Beauty Comes From Within

You will need

My zip file HERE

Please do not change the file names

Remember to save often.

1: Open the beautywithinselections in PSP. Shift D to duplicate and close the original. The canvas will look blank, but the selections are there.

2: Flood the duplicated canvas with black.

3: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, load/save selections, load selections from alpha channel. Click on selection 1.

Flood with a gold fill of your choice. Leave selected.

Selections modify contract by 2. Flood with black. Leave selected.

Selections modify contract by 2. Flood with gold. Leave selected.

Selections modify contract by 2. Flood with black. Leave selected.

4: Layers, new raster layer.

Open the KAT_0565 tube. Click on the top blue bar. Copy.

Go back to your working canvas, paste into selection. Select none.

5: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, load/save selections, load selections from alpha channel. Click on selection 2.

Flood with a gold fill of your choice. Leave selected.

Selections modify contract by 2. Flood with black. Leave selected.

Note: If you have a problem filling with the black just raise the tolerance a little.

Selections modify contract by 2. Flood with gold. Leave selected.

Selections modify contract by 2. Flood with black. Select none.

6: Layers, new raster layer.

Selections, load/save selections, load selections from alpha channel. Click on selection 3.

Flood fill with gold.

Adjust sharpness, sharpen,

Select none.

7: If you wish to add a name to your tag do so at this point. I have included the font I used for the selection text in the zip file.

Merge all, flatten.

8: Open the frame included in the zip file.

Click inside the frame with the magic wand. Selections, modify, expend by 1.

Layers new raster layer. Click on top of the merged image you just made, copy.

Go back to the frame. Paste into selection. Select none.

Layers arrange, send to bottom.

Merge all. Flatten.

9: Open the dmsbeautywithinelement  Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to your working image. Click on the top blue bar. Paste as a new layer. Position as in my main image.

Duplicate this layer once. Image flip. Merge all. Flatten.

Add your watermark and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on January 22, 2007. Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.

Thank you to Chris and Sonia for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2007