Dream Tag Tutorial by PSP Pals

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Dream Signature Tag by Marleschka.

This tutorial was made in PSP 8.1 but can be done in any version.
For this tutorial you will need 2 tubes and a brush, and you can get the ones I used Here. Of course if you wish to use your own then please do. You will also need the filter ColorRave which I have supplied in the zip file. Place it in your plugin folder.
Bring up the brush in PSP and go to file, export custom brush and name it dream and hit OK

Take this arrow with you to keep your place in this tutorial.

( 1 ) Open a new 600 x 450 transparent Image. Place you foreground on #0C0C0C, your background on #B99270. In your foreground make a gradient of foreground-background, style linear, angle and repeasts 0. If you are using your own tubes then choose a dark and light color.

( 2 ) New layer. Flood fill with this gradient.

( 3 ) Effects, ColorRave, atmospherizer 1.1, use at default settings.

( 4 ) Effects, Artistic Effect, Topography with these settings, width 4, density 64, Angle 0, color white.

( 5 ) Effects, Edge effects Enhance.

( 6 ) Copy the tube dream-tag-lady and paste as a new layer onto your image. Place her to the right. (See my image) Place the opacity of this layer on 86. Effects 3D effects, dropshadow with these settings, V -4, H on 6, Opacity 60, blur 15 and color black.

( 7 ) Now take your preset tool and with your foreground on your dark color and your background on the light color find the preset callout 4. If you don't have this preset then just use one of the callout presets. With your presets set at linestyle diamonds, line width 1, vector & anti-alias checked, draw out a nice callout. (see my image) Convert to raster layer. Lower the opacity to 62.

( 8 ) If you used the same preset as I did then take your eraser set at size 86 Hardness 100 and opacity 100 and take away the bottom circles(see my image)

( 9 ) Effects 3D effects, dropshadow with these settings, V & H on 6, Opacity 60, blur 15 and color black.

( 10) Copy the tube dream-tag-couple and paste as a new layer on your image. Place it inside you callout preset. Place the blend mode on LuminanceL and the opacity on 66.

( 11 ) New Layer. Now with your foreground color on your dark color, background on null take your brush and find the brush dream, (default settings) and stamp it on your image. Put it where you like.

( 12 ) Effects, ColorRave, atmospherizer 1.1, use at default settings. Drop shadow, V & H on 6, Opacity 60, blur 15 and color black.

( 13 ) New Layer, take a nice font and write your name. I used the dark color and turned it a bit (see my image) Give it a nice dropshadow.

( 14 ) Merge all.

( 15 ) Image add borders 4 with your dark color.

( 16 ) Image add borders 4 with your light color.

( 17 ) Image add borders 4 with your dark color.

( 18 ) Take your magic wand, make sure it is set at add(shift) and select these borders. Selections. promote selection to layer, selections defloat.

( 19 ) Effects, ColorRave, atmospherizer 1.1, use at default settings. Image mirror, keep selected and apply an inner bevel. I used the frame preset. Selections select none.

( 20 ) Layer merge visible, resize to your original size, sharpen and your are done.

( 21 ) I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
If you would like to see how this image was utilized in a stationery, click, Here

Another example of this tutorial below, without the Topography and reduced in size.