This Tutorial is written in Psp 9 but can also be made in Psp 8 and Psp 7.

What do we need for this tutorial.

Tube tubed by Monique42
Shape Psp 9   Shape Psp 8  Shape Psp 7
Plugin Texture.
Plugin Dsb Flux
Font

  *Open a new image 500 x 500 transparent.

  *Make black your foreground colour and lock your background.

  *Select your Shape tool and search for this Shape with these settings:

  *Draw your Shape begin at 20-20 and end at 480-480.

  *Go to your layer pallete en promote your vector layer to a layer.

  *Your image should be looked something like this:

  *Click with your magic wand at the place where the number 1 is.

  *Selections/Modify/Expand 1 px.

  *Choose a colour from your tube and fil the selection with this colour.

  *Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer with these settings:

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Click with your magic wand at the place where the number 2 is.

  *Selections/Modify/Expand 1 px

  *Choose a colour from your tube and fil the selection with this colour.

  *Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer with the same settings as before.

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Click with your magic wand at the place where the number 3 is.

  *Image/Canvas size with these settings:

  *Selections/Modify/Expand 1 px.

  *Choose a colour from your tube and fil the selection with this colour.

  *Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer with the same settings as before.

  *Selections/Select None.

*Now you have 1 small peace left select it with your magic wand.

  *Selections/Modify/Expand 1 px.

  *Choose a colour from your tube and fil the selection with this colour.

  *Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer with the same settings as before.

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Click Ctrl c then click Ctrl v.

  *Copy your tube and paste it as a new layer on your image.

  *Duplicate this layer.

  *Make sure the original tube layer is the active one.

  *Effects/Plugins/Dsb Flux/Blast with these settings:

  *Effects/Plugins/Dsb Flux/Blast with the same settings as before but put the direction at Right.

  *Effects/Plugins/Dsb Flux/Blast with the same settings as before but put thedirection at Upwards.

  *Effects/Plugins//Dsb Flux/Blast with the same settings as before but put the direction at Downwards.

  *Make the copy of the tube layer the active  layer.

  *Effects/3d effects/Dropshadow with these settings:

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  *Image/Add borders 5 px with the colour #52596d.

  *Select the border with your magic wand.

  *Effects/3d effects/Inner Bevel with these settings

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Type your text with these settings put the direction at verticale and left kerning at –248.

  *Effects/3d effects/Inner Bevel with the same settings as before.

  *Effects/3d effects/Drop Shadow with the same settings as before.

  *Make a layer from  your selection.

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Duplicate this layer in your layer pallet.

  *Make sure the original text layer is your active layer.

  *Effecten/Insteekfilters/Dsb Flux/Blast met de volgende instellingen:

  *Effects/Plugins/Dsb Flux/Blast with the same settings as before but put the direction at Right.

  *Effects/Plugins/Dsb Flux/Blast with the same settings as before but put the direction at Upwards.

  *Effects/Plugins//Dsb Flux/Blast with the same settings as before but put the direction at Downwards.  

*Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

*Image/Resize and make the longest side 400 px.
Make sure that Resize all layer is checked.
Method Bikubisch.

*Save your work as .jpg and your nametag is ready.

ÓSemantha 11-01-2005