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

What do we need for this tutorial:

Image ÓEks
Tube Óby KAT thanks Kat for using your lovely poser art.
Font
Brush
Pattern

  *Open a new image  400 x 500 transparent.

*Open the pattern and make it your foreground.
Angle 0 Scale 100.

  *Fill your image with the pattern.

  *Turn back the opacity of this layer to 60.

  *Layers New Raster layer.

  *Choose a dark colour from your image and make it your background..

  *Lock your foreground colour.

  *Activate your shape tool and choose rounded rectangle with these settings:

  *Draw your rectangle begin at 25, 25 and end at 180, 250.

  *Selections/Select All/Float.

  *Selections/Modify/Contract with 3 px.

  *Hit the delete button.

  *Activate your image and copy it go back to your 400 x 500 image and paste the image into the selection.

  *Selections/Select None.

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

  *Layers/New Raster layer.

  *Activate your brush tool and search for Nik-Butterfly3 with these settings:

  *Place your brush.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Place the same brush again but the size is now 90.

  *Place your brush.

  *Image/Mirror.

  *Move your brush to the right place.

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

  *Repeat the dropshadow with –2.

  *Open your tube and resize it with 70% and paste it as a new layer on your 400 x 500 image.

  *Move your tube to the right place see my tag for the right place turn back the opacity of this layer to 74.

  *Layers/New Raster layer.

  *Switch Foreground & Background colors.
Your background is locked.

*Choose a colour that's darker than your foreground colour.

  *Activate your shape tool with the same settings as before only change the line style to point and the with to 3.00.

  *Draw your rectangle begin at 15, 404 and end at 485, 490.

  *Layers/New Raster layer.

  *Choose a verry dark colour from your image and make it your background lock your foreground.

  *Type your text with these settings:

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

  *Selections/Select None.  

*Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

  *Image/Add borders 3 px white.

  *Select the border with your magic wand and fill it with your dark colour.

  *Image/Resize longest side 400 px.
All Layers checked method Bikubisch.

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

  ÓSemantha 14-05-2005