This tutorial is written  in Psp 9 but can also be made in Psp 8.

What do we need for this Tutorial:

Tube.
Mask.
Font.
Brush.

  *Open a new image 400 x 400 transparent.

  *Choose a dark colour ( I choose #520506 ) from your tube and fill the layer with this colour.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Choose a light colour ( i choose #bd676d ) from your tube and fill the layer with this colour.

  *Layers/Load ~ Save Mask/Load mask from disk with these settings: ww-texturemask2

  *Layers/Merge/Merge Group.

  *Put the opacity of this layer back to 50.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Make black your foreground colour.

  *Activate your brushtool and search for All_Soulnight_0009 with these settings: Size 279

  *Place your brush in the right upper corner.

  *Open your tube and make it 390 px high and copy it.

  *Paste your  tube as a new layer on your 400 x 400 image.

  *Image/Mirror.

  *Put your tube at the right place.

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

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  *Image/Add borders 5 px with your dark colour.

  *Image/Add borders 3 px with your light colour.

  *Image/Add borders 5 px with your dark colour.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Type your text with these settings: Size 26

  *Put your text in the right place.

*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 19-01-2005