Monday Tuts

Good day to you all, and tonight we fire up with some Paint Shop Pro Tutorials…

SUZANNE UPDATE

Today at the Chiropractor Suzanne booked a re-assesment for Wednessday this week, here we will have a report on exactly how much her posture and spine have improved since starting care. The Chiropractor is then heading off to Australia for a holiday (running away) for which we wish him well and safe journey for him and his family. And again we thank Adam for all the help and care he has given us for the last few months.

TAGGERS PARADISE

For those of you unfamiliar with the world of tagging and taggers this may seem alien, but there are thousands and thousands of Suzanne art fans using her work to make and share these stunning tag creations. As they play a huge part of Suzanne’s work I have decided to dedicate some blog time and space to share with everyone the instructions these taggers share with each other to help people make better and better tags. Please take the time to try this tutorial out, I will put up another tutorial tommorrow night and try it myself as well…. if you have a go please email your results to me grant@gorjuss.co.uk remember using Suzanne’s art in tags requires a license from ArtisticMindsInc.. and there are rules governing how these images can be used… If in doubt about what you can or cant do, contact customer services at Artistic Minds. Ok onto the Tutorial.

Now please excuse me as I find this quite difficult to understand, and Im trying the tuts out to see if I can do them, So firstly I shall show you what this tutorial is designed to help you create….

This Tutorial was supplied by Christina Anderson and she wins a prize for the use of this tutorial.. I would like anyone reading this thats never made a tag before to give it a go, and share the results with us all…

Im going to give it a go…

Firstly heres the things you need, including the program paint shop pro.

Supplies:

1: Image of choice
I used the artwork of Suzanne Woolcott who can be found at AMI.

2: Scrapkit of choice
I used “Altered Melody” by Irene V. Alexeeva at www.irenealexeeva.blogspot.com

3: Font of choice
I used MeaCulpa

Ok Im just getting some things to use as scrap kits…

STEP 1: Create a new canvas- 600×600 and flood filled white. (Click File, then New)

STEP 2: Open your rose element from the kit (or any flowers that you want to use instead). Resize so they fit the canvas better.

STEP 3: New layer- using your circle tool with the foreground color of choice and width at 5, background null (hiding), draw a circle.

STEP 4: Use your magic wand to select inside the circle you just drew and selections-modify-expand by 3.

STEP 5: Copy your scrap paper you want to use for your background and paste it as a new layer inside this circle. Selections- invert and hit delete on your keyboard.

*KEEP IT SELECTED*
So far so good, I found this pretty straight going up to the following step… now as a complete amatuer at this I found the next bit tricky… Ill explain why.
STEP 6: Copy and paste your tube as a new layer at this point as well, moving it to where you want it. Hit delete on your keyboard again and this will delete the part hanging out of the circle.

The problem I had at this stage was that I couldnt move it where I wanted… you’ll see in my final efforts…. Onwards with the Tut..

STEP 7: Selections- select none.

STEP 8: Add a drop shadow of choice to your circle layer.

STEP 9:Move the flowers to the position you want them in now. Add drop shadow.

I wasnt sure what flowers I was moving as the flowers I put in were right in the back ground had I made a mistake?? Anyway adding a drop shadow didnt work for me so I know I’m doing something VERY wrong… help me Christina!!!

STEP 10: On your tube layer change the blend mode to “hard light”.
I found this option eventually with prompting from Suzanne…. I never knew it was there… to the right of the layer opacity controls.. ooooh I learned something.
STEP 11: Lower the opacity to 90%, give or take depending on your image and how you want it.

STEP 12: Copy and paste the word art from the kit or any quote you like. Add drop shadow.

STEP 13: Add copyrights at this point… if you want to make it curved follow the next step….

YEH!!! I DID IT… I DID IT!!! stuff curved text, Im just happy to have something to show … lol I’ll be more adventurous in the next tut…

*to make text on a curve*

STEP 14: Draw a new circle bigger than the one you have to write the text on.

STEP 15: Using your text tool hover over the circle but don’t click the mouse yet. You want to see the text sign change from just an “A” with a plus sign over it to an A with a curve under it along with the plus sign…

STEP 16: Once you see the text tool change to the above mentioned left click and your text box will appear. Type in whatever text you want.

STEP 17: Now on your layers pallete there should be a plus sign next to your group containing the circle and text layers. Expand that group so you see both of those layers.

STEP 18: Hide the circle layer so all you see is the text. Now merge the group and now your text is on a curve.

STEP 19: Now add any names you like.

STEP 20: Resize by 90% and save your tag.

THATS IT!!

Now I have learned tonight that its not a simple process and that taggers do have a very developed skill and eye to produce tags at the levels they do.. my first ever tag is testiment to their continually improving art skills…

Here it is………….

Mr G’s first ever TAG….