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Autumn
Leaves Tag
This tutorial is written for
Paint Shop Pro 8, but has some supplementary
instructions for Paint Shop Pro 7.
You will need to download my gradient
HERE. Save it to your PSP gradients folder.
The font I have used is called
Black Chancery
You will also need the image below to use as a
mask. Right click on it and save it to your
hard drive and then open it in Paint Shop Pro.
| Create a new image 300 x 250
pixels, transparent, raster
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| Click on the Flood Fill Tool
on the Materials/Color Pallet, Set the
foreground material to Gradient. Click
on the foreground gradient block to make the
following settings:
Gradient = autumn_moods-JH
Style = Radial
Centre Point - Horizontal = 50
Centre Point - Vertical = 100
Angle = 0
Repeats = 2
Click on the canvas to fill it with the
gradient.
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Effects menu, Distortion
Effects, Twirl
Degrees = 120
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| Layers menu, New Raster Layer
On the Layer Pallet, make sure you have
the top layer selected (it should be by
default)
On the Materials pallet, set the
foreground material to Solid color, and set
the color to Black.
Click on the canvas to fill it with
Black.
PSP
7 - Masks, New, From Image
PSP
8/9 - Layers menu, New Mask Layer, From Image
Click on the pull down list, and select
"maple_leaves_mask.jpg"
Create Mask From = Source Luminance
Invert mask data = ticked
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| Layers, Merge, Merge All
(Flatten)
PSP 7 only - set the background
color to any shade of Blue.
Image menu, Add Borders
Set the colour to Blue (any shade)
Pixels = 6
Symmetric = ticked
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| Click on the Magic Wand tool
Mode = Replace
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Click on the Blue border to select it.
Click on the Flood Fill tool
On the materials pallet, set the
foreground color to a gold from the image.
(I've used #DFB96D)
Click on the blue border to fill it with
gold (keep it selected)
Effects menu, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
Bevel Shape 2 (quarter circle)
Width = 3
Smoothness = 0
Depth = 3
Ambience = 0
Shininess = 0
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 30
Selections menu, Select None As
you can see, the top/left edges of the frame
get lost on a white background, the next so
we will add a thin border. PSP
7 - on the colour pallet, switch your colors
around so that your gold is the background
color. Image,
Add Border - Right Click on the color block
and select the gold you used to fill the
frame.
Width
= 1
Symmetric = ticked
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| Layers menu, New Vector Layer
Click on the Text tool
One the materials pallet, the foreground
colour should still be set to the gold you
used for the border, but if it has changed,
select a gold from the image again. (PSP 7 -
switch the gold back to the foreground
color)
Set the background material/color to Null
Click on the centre of image to add text,
and type Happy Autumn in the text box.
Create As = Vector
Font = Starnberg (or whatever font you
want to use)
Size = 36
Line Width = 2
Alignment = Centre
Line Style = Solid
Anti-Alias = ticked (set to smooth on PSP
9)
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Click on the Object Selector
tool 
(this is the picker tool on PSP Photo XI)
Use this tool to rotate and position the
text.
Use the handle on the end of the line
coming from the centre to rotate the text so
it is diagonal from corner to corner, and
drag the centre spot to move the text if
necessary.
Click on the text tool again, and add
your name using the same settings as
before. I used size 72 for my name
because it is so short - but use whatever
size seems a good fit. You can stretch, or
squeeze the text to get the exact size you
want.
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| Layers menu, Convert To Raster
Layer
Effects menu, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow.
Horizontal = 1
Vertical = 1
Opacity = 80
Blur = 3
Color = black
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| Layers, Merge, Merge All
(Flatten)
Save as a .jpg file. |
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