Iris Selection
This tutorial is the property of hollys closet.com and has been written as an assignment for Winni's How To Write Tutorials Lessons. You are welcome to link to it but do not claim it as your own.
What you'll need:
- PSP (I use version X but this can be done in any version)You can get a preview copy of version X2 Here
- A photograph of your choice. Photography is another hobby of mine and I used some of my own for this tutorial. I have included in the supplies the ones I used and an extra for you to try. Click Here You are free to use them for this tutorial but if you use them other than that I'd like copyright recognition. You can copy and paste this ©www.hollyscloset.com on your work. Other than that, of course, what you make is yours to use as you wish.
- You can also use a graphic. Whatever artist you use be sure you have permission to use their work and always remember to credit the artist on your tags in the fashion they require.
- For this tutorial I used what seems to be my favorite font, Comic Sans MS. It's readily available and is easy to read.
- There are no outside plugins needed for this tutorial.
Preparation
- Open your photograph in PSP. Shift/D and close original copy.
- Most of the time you will have to resize your photo to a manageable size probably no larger than 500 on the longest side.
- You can save this image in the name you plan to use for your completed tag. This kicks in the automatic save feature in PSP if you have it set. I highly recommend you set it if you haven't done so already. You can do so at File/Preferences/Auto Save. Just click on enable auto save. I have mine set for 5 minutes. In any case...save often.
Now we're ready so let's begin.
Step 1
Open your Freehand Selection Tool (lasso)
Edge Seeker, Replace, Feather 0, Range 10, Smoothing 0, Antialias checked.
Left click from place to place all around the flowers until you get to the beginning.
Left click inside to activate the selection.
Copy/Paste as a New Image/Minimize.
If you notice some shaggy parts on your flower Selections/Select All/Float
Selections/Modify/Contract 2 pixels.
Selections/Invert and hit the delete key.
Selections/Select None.
Step 2
Go back to your original image
Select None/
Effects/Textures/Mosaic Glass
70, 70, Symmetric checked, 29,2,1, 50
Maximize your flower image
Copy/Paste as a new selection
Move it where you like.
Leave as is or Selections/Edit Selection/. This will change the color of the flower and you may like it. I left mine as is.
Edit/3D/Drop Shadow
10,10,38,7, yellow
Repeat with H and V _10.
Step 3
Select All
Image/Add Border/10 light color from your photo.
Selections/Invert
Inner Bevel
Bevel 12, 4, 0, 2, 0, 0, white, 315, 50, 30
Step 4
Selections/Invert/Cutout
-5, -5, 100, 12, black
Step 5
Select All
Image/Border/ 30 dark color from your photo
Selection/Invert/
Effects/3d/Inner Bevel
Bevel 2, 10, 24, 20, 0, 0, 315,50, 30, white
If your image is too large, this is a good time to resize it.
Image/Resize/ 500px on the longest side.
Step 6
Open your Text Tool.
Make sure you have two contrasting colors from your picture for the foreground and background on your materials palette.
Comic Sans MS, 72, align center, anti-alias sharp, stroke width 4
Chose a title or write your name.
Resize the text by pulling or pushing the nodes to get it just the way you want it.
Objects/Align/Horiz. Center in Canvas
Layers/Convert to Raster Layer
Effects/3d/Inner Bevel/
Bevel 2, 7, 24, 6, leave other settings as they were.
Step 7
Add your watermark and any copyright information on separate layers so you can move them and you can lower the opacity on either to make them blend in while remaining readable.
Save or Export your finished tag in jpg.
And that's it and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
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Here is another sample I did as a test.
