Paint Shop Pro Tutorial - Radial Mosaic Tag by AnotherJo

Radial Mosaic Tag

This tutorial is written for Paint Shop Pro 8 or later.

You should be able to get similar results with PSP 7 if you use Simple Filters Quick Tile plugin instead of the Seamless Tiling effect which is built into later versions or PSP.

Create a new image 350 x 250 pixels, raster, white background. If you have a tall tube, then switch the dimensions around.
Layers menu, New Raster Layer
Click on the Tube tool and place the tube you want to use in the centre of the canvas (adjust its scale so that it almost fills the canvas) Layers menu, Duplicate
On the Layers Pallet, click on the middle layer (Raster 1) - you should have Background, Raster 1 and Raster 2. Effects menu, Distortion Effects, Spiky Halo Horizontal = 0 Vertical = 0 Amplitude = 7 Frequency = 7 Radius % = 1 Edge Mode = Repeat
Effect menu, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling Tiling Method = Corner Direction = Bi-directional Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 0 Transition = 0 Corner Style = Linear
Effects menu, Reflection Effects, Kaleidoscope Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 0 Angle = 45 Scale Factor = 0 Number of Petals = 12 Number of Orbits = 0 Radial Suction = 0 Edge Mode = Wrap
Effects menu, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling - use the same settings as before.
Selections menu, Select All Selections menu, Modify, Contract - Amount = 15 Effects menu, Texture Effects, Mosaic Antique Untick Symetric Number of columns = 32 Number of Rows = 25 Tile Diffusion = 100 Grout Width = 2 Grout Diffusion = 30
Selections menu, Invert Effects menu, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel Bevel Shape = 2 (quarter circle) Width = 4 Smoothness = 25 Depth = 4 Ambience = 0 Shininess = 0 Colour = white Angle = 315 Intensity = 50 Elevation = 30 Selections Menu, Select None Layers menu, Merge, Merge All (Flatten) Image menu, Add Borders - select a colour to compliment our tag and set the size to 1 (symmetrical). This is just so that any white areas at the edge of the tag don't fade into the background.
Layers menu, New Vector Layer Click on the Text tool On the materials pallet, set the background to the colour you want your text - solid colour and set the foreground material to null (no-entry sign) Click on the canvas where you want your text. I used Renaissance font, size 72, with Anti-Alias ticked (smooth). Layers menu, Convert to Raster Layer Effects menu, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel Bevel Shape = 2 (quarter circle) Width = 4 Smoothness = 25 Depth = 6 Ambience = 0 Shininess = 30 Colour = white Angle = 315 Intensity = 50 Elevation = 30 If you need more detailed instructions for adding your text, then take a look at my beginners tutorial on adding text HERE Effects menu, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow Horizontal = 1 Vertical = 1 Opacity = 40 Blur = 6 Colour = Black Save as a .jpg file.