Halloween Tag Tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
October 2018
what you need
a Halloween type tube
i am using Halloween by
© Anna Marine
you can purchase this tube at
CDO
filters
Muras meister-copies
eye candy 4000- gradient glow (for copyright info)
filters unlimited 2.0
graphics plus- pool shadow
penta.com- color dot
Lets have fun!
open a new transparent image 600 x 250
get your eye dropper tool out and choose 2 colors from your tube light for foreground and dark for background (i used the colors in her pumpkin)
c&p your tube as a new layer, place in middle of tag
Muras meister copies wallpaper rotate at default
go to bottom layer and flood fill with either light or dark color your choice back to top
adjust blur gaussian blur at 12
adjust blur motion blur angle 315 strength 100 repeat 2 x
graphics plug- pool shadow
adjust blur- motion blur same settings as before repeat 1 x
c&p your tube resize by 70% 1 x and place on left side, muras meister copies line but set the number to about 3 or 4
change the blend mode to soft light and bring properties down to 34 add DS (2 -2 68 7)
change your background to gradient angle 36 repeats 2 invert checked get your rectangle tool and draw a thin rectangle the length of your tag, convert to raster layer
turn off your foreground, use black as background, get out your text tool , pick your font (i used Chiller) size 20 and write Halloween on your rectangle on the left side, muras meister copies, line
adjust the number to 8-12
duplicate that layer 2 x and just drag down until it fills the rectangle merge down 2 x and add DS,
merge down, add DS then add again but change the V & H to -2 and 2
c&p your tube resize by 70% 1 x and place kind of to the right sharpen add DS (V 2 H -2 Opacity 68 Blur 7)
new raster layer, select all flood fill with your light color, selections modify contract by 2 hit delete on keyboard, selections invert and put an inner bevel of choice on it select none
add a thin gradient with the same color as your frame, layers duplicate, go to original frame, adjust blur gaussian blur at 6
go to copy of frame, penta.com color dot at default adjust sharpen merge down
add your copyright and license info and your own taggers watermark, merge all flatten save as jpg. i
used the same font that we used on the tag for my name only size 48
you are done! thanks for trying my tutorial. i hope it was easy to follow and you had fun. send me your results and i will showcase them here.
Halloween Tag Tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
October 2018