Shell's Tutorials

Mushroom Fae

For this tutorial, you will need:

Although it should work in earlier versions

The fairy tube I used

This fairy tube is © Renee Biertempfel. I've added the copyright information as a layer. Please keep this layer on the original tube so you'll know who owns copyright to image if you use it in the future. For this tag, you can be delete or resize the copyright layer, if you wish. If you choose to delete it, please make sure you add the copyright information to the finished tag, as per Renee's terms of use

Font

HERE

Dragonfly - this is a free font.

Ready?

1) Open the tube in PSP. Go to the layer palette and make sure raster 1 is highlighted, this is layer that contains the fairy image. raster 2 contains the copyright information.

2) Open a new canvas - use the following settings:

3) Click on the tube canvas and go to Edit > Copy
Click on the blank canvas and go to Edit > Paste As New Layer

4) Go to the layer palette. Right click on Raster 2 and duplicate.

5) Turn OFF the copy of raster 2 and click on Raster 2 to make it the active layer.

6) Go to Effects > Artistic Effects > Sepia Toning

7) Go to Image > Resize and use the following settings.

You will now have this:

8) Go to Effects > Edge Effects and click on Enhance More

You will now have this

9) Go to the layer palette and reduce the opacity of raster 2 to 48

You will now have this:

10) Go to the layer palette and turn ON the visibility of Copy of raster 2. Use the mover tool to move it into position.

11) Go back to the layer palette and click raster 1 to make it active.

12) Using the dropper tool, choose a light brown colour from the fairy image, Flood fill Raster 1.

13) Go to Image > Add border and use the following settings:

This is what you will have:

14) Using the dropper tool again, choose a dark colour from the fairy image. This is for your text. If you'd like the light brown to be the stroke colour you can click the arrow and the 2 colours will swap windows.

15) Click on the text tool and use the following settings:

16) Click on the canvas so the text entry box opens. Type in your text...if you want it down the side, the same as mine, type in your first letter then press enter on your keyboard. Repeat until all your letters have been added. Click ok.

17) Add the copyright information and resize to a size of your choice.

18) Save as a .jpg and you're done :o)

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.