Escapee forum style tag tutorial

Escapee forum style tag tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

April 2016

what you will need

paint shop pro

i am using 16 but any version will do

a tube

i am using a tube by © Amy Brown

(54-3 Escapee) or use a tube with a close up also

you can purchase this tube and a license at

CDO

filters

eye candy 4000 -gradient glow & hsb noise

fm file tools blend emboss

distortion effects- pixelate

simple- zoom out & flip

AAA frames-foto frame

fonts

fairydust B

Faerie (name)

open new image 600 x 250

eye dropper tool and take a light color from your tube and place as foreground and slightly darker

color and place as background

change foreground to a foreground-background gradient mix

angle 0 repeats 10

flood fill with your new gradient

distortions effects, pixlate, block width 4 block height 9 symetric unchecked

FM file tools- blend emboss default settings

simple- zoom out and flip

repeat blend emboss

c&p your tube resize to fit and place on left hand side of tag add DS

c&p close up of tube image mirror- blend mode luminance legacy add DS i used 2 -2 68 7

get your text tool out and choose what font you want to use (i used Fairydust B) size 48 stroke width 2  use a gold gradient for the outline and the light color for background

type out what you would like, i typed Escapee (all caps) or whatever you want, when happy with it, convert to raster layer, place where it looks good and  add DS.

( 2 -2 68 7)

AAA frames foto frame with these setting and use on each layer width 10 opacity 70 all the other settings at default.

image add borders symetric checked width 2 black

add your name, copyrights, license and url merge all flatten save as jpg. (i use gradient glow thin

width 3 white with the copyrights and license)

you are finished!

i hope you liked this tutorial and it was easy to follow. send me your results and i will showcase them here. thanks for trying my tutorial.

here is another example using a tube by

© keith garvey

http://garvgraphx.com

you can purchase this tube and a license at the above website

Ladyjai3Creations

April 2016