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PI
Version:
X3 (you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
Text Tool, Transform Tool, Crop Tool and Pick Tool
(optional: Eraser Tool)
Additional filters:
Two
Moon and Greg's
Factory Output Vol.II
Additional files:
Tube - You can choose any tube you
want. I
used a tube from Jecajo,
which can be found on the PSP
Tube Depot homepage. Just remember to read the TOU for
every artist.
Additional
material: here
Tutorial:
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This
tutorial will show you, how you can gain a similar effect as
for the Sig Tag_004, but without the filter Xenofex2. Instead
we shall use two free filters.
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Open
a New Image: Canvas color: 21/1/133 (Choose any color you want the middle part of your taggie to
be!) and Size: 400x400 Pixels.
Go to Effect/Two Moon (red arrow)/Cut Glass (white arrow) and
use these settings (1): 3/23.
Your screenshot might look different, since I'm using Filters Unlimited
2 - but the settings are the same anyway.
Click Apply.
Effect/Greg's Factory Output Vol.II/ Shatter and use these
settings:
161/95/255/0.
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For
this Sig Tag I've used Mirror tubes from Jecajo ... they are fun
to use, and fit especially for this kind of Sig Tag ;)
Activate
your tube (1), copy (Ctrl+C) the tube marked with 1, activate the main
picture (2) and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy on it.
Right click/Properties/Position & Size (3)/and go to Size.
Check that you have ticked the box Keep aspect ratio
(red arrow) and change the Height to 270 (white hand).
Now we can change the
position of the tube:
Left: 103 and Top: 73 (white arrows).
Change to General (4) and set the Transparency to 80%.
Click OK.
Be aware - the level of the Transparency depends on the tube
and the color of the background.
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Activate
your tube (1), copy (Ctrl+C) the tube marked with 1, activate the
main picture (2) and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy on it.
Right click/Properties/Position & Size (3)/Size.
Keep aspect ratio (red arrow) and change the Height to 350 (white
hand).
Afterwards change the position to:
Left: 178 and Top: 38 (white arrows).
Click OK, deselect the tube on our main picture and close the
original tube (1).
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In case you need to freshen up your memory on how to save a mask
into the EP - you can take a look at one of my other
tutorials, where I explain a little bit more about how to use a
mask in PI. You'll find the tut here.
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Open
your Easy Palette/Object Libraries and find the mask you've
downloaded. (If you want to use another mask be aware that the
mask must be black inside, and the border around should be
white!) Double-click the mask (1), choose the Transform Tool,
deactivate the button Keep aspect ratio
(red arrow), click the Selection button (white arrow) and
resize the mask as you can see on the screen- shot. Change the
background color (white hand) to a color you want your mask to
be. (For this example I used the color of my homepage). Click
the Delete button on your keyboard, and your mask will be filled
with the chosen background color. (Alternatively - go to
Edit/Fill/Color and fill the mask with the color of you choice!)
Deselect the mask and Merge All.
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To
make the name like I did, choose the Line and Arrow Tool (red arrow), Shape:
Freehand (white hand), Mode: 2D Object, and draw a
line like the one you can see on the screenshot. Make a long
line ... you can correct it later on. The color doesn't matter.
Leave
the line activated, right click/Wrap/Add Text to Active Path
(white arrow). Delete the "Demo" text
that appears, and you can now type the name you
want to use. When you're finished with that, click the Pick
Tool and then the Text Tool. (First now you can change
the attributes of the text!)
Don't worry if you have to many letters, I shall explain how
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Now
change the type of the font (red arrow), the size (1), the color
(white hand - I used a color from my tube ... 101/0/0), and I've
also given my text a 1 Pixel border in Black (white arrow).
When you are satisfied with the text, but still have to many
letters left, leave the Text tool, choose the Pick Tool, right
click the Text and Convert Object Type and choose From Text/Path
to Image. Now you can use the Eraser Tool to remove the letters
you don't need.
Place the txt where you want it to be.
Merge All.
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Here's
the result in the original size :))
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That's
it! A stylish, but still very easy Sig Tag ... made with PI
and different filters.
HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with
this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email
me!
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Copyright © inkl-Designs. All
rights reserved.
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