Learning How To Make A Gift Box Bg With Or Without An Image

First Thing You Will Need Is A Few Christmas Stamps (Tubes)..Over In Our Christmas Section Click On Tubes..Page 14 And 15 And Select X212 (Bow) And Also Stamp X208 Gold Bow. Download To Any Folder , Unzip And Put It In Your Tubes Folder .

If You Have Psp 6 You Need To Go To File..Open And Bring Up The Tube And Then Name It And Save It . No Need To If You Have Psp 7 Or 8

1. Capture The Girl...Increase Color Depth

2. Go Up To Edit , Down To Plugin And Over To Eyecandy (4000) Then Down To Squint, Settings Are Radius (Pixels) Set It At 18.80 Then Ok.

3. Now You Have Your Bg Ready For Use. Now Capture One Of The Girls Or Guys And Increase Color Depth. Go To The Bg And Copy And Paste To The Image.

4. Go To The Layer Palette And Decrease To About 75.

Go Up To The Eraser , Setting Size 25, Opacity 20, Depth 25 And Denisty 100.

5. Erase Around The Face, Hair And Shoulder Area ...Then Increase Layer Back Up To 90 To 100.

6. Add New Layer. ( I Always Add A New Layer After I Do Anything...Just Easier To Work With )Go Up To Selection Tool, Make Sure Tool Option Is Set At Rectangle, Feather 0, Go Over To The Girl/Guy And On The Far Left Top Click And Hold Down And Drag To The Right Making A Small Bar Over The Eye .

7. Don't Make The Width To Wide....Now Set Your Color Wheel With These Settings...Red 176, Green 10, Blue 2 Or Html Code Is #Booao2. Now Go Up To The Flood Tool : Blend Mode: Normal, Opacity 100 In Fill In The Selection Lines.

(Do A Drop Shadow While Selection Tool Is Still Active, Go To Edit , 3d Then Drop Shawdow, Setting Vertical-1, Horizontal 1, Attributes 8.3, Blur 7.7 , Color Black, Click Ok)

8. Now Do The Same With Your Selection Tool On The Right Top Of The Girl.Guy And Drag Down ...Then Using The Same Settings With Your Flood Tool ...Fill In The Other Line Then Go Up To Select And Select None. This Is How It Should Look Now ..

9. Go To Your Layer Palette Tool Box And Decrease To About 50 To 60, Now It Should Look Like This

..It Gives The Image A Softer Look .

10. Now Go Up To Your Eraser Tool...Leave Setting The Same And Erase The Top Of The Ribbon From Her Face .Merge Layers Now .

Make A New Layer And Go Up To Your Picture Tubes (Little Brush With Ink Well) And Select X212 Or Any Bow You Want ,Size 38, Step 200 And Then Click Ok. Go To Your Mover Tool Then Bring The Bow Up To The Right Corner Where The Two Lines Cross .

Go Up To Edit , 3d And Then Drop Shadow Again..Same Setting As Before Same Color, This Will Give The Bow A 3d Effect And Stand Out Much Better..

11. To Soften The Bowb Go To Layer Palette And Decrease To About 85 Then Merger Layer. Add A New Layer And Add Your Name To It In A Small Font , Color White. Go To Layer Palette And Lower Opacity To Your Liking Then Merge Layers And

12. Voila .. You Have Your Gift Alll Ready

Here Are A Few Examples :

If You Want To Make Just A Ribbon And Bow ...Bring Up A New Image 102 X 116 Or Any Size To Work With ....Transparent ...New Layer,

Then Do The Same Steps For The Ribbon ..And Use Any Of The Bows That We Have In Our Tube Section Or Any Of The Xmas Decorations ...When You Are Finished...

Merge Visiable,Go Up To File..Down To Export..Over To Picture Tube

Inside The Export Picture Tubes On The Right Side Where It Is...Cells Across Leave It At 1, (Cause You Have On One Item) Cells Down 1 , Total Cells 1......

Then On The Right Side (Placement Options) Placement Mode: Random, Step Size: 200 Selection Mode: Random,,, Where It Has Tube Name...Name Your Tube And Then Ok...

Leave Your Sample In Your Psp And Then Bring Up A New Image (Black Or White) And Go Up

To Your Picture Tubes, Click And Bring Up Your

Tube And Play With The Size And Sample It On Your New Image To Make Sure It Is The Way You Want It ...

You Can Make Any Thing At All With Tubes And Any Size At All,,,It Is Totally Unlimited In What You Can Make .....

Remember Anytime You Use More Then One Layer...You Have Really Tubed It ..

Thatttttttsssss Alll Folkkkkkssss ...And Have Funnnn Making Your Giftsss For Your Friendsss....

** Note ** When Working With Stamps...Always Make Sure The Layers Are Merged Then Put A New Layer On To Work With , That Way You Can Move The Stamp Any Way,

Then When You Are Satisfied With The Position, Megas Layers.

And Voila' you are done!!!