PI8-sigtag

PI Version: 8
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Selection/Color Range, Magic Wand and Text Tool
Additional filters: Filters Unlimited 2 and Eye Candy 4
Additional files: Tube ... you can choose any tube you want. I used a tube from a tube group, called Tubes To Go, and you can download the used tube here, but please leave the file name as it appears. If you don't have Filters Unlimited 2, you can still make this taggie ... just download the needed picture here and start with the Selection/Color Range.
Tutorial: Copyright © Inge Klement

DESCRIPTION: Make a stylish Sig Tag with PI and different filters.

Remember to save often!

	New Image: Canvas color: White and Size: 300x300 Pixels. Effect/Filters Unlimited 2/Special Effects 2 (red arrow)/Filmstrip (white arrow). Set a mark for Rotate Film (white hand). Click Apply.

	If you downloaded the picture of the filmstrip, start with the next step. (You can also make a mask of the picture ... then you can use this filmstrip in different ways!) Selection/Color Range, set the Similarity to 100 (white hand), choose Invert (red arrow) and use the Eyedropper (white arrow) to pick the black color in your left preview window (red ring). Normally I don't use the Invert command, but in this case you will get a much cleaner selection by doing it like I did.

	Effect/Eye Candy 4/Shadowlab and use these settings: Center Offset Direction: 320 Center Offset Distance: 5.55 Overall Opacity: 40 Overall Blur: 5.70 Perspective Blur: 0.00 Color: White + Draw Only Outside Selection (red arrow) Click OK and Merge All.

	Selection Tool/Magic Wand (red arrow), Mode: + (white arrow) and Similarity: 100 (white hand). Select the big white parts of your filmstrip ... as you can see on the screenshot.

	Open the tube you want to use, copy (Ctrl+C) the tube (1), activate the main picture and go to Edit/ Paste/Into Selection (red arrow).

	Now, as long as you don't click your mouse ... and you can see the crosshair (red ring), you can move the tube (picture) inside the selection as you wish. By clicking your left mouse button you place the tube. Add a name as you wish, and your taggie is finished! :))

	Your Sig Tag could also look like this one ...

	... or - perhaps - like this one :))

	And one more ... only this time the background has the same color as my homepage! :))

That's it! A 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!