PTU Tutorial- Beauti-Fall
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This tutorial is borne from my own manipulated lil' mind.
Any similarity to any other tutorial(s) is purely coincidental.
This tutorial was written for those who have a working
knowledge of PSP and was written using PSP X2,
tho' any version should work.
Supplies Needed:
Scrapkit: I'm using a PTU kit from Kristin
named Autumn Fairy.
You can find information on where to get this kit here.
Tube: I'm using the artwork of Arthur Crowe.
You can find this & his other tubes in his store here.
Do NOT use any artwork unless you have a license to do so
& have purchased or obtained the tube legally.
Template: DD_Template_Beauti-Fall from Dee.
You can find the template here.
* Leave her some love for the template. ;)
Mask: I didn't use a mask for this tag.
Filters: CPK Designs 2- Glass
Xenofex 2- Constellation
Penta- Color Dot
DSB Flux- Linear Transmission
Eye Candy 4000- HSB Noise
Xero- Radiance
Eye Candy 4000- Gradient Glow
Font: Calligraphia One
Drop shadows: 5 5 40 10, black for most of the tag
50 20 50 15, black for the fairy & butterflies
5 5 40 5, black for the name
Save your progress often.;)
Let's do this! =)
Open up the template. Duplicate it & close original.
Delete the FONT INFO & INFO layers at the top.
Working from the bottom layer of the template, up:
LEAVES (RECOLORABLE)- Adjust- Hue & saturation-
Hue/Saturation/Lightness
Adjust the colour of the leaves to your own preferences.
This is the settings I used:
LEAVES OVERLAY- If needed, you can change your
blend mode & opacity.
I changed mine to Soft Light at 50%.
Then go back an add a drop shadow
to the leaves (recolourable) layer.
WHITE RECTANGLES- Select all- float. Defloat.
Delete this layer & add a new layer.
Flood fill with a colour of choice.
For mine, I used a nice beige colour: #cab99c.
Select none. Add some noise:
Uniform/Monochrome/ 25%.
Add a drop shadow.
PINK RECTANGLES- Select all- float. Defloat- Invert.
Delete this layer & paste Paper 2, resized 80%.
Hit delete & select none.
ORANGE OVAL- Select all- float. Defloat- Invert.
Delete this layer & paste Paper 6.
Hit delete & select none. Crop to canvas.
Add a drop shadow.
WHITE OVAL OUTLINE- Use the manual color correction tool
to change the colour with white as your Source
& a colour of choice for your Target.
For mine, I used #dec8ae.
YELLOW CIRCLE- Select all- float. Defloat.
Delete this layer & add a new layer.
Flood fill with a foreground/ background
gradient of choice at the following settings:
Angle- 45 Repeats- 5.
For mine, I used the following colours:
#fc674d & #860c0c.
Select none.
Apply the CPK Designs 2- Glass filter:
Or you may use another filter of choice.
I also added a little sparkle for mine.
I used Xenofex 2- Constellation at these settings:
LARGE DOTTED CIRCLE- Use the manual color
correction tool to change the colour with black as
your Source & a colour of choice for your Target.
For mine, I used #fcf6c5.
WHITE RIBBON TAILS- Use the manual
color correction tool to change the colour
with white as your Source & a colour of choice
for your Target.
For mine, I used #fba143.
I then applied Penta- Color Dot at these settings:
Then add a drop shadow.
RED RIBBON TAILS- Add a layer above this layer.
Flood fill with a gradient- Angle- 45/ Repeats 10.
For mine, I used these colours:
#970b20 & #6a0813.
Next, apply DSB Flux- Linear Transmission
to this layer at these settings:
Now, go back to the red ribbon tails layer.
Select all- float. Defloat- Invert. Delete this layer.
Then on your linear transmission layer,
hit delete on your keyboard.
Select none. Crop to canvas.
Again, I added some sparkle,
using Xenofex 2- Constellation at these settings:
WHITE STRIP- Lower the Opacity to 55%
& add a drop shadow.
PIXEL WORDS- Leave as is.
MIDDLE SHAPE ORANGE- Select all- float. Defloat.
Delete this layer & add a new layer.
Flood fill with a foreground/ background
gradient of choice at the following settings:
Angle- 45 Repeats- 4.
For mine, I used the following colours:
#879536 & #a3b939. Select none.
Apply Penta- Color Dot at same settings
as used before. Add a drop shadow.
MIDDLE SHAPE WHITE- Select all- float. Defloat- Invert.
Delete this layer & paste Paper 1, resized 75%.
Hit delete & select none.
MIDDLE SHAPE SMALL OUTLINE-
Use the manual color correction tool
to change the colour with white as your Source
& a colour of choice for your Target.
For mine, I used #441e13.
Apply Eye Candy 4000- HSB Noise at default settings.
BOTTOM PINK CIRCLE- Select all- float. Defloat- Invert.
Delete this layer & paste Paper 11, resized 70%.
Hit delete. Select none. Crop to canvas.
Add a drop shadow.
TOP PINK CIRCLE- Select all- float. Defloat- Invert.
Delete this layer & paste Paper 11, resized 70%.
Hit delete. Select none. Crop to canvas.
Add a drop shadow.
DOTTED CIRCLES- leave as is.
Add your tube. Resize as needed.
Position in the middle of the tag.
Apply any filters of choice, if preferred.
Then add a drop shadow.
BEAUTI-FALL WHITE- Add a drop shadow.
Link to 1 in layers palette.
Raster 17- Leave as is.
Link to 1 in layers palette.
Move this word art art up slightly in canvas.
Next we'll add some elements.
For each one, I added a drop shadow to,
unless specified otherwise.
Sparkle Burst- Resize 60%.
Place on the lower center of tag,
making sure it's even with your tube's edge.
NO drop shadow.
Divider- Resize 68%.
Position in the bottom center of tag:
The top 'loops' on the left & right of the divider
should line up with the 'e' & the 'a' of the word art
like my example.
Dandelion- Resize 40%.
Place on the left.
Move below the word art
in layers palette.
Duplicate. Mirror. Resize 80%.
Place on the left with the other one.
Apple- Resize 30%.
Place on the bottom left.
Duplicate. Resize this one another 90%.
Rotate it 70 right.
Move slightly to the right of the other.
Move both below the word art layers
in the layers palette.
Lamp- Resize 50%. Mirror.
Position on the right like my example.
Move below the word art in layers palette.
Pumpkin 1- Resize 30%.
Place on the right & move below the word
art layers in the layers palette.
Pumpkin 2- 20%.
Place with the other pumpkin,
just off to the right.
Again, move below the word art layers.
Bow 2- Resize 55%. Rotate 17 right. Sharpen.
Position in the upper right corner of tag.
Charm- Mirror.
Place in the upper right with the bow.
Move below the bow in layers palette.
Lolli 2- Resize 45%. Rotate 10 right. Sharpen.
Place in the lower right of tag.
Lolli 1- Resize 40%. Rotate 8 left. Sharpen.
Place with the other lolli on the right.
Move both lollies below the word art layers
in the layers palette.
Pinecones- Resize 25%.
Place in the lower left,
in front of the apples.
Pinecone- resize 20%.
Rotate 110 left. Sharpen.
Place on the right like my example.
Squirrel- Resize 25%.
Place on the right,
so he's sitting on the pumpkin.
Bird- 15%. Mirror.
Place him on the left on the apple.
Shroom 1- 15%.
Place on the left like my example.
Acorns- Resize 25%. Place off to the left.
Duplicate & mirror.
Leaves- Resize 75%.
Move down slightly in canvas,
positioning as desired.
Use your eraser tool to remove any excess leaves.
Fairy- 45%. Mirror.
Place in the upper left of tag.
Apply Xero- Radiance at these settings:
Add the following drop shadow to the fairy:
50 20 50 15, black
Butterfly 2- Resize 17%. Duplicate.
Rotate one 35 left. Sharpen.
Place on the lower right slightly above the pinecone.
Add the same drop shadow used for the fairy.
Resize the other one another 85%.
Rotate this one 27 right. Sharpen.
Place this one just above the 'B'.
Add any other elements, if you prefer at this time.
Now, crop/ resize your tag to your own preferences.
Then, add your proper copyrights & watermarks.
Next add your name.
Next, add a bevel:
Then add a gradient glow:
And a drop shadow at these settings:
5 5 40 10, black
Finally, delete the white background,
merge visible, save as a PNG & enjoy. =)
This is my tag for Arthur:
I hope you enjoyed trying this tutorial.
I'd love to see your results.
You can send them to me at:
MagikD[@]live.com
(remove the brackets in my email.)
*hugz*
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