*Intermediate knowledge of PSP7/AS

is needed for this tutorial.

*Dec. 22, 2003 I received this

surprise award from >Beginner PSP< for

this tutorial. (Heartfelt thanks to you & your

members...for this wonderful honor.)

____

Supplies Needed:

*Zip File*

Includes:

Font: D3Spiralism

Bear Tube

by: >Karen's Korner<

*Thank you Karen for allowing

me to add your beauitiful tube

directly to my tutorial.*
*Her site is now offline.

Ready?

Open a new image in PSP,

size 500x500 (we can crop it later.)

Now add your name to that layer.

Pick two colors (for both stroke & fill),

from the colors in the tube,

using the darkest color for stroke.

Size 60, centered, Antialias

and Floating checked.

While still selected, apply a favorite

inner bevel setting.

*Optional*

If you have SBP, appy one of

your favorite SBP presets.*

Deselect

Use the mover tool, and move your

text down close to the bottom of the frame.

Rename this layer: Name 1

Using the Lasso tool, set at either

freehand or point to point, and go

around one (1) letter in your text.

While the letter has the marching ants around it,

go up to Edit>Copy>Edit>Paste>As New Layer.

You will now have a copy of your one letter.

Go back and activate the Name1 layer,

and hit the delete key.

(This deletes the letter from the

original name layer, that you just copied.)

Using the mover tool,move the letter

so that it will be in line with your name.

Rename that layer Letter 1,

then duplicate the letter layer two (2) times.

You should now have a total of 4 layers.

X out letter 1, and the third letter layer,

making sure that the second copy of letter 2

is activated (by clicking on that layer.)

Go to your tool options and

click on the "deformation tool".

This will add a square box around the letter.

Try to bring the top of that letter down

just a little bit, without moving the

bottom of the letter.

When finished, click "apply."

Click on the last copy of the letter layer,

and again using the deformation tool,

move the top of the letter down a little farther than you did on the previous letter.

(This is how your 3 letter layers will look after applying the deformation to both copies of the original letter layer.)

Now, X out all the layers except the

Name1 layer and the first letter layer.

>Continued Part 2<