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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Tut: Gothic Romance






















Gothic Romance

This tutorial was written by me on April 21, 2010 using PSP 9.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and /or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

Tube of Choice - I'm using the gorgeous art of Ismael Rac.  You can purchase his tubes and license at Artistic Minds.
Scrap Kit - I'm using a gorgeous PTU kit from Tanya at Scraps by jOeswife called "Gothic Romance".  Visit her blog to find out how to purchase this kit.

Template - I'm using Template 45 from Tamie at Addictive Pleasures.  You can download from her blog here.

Font of choice - I'm using Deadly English which you can download here.

To begin open up tube and template in PSP - minimize tube for now
1.  On template - image - canvas size - 800 x 800 - white background - close out copyright

2.  Leaving Mask layer as is - on Big Circle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 62 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - selections - select none - copy/paste Frame 17 as new layer - resize to fit your circle - position - dropshadow your frame layer

3.  merge your Strip 1 and Strip 2 layers together - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 45 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - copy/paste Barbed Wire as new layer - resize if needed - rotate to line up with your left Strip - position - duplicate - image - mirror - rotate if needed - position on right strip - dropshadow both layers

4.  On Rectangle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Gothic Romance Overlay as new layer - resize - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow - move above Circle layer

5.  Move Rectangle 2 layer above Small Circle and back on Small Circle - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 37 as new layer - resize - selections - invert - delete - selections - select none - copy/paste Frame 13 as new layer - resize to fit your circle - adjust - sharpness -sharpen more - dropshadow - click inside of frame - modify - expand by 3 - copy/paste your tube as new layer - resize - position - selections - invert - delete - move below frame - selections - select none -dropshadow tube and frame

6.  On Rectangle 3 layer merge down to Rectangle 2 layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 17 as new layer - resize - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow

7.  On Circle Layer - selections -select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 81 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - selections select none - copy/paste Frame 61 as new layer - resize to fit circle - position - click inside frame - selections - modify - expand by 5 - copy/paste your tube again as new layer - selections - invert - delete - select none - dropshadow tube and frame layers

8.  Copy/paste Candelabra of choice as new layer - resize - position towards the left side of template - dropshadow

9.  Copy/paste your tube again as new layer and position in the center of tag ( it should be below the 2 rectangle layers and above the Large Circle layer and frame) - dropshadow

10.  On Rectangle 4 layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 11 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow

11.  Copy/paste Heart Doodle of choice as new layer - resize - position along the bottom of rectangle layers - dropshadow

12.  Copy/paste Butterfly 3 as new layer - resize - position on rectangle - dropshadow

13.  Copy/paste Lock and Key of choice as new layers - resize - position on tag - dropshadow

14.  Back on mask layer - copy/paste Blood Splatter 4 as new layer - resize if needed - position on top left corner of canvas - duplicate - image - mirror - merge down - duplicate - image - flip

15.  Copy/paste Chainlink Heart of choice as new layer - move to the top of tag - duplicate - image - flip

16.  Close out white background - crop/resize tag to your preference - add copyright/license information and name - save as .png

That's it!!  Thank you for trying my tutorial!!!

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Hello! I'm a SAHM of 2 beautiful children Wyatt & Caitlyn and have been married to my wonderful husband Everett for 9 years. I live in a small town in NW Florida and am owned by several miniature dachshunds. I've been PSPing for 7 years now and just now decided to put my tags into tutorial form. When I'm not busy taking care of my various animals which not only is dachshunds, but includes various types of fowl and poultry I am playing with my kids or at my computer.
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