Rowena 3 Forum Set

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Alicia Mujica (Rowena tube) which you need a license to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Autumn Bliss by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me

Font of choice, I am using Articulate

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.


Let's get started!

Banner Tag

Open a new canvas 600 x 250 pixels with a white background

open paper 27 copy and paste as a new layer
copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55% then 90%

add the following elements

element 13 resize  75% arrange on right, duplicate & mirror

element 15 resize  75% arrange on left, duplicate & mirror

element 107 resize  35% arrange behind tube on bottom, duplicate & mirror

element 85 resize  45% arrange above rocks on left

element 118 resize  45% arrange behind grass

element 23 resize  45% arrange behind element 118

element 68 resize  20% arrange in leaves on right

element 55 resize  20% arrange on the rocks

element 110 resize  16% arrange on stump

Make sure you are on your white background

activate your crop tool, and snap crop rectangle to layer opaque

still on the white background

selections, select all, modify, set selection borders 5

add a new raster layer at the top

flood fill with #4a3525

add noise, uniform, monochrome 45

add drop shadow 1, 1, 50, 5 then -1, -1, 50, 5

add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save

 

 

 

Avatar

 

open a new raster layer 200 x 200 or whatever size you need for your forum

Go back to your banner tag, hide the copyright, tube and frame, 

copy merged, paste into your avatar, arrange it where you want

 

unhide tube, copy and paste the tube into your avatar & arrange, 

then unhide the other layers on your banner

Make sure you are on your white background

activate your crop tool, and snap crop rectangle to layer opaque

still on the white background

selections, select all, modify, set selection borders 3

add a new raster layer at the top

flood fill with #4a3525

add noise, uniform, monochrome 45

add drop shadow 1, 1, 50, 5 then -1, -1, 50, 5

add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save