TWIRLY SPIKY HALO SIGTAG IN PSP 7

Paint Shop Pro Tutorials by Karen

I made this tag in PSP 8 originally, but have been asked for the same tag in 7. Although all the settings are the same, the method and resulting tag are slightly different. This tutorial will show you how to make the tag above. Before we begin you will need my zipfile... CLICK HERE to download. Unzip "kktfstrawberries" into your psp 7 tubes folder and "Budmo Jiggler" into your system fonts if you don`t already have it. Ready?... let`s create our strawberries tag!

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial which is written for PSP V 7 but should adapt to work in other versions.

Start a new image as in fig 1.

Go layers / new raster layer / ok. Launch your tubes tool by clicking the tool icon on the left. Now right click tubes icon, select "tool options" and find "kktfstrawberries" in the drop down list. Change the scale size to 120% and leave everything else. (fig 2)

Now click on your canvas to add the tube and centralise it (fig 3)

Now go effects / geometric effects / twirl and apply as in fig 5.

Reposition the tube if neccessary as in fig 8 Then go adjust / sharpness / sharpen.

Add a new layer as before. Set your foreground to #C00000 and background to # 0A4A0A (fig 9)

Next go effects / geometric effects / spiky halo and apply as in fig 4.

Add a new layer as before, then apply the tube again but at 100%. Now go effects / 3D effects / inner bevel and apply as in fig 7.

Move the image up a bit if required, position as in fig 6

Click on the text tool icon on the left (A), then click on your canvas to launch the text tool. Select "Budmo Jiggler" font (or one of your choice) Make the scale size appropriate for your name. Make all other settings as in fig10.

Type in your name then click "ok". Move the text to the bottom and centralise it, now go selections / select none. Next go back to effects / geometric effects / spiky halo and apply as before. Add a new layer then reapply your text, position as before. Keep selected then go effects / 3D effects / inner bevel and apply as before. Now go effects / edge effects / enhance then deselect (selections / select none). Go layers / merge / merge all (flatten) Save as jpeg. That`s it, easy wasn`t it!