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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 intermediates to learn how to use preset shapes and to shade.  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 9, 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!

You will need to download the Italian Editors plugin (particularly Effecto Fantasma)

You will also need a tube of your choice.

1.  Open up the tube of your choice and choose a medium color from that tube to be your foreground color.  Make a darker version of that color be your background color.  Minimize the tube for later use.

2.  Open up a new, transparent image, size = 400 x 300.

3.  Flood-fill this image with your foreground (lighter) color)

4.  Choose the Selection tool.  Set it to rectangle.  Press the Custom selection icon (has blue box in picture)

5.  In the Custom Selection box, set the top = 5, Left = 5, Right = 100,  Bottom = 295.

6.  Set your background to Gradient style and choose Foreground-Background Gradient.  Set Angle = 90, Repeats = 0, Invert CHECKED.

7.  Flood fill the selection with this gradient.

8.  In the top menu, click Selections > Invert

9.  In the top menu, click Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel.  Apply the Groove Preset. 

10.  In the top menu, click Selection > Select None

11.  In the top menu, click Effects > Plugins > Italian Editors > Effecto Fantasma.  Set both to 50

12.  Right-click on this layer in the Layer Palette and choose Duplicate

13.  In the top menu, click Image >  Mirror

14.  In the Layer Palette, set the Layer property to DARKEN

15.  In the top menu, click Image > Add Borders.  Set to Symmetric, 3 pixels, and Color = darker background color.

16.  In the top menu, click Image > Add Borders.  Change the color = white.

17.  Choose the white border with your magic wand, and flood-fill this with a gold gradient.

18.  In the top menu, click Image > Add borders.  Change the size = 15.  Color can stay white.

19.  Select this border with the magic wand and flood-fill the border with the Foreground-Background gradient used in step 3.

20.  In the top menu, click Image > Add Borders.  Change size = 3.

21.  Select the white border with the magic wand and flood-fill with the gold gradient.

22.  In the top menu, click Image > add borders.  Change size = 1, color = darker background color.

23.  Open up your tube that you want to use.  Edit > Copy.

24.  Click back on your frame image and choose Edit > Paste as New Layer.

25.  (Optional)  Resize the image as necessary so that the tube fits within the inner gold border.  Image > Resize   BE sure that Resize All Layers is UNCHECKED

26.  Right-click on the tube layer and choose Duplicate.  HIDE the top layer by clicking on the eye.  Then click on the middle layer's name to highlight that layer.

27.  In the top menu, click Select > Select All.  Then Selections > Modify  > Contract Selection.  Contract by 25 pixels  (the plugin will not exceed the selection box when applied)

28.  Apply the Effecto Fantasma plugin again, with the same settings.  Effects > Plugins > Italian Editors > Effecto Fantasma

29.  Slide the opacity of this layer to 50%

30.  UNHIDE the top copy of tube layer.  Resize this layer to 90%.  In the top menu, click Image > Resize.  Be sure Resize All Layers is UNCHECKED>

31.  In the top menu, click Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow.  Apply these settings:  V&H = 3, Opacity - 40, Blur = 10, Color = Black.

32.  Move the tube into place, near the lower right side of the inner border.

33.  Now apply the text.  Set to Create as Vector. Direction = Vertical,  I chose Chinese Takeway as the font, Size = 72, Stroke =2 .   Set foreground to gold gradient, and background to Foreground-Background Gradient.  Type your name.

34.  In the top menu, click Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow.  Use the same settings as before.

35.  Now save this image as a JPEG.  File > Export > JPEG Optimizer 
 

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