Mermaids World FTU

Mermaid's World

This tut was created in Corel Paintshop Pro X4
Plugins used  none

I used the wonderful artwork of Carlos Cartagena which

you must be licensed to use. I purchased from PTE but his 

tubes can now be found at Artistically Inclined Licensing

I am using a ftu scrapkit called Siren of The Sea 

that you can find on Kittz Kreationz blog here.

Font of Choice (I used A Year Without Rain)

Mask of Choice (I used WSL128) Her masks are Here

Let's get started!!

Open a new image 600 X 600 pixels with a transparent background. 

Copy & paste SS-P5.png from the scrapkit 

onto your new image and apply your mask

of choice. (Click layers, load save mask,

make sure fit to canvas, source luminance 

and hide all mask is checked then click load)

In layers right click on mask hit delete and answer 

yes to the popup. Now right click on group layer

merge merge group. Resize the mask by 121% (make sure that

pixel dimensions is on percent and in advanced setting

it is smart size lock aspect ratio is checked and resize all layers

is unchecked) click ok 

Go back to your scrapkit and open Frame SS-10, copy &

paste onto your new image.

Now grab your magic wand set on Mode-add shift match mode-RGB Value

anti alias checked and click inside the frame make sure to click in 

the small areas also Copy & paste SS-P4 onto your tag and resize by 60%

go to selection invert (make sure this layer is highlighted on layers) 

and hit delete move this layer below your frame hit selections select 

none

Open SS-23 and paste to tag resize by 50% and position inside of your

frame in the left hand corner

(You can always refer to the example tag for positioning) 

Open SS-6a and post on tag resize by 50% and position under the frame on the right

hand side

Open SS-28 and post on tag resize by 32% and position on the coral

Open SS-41 and post on tag resize by 32% and position on the water

Open SS-43 word art and resize by 70% and position at the top of the frame

Open your tube of choice copy and paste to your tag, resize for best fit 

and position it to your liking!! I added a dropshadow to my tube 

and wordart 

(effects-3D effects-settings vert1 horz-1 opacity 45 blur5 color black) 

Add your copyrite into, name on the tag and you are finished!! 

Save your pspimage where you would like and save your tag as a png, gif or jpeg

I always save as a png but you can choose.

I put the name on the chalkboard but you can put it whereever you would like to.

I hope you liked this tut and please let me know it anything is wrong!! 

Be Creative as you want!