What you need:
PSP. Download a 30
day trial here.
The Materials: Download here.
Open all image from the ZIP in PSP.
Mura's Copies. Download here.
Eye Candy 3.1. Download here.
Save the filters in your plugins folder in PSP.
Close and restart PSP otherwise your filters won't work.
Open the font and minimize to your taskbar.
You will see the font in your text tool.
Save often.
Let's go. Good luck.....
Open a new image 350 X 350 > Transparent.
Selections > Select all.
Open the USFlag.psp from the ZIP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste into selection.
Adjust > Blur > Radial blur.
Repeat the radial blur a second time.
It came to my attention that not everybody has this option in PSP.
I added the image as it should be after the blur steps here for you.
Selections > Select none.
Open the MD-Pat_flag.psp from the ZIP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
With move to the top left.
In your Layer Palette set your layer to Luminance.
Set this layers opacity to 40%.
Open the MD-Pat_LadyLib.psp from the ZIP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move Lady Liberty to the bottom right.
In your Layer Palette set your layer to Luminance.
Set this layers opacity to 40%.
If all went well you must have this now:
Open the MD-Pat_banner.psp from the ZIP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move the banner to the left bottom.
In your Layer Palette set your layer to Luminance.
Set this layers opacity to 40%.
Open the MD-Pat_eagle.psp from the ZIP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move the eagle with it claws on top of the banner (see screenshot).
In your Layer Palette set your layer to Luminance.
Set this layers opacity to 40%.
Layers > Merge > Merge all flatten.
Add borders > 10 Pixels > Symmetric > Color black.
Select the black border.
Fill the selection with red: #ff0000.
Effects > 3D-effects > Inner bevel > Color white.
Add borders > 25 Pixels > Symmetric > Color black.
Select the black border.
Fill the selection with dark red: #b41521.
Effects > Texture effects >
Weave pattern > Weave & Gap color = white.
See screenshot.
Add borders > 10 Pixels > Symmetric > Color black.
Select the black border.
Fill the selection with red: #ff0000.
Move the stars a little up and select the top 2 stars.
Click delete.
Selections > Select none.
Move your stars to the left border.
Image > Duplicate.
Image > Mirror.
Lock your background layer.
Make sure you are on one of the top layers (=blue).
Layers > Merge > Merge visible.
Selections > Select all.
Selections > Float.
Selections > Defloat.
Selections > Selections load/save > Save to alpha channel.
Selection 1 is good > Save.
Unlock your background layer.
Layers > Merge > Merge all flatten.
Selections > Select none.
Foreground color to blue: #000080.
Background color to white: #ffffff.
Click
and find the Stencil font (in ZIP).
Put in these settings: Vector > Down (see second hand in screen) >Size 72 >
Stroke 1.0 > B for Bold (vet) > Alignment center. Directions: Centre > Kerning - 250.
Can't find Kerning?.... Click one of the little black arrows (blue hand).
Anti-alias 'smooth' or checked.
Type your text.
For PSP 7 users I added the text to the ZIP.
For the Dutch tag text here.
Put the text like in the screenshot below.
Layers > Convert to raster layer.
Select the left piece of the U and fill with red: #ff0000.
Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 3.1 > Glass > Color dark grey: #808080.
Apply.
Select the right side of the letter A and fill with blue: #0000ff.
Repeat > Eye Candy > Glass.
Selections > Select none.
Now select all three parts of the S.
To get all parts selected hold your shift key down.
Repeat Eye Candy > Glass, but change the color to light grey: #c0c0c0.
Now select the small parts of the other letters.
Repeat Eye Candy > Glass with the same settings as on the S (light grey).
Selections > Select all.
Selections > Float.
Selections > Defloat.
Selections > Selections load/save > Save to alpha channel.
Selection 2 is good > Save.
Layers > Merge > Merge visible.
Effects > 3D effects > Drop shadow > Color black.
Selections > Select none.
Layer > Duplicate. Do this Twice.
You have 3 layers now and if all went well you are on the top layer (=blue).
Repeat the 'add noise' at layer 2 and layer 3 but
change the 'Noise' to 20 (layer 2) and 25 (layer 3). If you want to have more noise.... use 25 > 30 > 35.
Selections > Selections load/save > Selection load from alpha channel.
This time choose selection 2.
Adjust > Add noise/.... > Add noise.
Repeat the 'add noise' at the 3 layers but in the opposite order.
Layer 3 (25), layer 2 (20) and layer 1 again at 15.
If you want to have more noise.... use 35 > 30 > 25.
If you followed all the steps..........
Selections > Select none.
Save your tag as Patriotic-tag.psp.
Animation Shop doesn't recognize the PSP 8 and 9 extensions
*.pspimage so you have to save as PSP 6 or 7 file. Do it like this:
Save as > Click options and choose save as PSP 7 or 6 compatible file.
Open Animation Shop (AS).
Get your file, you have 3 frames.
Click Ctrl A to select all frames.
Animation > Frame properties > Set to 5.
As you will see this gives a 50's - 60's Neonlight effect
Your Patriotic Tag is done.
I hope you like this tutorial.
Thank you for trying them out.
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Translation
into English by my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.
move to the top left.
the black border.
and find the Stencil font (in ZIP).
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