Easy Header 3
Written by Mindy Mae
Plugins you will need...
Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow - Optional
Mura's Meister / Copies
You may buy a license to use this work at MPT
Remember tutorials are just a guideline and creativity is always a must when doing PSP, so make it your own!!!
1. Open a new transparent image 800 x 400
(header tags vary in sizes depending on what you're going to use them for... so this might not be the right dimensions for you... use whatever is good for what you want to use it for!)
2. Pick a light color for your foreground and a dark color for your background in the color palette
3. Flood fill your new image with your dark color
4. Add your tube
5. Go to Effects / Plugins / Mura's Meister / Copies / Wallpaper (Rotate) / use default settings
6. Duplicate
On the duplicated layer, do the following...
7. Gaussian blur / 3
8. Change the layer property to Hard Light
9. Go to Effects / Texture Effects / Mosaic - Antique / use whatever settings you like
On the original layer, do the following...
10. Change the layer opacity to 45
11. Add your closeup tube
12. Add a drop shadow of your choosing
13. Duplicate
On the duplicated layer, do the following...
14. Gaussian blur / 3
15. Change the layer property to Multiply
16. Go back to raster 1 (or bkg) layer
17. Go to Selections / Select All
18. Go to Selections / Modify / Select Selection Borders / use whatever settings you like
19. Create a new raster layer
20. Arrange / Bring to Top
21. On this new layer, flood fill the selected area with one of your colors
22. Go to Selections / Select Non
23. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel / use whatever settings you like
24. Add same drop shadow as before
25. Add your name
** I used Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow on my text and name **
Add your copyright and watermark information
Be sure to crop off any "dead space" around your tag, if necessary.
When you have your tag finished, save and you are done!!!
This tutorial is completely my creation and any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental, unless otherwise stated above.
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