Alpha 1

1. Open the image you’d like to use as your background.
2. Copy this image.
3. Open a new image - 300 x 300 pixels and fill with white ( you can always use a different size and shape, it doesn’t have to be a square it can be done with a rectangle too).
4. New layer.
5. Select all – paste in selection.
6. If you think your background is too present, lower the opacity.
7. Deselect.
8. Plug in filters – texturizer with the following settings:

9. Pick two complementing colours from your image.
10. Image – add borders – symmetrical 1. Right click and find the colours that you’ve picked. Click on them and they’re selected.
11. Add borders – symmetrical- enter 2 and fill with light colour.
12. Add borders – symmetrical- enter 2 and fill with dark colour.
13. Add borders – symmetrical- enter 2 and fill with light colour.
14. Select – select all.
15. Selections – modify – shrink, enter 7.
16. Selections – invert.
17. Inner bevel of your choice.
18. Selections – invert.
19. 3D-effects – cutout with the following settings:

20. Repeat but set vertical and horizontal to -1.
21. The basis is now finished.

22. Save as .jpg file. Don’t forget otherwise you’ll have to make a new background for each character.
23. Find a font you like and open it, the font can now be found in PSP under the ‘A’ icon. Set to ‘floating’.

24. Set fore- and background colour to a colour you like.
25. Enter character ‘A’. It’ll show up selected, leave it that way.
26. 3D-effects – inner bevel set to:

27. Deselect. You’ll now have this:

28. Save as .jpg or .png file.
29. Now remove the first layer by making it the active layer, right click and press delete.
30. New layer, add the character ‘B’.
31. Repeat steps 26 -30 until you’ve made the entire word or alphabeth.

Good luck with this lesson !

© Marank Design

~ Translation by Renate Rietveld aka Dragonfly June 2006 ~