Anastacia
 

Gerda's original Dutch tutorial can be found here

 

The tutorial is written for PSP 9 

A good knowledge of PSP is required

 Materials needed:

Filters:

Supplies:

Preset shape; 

L&K bolletjeslijn 4;

Tubes Susan T 1624;

Tube geranastacia1

Brush wljsqaures 22 001,

two fonts Andes en Scriptina

Download here

Step 1

Open a new transparant canvas 450 x450 pixels

Foreground on #ede1d6

Background on #e09c85

Gradient:

- style linear

-  angle 90

- repeats 0

 - invert unchecked

Fill your canvas with the gradient

Step 2

Filter Vm Distortion --> Flipper - as seen below

Duplicate this layer

Image --> Mirror

   Image --> Flip

Change the opacity of this duplicated layer to 60%

Merge all layers

Effects --> Plugins -->

 Fm Tile tools --> Blend Emboss

Step 3

Open your tube Susan T 1624 and minimize

Change your foreground to black

Add a new layer

Go to your Selection Tool --> Rectangle -->

Open the Custom Selection

and change the settings as follows:

Fill the canvas with black

Selections --> Modify --> Contract with 1

and press delete on your keyboard

Selections --> Modify -->

Contract by 5

Fill the canvas with black

Selections --> Modify -->

Contract by 1 and

press delete on your keyboard

Copy your tube and paste it into the selection

Deselect

Merge all layers

Stap 4

Add a 1 pixel black border

Take your color picker tool and choose
a color between the black lines around Anastacia.

Mine was #dec3b3

Add a 5 pixel border in any color not in your image

and fill with this color  

Add a 1 pixel black border

Step  5

 Lock the foreground color and

change the background color to  #e09c85

Go to your Preset Shape tools and choose the L&K bolletjeslijn 

--> width on 1 --> Vector and Anti Alias  checked

Draw a line from left to right in the top bar as seen in my Anastacia example above

Drag it into position

Convert the vector layer to raster layer in your layers palette

Filter Eyecandy 3.1 -->Glass -->with these settings

( COLOR WHITE !!!!!!)

Layers --> duplicate this layer

Use your Mover Tool to drag it to the bottom bar

Do you like it? You can shift it some more :)) lol

Lock the bottom layer.

Activate one of the other layers and merge visible

Drop Shadow 2/2/42/0  color black

Merge all layers

Step 6

Foreground color on black

New layer

Brushes--> wljsqaures 22 001--> size 150 -->

change the Blende Mode of this layer to Darken

in the layers palette

Apply the brush on the left side

 Go to Image --> Rotate 90 degrees

ALL LAYERS UNCHECKED !!!!

Move into the bar on the left as seen

in my example tag above

Duplicate this layer

and move it to the bottom

Lock the bottom layer, activate one of the others,

and merge visible

Now you can move this layer where you want it. :))

Merge all layers

Step 7

Open your tube geranastacia1

and paste as new layer in the top right of the canvas 

in the little square

Duplicate

Image --> Flip

Merge all layers

Step 8

I used the fonts Andes and Scriptina

New raster layer

Change the background color to your light color

 Font Andes --> type your text ( your name or whatever:))

 Image --> Rotate  90 degrees

Drop Shadow  1/1/60/0 color black

New raster layer

Font Scriptina --> type "Anastacia"

Drop Shadow 1/1/60/0 color black

Merge all layers

Your tag is finished

This tutorial can be used freely, but should not be copied.

You can link to it.

It takes a lot of time to write a tutorial.

Since Gerda doesn't have much time,

she cannot reply to any emails.

However you are welcome

to ask questions in her PSP group

" Ger's Psp Café"  .

If you're interested,

click here

   Design by Gerda©

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Translated 8th August 2005
 

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