Spiral Braid
 
Supplies Needed:
MuRa's Filter: Meister Copies
Download >Here<
*Font Krizia Uomo >Here<
*Tube of your choice.
(For the example above I used
JCW_Cleopatra from: JCW Designs.  *Her tubes are now closed.)
 
Zip File Includes
Gold Fill:
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Install the plugin, (extract to your
plugins folder in PSP7.)
*Unzip the gold fill & font.
Open the tube in PSP7.
Shift D to copy and close out the original.
Click on the copy of the tube; go to
Image>Canvas Size, 500 x 500,
Center H and V.
Next go to Image>Resize>60%.
Resize type>Bicubic Resample
Maintain aspect ratio of 1.0000 to 1 checked.
Click ok.
 
Go to Effects>PlugIns>Mura Meister>Copies:
apply the following settings:

  

*Depending on the tube you use, you may need to adjust these settings slightly, so that the position of the tube/image is as shown in the screenshot above.

Image>Resize>75%.
 
Optional:
Hold down the shift key
and click on the magic wand
RGB Value,Tolernace 20, Feather 0
and sample merged not checked.
*You might have to click on the
edge 15 to 20 times, to get the
marching ants, as shown below.
 
  
 
Add a new layer, and flood fill with the gold fill.
Effects>Sharpen>Sharpen.
Deselect.
 
Now Go to Layers>Merge Visible.
Next>Image>Resize>75%
Add a new layer, and flood fill with white.
Move that layer to the bottom.
 
Now add a new layer for your text.
Font: Krizia Uomo, size 55,
Bold, Floating & Antialias checked.
Fill set to: #1B3DA4
Stroke set to: #253EAD
 
Effects>3D>Inner Bevel:
Apply these settings.
 
 
 
Go to Effects>PlugIns>EyeCandy 3.1,
Inner Bevel
Width: 20
Bevel Shape: Flat
Smoothness: 5
Shadow Depth: 50
Hightlight Brightness: 80
Highlight Sharpness: 40
Direction: 135
Inclination: 45
Click ok and deselect.
 
Add a new layer for your text again.
Stroke set to: #FBD18D, fill set to: #F6D9AC.
Go to Effects>Texture Effects>Sculpture>Old Paper
Size 100, Smoothness 10,
Depth:3, Ambience: 0, Shininess: 46,
Angle: 315, Intenity: 30, Elevation: 56
Color: #F6D9AB
Deselect.
 
Using the mover tool, move the top gold text
layer slightly to the right of your
bottom blue text layer.
 
 
 
X out your tube & white background layers,
click on one of your text layers,
and go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible.
 
 
 
*This tutorial was written by Mz.TapŠ on Sept. 9, 2003. *Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.* Feel free to "text link" to the tutorial index pages, or print it out for personal use, but please do not copy and place it anywhere on the web, rewrite it, or claim it as your own.

TY...Mz. TapŠ

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