Simple Nametag 

You will need :-

PSP9  [can be done in any version]

A chunky font. Ive used 'Impact' for this tutorial, a Windows default font which you should find already listed in your PSP menu when you come to use the Text Tool.

 You can use a font of your choice downloaded from the net and saved to a folder on your pc. If you do this you need to open the font and reduce it to your taskbar or leave it onscreen and as long as it remains open it will appear in your fonts menu in psp.

A picture tube. Click here if you'd like to download the one used in this tutorial. Save to a folder on your pc. You may remove our watermark if you wish by using the eraser tool.

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Go to 'File' 'Browse' and locate the picture tube in your folder. Double click on it to open it in its own window. Go to 'File' 'Export' 'Picture Tube'. Type a name for your tube and 'OK'. Your picture tube will now be in the menu when you come to use the 'Picture Tube Tool'

Go to 'File' 'New' and open a 'New Raster Image' 400 x 400 pixels

In the 'Materials' palette, click on the solid black dot to select 'Colour'......

then click on the colour which appears in the box...

 This opens the 'Materials Properties' Box. Select white and 'ok'

The colour white will now be in the 'Foreground and Stroke Properties' box in your 'Materials' palette.

Click on the 'Floodfill Tool'  and click on your blank chequerboard to floodfill with white.

Go to 'Layers' and open a 'New Raster Layer'

You will now see 'Raster1' and 'Raster 2' in your 'Layer' palette.

With 'Raster 2' highlighted in blue [active] in your 'Layer Palette',  click on the 'Picture Tube Tool'  

Click on the image which appears in the  preview box on the 'Tools Options' palette

 [yours will be a different picture to the one here] This opens the picture tubes menu.

Find your picture tube and click on it to select..

......it will appear in the little preview box. Alter the scale down to about 70......

Click on your canvas to place the picture tube.

Go to 'Adjust' 'Sharpness' 'Sharpen' [any resizing makes the images a little blurry, sharpening corrects that]

 If you select the  'Move Tool'   you will be able to click and drag your lady anywhere on your image.

Now to add some text

Go to 'Layers' and open a 'New Raster Layer'

In the 'Materials Palette' set both the 'Foreground and Stroke Properties' box and the 'Background and Fill Properties' box to 'Colour' if they are not already, by clicking on the solid black dot under each.

Using the 'Dropper Tool'  run it over your image until you find a colour you'd like

to use for the outline of your text and LEFT click your mouse. 

That colour will now appear in the 'Foreground and Stroke Properties' box

To select a colour for the fill, still using the 'Dropper Tool' this time RIGHT click your mouse

 on a colour you like on your image and it will appear in the 'Background and Fill Properties' box

With 'Raster 3' highlighted in the 'Layer' palette, click on the 'Text Tool'.

On the 'Tools Options' palette, click the down arrow at the end of the bar under 'Font:'

 and it will give you a menu of fonts. Click on the one you want to select it.

 Do the same for the 'Size' and set it to size '72'. Make sure the 'Stroke width' [the outline of your text]

 is set to '1.0'. Have the 'Line Style:' set to a solid line and 'Create as:' set to 'Floating

 Click on your image to open the 'Text Entry' box and type in your text.

Click on 'Apply' and your text will appear on your image surrounded by 'marching ants'.

With the marching ants still marching, go to 'Effects' '3D Effects' 'Inner Bevel' and apply these settings....

Then go to 'Effects' '3D Effects' 'Drop Shadow' and apply these settings......

Go to 'Selections' 'Select None' to deselect [get rid of marching ants]

If you hold your mouse over each Raster layer in the 'Layer' palette you'll see whats on each layer.

 To make the lady appear more as if she is sitting on the letters we could do with the letters being behind her.

 So, click hold and drag 'Raster 3' to below 'Raster 2'

Use the 'Move Tool'   to click and drag your lady to where you want her on the letters.

 With her layer [Raster2] highlighted in the 'Layer 'palette, go to 'Effects' '3D Effects' 'Drop Shadow'

 and apply the same drop shadow to her as you did for the letters. 

To crop your image, use the 'Crop Tool'  and draw it round your image.....

...then click on the tick to crop .

Go to 'File' 'Save as' a JPEG [*.jpeg,*.jif,*.jpe,*.jpeg]

If you see this prompt.....

.........click 'Yes' to continue.

Try making  name tags using different picture tubes and fonts.

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