Cuties in a Twirl

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Supplies Needed: Paint Shop Pro any version, I used X2. Color, Gradient or Pattern of choice. Filter Factory B. Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass. This is a PTU filter and you can find it HERE. Filter Factory B HERE. I would recommend downloading all 20 Galleries so you have on hand. You may need Plugin Commander Light (free) to convert the Filter Factory files into .8bf files. If so you can find it HERE. You will also need a tube / image of choice and font of choice.

Step 1 Open new 500 X 500 canvas and Flood Fill with white, name layer BG for background.
Step 2 Add a New Layer and Flood Fill with your Color, Gradient or Pattern of choice. I used a pattern at Angle 0, Scale 100. Name layer pattern.
Step 3 On pattern layer go to Filter Factory B / Seismic Twirl and use default settings of: 65, 187, 255, 1.
Step 4 Still on pattern layer go to Selections / Select All. Selections / Modify / Contract by 15 (or however wide you want border to be). Selections / Invert. In layer palette right-click on this layer and Choose Promote Selection to Layer. Highlight promoted layer and rename border. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel: Bevel #1, 1, 25, 6, 15, 35, White, 215, 35, 45. Selections / Invert and go to Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout: V & H 0, Opacity 50, Blur 30, Black.
Step 5 Select your tube Edit / Copy (Ctrl+C). Paste (Ctrl+V) as New Layer on your canvas.
Step 6 (Optional) Go to Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact / Glass: 14.48, 28.42, 13, Inside Selection, White, 0, 0, 1, 22, 51, 28.42, 69.
Step 7 Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: V & H 3, Opacity 65, Blur 8, Black. You can play around with the settings until you come up with something you like.
Step 8 Add your name and / or text you want using a font and settings of your choice. Give it an Inner Bevel and / or Drop Shadow if you want.
Step 9 Add your copyrights, watermark.
Step 10 Crop and Resize your tag to size acceptable for your group. Save 1 copy as .pspimage in case you want to make any changes. Then go to File / Export / JPEG Optimizer and save to your folder.

All done! I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. Remember this is just a guide. Experiment using different colors, gradients or patterns, images and settings. Any questions you can reach me here kayewinters@zoomtown.com.This tutorial was written 1/25/09 by Kaye’z Designz.