Tutorial "Angel Or Devil"

This tutorial was written by me on 24th May 2011. It was done with PSP X2 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Good vs. Evil" PTU Scrapkit by Designs by Sarah which you can purchase at PimpMyTagsWithScraps, an angel and a devil tube plus close-ups (of course you can also use only a devil tube), I am using the artwork of Jose Cano which you can purchase at PSP Tubes Emporium (I purchased mine at MPT, so I am using my MPT license on the tag) and shape tool circle

1. Open a new transparent canvas 450x450px, with your shape tool circle (foreground off/background grey) draw a circle of appr. 450x450px, convert to rasterlayer, selection, custom selection Left 350/Top 0/Right 450/Bottom 450, press delete, select none, edit, copy, open a new transparent canvas 700x550px, paste as new layer, you can close your small image now, effects, image effects, offset -150/0, duplicate layer, image mirror

2. Highlight circle on the left side, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp6.jpg, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 65), fill selection with pattern, select none, highlight the other circle, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add no new rasterlayer (you are on the one with the left circle), fill selection with pattern, select none, selection, custom selection Left 320/Top 5/Right 380/Bottom 545, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp3.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, highlight circles layer, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection invert, highlight layer with the black stripe, press delete, select none, merge layers visible

3. Select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, expand 3px, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp9.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, don't deselect, selection invert, adjust, add noise, noise 50, Uniform and Monochrome checked, arrange layer, send to bottom, selection, modify, expand 5px, selection, modify, feather, number of pixels 10, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp10.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange layer, send to bottom, highlight top layer, merge down (with white layer), add Dropshadow 1/1/25/3 #000000

4. Highlight top layer, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_sun.png, copy and paste as new layer, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_frame 1.png, resize 90%, rotate left, copy and paste as new layer, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, expand 2px, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp9.jpg again, copy and paste as new layer, adjust, add noise, arrange layer, move down, selection invert, press delete, select none, highlight red frame, merge down, add Dropshadow

5. With magic wand tool click into all three frames, selection, modify, expand 10px, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp3.jpg again, copy and paste as new layer, arrange layer, move down, selection invert, press delete, don't deselect, open your tubes, copy the close-ups you want to use, paste them as new layers, place and arrange them as you wish, press delete, if you are satisfied select none and merge these tube layers, duplicate tube layer, set blend mode of the bottom tube layer to Luminance (L) and the blend mode of the top tube layer to Screen

6. Highlight top layer, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_devil wings horn tail.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the right, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, expand 2px, copy sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp9.jpg again, paste as new layer, adjust, add noise, arrange layer, move down, selection invert, press delete, select none, highlight layer above, merge down, add Dropshadow

7. Open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_wings and halo.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down to the left, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, expand 2px, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_pp10.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, adjust, add noise, arrange layer, move down, selection invert, press delete, select none, highlight layer above, merge down, add Dropshadow8. Open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_angel wings.png, resize 50%, with selection tool rectangle select the left wing, edit, copy, paste as new layer, move it to the left and a little down, arrange layer above circles layer, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_devil wings.png, resize 75%, with selection tool rectangle select the right wing, edit, copy, paste as new layer on your tag, move it up to the right, add Dropshadow, arrange layer above the circles layer

9. Highlight top layer, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_halo.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees right, move it to the right and a little down, open sb_pmt_good-vs-evil_heart 2.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees left, move it up to the left, add Dropshadow

10. Open your tubes again, copy one angel and one devil tube, paste as new layers, resize if needed, move the devil to the right side and the angel to the left side, add Dropshadow to both

You can write down your name and/or text now, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tut, please enjoy ♥

Tutorial "Tropical Tango"

This tutorial was written by me on 22nd May 2011. It was done with PSP X2 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Tropical Tango" PTU Scrapkit by Designs by Sarah which you can purchase at PimpMyScrapsWithTags, a tropical tube, I am using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis which you can purchase at PSP Tubes Emporium, Effect Xero Greyscaler and mask #24 by Witchy'sHeart which you can download here

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, select all, open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-pp13.jpg, Effect Xero Greyscaler, Brightness 70, adjust, hue/saturation, colorize 35/255, adjust, Brightness/Contrast 50/0, copy and paste into selection, select none, layers, new masklayer, from image, load WH_Mask24 (source luminance checked), merge group

2. Open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-frame 1.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, effects, image effects, offset -25/0, Dropshadow 1/1/25/3 #000000, with magic wand tool click outside, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 5px, open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-pp1.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, arrange layer, move down, move the paper a little down and a little to the right, selection invert, press delete, don't deselect, open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-sand.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, place it as you wish, press delete, select none

3. Open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-bottle.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, add Dropshadow, arrange layer under the sand layer, highlight top layer, open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-coconut.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-shell 1.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down and a little to the left, add Dropshadow

4. Open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-starfish.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left between the coconut and the shell, add Dropshadow, open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-crab.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, place it above the shell, add Dropshadow

5. Now open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-palm fronds 1.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left, place it on the left side of the bow, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, move it back to the upper left, look at my preview below for right position, merge both layers, add Dropshadow6. Open sb_pmt_tropical-tango-flowers 1.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it up to the left and place it on the knot of the bow, add Dropshadow, open your tube now, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, move it to the right, add Dropshadow

Now you can write down your name and/or text, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tut, please enjoy!