PSP XI-- Shamrock Plaid Tag

Shamrock Plaid Tag

I wrote this tutorial on my own. Any similarity to another tutorial is purely coincidental. I claim the copyright to my tutorial. You are free to do whatever you please with what you make, but please do not take my tutorial. Do not send the tutorial through email. Only share my link.

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 a Turkey Dinner. 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 Simple Filters and install into plugins folder.

Click on the picture below. A new window will open. Right-click on the mask and save to your pc.

Open this mask in your PSP and minimize.

Download the corner used in this tutorial.

1. Open a new, transparent image, size = 400 x 400 Set your foreground to a light color, and your background to a dark color. Flood-fill this with a light color.

2. Effects > Textures > Blinds. Width = 120, Opacity = 50, Color = black, Horizontal UNCHECKED.

3. Effects > Textures > Weave. Gap Size = 100, width = 165, Opacity = 100, Weave Color = Black, Gap color = your dark color, CHECK fill gaps.

4. Repeat Step 3 AGAIN, same settings.

5. Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image. Choose the Shamrock Shower Mask from the drop-down menu.

6. Right-click on the top layer and choose Merge > Merge Group

7. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow. Horizontal & Vertical = 1, Opacity = 60, Blur = 5

8. Layers > New Raster Layer.

9. Drag the new layer to the bottom and flood-fill it with a complementary color.

10. Image > Add Borders, symmetric, white, 2

11. With the magic wand, select the white border. Flood-fill with a gradient of your choice.

(Note: My preview image at the top did not use gradients, and I skipped Step 12 & 13)

12. Image > Add Borders. Size = 1, color = dark color

13. Image > Add Borders. Size =2 , color = white. Select with magic wand and flood-fill with gradient.

14. Image > Add Borders. Size = 40, color = light color.

15. Select the border with the magic wand. Effects > Textures > Blinds. Change Width = 120, Opacity = 50.

16. Effects > Textures > Weave. Same settings as before.

17. Image > Free Rotate. Direction = Right, Degrees = 180, All layers UNCHECKED.

18. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel. Bevel = pie shape, width = 3, smoothness = 60, depth = 4, ambience = 0, shininess = 0, angle = 315, intensity = 50, elevation = 30

19. Image > Add Borders. color = white, size = 2. Select with magic wand and fill with gradient.

20. Open up the shamrock corner. Edit > Copy.

21. Click back on the plaid image. Edit > Paste as New layer. Move into position for the top left corner.

22. Let's make the color of the corner match your graphic. Click on your light or dark color to open up the color window. Write down the Hue and Saturation numbers (circled)