This lesson is written in PsP 9 and is for the advanced user.

Needed:

* 2 beautiful graphics in the same style
* Fonts: Anne Boleyn SH and Ballentines Script and put these in your Fonts folder
* My selections - Put these in your PsP 9 Selection folder
 Texture - Put these in your PsP 9 Texture folder
* Mask - 189-kris and put this in your PsP 9 Mask folder
* A gradient - Put this in your PsP 9 gradient folder
mine's in the zip

supplies zip
 

Now that you have everything we can start…

1. Open a new transparent image of 550 x 440 pixels.
2. Put your foreground color on gradient and find the MAS-MaggieCouture gradient
and use the following settings:

3. Fill your image with the gradient.
4. Go to Effects - Artistic Effects - Topography and use these settings:

5. Layers - New raster layer.
6. Selections - Load from Disk - MAS-CoutureLinks with the following settings:

7. Open the image MaggieCoutureLinks and go to Edit - Copy.
8. Edit - Paste in Selection and leave your selection intact.
9. Layers - Mask load/ save - Mask load from Disk and find the 189-kris mask
and use the following settings:

10. Selections - Select nothing.
11. Layers - Merge - Merge group.
12. Put the blend mode of this layer on Luminance (legacy)
and the opacity on 50.
13. Layers - New raster layer.
14. Selections - Load from Disk - MAS-CoutureRechts with the same settings
as in step 6.
15. Open the image MaggieCoutureRechts and go to Edit - Copy.
16. Edit - Paste in Selection and again leave your selection intact.
17. Layers - Mask load/ save - Mask load from Disk and use the same mask and settings
as in step 9.
18. Selections - Select nothing.
19. Layers - Merge - Merge group.
20. Layers - Merge  - Merge down.
21. Layers - New raster layer.
22. Selections - Select all.
23. Selections - Modify - Contract by 25 pixels
24. Flood fill with a light color I am using #a8b3bd and put the blend mode
on this layer to Soft Light.
25. Selections - Modify - Contract 2 pixels.
26. Selections - Invert.
27. Selections - Floating and fill with black.
28. Selections - Select nothing.
29. Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten)
30. Image - Add borders 2 symmetric color is black
31. Again go to Image - Add borders but now with these settings:

32. Select this border with you magic wand tolerance, feather and
anti-alias all set to 0.
33. Effects - Texture effects - Texture and find the CrissCross texture a have your
settings like this:

34. Selections - Select nothing.
35. Image - Rotate - Rotate clockwise
36. Now pick 2 colors for your text. A light foreground color, I choose #b4b8bb
and a dark background color, I choose #6a7883
37. Activate your text tool and find the Anne Boleyn SH font and use these settings:

38. Write the word Couture or another word and stretch it so
that it fits nicely (see screen).

39. Layers - Convert to Raster layer.
40. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow with the following settings:

41. Put the opacity on the layer to 30.
42. Again activate your text tool and find the Ballentines Script
and only change the size and write your name and put it in it's place (see screen).

43. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow with these settings:

44. Image - Rotate - Counter clockwise.
45. Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten).
46. Image - Add borders - 2 symmetric color black.


And the new tag is finished. Now add your watermark and
resize if you want and don't forget to sharpen, then save as .jpg

Go here to see some more results.

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial. Let me know what you think of it
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Hugs,

AngelFace