Accountant Tag

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This tutorial was created for some friends of mine who wanted to begin learning more about PSP.  It is intended for beginners to learn how to create the background of this tag.  If you have any questions, please feel free to Email  me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Paint Shop Pro.  I wrote this with  Paint Shop Pro XI, but the steps may also be done in any version.  You may download a free trial at Corel.

Remember to save as a psp file often!

Download the filter:  Visman Filters > VM Experimental

Download supplies.  This zip file contains the money texture I used, plus some others and some tubes of people with money.

1.  Open a new, transparent image, size = 400 x 300 pixels

2.  Flood-fill the image with a color of your choice.

3.  Effects > Textures > Blinds.  Apply these settings:  width = 2, opacity = 20, color = black, horizontal CHECKED

4.  Layers > New Raster Layer

5.  Effects > Plugins > VM Experimental> The Accountant.  Apply these settings:  Red = 0, Green = 70, Blue = 0, Input Channel = 0, Distance = 20.   You may want to play with the Red, Green, Blue channels to get a color that matches with your background.

6.  Choose the selection tool.  Click the custom selection icon in the tool menu.

7.  In the Custom Selection box:  top - 125, left = 120, right = 280, bottom = 225

8.  Selection  > Promote Selection to Layer

9.  Image > Resize   width = 150, Height = 150  PERCENT

10.  Right-click on the promoted layer and choose Duplicate

11.  Choose the selection tool.  In the top menu, click on the Layer Opaque icon

12.  In the Layer Palette, click on the original promoted layer to highlight it.  Flood-fill that selection with white.

13.  Right-click on the top layer and choose Merge > merge down

14.  Change the selection tool to ellipse shape.  Draw an ellipse selection on the white box.

15.  Selections > Invert

16.  Press the Delete key

17.  Image > Add Borders  Symmetric, size = 2, black

18.  With the magic wand select the black border.

19.  Selections > Invert

20.  Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout  Apply these settings:  vertical & horizontal = 0, Opacity = 80, blur = 20

21.  Image > Add Borders  Size = 35, color = white

22.  In the Material Properties change the pattern to the money texture, Angle = 0, Scale = 100

23.  Effects > 3D  Effects > Inner Bevel   Bevel = pie shape, width = 8, smoothness = 0, depth = 5, ambience = 10, shininess = 0, angle = 315, Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30

24.  Image > Add Borders  size = 2, color = black

25.  Add some tubes and text to complete your tag.

26.  Save this as a JPEG.  File > Export > JPEG Optimizer

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