Tut - Shadow Music

Shadow Music

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 Shadow Music by Broken Sky Dezine, which you can purchase here.

A font of your choice.

A tube of your choice.

2 masks –I used WSL 117 and 128, 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 0/2 O/B 47/5.49.

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

Open a new image, 600x600.

Open BSD_frame1, copy&paste, Resize 45%.

Click with your Magic Wand inside the frame, Selections – Modify – Expand by 2.

New layer, underneath frame.

Open BSD_pp6, copy and back to your image, on the new layer, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Open BSD_fountain, copy&paste, Resize 40%, move towards the lower right corner of the frame.

Open BSD_fence, copy&paste, Resize 72%, move underneath frame layer, to the right.

Open BSD_steppinstones, copy&paste, Resize 45%, move underneath frame layer, and to the bottom left corner of the frame.

Open BSD_Lady Gabrelle, copy&paste, Resize 50%, move to the left corner, on top of the stepping stones.

Open BSD_gardenpiller, copy&paste, Resize 22%, move underneath frame layer, on top of the stepping stones, and to the left side.

Open BSD_butterfly2, copy&paste, Resize 35%, Free Rotate – Right – 23 degrees, place on top of the frame, in the upper right corner.

Open BSD_flower3, copy&paste, Resize 40%, underneath lady layer, move to the left bottom corner.

Open BSD_pp4, copy.

On image, new layer, Arrange – Move to Bottom, Selections – Select All, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask – MaskWSL_117.

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.

Open BSD_pp14, copy.

New layer, on top of previous mask layer, Selections – Select All, Paste into Selection, Selections – Select none.

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask – MaskWSL_128.

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