Tutorial was written on the 14th April 2008
N.B This tut is only a guide, you do NOT have to have the tubes, font ect to do this tut
Please do not feel that the only way you can do this tut is by having everything I do because you don't.
Just have fun!!!
Supplies Needed
Image of choice - I used an Image by Howard Robinson (http://www.howardrobinson.info/)
Font of choice - I used Bank Gothic
VM Extravaganza - Stay In Line
Toadies - What are you?
Open your image of choice
Image - Add Borders
with these settings
TOP and BOTTOM - 40
LEFT and RIGHT - 10
Symmetric unchecked
COLOUR - pick a colour that isn't in your tag (doesn't matter what colour)
Apply
Convert your image to raster
Using your magic wand click inside the border
New raster
Right click on the border
Paste your image as a new selection
Back on the bottom layer - delete the colour border
Select the top layer
Apply VM Extravaganza - Stay In Line with these settings
Deselect
Image - Canvas Size
Width - 610
Height - 450
On your border layer
Add the following dropshadow
Vertical - 1
Horizontal - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 2
Apply the dropshadow again but chance the vertical and horizontal to -1
Still on your border layer
Duplicate
Effects - Plugins - Toadies What are you? (make sure you have two colours that go well with your tag set as foreground/background colours
with these settings
Overdose - 10
Add a new raster layer - move it so its the second layer/the layer just below your first border layer
Select your selection tool - rectangle
draw a thin strip for where your name will be
Flood fill white - lower the opacity to about 68%
Select none
Hide the white strip and your image so you should have
First border layer
Second border layer
Merge visible
Duplicate and move to the top
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 3
Effects - Texture - Weave
with these settings
Gap size - 2
Width - 10
Opacity - 20
Both Colours - White
Fill Gaps - Checked
Change the blend mode to Overlay
Add your name and artist copyright
Save!