This tutorial is written in PsP 9 and is for the advanced PsP user

Needed:

* A nice tube.
   My tube is in the zip file - Put this in a folder of your choice.
* Font: Azrael - Put this in your Fonts folder.
* A nice gradient.
Mine is in de zip file- Put this in your PsP 9 Gradients folder.
* My selections - Put these in your PsP 9 Selections folder.

* supplies zip

Now that we have everything we can begin...

1. Open a new transparent image of 500 x 400 pixels.
2. Flood fill this with the MAS-Nuance gradient or use a gradient
of your choice with the following settings:

3. Selections - Select all
4. Selections - Adjust - Contract by 10 pixels

4. Selections - Invert
5. Effects - Texture effects - Blinds with the following settings:

6. Selections - Invert
7. Effects - Texture effects - Blinds with the same settings as step 5
but now with horizontal NOT checked.
8. With your selections still intact go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow with
the following settings:

9. Repeat the drop shadow now with Vertical and Horizontal set to -1
10. Selections - Select nothing
11. Layers - New raster layer
12. Selections - Load from Disk - MAS-NuanceSquare

13. Flood fill this selection with a light color. I am using  #bdb7c3
14. Selections - Adjust - Contract by 2 pixels
15. Selections - Invert
16. Selections - Floating and flood fill this with a dark color. I am using black
17. Selections - Select nothing
18. Change the blend mode on this layer to Hard Light
19. Layers - New raster layer
20. Selections - Load from Disk - MAS-Nuance same settings as in step 12
21. Flood fill this selection with MAS-Nuance gradient, but with these settings:

22. Selections - Select nothing
23. Effects - Distortion Effects - Polar coordinates using these settings:

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

25. Change the blend mode on this layer to Hard Light.
26. Image - Resize with these settings:

27. Adjust - Sharpen - Unsharp mask with these settings:

28. Layers - New raster layer
29. Selections - Load from Disk - MAS-NuanceTekst with the same settings as in step 12
30. Flood fill this selection with a light color. I am using #bdb7c3
31. Selections - select Nothing
32. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow with the following settings:

33. Change the blend mode on this layer to Multiply
34. Open your tube and go to Image - Resize with these settings:

35. Adjust - Sharpen - Unsharp mask with the same settings as in step 27
36. Edit - Copy and go back to your tag
37. Edit - Paste as a new layer and with your Mover tool move the tube into
the square on the right side (see screen)

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

39. Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten)
40. Image - Rotate - Clockwise 90
41. Go to your Text tool with these settings:

Use a dark color as foreground color and a light color as background color.
I am using black as foreground color and #bdb7c3 as background color and write
your name and put it on a place of your liking.
42. Layers - Convert to raster layer
43. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow with the following settings:

44. Change the blend mode on this layer to Hard Light
45. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner bevel with these settings:

46. Image - Rotate - Counter clockwise 90
47. Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten).
48. Image - Add borders - 2 pixels symmetric and I am using
black for the color.

And the tag is finished. Now add your watermark, resize if you want and
save as a .jpg

Click here to see some more results

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and please let me know what
you think of  it by writing a little something in my Guestbook...
 

Hugs,

AngelFace