Good and Evil

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Supplies Needed: Paint Shop Pro any version, I used X2. You can get it HERE. Tube of choice. I used one from Misty Benson which can be purchased HERE. Eye Candy 3 zipped in Supplies. Unzip to your Plugin Folder. A mask of choice or use mine LB_mask2. Font of choice or use mine Vivian.
Notes: Open tube and mask in PSP minimize. Open font and minimize on Task Bar and it will be available when needed. Pick two colors from tube. I used foreground #B34F57, background #83A0D0. Make foreground gradient with these settings: Rectangle, Angle 90, Repeats 10, Invert unchecked.

Step 1 Open New Canvas 500 X 500 transparent. Flood Fill with white.

Step 2 Add a New Layer and Flood Fill with color, gradient or pattern of choice. I used gradient made in notes. On this layer go to Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 3 / Swirl: 101, 10, 60, 100, Warp checked, Smooth unchecked.

Step 3 On same layer go to Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image. Invert Mask Data unchecked. Click on Source Window and select LB_mask2 or mask of choice. If you used same mask as mine go to Selections / from Mask. Marching ants will appear around mask. In layer palette right click on highlighted layer and choose Merge / Merge Group. Apply Inner Bevel: Bevel #2, 9, 0, 2, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30. Apply Drop Shadow: 1, 1, 50, 1, Black. Deselect (Ctrl + D).

Step 4 If you don’t like all the white that is showing now. Go back to background layer and Fill with color, gradient or pattern of choice. I used same colors but changed gradient to: Linear, Angle 45, Repeats 5, Invert unchecked. I also added Noise: Uniform, 30, Monochrome checked. (Adjust / Add - Remove Noise / Add Noise.)

Step 5 Activate top layer. Copy and Paste tube of choice as New Layer. Drop Shadow: 3, 3, 55, 8, Black.

Step 6 Select Text Tool. Add text and / or name with font and size of choice. I used Vivian, size 45. Closed off foreground and used same gradient from Step 4. I gave it same Inner Bevel from Step 3. And Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 55, 3, Black.

Step 7 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 2/15/09 by © Kaye’z Designz.