WinkyDink

SUSPENDED GOLD

by Hooty aka Doyle Allen 5/20/05

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Skill Level = Intermediate

Written using PSP9

Supplies:

Click to get the zipped supplies

Download and put the dden Gold.jgd

into your GRADIENTS folder in PSP.

Alpha Selections = Suspended_Gold.psp

Graphic:

Your choice, should be almost square and focal

point centered for best results when we paste

into selection.

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Basic Tutorial flow:

1. Every time we use an Alpha Selection it will

be placed on a new and separate raster layer.

2. I recommend that each time you add a new

layer you rename it the same as the Alpha #

that you are going to put on it to help you keep

track of your progress.

3. All settings will remain the same unless a

change is stated.

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HEADER (or tag)

1 File > Open

Open the graphic that you are going to use.

2 Edit > Copy

3 Dropper Tool:

Select a dark dominant color from your graphic

for your Foreground color and a light shade

of the same color for your Background color.

4 Material Palette

Foreground = dden gold GRADIENT

Background = Foreground-Background Gradient

Settings:

Angle = 0 , Repeats = 0 ,

Invert = NOT Checked

Linear

5 Minimize your graphic

6 File > Open > Suspended_Gold.psp

This will be transparent but it is loaded with

hidden Alpha selections !

7 Flood Fill Tool

Settings:

Match Mode = None , Sample merge = Checked

Blend Mode = Normal , Opacity = 100 %

Flood Fill with your Foreground Gradient (gold)

8 Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise

Settings:

Gaussian

Monochrome = Checked

Noise = 50 %

   OK

9 Layers > New Raster Layer

10 Selections > Load/Save Selections >

Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Settings:

Load from Document = Suspended_Gold.psp

Selection # 2

Replace selection = Checked

Invert Image = NOT Checked

Load

(Rename your layers same as the Alpha selection # !

In this case you would rename it 2... just a

reminder for you)

11 Flood Fill > with your Gold

12 Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise

13 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel #2 , Width = 8

Smoothness = 0 Depth = 3

Ambience and Shininess both = 0

Color = White

Angle = 315 , Intensity = 50 , Elevation = 30

   OK

14 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical and Horizontal both = 1

Opacity = 100 % , Blur = 5.00

Color = Black

   OK

15 Layers > New Raster Layer

16 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 3

17 Flood fill with your gold

18 Selections > Modify > Contract = 3

19 Material Palette

Change your Background to color and change

it to Black.

20 Flood Fill your selection with Black

21 Selections > Select None

22 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

23  Layers > New Raster Layer

24 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 4

25 Flood fill with your gold

26 Selections > Modify > Contract = 3

27 Flood Fill your selection with Black

28 Selections > Select None

29 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

30 Layers > New Raster Layer

31 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 5

32 Flood Fill with your gold

33 Layers > New Raster Layer

34 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection #6

35 Flood Fill with your gold

36 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

(This has added a couple of suspension

wires to hold your graphic up)

37 Layers > New Raster Layer

38 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection #7

39 Material Palette

Change your Background color back to the lighter

shade of your foreground color.

If you right click on your color block you should

see it there in the color selections.

40 Change your Background to Gradient and

select your Foreground-Background gradient.

Settings:

Angle = 270 , Repeats = 0 , Invert = NOT Checked

Style = Radial

Horizontal = 100 , Vertical = 50

   OK

That makes a nice solid two tone gradient for us.

41 Flood Fill your selection with your Background

gradient

42 Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur = 10.00

43 Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise

44 Layers > New Raster Layer

45 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 8

46 Material Palette

Change your Foreground to color

47 Flood fill your selection with your dark

foreground color

48 Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise

49 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 8 , Horizontal = 0

Opacity = 100 , Blur = 10.00

Color = Black

    OK

50 Layers > New Raster Layer

51 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 9

52 Materials Palette

Change your foreground back to your gold

gradient.

53 Flood Fill your selection with your gold

54 Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise

55 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 35 , Horizontal = 0

Opacity = 30 , Blur = 20.00

Color = Black

    OK

56 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Change only your Vertical = (minus) - 25

OK

57 Layers > New Raster Layer

58 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 10

59 Edit > Paste > Paste into Selection

We are pasting the graphic into the selection.

60 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

61 Layers > New Raster Layer

62 Selections > Load/Save Selections >
Load Selection from Alpha Channel

Selection # 11

63 Flood Fill with your gold

64 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical and Horizontal both = 1

Opacity = 100 % , Blur = 5.00

Color = Black

   OK

65 Selections > Select None

66 Layers > Duplicate

67 Image > Flip

68 Adding Text Tips !

Add text on a new layer.. I suggest that you

toggle your foreground and Background so your

gold is now in the background and use that for

your text...

Suggest that you use a bold font and underline

placing the underline on the top of the

Gold bar on the bottom.. it shows up as a pretty

cool highlight when you do that.

Resize by dragging the vector handles.

(The font I used was BeckerBlackNF.)

To Center Click on Objects > Align >

Horizontal Center in canvas.

Add a drop shadow and inner bevel to make it

stand out !

69 Add your watermark

70 File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Compression most likely at 25.

71 If you want it as a tag resize and save.

Tip for your Background and text!

A simple black background looks

good with this as a header..

A gold font color  from the graphic

looks good too!

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Remember to Watermark your creations!

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results of what you end up using.

Special thanks to all the testers:

Vanessa, Steve, Heidi J, Cal, Kynda,

Roni, Linda D, Pat , Maria Rosa, Sue,

Luke, Diane, Janet and Adrienne !

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