Joyce's Corona

Carona Tag

My results:)

Supplies needed

Filter: Eye Candy4000

Filter: Simple

Materials: Download here

This tutorial is written for PSP7 but can be done in PSP8

Open a new transparent image 500 x 500
Open your tube and choose one light and one dark

color from it.
Make a gradient with the two colors

with these settings:

Angle 89 Repeat 1 Invert checked!

Fill the canvas with it.

Effects / Plugins / Simple filters / Quarter corner - standard
Select the black part of the image with your Magic wand and fill with the gradient. Keep Selected

Selections / Invert. Open your gradient and UNCHECK Invert. Now fill the other half again with the gradient.

Keep Selected

Effects / Plugins / Eyecandy4000 / Corona with the following settings

Use your dark color in the "Color"- setting

Selections / Invert
Edit and Copy.

Repeat the Corona effect

With the Selections still active

Selections / Select None
Edit / Paste as New Layer
Image / Flip and Image / Mirror this layer and

place it right in the bottom corner of your canvas.

X-out layer 1. Click with your magic wand

in the empty space of the canvas.

Selections / Invert

and repeat the Corona effect.

Selections / Select None and undo

the red-X from layer 1( toggle the visibility ON).

Merge layers.

Activate your tube and resize to 87%.

Make sure " Resize All layers" is checked.

Edit / Copy and Edit / Paste as New Layer" onto your canvas.
Repeat the Corona effect.

Repeat the Corona effect once more but this time change the

color to your light color. !!!

Layers / Duplicate

Move this layer to above the merged layer and

reduce the Opacity to 10 or 15 %, depending on the way it

looks best to you.

Shift the image a bit to the right on

the canvas ( see the example above).

Open the "Bolletjies.tub".

Edit/ Copy and

Edit / Paste as New Layer

onto your canvas.

Drag this layer above the merged layer and duplicate it.

Image / Mirror.

Change the opacity of both these layers to 44%

Change your color styles as follows:

Switch your foreground and background colors so

that your dark color is the foreground color.

Set your background on Pattern and select the goldfill pattern.

Layers / New Raster Layer

Go to your Preset Shape tools and choose the Rectangular shape with these settings:

Create as Vector; Anti-Alias checked,

Line width 1

Draw a rectangular in the top part of the canvas,

wide and high enough to accommodate text.

Make sure this layer is the top layer in your Layer palet.

Right- click on this layer in your Layer palette and convert to raster layer.

Change the opacity of this layer to 50% and the

Blend Mode to Luminance.

Duplicate this layer and rotate 90 degrees to the right.

Position it on the right side of the canvas.

Layers / New Raster layer.

Open the Text Tool and choose a font.

I used "Kelt" size 36. Floating should be checked.

Type in your text and keep selected.

Layer / New Raster layer

Make sure this new layer is active

Effects / 3D Effects / Cut Out - with these settings:

Horizontal and Vertical 1;

Opacity 50; Blur 2.5

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow with the color WHITE!!

Settings:

Vertical and Horizontal 1

Opacity 50

Blur 2

Selections / Select None

Layers / New Raster layer

Click on your Text Tool again.

This time you are going to write vertically.

Keep Selected and

add a new raster layer.

On this layer: repeat the

Cut Out and Drop Shadow effects.
Selections / Select None.

Layers / Merge All ( flatten)

Image / Add Borders of 2 pixels (any color not in the image)

Select with your magic wand and fill with the gold fill pattern.
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel / Metallic preset

Resize your image ( all layers checked) to 87%

Translated by Maggie February 2005

Thank you, Joyce, for allowing me to translate this tutorial.

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