step 7
Before we continue to save the animation, let's first click the Customize button to make sure you have all the correct settings for this animation.

After clicking the Customize button, you will see three tabs: Colors, Optimizations and Partial Transparency.

Here is what each setting should be under the three separate tabs:

Colors
255 Colors, Optimized Octree and Error Diffusion should be checked.

Optimizations
The middle three selections should be checked.
The top and bottom selections - unchecked.

Partial Transparency
Use a 50% dither pattern
Yes blend with this color and the color box should be white #FFFFFF

After customizing these animation settings, click Ok and click Next and you will get the following screens:

Screen 1 Animation versus output Size - just click next.

Screen 2 Optimization process - just click next.

Screen 3 Optimization preview - just click next.

Screen 4 Optimization results - click finish.

Step 8
Make sure to save your image as a gif file

Comments and Sharing Your Results
Please do let me know how this tutorial worked for you. You can post your comments at the Blog and do email me your results so I can see!

A Little Bit of Country

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This tutorial will be utilizing the following PSP Components:

Colorizing
Resizing
Copy and Paste
Drop Shadow
Layers

Needed:
VM Distortion Filters - We will be using the Kaleidoscope Filter
Tube of Choice - For this tutorial, I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.

Supplies: Included in the zip are: Lori's Doodles - Potted Flowers and Butterflies. Also included is a Microsoft Clipart Media kitty which I tubed, the Flower Kaleid temp1 psp file and the temp add on psp file, created by me. You can download the supplies here.

Optional - Any additional elements or scraps you wish to add or change. I add this because you may want to substitute and use your own elements. Remember, tuts are just guides - the finished product with your creativity, is yours.

Drop Shadow Setting:Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

Step 1
Open up the Flower Kaleid Temp1 psp File.Go to Effects/Plugins/VM Distortion/Kaleidoscope and use these settings:

Divisions 118 and Rotation 82. Click ok.

Step 2
Open up the tube graphic you will be using. Left click the dropper tool and left click it on a primary color from your tube graphic that you would like for your basic tag. This color should now be in the top color box at the Material Palette. Left click the top color box at the Material Palette, and when the color selection window opens, write down the hue and saturation amounts.
Step 3
Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and type in these amounts. Your tag graphic coloration should now be close to the color you selected.

Step 4
Open up the Temp Add On psp File. Open up your layer palette and you will see there are two layers. Go to the topper layer and make it active. Go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag template active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Left click the mover tool and center the topper on the tag.

Colorize the topper as you did the tag template.

Step 5
Still at the Tag Template (Flower Kaleid Temp1), open up the layer palette and go to the bottom layer (the merged layer). Go to Effects/Texture Effects Weave and use these settings:

Gap Size 1, Width 7, Opacity 1, Weave Color and Gap Color White (#ffffff) and Fill Gaps checked.

Step 6
Still on the bottom layer of the tag template, go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above.

Step 7
Go back to the Temp Add On psp file and go to the layer with the text. Copy and paste the text above the topper layer on the Tag Template.

Step 8
Open up your tube graphic and copy and paste it to your tag. If your tube graphic is too large or too small, go to Image/Resize, using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 9
Open up Lori's Flower Pot Doodles and select one for your tag. Copy and paste to your tag, and resize as necessary. Or if you have your own graphic you would rather use, that will work.

Step 10
Open up Lori's Butterfly Doodles and copy and paste and resize as needed. If the colors of the butterflies don't coordinate with your tube colors, colorize as you did before.

Step 11
Open up the Microsoft Clipart Media kitty and copy and paste it to the tag. Resize as needed.
Step 12
Add your copyright and licensing information.

Step 13
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Go to Image/Resize, using the percent option at 90% or smaller, bicubic and resize all Layers checked. Save this file as a png tag template.

Step 14
Lastly, add your text and resave this file with a different name. This way you will still have your template intact to reuse again so that you can make multiple tags for friends and group members.

Comments and Sharing Your Results
Please do let me know how this tutorial worked for you. You can post your comments at the Blog and do email me your results so I can see!

Enjoy the Every Day Moments

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This tutorial will be utilizing the following PSP Components:
Magic Wand
Copy and Paste
Colorizing
Resizing
Drop Shadow
Layers

Needed:
Tube of Choice - For this tutorial, I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.

Supplies: Every Day Moment template, created by me, can be downloaded here. The scrap kit used was created by Fee. Thank you Fee for allowing me to distribute your kit with this tutorial. You can download the scrap kit, Razzmatazz, here.

For this tutorial, you can do the basics of the tag with any scrap kit.

Optional: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow Filter - for text only.

Magic Wand Setting Used: Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 0, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected

Drop Shadow Setting Used: Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

Step 1
Open up the template, the Scrap Kit you will be using and the tube of choice.
Make the template active. Open up the layer palette and you will see there are three layers. The bottom layer is semi ellipse 1, the bottom half of the ellipse shape. The middle layer is semi ellipse2, the top half of the ellipse shape. The top layer is your circular text for the tag.

Step2
Close off the top two layers (left click the eye on each layer and you will have a Red X). Make the bottom layer active. Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and Colorize the bottom portion of the ellipse to a color that will work will your scrap kit elements and your tube image.

Step 3
Left click the magic wand and use the settings from above. Left click the magic wand inside the bottom half of the ellipse. Go to Selections/Modify Expand 3.

Step 4
Open up one of your scrap papers and go to Edit/Copy. Make the template active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.

Go to Selections/Invert. Click the Delete Key and Go to Selections/Select None.

Go to Layers/Arrange/Move Down.

Step 5
Left click the Red X on the semi ellipse 2 layer to open it up and make sure you are now on the semi ellipse 2 layer.

Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and Colorize the top portion of the ellipse to the same color that you used for the bottom portion.

Left click the magic wand inside the top half of the ellipse. Go to Selections/Modify/Expand 3.

Step 6
Open up another of your scrap papers and go to Edit/Copy. Make the template active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.

Go to Selections/Invert. Click the Delete Key and Go to Selections/Select None.

Go to Layers/Arrange/Move Down.

Step 7
Select an element that will work as a divider between the top and bottom half of the ellipse. Copy and paste it over the dividing line as a new layer. If the divider piece is too long, use the raster deform tool to shorten the length or go to Image/Resize, using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. The raster deform works better because it leaves the thickness but shortens the length. It is a great tool to master.

Step 8
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the drop shadow setting from above to your divider.

Step 9
Open up your tube image and copy and paste it to your tag. If the image is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 10
Open up the circular text layer by left clicking the Red X on the eye and colorize the text to match your tag. Apply the same drop shadow to the text.
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 11
Decorate the tag, applying as many colorful elements as you like and resizing the elements, as necessary. Do leave room on the tag to add your text. Once all elements are applied, go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 12
Go to Image/Resize using the Percent Option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 13
Select one of the doodles - there are five color choices. If none match your tag, then colorize the doodle to match.

Step 14
Copy and paste one of these doodles on your tag as a new layer. Go to Image/Flip. Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 140%, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. Move the doodle to the top left portion of your tag and go to Layers/Arrange move down.

Step 15
Go to Layers/Duplicate and move the doodle below the first doodle you applied. Once happy with the placement, go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 16
Add copyright and licensing information to tag.

Save your tag as a png template so you can use it again for other tags.

Step 17
For the text, select a medium to thick font. At the material palette, the top color box should be black (for the stroke). Open up one of your colorful papers so it is on the PSP desktop. Left click the bottom color box at the Material Palette (the fill). Click the pattern tab and locate the pattern that is on the desktop with the angle set to 0 and the scale set to about 117.

Left click the font tool and select your font with the stroke set to 2. Type in your text on a new layer. If using vector text, convert the layer with your text to a raster layer

Step 18
Go to Effects/Plugins/Eyecandy 4000/Gradient Glow

Under Basic Tab - change the Glow Width to 3.00

Under the Color Tab - select Fat.

Step 19
Apply the drop shadow setting.

Resave your tag with another name so that your template is intact.

Comments and Sharing Your Results
Please do let me know how this tutorial worked for you. You can post your comments at the Blog and do email me your results so I can see!