Kiana Tag Tutorial

By LismibaebisCreations
8 September 2021

I used the awesome artwork of ElenaZlataArt.
You can buy her artwork from different outlets.
I bought it from Creative Fabrica.
I have a subscription, pay monthly and can download what and as much as I want.
The image is from the album "Autumn Halloween Pumpkins".

Skill Level: Advanced Beginners
No outside Filters/Plugins used

This tutorial is my own creation; any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental

Program shortcuts will be given in parentheses

Needed

Paint Shop Pro - I used X2
(Tutorial will work with other versions)
Free 30 day trial from Corel, available here

Image

Tube of choice

Font

Font of Choice – I used Spalding Bold

Performance Notes

This tutorial is in 2 parts:
- Preparation
- Tag

The settings for different Tools and Effects will stay the same throughout the tutorial, unless new setting instructions are given

Don't forget to save your work often

Click on the arrow and drag it to mark the progress on this page.

Preparation

1) File > Open
Open image of choice

2) Window > Duplicate (Shift + D)
Close original

3) Dropper Tool (E)
Left click to choose a very light Foreground color
(I chose #d7e9c8)

4) Edit > Copy
Minimize

6) Flood Fill Tool (F)
Settings:
Match mode = None
Use all layers = Not checked
Blend mode = Normal
Opacity = 100

7) Left click to flood fill new layer with Foreground Color

8) Selections > Select All

9) Edit > Paste Into Selection

10) Selections > Select None

11) Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Settings: Default
Corner = Checked
Bidirectional = Checked
Horizontal offset (%) = 0
Vertical offset (%) = 0
Transition (%) = 0
Linear = Checked

12) Effects > Geometric Effects > Circle
Settings:
Edge mode = Transparent

13) Effects > Distortion Effects > Polar Coordinates
Settings:
Polar to rectangular = Checked

14) Layers > Duplicate

15) Image > Flip

16) Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

17) Effects > Reflection Effects > Kaleidoscope
Settings:
Horizontal offset = 100
Vertical offset = -14 (Minus)
Rotation angle = 90
Scale factor = -40 (Minus)
Number of petals = 4
Number of orbits = 0
Radial suction = 25
Edge mode = Reflect

18) Effects > Geometric Effects > Circle
Settings:
Edge mode = Wrap

19) Layers > New Raster Layer

20) Flood Fill Tool
Left click to flood fill new layer with Foreground Color

21) Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

22) Layers > Duplicate

23) Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top

24) Layers Palette
Make sure the Foreground Color
layer is activated
Time to play:
Reduce opacity to your liking
and/or
experiment with different blend modes
I chose blend mode "Difference" with 100% opacity for this tag;
With another version I chose "Screen".
(See bottom of this tutorial)

25) Edit > Paste As New Layer (your Tube)

26) Image > Resize (Shift + S)
Settings:
Width = 80 %
Height = 80
Lock aspect ratio = Checked
Resize all layers = Not checked
ok

27) Edit > Repeat Resize
Repeat until you have the tube showing to your liking.
Depending on the tube you work with, you might choose to resize in 50% steps to start with

28) Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask
Settings:
Radius = 1.00, Strength = 47
Clipping = 5
Luminance only = Checked
(Or a setting of your liking)

29) Move Tool (M)
Move tube to position of your liking

30) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Horizontal & Vertical = 0
Opacity = 80, Blur = 50.00
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer = Not checked
(Or a setting of your liking)

31) Layers > New Raster Layer

32) Selections > Select All

33) Flood Fill Tool
Right click to flood fill new Layer with the color of choice
I chose black for this tag

34) Selections > Modify > Contract
Settings:
Number of Pixels = 3

35) Edit > Clear

36) Selections > Select None

37) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

38) Layers > New Raster Layer

39) Add your artists copyrights

40) Text Tool (T)
Settings:
Font = Spalding Bold (or Font of choice)
Size = 48 Points (or what suits your Font and Text)
Font Style = Bold (or what suits your Font and Text)
Alignment = Center
Direction = Horizontal and Down
Anti-alias = Sharp
Stroke width = 1.1
Create as Vector
Auto kern = Checked
Kerning = 0 (or what suits your Font and Text)

41) Type Text of choice and click on Apply

42) Layers > Convert to Raster Layer

43) Move Tool
Move text to place of choice

44) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 2
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 70, Blur = 3.00
Color = Black
(Or a setting of your liking)

45) Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask

46) File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Settings:
Set Compression value to = 10
Chroma subsampling = YCbCr 2x2 1x1 1x1
Save Exif data = Not checked

You are done!

Example 2

I used the blend mode "Screen",
I changed the border from 3px to 2px,
I changed the Drop Shadow.

I hope that you enjoyed doing this tutorial. If you have any questions, please email me:
Lismibaebi at gmail.com
I would love to see what you create with my tutorial.

A special "Thank you" goes to my Tester Group.
Your help, support and patience has made all the difference.