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

What do we need for this Tutorial

Brush
Tube
Font
Plugin Xenofex

  *Open a new image 500 x 500 transparent.

  *Draw with your selection tool a rectangle begin at 100, 50 and end at 400 , 450.

  *Put in your foreground a dark red colour and in your background a light colour red..

  *Fill your selection with your gradient with these settings:

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Image/Resize with 95% Resize all layers unchecked.

  *Effects/Plugins/Xenofex/Crumple with these settings:

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Make your foreground a little bit darker.

  *Activate your brush tool and search for the brush winni.br.22aa with these settings:

  *Place your brush up and in the right corner.

  *Your image should be looked something like this:

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visibile.

  *Duplicate this layer in your layer pallete.

  *Make sure that the merged layer is the active one.

  *Effects/Plugins/I.C.Net Software/Filters Unlimited/Distortion Filters/Down the Drain 1 with these settings:

  *Make sure that the copy of the merged layer is the active one.

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

  *Repeat this but now at  –2.

  *Open your tube and copy it.

  *Paste your tube as a new layer on your 500 x 500 image.

  *Move your tube to the right place.

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

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Lock your foreground and put green in the background.

  *Type the text Merry Christmas with these settings:

  *Image/Rotate/Free Rotation with these settings::

  *Put your text in the right place.

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

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

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Layers/New Raster Layer.

  *Type your name with the same settings as before.

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

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

  *Put your name in the right place.

  *Selections/Select None.

  *Layers/Merge/Merge visible.

  *Image/Resize and make the longest side 400 px long.
Make sure that Resize all layers is checked.

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

  ÓSemantha 13-12-2004