Ashley




Tube in this image was made by Suzi Sgai
and the font used is 'Chocalate Box'







This tutorial was done in PSP9
but can be done in PSP8 as well.

Materials

1. An image or tube of your choice.

2. A font of your choice.

3. Filter ECWS Tile maker 1.0

4. Filter Border Mania.

5. A pattern (or use Lisa's in the zip)

6. Selections (included in the zip file)

7. Brushes. (included in the zip file)

8. Supplies  - download
   
   

Method

1. Open a new canvas size 400x350 pixels.
   Choose two colors from your pattern, or use these:
   Foreground - #70a877
   Background - #235e2e
   
   Make a gradient with settings:
   Angle 0;
   Repeats 0;
   Invert not checked.
    

2. Select all. Activate your pattern, copy, and paste into the selection.
    

3. Deselect. Adjust--> Blur---> Gaussian Blur with the Radius 35.
    

4. Selections --> Load/Save--> Load Selection from Disk. Find the lisa17.
   Apply
    

5. Layers--> New Raster Layer.
   Fill the selection with the gradient.
    

6. Effects--> Filter Effects--> Border Mania Frame#2 : set the top two settings on 0 and 8, and apply.
   Deselect (Ctrl+D)
   Change the Blend Mode of this layer to 46% .
    

7. Duplicate this layer 2x and position it as seen below:
   
   
   
    

8. X-out layer 1. Merge layers visible and unlock
    layer 1 again.
   
    

9. Duplicate the merged layer.
   Go to Image--> Rotate-->
   Free Rotate: 90 degrees / Right.
   Position as seen in the example below:
   
   
   
   Layers - Merge - Merge visible.
    

10. Effects--> Filter Effects--> ECWS--Tile Maker 1.0--set the slidebar on 180.
    
     

11. Effects--> Filter FM tile tools--> Blend Emboss.
    
     

12. Layers--> New Raster Layer.
    
     

13. Selections--> Load/Save--> Load Selection from Disk.
    Find 'lisa18' --> apply
    
     

14. Activate your tube or image and paste it into the selection.
    Effects--3D Effects--> Chisel set on 2 /  black.
    Deselect.
    Change the Blende Mode of this layer to 90%,
    or change it more if you feel like it.
    
     

15. Duplicate this layer and and fit them together,
    as seen in the tag example above.
    
     

16. Activate your brush in psp --> File --> Export --> Custom Brush - give it name and click on ok.
    
     

17. Activate your Brush Tool--> find your brush, stemple it at the top right in a color of your choice.
    
     

18. Activate your tube or image, reduce the size.
    Copy and paste it onto the canvas as new layer.
    You can apply the  20-20 mask on it before you paste it onto the canvas.
     

19. Merge All Layers.
     

20. Add a 3 pixel black border or your own color.
     

21. Add your name - The font 'Vitriol', size 48
    was used in the tag example.
     

22. Reduce the image size to 400 pixels in width.

    Your Ashley Tag is finished!
    
     

    Here is another example:

    

     

    

    
    You are welcome to text links
    to the tutorial.
     

    
    Translated 20th June 2005

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