Christmas Fusion Tut

Christmas Fusion Tut

This tut is ment for someone with some working knowledge of Painshop pro

I am using PSP9 but this can be done in the other PSPs

first you will need the following

Tube of your choice

I am using the wonderful art of Chrissy Clark Which can be purchased here (link)

www.mytagart.com

you may use my scrap kit or you may choose anyone you like CLICK HERE

Plug ins:

Alien Eye Candy 4000 Chrome

Click Here

Font: Bickham Script Pro

CLICK HERE

Now click on new canvas ICON

Size should be 500 by 500 pixels

Resulations 200 pixel/inch

Raster background checked

Depth 16 million colors(24bit)

Color should be set for transparent

Click ok

Now click on new raster (layer)

now you should have two raster layers

Now flood the first raster layer with white Color code is #ffffff

Now click on paper 7 and copy

now grab your magic wand and click on raster 2 on you tag now right click on bar and paste in selection

Now right click on raster to deactivated the wand.

Now go and copy and paste you tube image as a new layer on the tag

now take your lasso and loosly select the outer area of the tube

Example below:

now got to adjust> Blur> gaussian blur set the Radius to 11 and click ok

now go to selections>Modify>expand Number of pixels 5 click ok

Now go to your soft brush size 40 hardness 100 step 1

Now you will rub the brush around the hard parts of the tube

now go to adjust>blur>blur

Okay deselect the layer lower ocupancy to 50

Duplicate then go to image and click mirror

Check raster layer off by clicking the eye thingy

now right click on raster 2>merge>merge visible

now uncheck raster 1

Now grab the mask from the kit (SKCMaskDec091)

now right click on raster2>Mask>from image> click on the drop window and pick the masks name >Source Luminance.

Now right click on mask layer and delet when it asks click yes

Now right click on group and merge group

Now go back to your tube and right click and copy

Now go back to the tag and right click on the bar and paste as new layer

adjust the tube off to the right if your using the same tube as me you might at this time resize it a little bit smaller by going to image>resize

My settings are as followed:

I am going to teach you how to make a Present box :0D

now take and change the outter color of your pallet #045c1f the inner color to #059531

Click on you preset tool make sure you have it set for rectangle set the line width to 4

now make a rectangle the size you like

Right click on vector and convert to raster Duplicate

now adjust the top layer just a bit to the right and down

Add a raster in between the two rectangles

NOw go click on your brush Click on left angle brush my settings are size: 49 hardness:100 step:10 thickness:10 Rotation:135Click on the raster between the two rectangles and connect the rectangels corner to corner

OKay once you have done the three lines then merge the three layers together

Now go to your flood tool and right click in the little areas between the lines at this point you may choose to remove the little lines that make it look a little weird by going back to your brush and selecting the regular brush setting set tiny so you can remove the extra dark green lines you dont needdo this with the lighter green color

NOw over on the layer section click and hold and pull the rectangle below your tube you may add texture to your box if you like

now add a bow and ribbon from the kit of your choice

you may have to resize the bows and ribbons

you also can use the other emblishments such as the lights such as i have

now go through the layers and add a drop shadow (DONT ADD DROP SHADOW TO THE MASK GROUP OR THE BOTTOM LAYER)

My settings are as followed:

Color: #000000

Vertical: 5

Horizontal:-5

Opacity 50

Blur:5

Now check the eye on your tube and the very bottom layer and merge visible

now un check the tube layer and the bottom layer

while the merged layer is still highlighted go to your text tool and type what you want and choose your font you want to use I am using : Bickham Script Pro which can be found by googling the name it is a free font

Colors used for font just incase you want to use the same colors

inner #938b07

outter #930707

Convert the vector duplicate

then Using Eye candy 4000 chrome(you may just bevel it if you like)

click on normal on the layers section and click on overlay merge it down to the next layer

Now add drop shadow

Add the copyright info of the artist you used and dont forget your linces is you are using a PTU artist.

Merge all together at this point if you dont want the white layer you can delet it

once you have done all the above you may resize the tag to the size you like as long as the copyright is legiable(readable)

Add your name and enjoy

this tut was made by me and not ment to copy anyone else.