PTU Tutorial - 4th Of July
For this tutorial i am using the amazing artwork by @Keith Garvey
Which you can purchase from Garv Girls PSP Tubes
~Supplies Needed~
Tube of choice
Scrapkit used was Skullz & Stripez made by Kristin which can be purchased from here
If you do not have this scrapkit then please use another of your choice
Template174 which was also made by Kristin and can be downloaded from here
Masks - Vix_BigMask001 which can be downloaded from here
~Filters Used~
Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow
DsbFlux - Bright Noise
Xero - Radience
~Font used~
InspirationROB
Let's Get Started
Open Kristin's template in psp - image - canvas size - 800 x 750 - fill the background layer with white - delete the credits layer
Merge together the grey rectangle layers - selections - float - defloat - copy & paste a paper as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - invert - selections modify - expand by 4 - set your colour palette to 2 colours from your tube - gradient - foreground/background - angle 45 - repeats 3 - fill original layer with your gradient - selections - none - effects - plugins - dsbflux - apply the same settings as earlier - add a drop shadow
Merge together the maroon rectangle layers - selections - float - defloat - copy & paste a paper as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - invert - selections modify - expand by 4 - on the original layer fill with your gradient {Use another colour from your tube} - selections - none - effects - plugins - dsbflux - apply the same settings as earlier - add a drop shadow
Merge together the circle layers - - selections - float - defloat - copy & paste a paper as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - invert - selections modify - expand by 4 - on the original layer fill with your gradient {Use another colour from your tube} - selections - none - effects - plugins - dsbflux - apply the same settings as earlier - add a drop shadow
Merge together the blue rectangle layers - - selections - float - defloat - copy & paste a paper as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - invert - selections modify - expand by 4 - on the original layer fill with your gradient {Use another colour from your tube} - selections - none - effects - plugins - dsbflux - apply the same settings as earlier - add a drop shadow
On the black rectangle layer add a drop shadow
Copy & paste the filmstrip as a new layer - with your magic wand select inside each of the frames - selections - modify - expand by 3 - add a new raster layer & move it below the frame layer - fill with black - selections - none - With your magic wand again select the first frame on the left - selections - modify - expand by 3 - copy & paste your tube as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - none - duplicate - image - mirror - do the same for the middle frames too - merge together all the tube layers - duplicate - change the blend mode on the original to luminance (L) - on the duplicate go to adjust - blur - gaussian blur - set to 3.00 - change the blend mode to screen - effects - plugins - xero - radience
On the frame layer go to effects - plugins - eye candy - gradient glow - glow width 3.00
Add a drop shadow
Add a new raster layer & move so that it is below all your other layers - fill with your gradient - layers - new mask from image - apply Vix's big mask - merge group - resize if needed
Copy & paste your tube as a new layer - duplicate - adjust - blur - gaussian blur - 3.00 - change the blend mode to screen - reduce the opacity to around 80-90% - on the original layer go to selections - all - float - defloat - selections expand - by 3 - add a new raster layer & move it below the original tube layer - fill with white - selections - none - effects - plugins - dsb flux - bright noise - same settings as earlier - add a drop shadow
Copy & paste any elements from your scrapkit as new layers - position around your tag - i applied a gradient glow to mine to make them stand out - add drop shadows
With your font add your name - position - effects - plugins - dsbflux - bright noise - apply the same settings as earlier - also apply the same gradient glow as earlier - add a drop shadow
Don't forget to add the artists correct copyrite - save tag and you are done!
