This is what we will be making
To complete this tutorial you'll need the following supplies
Super BladePro and this preset
Toadies 2 'What are you?' is here
FM Paint Engine - my settings are here
The mask I used is here
The graphic I used is here
The eBook of this tutorial is here
** I used PSP9 for this tutorial, but I'm sure this can be done with any version **
OK - lets get started
1. Open your graphic, press shift D twice to duplicate your original twice. Close your original then minimize one of your copies
2. Resize your other copy to around 200 pixels, then apply seamless tiling with the default settings. Minimize and bring up your other copy. Resize your graphic to around 300 pixels
3. Choose a light and a dark colour from your graphic - apply your light colour as your foreground and your dark colour as your background, then use these colours to create a gradient with the following settings
3. Add a symmetrical border of 6 (any colour not in your graphic), click your border with your magic wand then flood fill with your gradient. Do not deselect
4. Apply the Lux_White SBP preset, apply the preset again, then invert your selection and apply the following cutout. Deselect
5. Add a symmetrical border of 26 (any colour not in your graphic), click your border with your magic wand then flood fill with the tile we have minimized. Do not deselect
6. Apply FM Paint engine with the following settings (or use the attached file to add your settings to paint engine, then apply the PhotoPainting preset). Do not deselect
7. Apply Toadies What are you? with the default settings. Do not deselect
8. Apply the following cutout, then repeat with minus values and deselect
9. Add a symmetrical border of 6 (any colour not in your graphic), click your border with your magic wand then flood fill with your gradient. Do not deselect
10. Apply the Lux_White SBP preset, apply the preset again. Deselect
11. Add a symmetrical border of 46 (any colour not in your graphic), click your border with your magic wand then flood fill with the tile we have minimized. Do not deselect
12. Apply FM Paint engine with the settings we used before. Do not deselect
13. Apply Toadies What are you? with the default settings. Do not deselect
14. Apply the last cutout we used (step 8), then repeat with minus values and deselect
15. Add a raster layer, then flood fill with your gradient and apply your kwc_dottedframe mask with the following settings
16. Go to selections>from mask, then go to your layer palette, right click on your mask layer and merge group. Do not deselect
17. Flood fill your selected mask around 6 times, then apply the same SBP preset we used before. Deselect
18. Apply the following drop shadow, repeat with minus values
19. Now apply this drop shadow, and repeat with minus values
20. Add a symmetrical border of 6 (any colour not in your graphic), click your border with your magic wand then flood fill with your gradient. Do not deselect
21. Apply the Lux_White SBP preset, apply the preset again, then invert your selection and apply the following cutout
Deselect and that's it - all done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial ;)
Written October 5 2004
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