Heart Shower Tag

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This tutorial is intended for beginners to learn how to create a tag using a plugin.  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 X2, 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 Love Letters Font and the Monika font, and install them to your pc.

Download MuRa's Filter Meister > Copies plugin and install it.

1.  Open a new, transparent image, size 500 x 500.

2.  Choose the custom shape tool.

3.  Choose the shape to be heart, CHECK create as a vector, CHECK anti-alias.  Set background color to red, and foreground color to NULL

4.  Draw a small heart in the center of the canvas.

5.  Right-click on the heart layer and set to Convert to Raster Layer

6.  Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel  Apply these settings:  bevel = pie shape, width = 20, smoothness = 15, depth = 5, ambience = 0, shininess = 30, color= white, angle = 335, intensity = 30, elevation = 50.

7.  Effects. > Plugins > MuRa's Filter Meister > Copies.  Apply these settings:  Set preset to Shower (lower left corner),  Random (circle), 20, 100, 100, 0,0, 25, 20, 100, 0, 0 , 0, 30, 0

8.  With the mover tool, move the heart shower upwards on the canvas.

9.  Effects > Plugins > MuRa's Filter Meister > Copies  Same settings as before, EXCEPT change the SHIFT Y to 90 and SHIFT X to 81

You may have to play with the SHIFT X so that the hearts do not run off the margins.

10.  Set the foreground color = black.  Choose the text tool, set font = Love Letters, Size = 108 pixels, CREATE AS Vector.  Type the word LOVE.

11.  Move the text into position and right-click on the text layer, choose Convert to Raster Layer

12.  Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow.  Horizontal & Vertical = 1, opacity = 100, blur = 2, color = black

13.  Choose the text tool.  Set font = Monika, size = 48, CREATE as Vector.  Set foreground = NULL, background = pink

14.  Choose the rectangle selection tool.  Click on the Merged Opaque icon.  This will put a selection box around the used area of the canvas.

15.  Image > Crop to Selection

16.  Save to a GIF file.  File > Export > GIF Optimizer.

 

 

 


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