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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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This tutorial is copyrighted to Kaye @ Kaye’z Designz. You may print out for personal use but do not post to any site or distribute as your own. Any resemblance to others online is purely coincidental.
Supplies Needed: Paint Shop Pro any version, I used X2. You can get it HERE. Tube of choice. I used one from Gennadiy Koufay which can be purchased HERE. Brushes of choice or use mine BestOfSparkles - Patslash_03 & 04.PspBrush & PspScript. I have also included the original .pngs the brushes were made from. Font of choice or use mine Broadway. Supplies.
Notes: Open tube in PSP minimize. Open font and minimize on Task Bar and it will be available when needed.

Step 1 Open two .pngs from supplies to create your brushes. Or you can use tube(s) of choice to create your brush. To create brush from .pspimage or .png image. Go to File / Export / Custom Brush. When pop-up box appears under Name give it same name as original image. Skip Author & copyright unless you created the brush yourself. Under Description put where you got the brush, i.e. lesson or tutorial it came from. Click on Edit Paths to make sure brush is saved to brush folder you want.
Step 2 Open new canvas 500 X 500. Flood Fill with black. Name this layer BG.
Step 3 Add a New Raster Layer. In Material Palette, top box, select a color, gradient or pattern for your brush color. I used Rainbow Pastel gradient set to Linear, Angle 90, Repeats 3, Invert - unchecked. Select Paint Brush icon on Tools Toolbar. Find BestOfSparkles - Patslash_03 brush you just made in Step 1. Or other brush you created. Settings: Round, Size 500, Hardness 100, Step 32, Density 100, Thickness 100, Rotation 0, Opacity 100, Blend Mode - Normal.
Step 4 Have your Rulers on, View / Rulers. Place your brush at top center of canvas and click at least twice without moving mouse. Duplicate this layer. Image / Mirror. Image / Flip. In layer palette right click on duplicate layer and go to Merge / Merge Down. Rename this layer brush1.
Step 5 Add a New Raster Layer. Find BestOfSparkles - Patslash_04 made in Step 1. You can change color, gradient or pattern for this brush. I used same gradient & settings from Step 3. Center this brush on canvas, should be 250 X 250. Click at least twice without moving mouse. Duplicate this layer and Image / Mirror. In layer palette right click on duplicate layer and go to Merge / Merge Down. Rename this layer brush2.
Step 6 Copy and Paste your tube as New Layer. Give tube a Drop Shadow of choice. I didn’t Drop Shadow mine as it was misted. Name this layer tube.
Step 7 Select Text Tool. Add text and / or name with font and size of choice. I used Broadway, size 65. Closed off foreground and used same gradient from Step 3 as background. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel: Bevel #2, 9, 0, 2, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30. Add Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 55, 3, Black. Place where desired.
Step 8 Add your copyrights and / or watermark. Save as .pspimage to make future changes. Use JPEG Optimizer at default settings. Click on curved arrow to get default setting and Save as .jpg to send thru group.

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 2/16/09 by Kaye’z Designz.

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