Tutorial "Rac Dangerous"

This tutorial was written by me on 14th April 2010. It was done with PSP9 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: Stina's adorable part of the fantastic "Addicted To Rac" Collab only available at Just4Taggers, a lovely tube by Ismael Rac which you can purchase at ArtisticMindsInc and template #344 by Missy, Effects - Penta.com and Mura's Meister

1. Open template in PSP, with Shift D make a copy of the template, close original, delete layers by missy, thin rectangle, dotted line, sweet tooth cutie, glittered sweet tooth and hearts, if you want make background visible

2. Highlight square1, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open DBS_Paper08.jpg, set it to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 50), flood fill selection with pattern, select none, add Dropshadow 1/1/35/4 #000000

3. Highlight rectangle left, merge down (with rectangle right), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill selection with same pattern, select none, add Dropshadow

4. Highlight square2, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #14749c, select none, Effects - Penta.com - Jeans - Amount 10/Border Width 4, add Dropshadow

5. Highlight glittered rectangle left, merge down (with glittered rectangle right), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #000000, adjust - add noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked, Noise 100, repeat with 50, select none, add Dropshadow, highlight glittered centre frame, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #000000, add noise with same settings, select none, add Dropshadow

6. Highlight glittered circle right, arrange - move down, merge down (with glittered circle left), highlight circle right, merge down (with circle left), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open DBS_Paper22.jpg, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 25), flood fill selection with pattern, select none, add Dropshadow

7. Highlight centre frame, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #bad1d6, adjust - add noise 50, select none, highlight small glittered circle right, merge down (with small glittered circle left), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #bad1d6, adjust - add noise 50, select none, add Dropshadow

8. Highlight small circle right, merge down (with small circle left), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #14749c, Effects - Penta.com - 10/4, select none, add Dropshadow

9. Highlight centre circle, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, flood fill with #14749c, Effects - Penta.com - 10/4, don't deselect, open DBS_Wire07.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow to wire

10. Highlight rectangle layer, open DBS_EyeletRibbon04.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow

11. Highlight top layer, open DBS_Frame04.png, resize 70%, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow, with magic wand tool click into the frames, selection, modify, expand 7px, add new rasterlayer, arrange - move down, flood fill with #bad1d6, Effects - Penta.com 10/4, select none, highlight frame again and with magic wand tool do only select the frame on the left side, selection, modify, expand 7px, open your tube, resize if needed, copy and paste as new layer, paste into selection as you wish, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, set the opacity to 50, arrange layer beneath frame

12. Highlight top layer, open DBS_DiscoBall.png, resize 25%, adjust - Hue/Saturation 0/0, draw a circle selection around it, add new rasterlayer, arrange - move down, flood fill selection with #14749c, select none, set the blend mode of the ball to hard light, merge visible, adjust - sharpen, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow

13. Open DBS_Guitar02.png, resize 60%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 15 degrees left, move it to the left, add Dropshadow, open DBS_Skull_Crossbones04.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 15 degrees left, sharpen, move it to the right side of the guitar, duplicate layer, image mirror, move it up to the disco ball, add Dropshadow to both

14. Open DBS_Flower02.png and DBS_Flower04.png, resize both 25%, copy and paste as new layers, place them as you can see on my preview, duplicate both flowers, image mirror, image flip, add Dropshadow to all four flowers15. Open DBS_Brad02.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, Effects - Mura's Meister Copies - Encircle - Shift X 63/Shift Y 75, all other settings as they are, adjust - sharpen, draw a rectangular selection to remove all brads than the 3 on top and the 3 on the bottom, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow, arrange brads under the guitar layer

16. Open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, add Dropshadow 1/1/35/10 #000000

Write down your name and/or text now! Don't forget to add copyright information! Save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you had fun! Please enjoy!