**This tutorial was written using Photoshop CC. I believe the
instructions should work with various other versions, but they are not tested on
any other version. This tutorial is my
own creation. Any similarity to any
other tutorial is not done purposely or knowingly (aside from the fact that the
process is pretty similar in most tutorials).
If you do not know how to do some of the things I mention here (like
mirroring an image, adding a drop shadow, resizing elements, etc.), check out
my “Tips
and Tricks” tutorial. **
Supplies:
PTU Poser – “Asyja” by English Rose Designs. You can purchase this elegant beauty at her
store, English
Rose Designs.
FTU Mask – “Mask 13 - Cloudy”
by Aeval Amore. You can download the
mask on my blog, Aeval’s Art.
Abbreviations:
DS – Drop Shadow
Settings I use:
DS Settings - Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity set to 75%, Angle set
to 120 degrees, Distance 5, Spread 0, Size 5
Ready…..Set….Tag!
Create your background mask:
Open paper 09 in a new canvas.
Double click on the layer to unlock it.
Add the Mask to the canvas and resize if needed so it is the same size
as the paper. Then drag the mask layer
below the paper layer.
With the mask layer selected, select all (Ctrl + A) and copy the entire
canvas (Ctrl + C). You will see dashed
lines surround the canvas.
Click on the paper layer to activate it, then turn on quick mask (Press
the Q key on your keyboard). The dashed
lines will disappear and that is ok.
Next Paste onto the paper (Ctrl + V) and turn your Quick Mask off (Q
again).
You will now see a dotted outline of the mask on your paper. Press the button on the bottom of layers side
bar that is a rectangle with a circle cut out of it. The mask will now show.
Right click on the paper layer and select Convert to Smart Image. This releases just the mask.
Open a new canvas (Ctrl +N) 700 x 700, transparent background. This will be referred to as the working
canvas in my directions when switching between canvases.
Add the paper/mask combination from above to the working canvas. Resize to fit the canvas.
Open the poser in another canvas. Use the marquee tool and draw a
rectangle around the upper portion of the poser. Copy (Ctrl + C) the
poser upper half and switch back to the working canvas. Paste (Ctrl + V)
the poser onto the canvas. From the menu select Edit > Transform >
Flip Horizontal. This will flip the poser to face the opposite direction. Right click on the poser layer and select “Create
clipping mask”. This will clip the poser
to the mask layer. Reposition the poser
in the center of the mask until you like how it displays. Right click on
the poser layer and select Blending Options. Change the Blend Mode to the
Hard Light.
Add the full body pose of your poser now and resize to fit the height
of the canvas. Position her on the right
of the canvas and add DS.
Voila! The focal point of your
tag is now created.
Now decorate your tag with any of the beautiful elements from the
kit. Resize the elements as you add them
to fit the proportions of your tag.
Experiment with rotating them and mirroring them for more variety. In addition duplicate elements and use
multiple times to fill in holes and add more pizzazz. In this tutorial to indicate when I used more
than one of the same element I will add (X#) by the name to indicate how many
versions of the element I used.
Here are all the additional elements I used from the bottom layers up.
- Element 28
- Element 23 (x2)
- Element 25 (x2)
- Element 24 (x2)
- Element 27 (x2)
- Element 10
- Element 8
- Element 30 (x4)
- Element 29
- Element 19
- Element 15
- Element 17
- Element 22
- Element 20
- Element 18
- Element 31
Add your license and copyright info to the tag.
Add name and any other text of choice.
Save as PNG and go share with all your friends!
Thank you for trying my tut! I’d love to see how your tags turn out so
if you like what you made, please post a copy here or show me on Facebook!
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