Sigtag

PI Version: X3 (you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Eyedropper Tool, Transform Tool, Zoom Tool, Selection Tool, Eraser and Text Tool
Additional filters: Filter Attacks (+ optional: Almathera)
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 different filters.

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	New Image: Canvas color: White and Size: 360x300 Pixels. Open your tube and use the Eyedropper Tool to pick a nice color from your tube for your background color (red arrow). For this taggie I used 209/166/108. Effect/Filter Attacks/Border:Linien ... the first screen- shot shows you, how you can find more filters to use. Click first Filter (white hand) and then the red down arrow (white arrow) until you'll find the filter you want to use.

	The filter, named Border: Linien, should look like on this screenshot ... change the settings with the sliders (1) to the right. Click the red arrow (white arrow) to apply the filter. Go to Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally: 20 Pixels, Expand 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 the tube on our main picture/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 200 (white hand). Now we can change the position of the tube: Left: -11 and Top: 69 (white arrows). Click OK, close the original tube (1) and keep the tube on the main picture selected.

	Choose the Eraser Tool (white arrow), Form: Rectangle (white hand), and erase all of the tube on the left side - between the two red arrows. If you are satisfied, right click the tube on the picture/ Duplicate. Leave the Duplicate activated.

	Choose the Transform Tool (red arrow)/Flip Horizontally (white arrow). Keep the Duplicate activated. Position the Duplicate on the right side (1) as you can see on the screenshot - like a mirror to the first tube. Activate now the first tube again, right click/Properties/ General and change the Transparency to 80% (white hand). Merge All.

	For the next step, I've zoomed in the picture ... choose the Selection Tool (white arrow)/Rectangle and draw a rectangle like the one you can see on the screenshot (red arrows).

	Go to Photo/Lens Filter/Spot Filter, choose Grain spot filter (red arrow), and use these settings: 100/75/60/60 + Color: Background Color (white hand). Click OK. Optional: If you want, you can use the filter Almathera/A Halo for the selected part of the picture. I did, - with these settings: Foreground color - here I used a dark shade of my Background color: 104/73/32, and the settings: 8/40. Merge All. Choose the Text Tool, and add your name. Merge All, and the 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 different filters. HAVE FUN!!!
If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it - please email me!