Army Tag (english tutorial)

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Needed:

Photo (Max 600 pixels witdh)

Tubes:
Army Tag achtergrond
Army Tag alfabet A tot J
Army Tag alfabet K tot S
Army Tag alfabet T tot Z
Army Tag Bloempjes
Army Tag Nietje

Mask:
Army Tag Masker

Materiaal

1. Open the foto, tubes and mask in psp

2. Set the forefrond color on #6d9149 and background color on white #ffffff

3. Open a new image 600 x 500 transparent

4. Activate flood fill tool and fill the image with forefrond color

5. Layers - new rasterlayer

6. Fill this layer with backgroud color

7. Layers - new mask layer - from image - Army tag masker
Mark source luminance van bron and unmark invert mask data

8. Layers - merge - merge group

9. Activate selection tool – rectangle – mode replace - feather 0 –
mark anti alias

10. Draw a rectangle in the rectangle of the mask

11. Go to your photo,
Edit - copy

12. Return to your image,
Edit - paste - paste as a new layer

13. Activate move tool and move the photo such as your wants in the selection

14. Selections – invert
Press now on delete on your keyboard

15. Selections - select none

16. Go to the army tag alfabet,

17. Activate selection tool - rectangle

18. Select the first character of the name which you want to use.

19. Edit - copy

20. Return to your image,
Edit - paste - paste as a new layer

21. Activate move tool and move the character on the correct spot

22. Image - rotate - free rotate – left 3

23. Repeat points 16 till 22 for the rest of the characters. You put down character playfully.
Rotate the characters Right 5%, left 2%, right 7% and left 3%

24. Go to the nietjes tube (staple)
Edit - copy

25. Return to your image,
Edit - paste - paste as a new layer

26. Activate move tool, move the staple between the first 2 character, possibly moves the character on the correct distance.
(see example)

27. Layers - duplicate (staple layer)

28. Drawer the staple between the second and third character

29. Repeat point 27 and 28 so that each character has been linked by a staple
(see example)

30. Go to the layer palette, close de lower 3 layers (click on the eye)
the layers with the characters and staples remain open

31. Layers - merge - merge visible

32. Effects – 3d effects – dropshadow
Vertical and horizontal 2, opacity 50, blur 2, color black

33. Go to the layer palette and open de closed layers (by clicking on the eye)

34. Go to Army Tag bloempje (flower)
Edit - copy

35. Return to your image,
Edit - paste - paste as a new layer

36. Activate move tool and move the tube on the top left-end corner of your photo. (see example)

37. Layers - merge - merge all flatten

38. Image – add borders – 2 pixels forefrond color

39. Image – add borders – 25 pixels white

40. Activate magic wand, tolerance and feather 0

41. Select de white border

42. Go to Army Tag achtergrond
Edit - copy

43. Return to your image,
Edit - paste - paste into selection

44. Selections - select none

45. Image – add borders – 2 pixels forefrond color

46. Layers - new rasterlayer, place on this your water mark

47. Image - resize – 600 pixels witdh

save as JPG and ready is Army Tag
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