Celebration Tag 

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This tutorial is intended for a beginner to learn about using patterns and making borders.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Photoshop CS - CS3.  You may download a free trial at Adobe.

Remember to save as a .psd file often!

Download Supplies.

Download and install Greg's Factory Output Vol. II > Pool Shadow Plugin.

1.  Open the SparklingChampagneHoliday graphic in PSP.

2.  Image > Duplicate.  Close the original.

3.  Image > Canvas Size.  Add 6 pixels to the width & the height to make a 3-pixel border.  Click on the CENTER anchor (white square)  Set the Canvas extension color = black.

4.  Image > Canvas Size.  Add  70 to the width & height to make a 35-pixel border.  Set Canvas extension color = white.

5.  With the magic wand, select the white border.

6.  Open the champagne pattern in the supply folder.  Edit > Define Pattern.  You may close out the pattern.

7.  Click back on the sparkling champagne graphic.  Edit > Fill  with pattern-- champagne pattern.

8.  Image > Canvas Size.  Add 100 pixels to width & height to make a 50-pixel border.  Set Canvas extension color = black.

9.  Choose the rectangle marquee tool.

10.  In the graphic, carefully select the bottom black border, like in picture shown below.

11.  Open the NYCelebrationStreamers2 pattern.  Edit > Define Pattern.  You may close this pattern out.

12.  Click back on the sparkling champagne graphic.  Edit > Fill with NYCelebrationStreamers2 pattern.

13.  Select > Deselect

14.  Image > Rotate Canvas 90 degrees CW

15.  With the rectangle Marquee tool, draw a rectangle selection along the bottom black border.

16.  Edit > Fill with streamer2 pattern.

17.  Image > Rotate Canvas 90 degrees CW

18.  With the rectangle Marquee tool, draw a rectangle selection along the bottom black border.

19.   Edit > Fill with streamer2 pattern.

20.  Image > Rotate Canvas 90 degrees CW

21.  With the rectangle Marquee tool, draw a rectangle selection along the bottom black border.

22.   Edit > Fill with streamer2 pattern.

23.  Image > Rotate Canvas 90 degrees CW

24.  With the rectangle Marquee tool, draw a rectangle selection along the bottom black border.

25.   Edit > Fill with streamer2 pattern.

26.  Select > Deselect

27.  Choose the Line tool.

28.  Set the line tool as below:  first icon, Weight = 25 px, color = white

29.  Draw a line from top to bottom slightly slanted, like in the picture below.

30.  In the Layer Palette, right-click on shape layer and choose Rasterize Layer

31.  With the magic wand, click on the white bar to select it.

32.  Choose the gradient tool and select a gold gradient (or use the Gold pattern to fill)

33.  Filter > Greg's Factory Output, Vol II > Pool Shadow  Apply these settings:  50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 51, 99, 73

34.  Filter > Noise > Add Noise  Amount = 15%, Gaussian, Monochromatic

35.  Selections > Modify > Contract Selection  by 8 pixels

36.  Edit > Fill with BLACK

27.  Select > Deselect

28.  It should look like this

29.  In the Layer Palette, right-click on the top layer and choose Duplicate layer

30.  Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal  With the mover tool move the ribbons into position so that the cross over the seam between the gold pattern and the black border.

31.  Open the gold-black bow in the supply folder.  Image > Image Size.  Set Height = 200 pixels.  Select > Select All  and Edit > Copy

32.  Click back on champagne image.  Edit > Paste.  With the mover tool, move the bow into place over the intersection of the two ribbons.

33.  Right-click on top layer and choose Flatten Image

34.  Image > Canvas Size.  ADD 25 pixels to the HEIGHT only.  Set Canvas extension color = black.

35.  Image > Canvas Size.  Add  6 pixels to width & height to make a 3-pixel border.  Set the Canvas extension color = white.

36.  With the magic wand, select the white border.  Edit > Fill with gold pattern.

37.  Select > Deselect

38.  Add your watermark and text.  Resize as necessary.

39.  Save as a JPEG.  File > Save As.

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