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Brushed
Metal Squares
Tutorial
written for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 8, but it should be possible to make
this tag using versions 7 or 9 or 10, although some items may
be on different menus or in different locations
You
will need:
DBS Flux Filter set from HERE
Unzip to temporary folder and then double click
Setup.exe to install it in your PSP Plugins
folder.
A
Dingbat font - I have used Floral Designs which
you can download HERE
unzip it and have the .ttf file open but minimized
before you add text in PSP.
Note:
Some screen shots have been reduced in size.
You
can use whatever colors you like for this tag, but
one should be quite strong/dark and the other
should be very pale. I have used 2
shades of the same colour in the above
example. In the tutorial I am using a strong
purple and very pale pink.
| Create a new Image 350 x 250,
Raster, Transparent Background.
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| Click on the Flood Fill tool
Set your Materials pallet with your
dark/strong colour as your foreground color
and the pale color/shade as your background
color.
Set the Foreground material to Gradient,
then click the large foreground sample block
to set the gradient options as follows:
Gradient = Foreground - Background
Style = Linear
Angle = 0
Repeats = 1
Invert = un-ticked!
Set the Background material to solid
color.
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| Click on the canvas to fill it
with the gradient.
Layers menu, New Raster Layer
On the Materials Pallet, click the
gradient sample block and change its Angle
to 90.
Click on the canvas to fill it with the
gradient.
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| On the Layer
Pallet, change the Blend Mode for the top
layer to Lighten.
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| Layers menu, Merge, Merge All
(Flatten)
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| Effects, Plugins,
DBS Flux, Blast. Set the Direction to
Left and the amount to 30%
Then apply the plugin again, but with the
direction set to Right.
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Effects menu, Reflection
Effects, Kaleidoscope
Horizontal Offset = 0
Vertical Offset = 0
Rotation Angle = 90
Scale Factor = 0
Number of Petals = 4
Number of Orbits = 0
Radial Suction = 0
Edge Mode = Repeat (to get a square),
or Wrap to fill the whole canvas
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| Select Menu, Select All
Image menu, Add Borders - add a 10 pixel
border on all sides.
Selection menu, Invert
Effects menu, Reflection Effects,
Kaleidoscope
Horizontal Offset = 0
Vertical Offset = -100
Rotation Angle = 90
Scale Factor = 0
Number of Petals = 4
Number of Orbits = 0
Radial Suction = 0
Edge Mode = Repeat
Adjust menu, Sharpness, Sharpen
Selection menu, Select None
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| Layers menu, New Vector Layer
Click on the Preset Shapes tool
On the tool options pallet, select the
Star3 shape (6 points)
Set the background material to gradient,
and set the foreground material to Null.
Click the background gradient sample
block, and set the gradient options as
follows:
Gradient = Foreground - Background
Style = Radial
Angle = 0
Repeats = 11
Invert = Ticked
Centre Point - Horizontal = 50
Centre Point - Vertical = 50
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| Hold down the SHIFT key while
you drag to draw a star on the left of the
canvas, about 1/3 of the way down - as
shown.
Click on the Object Selector tool, and
then copy the star (Ctrl-C) on the keyboard.
Ctrl-G (or Edit, Paste, As Vector Object)
and place the copy underneath the original.
Repeat the last step, placing the copy
underneath the other 2 stars.
Hold down the SHIFT key and click on each
of the 3 stars - so that you end up with
them all selected.
Objects menu, Align, Horizontal Centre
Objects menu, Distribute, Vertical Centre
Objects menu, Group
Now drag the stars so that they sit in
the bottom, left corner, just above the
bottom border.
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| Layers menu, Convert To Raster
Layer
Layers menu, Duplicate
Image menu, Mirror
Image menu, Flip
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
Horizontal = 1
Vertical = 1
Opacity = 40
Blur = 8
Color = black
On the Layer Pallet, select the middle
layer and apply the same drop shadow.
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| On
the Layer Pallet, click on the top layer.
Layers
menu, new Vector Layer
Click
on the text tool
On
the Materials pallet, set both the
foreground and background materials to solid
color.
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| Click
in the centre of the canvas with the text
tool
On
the options pallet, set the following:
Create
As = Vector ticked
Font = Floral Designs (or whatever
dingbat font you want to use)
Size = 72
Stroke width = 1
Anti-Alias = ticked (set to smooth)
Alignment = Centered
Line Style = Solid line
When
you have all the settings done, and you have
chosen the dingbat design you want, click
Apply... you can see which letters give
which designs for the Floral Designs font HERE
Click
on the Object Selector tool (in PSP X you don't
have to convert to raster layer first to use
this tool) For PSP Photo XI use the Picker
tool.
Drag
a corner of the selection frame around the
dingbat to make it bigger.... so that it
about ¾ fills the square.
Objects
menu, Align, Centre in Canvas
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| Layers
menu, Convert To Raster Layer
Effects
menu, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
Horizontal = 1
Vertical = 1
Opacity = 20
Blur = 6
Color = black
Note:
you may wish to use a higher value for the
opacity if your background color is
darker.
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| Layers
menu, New Vector Layer
Click
on the Text tool
On
the Materials pallet, set the foreground
material to Null
Add
text in the top left and bottom right areas
of the tag - do them as separate pieces of
text. Use any font you like, and
adjust the size so that the text fits into
the spaces.
When
you are happy with the size and position of
both pieces of text...
Layers
menu, Convert To Raster Layer
Effects
menu, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow - use the same
settings as before.
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menu, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Save
the tage in .jpg format. |
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