Lined Up

This tutorial was written on February 17, 2007 by Boooobaby, and is my sole property. Any resemblance to another tutorial is strictly coincidental. You may text link only, and may print this out for your personal use. Any other usage requires my written permission first. I used the gorgeous work of Popeye Wong , thanks for granting permission :)

You Will Need:

PSP (I use 9 but any version will work)
Tube & font of your choice
My Supplies here (If you are the creator of these brushes, please let me know so I can give you proper credit)
Photo frame I used from Dozi's site here (first set)

Let's Begin!

Open a new image 650 x 400.

Flood fill with white.

Open the A-Dozi's photo frame you downloaded, copy and paste as a new layer to your canvas. Resize the photo frame to 45%. Duplicate 3 times so you have a total of 4 photos. Arrange them in a straight line or to your liking.

Hide your white background layer and merge the photo layers visible.

Making sure your photo frames layer is highlighted, take your magic wand and click inside the first frame.

Selections, modify, expand by 2.

Now copy and paste your tube and arrange it inside the frame how you want it to look, then selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Move this layer below your photo frames.

Follow the above steps for each frame.

Once you are done, hide your background layer and your photo frame layer and merge visible your tubes layers. Add a blurry drop shadow of choice to your tube layer.

This part is optional, depending on the look you want. You can leave the white behind the tubes or fill with a gradient or a brush. Here is what I did.

Hide the tubes layer, make sure you are on the photo frames layer and again taking the magic wand, click inside each frame. Selections, modify, expand by 4. Choosing 2 colors, a dark and light from your tubes, then creating a gradient, create a new layer and flood fill this layer with your gradient.

Move the gradient layer below the frames and tubes layers.

Click back on your frames layer and add a drop shadow.

Vertical/Horizontal = 1

Opacity = 60

Blur = 12.00

Color = Black

Click on Raster 1 and add a new layer.

Add any brushes you would like. I used CB Grid 2 and brushed it between each frame so you can see it peeking through the frames.

Choose a darker color for your background and your gradient as the foreground color, select the rectangle shape and draw a thin long rectangle. Use my tag as reference. I duplicated my shape layer and placed them in the corners of my frames (again see my tag for reference).

Hide all layers except the rectangles you just made then merge the rectangle layers. Duplicate, image mirror, flip and move so it looks like your other side.

Add any other embellishments, brushes or accents you would like.

Add any copyright needed, your signature and resize to around 75% or 85% and you are done.

For the name I used ESP font and used my gradient for the color then effects, weave with default settings to give it the look it has.

Thank you for trying my tut, enjoy your new tag!