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Hello! I'm Crystal, aka darkly dreaming. I'm 34 and live in the Midwestern USA. I've been back into PSP since November of 2010. Prior to that I tried PSP for about a year back in 2005 or 2006. I've just recently begun trying my hand at tutorials. If you try one of my tuts and would like to show me what you made, please email me at darklydreaming33@hotmail.com. Happy Tagging!
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Friday, September 9, 2011

PostHeaderIcon Emo Babe Tut

This tutorial was written by me on 9/09/11. Any resemblance to other tutorials is a coincidence.

Supplies:
1) Tube of Choice. I'm using one called "Double_Emo" by VeryMany. This is a PTU tube, which can be purchased at PFD.
2) Scrapkit of Choice. I'm using the PTU kit Rebel Doll by Addictive Pleasures, which you can get at dreams-n-digital.
3) Tamie's Addictive Templates #91, available here.
4) Mask of choice. I used Gems Mask 209, available here.
5) Font of Choice

Plugins:
1) VM Extravaganza Transmission
2) Eye Candy 4 Gradient Glow

Drop Shadow used throughout: 2, 2, 25, 5, black

Let's get Started....

1) Open Template. Duplicate (shift d) and close original.
2) Delete Copyright Layer
3) Change Canvas Size to 750 x 750. (You can resize your tag later, but to give us working room).
4) Hide your background layer for now.
5) Open Paper11, copy and paste as new layer above the background Layer. Apply your mask of choice. Merge mask group. Add Drop Shadow.
6) Select Raster Layer 1. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 4 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow.
7) Select Raster Layer 1 Again. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open close up tube. Copy and paste as new layer above the paper layer, resizing as needed. Arrange. Selections Invert, Delete on your tube layer. Change blend mode to Soft Light. Duplicate layer. On Duplicated layer, change blend mode to Darken.
8) Delete Original Raster Layer 1.
9) Select Raster Layer 9. Add Drop Shadow. Adjust, Add Noise: Uniform, 40, monochrome checked.
10) Select Raster Layer 8. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 4 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Apply VM Extravaganza, Transmission with default settings. Add drop shadow.
11) Delete Original Raster Layer 8.
12) Select Raster Layer 5. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 4 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow.
13) Select Raster Layer 1 Again. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open close up tube. Copy and paste as new layer above the paper layer. Arrange. Selections Invert, Delete on your tube layer. Change blend mode to Luminance(L). Duplicate layer. On Duplicated layer, change blend mode to Soft Light.
14) Delete Original Raster Layer 5.
15) Select Raster Layer 11. Add Drop Shadow. Adjust, Add Noise: Uniform, 40, monochrome checked.
16) Select Raster Layer 6. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 12 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow. Apply Eye Candy Gradient Glow with settings: 5, 0, 100, Fat, white.
17) Delete original Raster Layer 6.
18) Select Raster Layer 10. Add Drop Shadow. Adjust, Add Noise: Uniform, 40, monochrome checked.
19) Select Raster Layer 3. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 12 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow.
20) Select Raster Layer 3 again. . Select All, Float, Defloat. Open close up tube. Copy and paste as new layer above the paper layer. Arrange. Selections Invert, Delete on your tube layer. Change blend mode to Darken. Duplicate layer. On Duplicated layer, change blend mode to Screen. Then Delete Original Raster Layer 3.
21) Select Raster Layer 7. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 1 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow.
22) Select Raster Layer 7 again. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open close up tube. Copy and paste as new layer above the paper layer, resizing as needed. Arrange. Selections Invert, Delete on your tube layer. Change blend mode to Soft Light. Duplicate layer. On Duplicated layer, change blend mode to Darken.
23) Delete Original Raster Layer 7.
24) Select Raster Layer 12. Add Drop Shadow. Adjust, Add Noise: Uniform, 40, monochrome checked.
25) Select Raster Layer 2. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 1 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow.
26) Delete Original Raster Layer 2.
27) Select Raster Layer 13. Add Drop Shadow. Adjust, Add Noise: Uniform, 40, monochrome checked.
28) Select Raster Layer 4. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 5 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow. Apply Eye Candy Gradient Glow with settings: 5, 0, 100, Fat, white.
29) Select Raster Layer 18. Using your magic wand, select the dark pink color inside the E and the O backgrounds. (hold down the shift key to get it all). Copy and paste paper 4 as new layer. Selections Invert. Delete.
30) Repeat step 29, only select the light pink background inside the M and paste paper 5 as the new layer.
31) Delete original Layer 18.
32) Select Raster Layer 20. Add drop shadow.
33) Select Raster Layer 14. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 1 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow. Apply Eye Candy Gradient Glow with settings: 5, 0, 100, thin, white.
34) Delete Original Raster Layer 14.
35) Select Raster Layer 15. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 4 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow. Apply Eye Candy Gradient Glow with settings: 5, 0, 100, thin, white.
36) Delete Original Raster Layer 15.
37) Select Raster Layer 16. Select All, Float, Defloat. Open paper 12 copy and paste as new layer. Selections Invert, delete. Select none. Add drop shadow. Apply Eye Candy Gradient Glow with settings: 5, 0, 100, thin, white.
38) Delete Original Raster Layer 16.
39) Select Raster Layer 19. Add Drop Shadow. Adjust, Add Noise: Uniform, 40, monochrome checked.
40) Copy and paste your main tube. Arrange. Erase any parts you don't want to see. I made mine look like it was coming out of the frame. Duplicate. Adjust blur, gaussian blur 3. Change blend mode on this layer to Soft Light and lower opacity to 48.
41) Open Button 2. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange at bottom left. Add drop shadow.
42) Open Sparkles. Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange top. Duplicate, Image Flip. Right click on top sparkles layer and select merge down. Move this layer down to just above our mask layer.
43) Open Kiss. Resize 50%. Free Image Rotate 30 degrees left. Copy and paste as new layer on top left. Add drop shadow.
44) Open Kitty. Image Mirror. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as new layer. Add drop shadow.
45) Open Stars. Copy and paste as new layer. Add drop shadow.
46) Open Wire. Copy and paste as new layer in top left. Duplicate. Image Mirror. Image Flip. Right click on top layer and select merge down. Add drop shadow. Move down to just above the mask layer.
47) Open Ribbon Bow. Image Mirror. Resize by 70%. Drop Shadow. Erase the part of the ribbon that extends over your lettering etc. See mine for example.
48) Open Star. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange to bottom right over the top of our stars layer. Add drop shadow.
49) If you want to resize your tag, do so now.
50) Add copyright information and your name. Export png. Or open background layer, leave white or flood fill with color of choice and export jpg.

Thanks for trying my tut!

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