Tear
Drop Tag
Tutorial
written for PSP 8, but can be done with version 7 or 9
No
Plug-in filters required.
You
will need a tear drop preset shape, a tube to put inside
the teardrop and a sparkle tube.
You can download
my preset shape HERE
(unzip to your Paint Shop Pro 7\Shapes
folder or to My Documents\Paint Shop Pro\Preset Shapes
folder if you have versions 8 or 9)
You
can download my flower and sparkle tubes HERE
(unzip to your tubes folder)
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Create
a new image 250x400 transparent background
Layers,
New Vector layer
Set
both the Foreground and Background materials to
white.
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Click
on the Preset Shapes tool
Select
the Tear Drop JH shape from the list
On
the Options Pallet, make sure Retain Style is
unticked, Anti-Alias is ticked and the Line Style
is Solid, width=1
start
near the top/left of your canvas and drag
diagonally down to the right to draw your tear
drop.
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Selections
menu, From Vector Object
Layers
menu, New Raster Layer
Effects, 3D
Effects, Cut Out
Vertical=10
Horizontal=0
Opacity=35
Blur=50
Colour #4040FF medium blue(fill with color
unticked)
To
change the color, click on the color block and
then enter the number in the box at the bottom.
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Layers
menu, New Raster Layer
Effects, 3D
Effects, Cut Out
Vertical=
-40
Horizontal=30
Opacity=70
Blur=65
Colour #C0FFC0 pale green (fill with color unticked)
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Layers
menu, New Raster Layer
Effects, 3D
Effects, Cut Out
Vertical=
-10
Horizontal=0
Opacity=30
Blur=20
Colour #000080 dark blue (fill with color unticked)
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On
the Layers Pallet:
Turn off
the Raster 1 and Vector 1 layers
Click on
the Raster2 layer
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Layers
menu, Merge, Merge visible
On
the Layer Pallet, turn Vector 1 layer back on
Click on
Vector 1 layer on layer pallet
Layers
menu, Convert to Raster Layer
Layers
menu, New Raster Layer
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Click
on the Tube tool - then select the yellow flowers
tube from the pull down list on the Options
Pallet. Set the Scale to 60 (or use a tube
of your choice and experiment to find the right
scale setting to fit in the bubble)
Click
in the center of the round part of the bubble.
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Click on top
(Merged) layer on Layer pallet
Layers, New Raster Layer
Click
on the Tube tool, and use the pull down list on
the Options pallet to find the sparkle
tube. Click on the position show to
place the sparkle highlight on the bubble.
Add sparkle tube
Selections, Select None
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Selections
menu, Select None
Layers, New Vector Layer
Text Tool
(looks like a big A)
Set
up your Materials/Colour Pallet:
Foreground
Colour - dark Blue
Background Colour - Light Blue
Make
sure both are set to be Solid colour
Font=Monotype Corsiva, Size 36, Stroke Width 1,
Alignment = Centre, Anti-Alias ticked (set to Smooth on
V9)
Click on center of tear drop
Enter your name, and click apply
Click on Object Selector tool
(Picker tool in PSP Photo XI)
Stretch the height of the text to about 1 and a half
times its original height.
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Rotate text about 30 degrees left (anti-clockwise)
using the rotation handle.
Stretch
the width of the text so that it overlaps the edge
of the teardrop by about the width of a letter.
Position
the text so that the first letter of our name has
its lowest point just inside the edge of the tear
shape.
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Move
your mouse over one of the top corner handles. Hold down
Ctrl key on keyboard and at the same time move the handle inwards to make the text
fit the tear drop shape (It gets squeezed in at the top). You may need to
adjust its size, position and rotation slightly as well
to make it fit.
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When you are happy with the text size/position....
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Layers
menu, Convert To Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
Shape
2 (the quarter circle),
Width = 2
smoothness = 10
Depth = 2
Ambience = 0
Shininess = 20
Colour = white
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation
= 30
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
Horizontal=1
Vertical=1
Opacity=70
Blur=3
Color =
White
(don't forget to change the shadow colour back to black when you use this
effect for normal shadows)
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Layers
menu, Merge, Merge All
Crop and save as .jpg file.
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