Tut - A Little Bit Rock N Roll

A little bit Rock N Roll

This tutorial is my own creation and based on my own ideas. Any and all similarities with any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not upload to or offer this tutorial on any other site without asking me first. Thank you.

Material you will need:

PaintshopPro – I’m using PSP X2, but you should be able to follow the tutorial in any version.

A scrap kit – I used the fabulous kit A little bit Rock N Roll by Jens Sweet Temptations, which you can purchase here.

A font of your choice.

A tube of your choice.

1 Tag Template – I used the tag template 336 by Missy aka Divine Intentionz, which you can find and download from her blog here.

1 mask –I used WSL 236, created by Weescotslass, which is included in the material. Check out her blog here for further masks.

No filters required.

You can get the material here.

Now, let’s get started. It might be helpful if you choose the elements you wish to use beforehand, and open them up in PSP prior to starting the tutorial. That way, you have them handy when following each step.

Also, you don’t have to slavishly follow each positioning nor setting – play and experiment a bit, especially if you use different elements.

If you are unsure how to position an element, refer back to my sample tag.

I do assume you have at least some to moderate experience and understanding of PSP.

The DropShadow throughout the tutorial remains the same: V/H 2/1 O/B 43/4.95.

Resizing throughout the tutorial is done with “Resize all Layers” NOT checked.

Open missy_tagtemplate336, duplicate and close out the original.

Image – Canvas Size, 850 / 800, Placement “centered”.

Open Paper2_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘large circle’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “delete” once, Paste into selection, Selections – Select none.

Apply Dropshadow.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the glittered rectangles layers.

Apply Dropshadow to both rectangle layers.

Open Paper6_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘rectangle left’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “delete” once, Paste into selection, Selections – Selection none.

Repeat with layer ‘rectangle right’.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the layer ‘rectangle center’.

Apply Dropshadow to rectangle center.

Open Paper9_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘circle left’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “Delete” once, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Apply Dropshadow.

Repeat with layer ‘circle right’.

Apply Dropshadow.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the small circle layers.

Paper9 should still be in your memory, if not, copy it again.

Layer ‘thin rectangle center’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “Delete” once, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Apply Dropshadow to thin rectangle center.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the layer ‘glittered rectangle center’.

Apply Dropshadow to glittered rectangle center.

Open Paper12_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘rectangle 2’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “Delete” once, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Optional: I first highlighted the glittered ends with the Selection Tool, and then used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the layer ‘rectangle with glitter edges’.

Apply Dropshadow to rectangle with glitter edges.

Open Paper4_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘circle 1 center’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “Delete” once, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Apply Dropshadow.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the layer ‘glittered circle center’.

Open Paper3_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘circle 2 center’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “Delete” once, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the layer ‘dotted circle center’.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the glittered star layers.

Apply Dropshadow to both glittered star layers.

Open Paper8_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

Layer ‘star right’, Selections – Float – Defloat, hit “Delete” once, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Repeat with layer ‘star left’.

Optional: I used Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize “grey”, and then the Manual Color Correction to colorize the ‘glittered gradient star’.

Open Flower7_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, move on top of layer ‘circle 2 center’.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open Drums1_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 75%, move to the bottom left side.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open Amp2_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 40%, move to the bottom right side.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open Speaker2_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 40%, move to the right side, on top of the Amp.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open VoodooDoll1_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 35%, move to the right side, on top of the speaker.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open Guitar2_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 33%, Free Rotate – Right – 40 degrees, move to the right side, ‘leaning’ it on the amp/speaker .

Apply Dropshadow.

Open Flower4_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 25%, place to liking. Duplicate as many times and place to your liking.

Apply Dropshadow to all flowers.

Open, resize and position as many, or as little, of the notes as you like.

Apply Dropshadow to all notes.

Open Crossbones1_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy & paste as new layer, Resize 40%, position towards the top, and somewhat centered.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open your tube, Resize and position to liking.

Apply Dropshadow.

Open Paper1_ALittleBitRockNRoll_JST, copy.

New layer, Arrange – Send to Bottom.

On New Layer, Selections – Select All – paste into selection.

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask – MaskWSL_236.

Fit to layer, show all masks, source luminance checked; invert transparency NOT checked.

Merge group.

Optional: resize mask or use your Deformation Tool, if necessary, to tweek your mask layers to your liking and/or lower the opacity.

Now, the next step is to add any further text, copyright information and your watermark to the graphic.

Feel free to merge all layers visible and then resize to your liking or crop the image.

If you prefer a transparent background, save your tag in PNG format.

Otherwise, if you select the JPG, it will automatically add a white background.

Should you care for a different colored background:

New layer, arrange, send to bottom, and floodfill with your color of choice.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

XOXOXO,

Dani