Sigtag

PI Version: X3 (you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Text Tool, Pick Tool, Path Tool and Eraser
Additional filters: Xenofex 2 from Alien Skin
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: None

Tutorial: Copyright © Inge Klement

DESCRIPTION: Make an easy and stylish Sig Tag with PI and one filter from Xenofex 2.

Remember to save often!

	Open a New Image: Canvas color: White and Size: 400x400 Pixels. Choose the Path Tool (white hand) and draw a rectangle, Color: White and Mode 2D Object (1). Right click/Properties/Position & Size and go to Size. Untick the box Keep aspect ratio (red arrow) and change the Height to 220 and the Width to 240. Now we can change the position of the rectangle: Left: 80 and Top: 50 (white arrows). Click OK.

	Effect/Xenofex 2/Rip Open, and use these settings: Curl Size: 100 Curl Amount: 38 Curl Variation: 83 Edge Roughness: 59 Shadow Width: 10.27 + Inside Fill/Fill with solid color/Fill color: 115/58/13 (white arrow - color of my homepage) + change the Underside Color into 252/237/224 (red arrow - light shade of the color 115/58/13) + Random Seed: 7094 Click OK and deselect (Enter). Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally: 30 Pixels, Color: White.

	Open your tube (1), copy (Ctrl+C) the tube, 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 343 (white hand). Now we can change the position of the tube: Left: 134 and Top: 72 (white arrows). Click OK and close the original tube (1). Keep the tube on the main picture activated.

	Choose the Pick Tool (red arrow) and change the Transparency of the tube to approx. 60, choose the Eraser and erase all of the tube which should be "inside" the ripped open selection (red X). Keep the tube activated after finishing the work with the eraser. You can save yourself this work by choosing a tube you can place in front of the selection. I really liked the one I've chosen, so I did bother with the extra work. :))

	Right click/Shadow and use these settings: Black + 4.altern (red arrow) + 1/1/70/100/10. Click OK. Choose the Text Tool, add your name, make a border if you want and Merge All. Your taggie is finished :)
And that's how my finished taggie looks in the original size :))

That's it! An easy and stylish Sig Tag ... made with PI and one 3rd party filter. HAVE FUN!!!
If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it - please email me!