Webby's
Swirled Mosaic Tag Tutorial
written by:
Yourwebness
This tutorial was created with Paint Shop Pro 8,
but the steps can be adapted to all versions of PSP.
By special request, I am writing this tutorial.
Thanks to the awesome tubing of a friend, I am writing this tut using work tubed
by him. I am still kind of new at writing tutorials, but I hope you enjoy making this tag!
Items needed for this tut:
colorful tube of your
choice
Okay, I am going to use the following picture (it is
360 x 351),
is is by one of my favorite artists,
Kayomi, and the title
of the painting is
"Cat
Nap":
© Copyright 1995 - 2003 Kayomi. All rights reserved worldwide.
1. Click SHIFT + D to make a duplicate copy of your
tube. Close your original.
2. Your tube should have plenty of extra
space around it. The one I am working with doesn't have enough, so we need
to resize the canvas. Click on IMAGE > CANVAS SIZE. The Canvas Size
dialog box will appear, and looks like this:
Make your canvas size approximately 100 pixels
wider in both height and width. I rounded mine to a new size of 450 x 450,
centering my tube as shown above.
3. Click SHIFT + D to make a duplicate copy of your
tube again. You now have 2 copies, and you closed your original earlier.
5. Click OK.
You should now have a tube that looks something like this:
6. Click ADJUST > SHARPNESS > SHARPEN, your image will now look like this:
The difference is subtle, but look closely at the 2 pictures, you can clearly see the 2nd picture looks much better!
7.
Click SHIFT + D to make a duplicate copy of your
tube again.
8. Click on EFFECTS > TEXTURE EFFECTS >
MOSAIC - ANTIQUE. A box will appear that allows you to select your
settings. These are the settings that I am using:
9. Click on OK.
10. You should have 3 different tubes open
now:
The "unaltered" tube
The Mosaic tube
The Polar Coordinates tube
11. Select your mosaic tube. Click on EDIT > COPY.
12. Select your Polar Coordinates tube, and
select EDIT > PASTE AS A NEW LAYER. It should look something like this:
13. Your mosaic layer now needs to be reduced in size so both layers are
somewhat visible. I would suggest either 85% or 75% reduction. Make
sure the mosaic layer is the layer selected. Click EDIT > RESIZE and then
the resize options dialog box will appear:
15. Click
ADJUST > SHARPNESS > SHARPEN, your image will now look like this:
16.
Your mosaic layer should be moved down to
the bottom layer. Click on LAYERS > ARRANGE > MOVE DOWN. Mine now
looks like this:
17. Okay, now I don't quite like WHERE these two layers
are positioned, so I am going to move one (or even both) of them to get a look I
like. Just use your "mover" tool,
19. Click on EDIT > PASTE AS A NEW LAYER.
It should look something like this:
20. This new layer also needs to be reduced
in size. Now since the previous layer I added was done at 85%, I am going
to try this one at 75%.
Click EDIT > RESIZE and then the resize options dialog box will appear:
21.
Click ADJUST > SHARPNESS > SHARPEN, your image will now look like this:
22.
Now, you need to reposition this layer like
you did the previous layer. Just play with it a little to find where you
want this layer. Mine looks like this now:
24. After applying the drop shadow to all 3 layers, my image looks like
this:
I would love to see your results! Or if ya have a question or comment about this tut, please e-mail me at this link:
Webby's Swirled Mosaic Tag Tutorial Comments!
This picture was tubed by a good friend,
JJWa1,
of mine who has given me permission to use his work in my tutorial, along with
the amazing artist who inspires so many of us, Kayomi! immy just
authorized me to add this awesome tube to my site, he has already received a few
requests for this tube! Thanks Jimmy <kisses> If you would like this
tube, simply click on the screen shot below to download it! Here is the
screenshot of the tube I am using:
4.
Select one of your copied tubes.
Click on EFFECTS > DISTORTION EFFECTS > POLAR COORDINATES. A box will
appear allowing you to select your settings, these are the settings that I have
used:
14. BEFORE clicking on OK, make sure that "resize all layers" at the
bottom is UNCHECKED! Then click OK. It should now look something
like this:
and
position the layer (or layers) as you like. My "revised" version looks
like this:
18.
Now we are ready to add our "unaltered" tube. Click on it to select it.
Click on EDIT > COPY.
23. Now I like the look of some drop
shadow. If you are not big on drop shadow, skip this step, I won't tell!
Click on EFFECTS > 3-D EFFECTS > DROP SHADOW. I am using the following
settings on all 3 layers:
25.
Click on LAYERS > MERGE > MERGE ALL (FLATTEN) and
you are done! Resize if ya like (but don't forget to sharpen if ya do!!).
Here is my completed tag!
