Supplies

We'll be using Psp 8

a tube, a font and pattern of your choice or download mine here
open the tube and pattern in psp, open the font and minimize it

the tube used here is a Monica's Special Tube, Unfortunately her site is no longer there.

Toadies Filter 1 and 2, you can download it
here unzip toadies into your Psp 8 plugins file


Ok, lets get started!

don't forget to save often as a pspimage!

  1. file -> new -> 600x600, 16 milj colors -> ok

  2. take your selection tool
    settings: rectangle, replace, feather 0, anti-alias checked



  3. draw somewhere in the middle of your image an rectangle size about 160x210



  4. take your fill tool -> click on your foreground color -> click the tab: patterns -> look up the brownswirls pattern, or a pattern of your own -> floodfill the rectangle

  5. selections -> select none

  6. effects -> plugins -> toadies -> blast 'em! -> settings shown below -> ok



  7. layers -> duplicate - and again layers -> duplicate (you should now have 3 layers)

  8. move the layers to a position of your liking, in the picture below you can see where i placed mine



  9. layers -> merge -> merge visible

  10. effects -> 3d effects -> drop shadow: h/v 4, opacity: 85, blur: 10, color: black -> ok



  11. open the tube (or a tube of your liking) -> edit -> copy -> back to your working image -> edit -> paste -> paste as a new layer

  12. you might have to resize your tube, if you use mine -> image -> resize -> 70% - resize all layers unchecked -> ok

  13. after resizing: adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

  14. move your tube to where you like it

  15. effects -> 3d effects -> drop shadow -> same settings as step 10.

  16. layers -> new raster layer -> ok

  17. activate your texttool set your foreground color to a light color out of your tube (i used: #D5CBC7 ) set your background color to a darker color out of your tube (i used: #55453D )

  18. Choose your font - mine: xhume, size: 90, stroke width: 2, floating



  19. with your ants still running around your text -> effects -> 3d effects -> inner bevel -> settings shown below -> ok



  20. ants still running -> effects -> 3d effects -> drop shadow -> same settings as step 10 -> ok

  21. select none

  22. you can now add your watermark

  23. you might want to save your tag in pspimage format, like this you can always add another text on it
    file -> save as

  24. layers -> merge -> merge all

  25. if you have alot of white background you can crop it with your crop tool

  26. file -> save as -> .jpg -> and your tag is done!



Here is an example of the same lesson but with another tube, font and pattern




I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!