Tomoyo

What do we need for this Tutorial: 

Slat
Tube
Background image
Font.

  *Open a new image 600 x 600.

  *Open your slat tube and make it 400 width

  *Copy your slat tube and paste it as a new layer on your 600 x 600 image.

  *Select with your magic wand the black pieces push the shift button when you are select the black pieces.

  *Hit the delete button now the black is gone you only see the selection.

  *Open your background image and copy it.

  *Go back to your 600 x 600 image and paste it into the selection.

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

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Open your tube and make it 400 high.

  *Image/Sharpen/Sharpen.

  *Copy your tube and paste it as a new layer on your 600 x 600 image.

  *Move your tube to a nice place.

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

  *Choose 2 nice colours from your tube.

  *Type your text with these settings:

  *Rotate your text a little.

  *Click once with your leftmouse button.

  *Go to you layer pallete and promote your vector layer to a raster layer.

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

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

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  *Click CTRL + C and then CTRL + V and all the useless space will be gone.
Now go to Image – resize – change the longest side to 350 pixels.
All layers checked.

Effects – sharpness – sharpen.

  Export your image as jpg and there is your nametag.

©Semantha 07-07-04