Gradient Hero Tag Tutorial

Gradient Hero Tag Tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
March 2017

What you will need

paint shop pro ( i am using 17 but any version will do)

a tube

i am using a new tube by Keith Garvey (Heroine)
you can purchase this and a license at

Garv Graphyx

Filters

Muras Meister- copies (feedback v-random)

eye candy 4000- gradient glow (copyrights)

font- regency

ok lets begin

Open a new image transparent 600 x 250

take a light and dark color from your tube and make a gradient out of it (i used the blue in her costume)

angle 25 repeats 2 inverted not checked texture not checked

flood fill with your new gradient

effects texture effect texture choose a texture you like and click ok

get out your rectangle tool and set it on square and draw a small square place on left side of tag

get out your magic wand, click in the center of the square selecttions expand by 2 and c&p your tube selections invert hit delete on your keyboard. reduce the opacity to about 50-60 add DS

V 2 H-2 Opacity 68 Blur 7

merge down Muras Meister copies set to feedback v random

Add DS (same as before)

c&p your tube and place on right hand side resize by 61% sharpen add DS

new raster layer, select all flood fill with your lighter color selections contract by 2, select none

add a thin gradient glow and use the color you used for the frame, layers duplicate, go down to original frame, adjust blur gaussian blur at 8, back to top layer

adjust add remove noise uniform 50% monochrome checked

add noise same setting but check the random

merge down, add your copyrights, license and your own taggers watermark. merge all flatten, save as jpg. i also used a gradient glow on the copyrights and then sharpen.

 

you are done! i hope you enjoyed this tutorial and it was easy to follow. thanks for trying my tutorial.

Ladyjai3Creations
Gradient Hero Tutorial
March 2017