BonBon


	BonBon This tutorial was written by, and is copyright to, Kia ~ 18th April 2008. Please refer to my TOU The image used in this tutorial is © Jennifer Janesko. Please do not use her art unless you have a license to do so. License/Tubes can be purchased at CILM. This was written in psp 8 but should work in any version. For this part of the tutorial you will need: Paint Shop Pro Supplies created by Kia unzip 'Kia-Bonbon.zip' and place the 'Kia-Bonbon-Checkerboard.png' into your 'patterns' folder. There are 3 parts to this tutorial. Part 1 - Making Your Own Mask (optional - but this is a good place to start) Part 2 - Making The Tag (already have a mask you want to use? jump in here then) Part 3 - Animation (optional) This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of your psp program and working with layers. Remember to save often. You can use this arrow to help you keep your place =) Open a new canvas 600 x 500 pixels; 72ppi; transparent background. Activate your 'preset shape' tool settings as shown. Draw a rectangle about 2/3 of your canvas Layers - Convert To Raster Layer Activate your 'magic wand' tool settings as shown. Click inside your rectangle. Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 Flood Background with white. Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 Flood Background with black. Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 Flood Background with white. Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 Flood Background with black. Selections - Select None (Ctrl:D) Layers - Merge - Merge Visible. Duplicate this layer x 2 Rename your layers as 'bottom', 'middle', 'top'. 'X' out 'top'. Make 'bottom' your active layer. Image - Rotate - Free Rotate - Right 10 Make 'middle' your active layer. Image - Rotate - Free Rotate - Left 10 Layers - Merge - Merge Down. Reduce opacity to 80. Activate your 'preset shape' tool, settings as before. Draw out 8 - 12 small rectangles. Layers - Convert To Raster Layer Reduce opacity to 80. Add a drop shadow. I used: V=-5; H=5; O=50; B=5; color=#000000 Rename 'rectangles'. Change your 'preset shape' tool to 'circle'. Change your Background to 'Kia-Bonbon-Checkerboard' size=100% rotation=0 Draw out 15 - 20 small circles. TIP - Press and hold Shift while you draw for a perfect circle. Layers - Convert To Raster Layer Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow settings as before. Rename 'circles'. Change the 'line style' on your 'preset shape' tool to 'short dash'. Set your Foreground to #000000 and your Background to 'off'. Draw out several overlapping ovals (or draw squiggles with the pen tool if you prefer). Layers - Convert To Raster Layer. Duplicate this layer. With the duplicate layer active Image - Resize settings as shown. Reduce opacity 50. Layers - Merge - Merge Down. Duplicate this layer and place around your canvas 5 - 8 times. 'X' out 'bottom', 'top', 'rectangles' and 'circles'. Layers - Merge - Merge Visible. Rename 'lines'. un 'X' all layers. Layers - New Raster Layer - name this layer 'back'. Flood Background with white. Layers - Arrange - Send To Bottom. File - Export - JPEG Optimiser - settings as shown. Keep this image open for PART 2. You may take the mask I created while writing this tutorial - left click on the sample below. You may share my mask, but please do not claim as your own or change my filename. Return To Tut Index