Wavy Frame Tag Tutorial

Needed:

Paint Shop Pro (I used XV).
No outside filters are needed. 
A tube - Wider than tall. (I used an image I purchased through Creative Fabrica).
faux rag paper supplies Unzip and place selection in your selections folder and texture in your texture folder.

Klarinda Playful is the font I used.

 

Let's Begin!

1. File > Open 
Your tube

 

2. Window > Duplicate
(You can now close out the original.)

 

3. Image > Resize 
Pixel Dimensions 
Height 246 Pixels 
(234 if you don't have space above and below)
Resample using: Weighted Average
Lock aspect ratio = Checked
Resize all layers = Checked

 

4. Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask
Settings = High Res Portrait which is:
Radius: 1.50 Strength: 100 Clipping: 10
Luminance only = Checked
Or use any setting of your choice. 

 

5. Layers > Duplicate
 
6. Layers Palette
Hide copy of  tube for now.
 
7. Image > Canvas Size 
New Dimensions 
Width: 600 Pixels
Height: 250
Placement = Middle box

 

8. Dropper Tool
Choose a dark (left click on image) and a light color
(right click on image).

 

9. Layers > New Raster Layer

 

10. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

11. Flood Fill Tool
Flood Fill with your light color.

 

12. Layers Palette
Highlight your original tube (middle layer)

 

13. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Default, but change Direction to Horizontal

 

14. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Change Direction to Vertical.

 

15. Layers > Duplicate

 

16. Move Tool
Move your tiled image to between your other tiled image areas where the bg color is showing.
You can hold your Shift key down as you tap your left direction key to do it quicker.

 

17. Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

18. Repeat steps 15 - 16
Feel free to flip horizontal...vertical as well, until you get most all of your background color covered with your tube.
 
19. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
 
20. Effects > Distortion Effects > Pixelate
Block width and height = 8 
Symmetric = Checked

 

21. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise
Gaussian = Chosen
Noise: 20
Monochrome = Checked

 

22. Layers Palette
Turn on view of your tube again.
 
23. Layers Palette

Highlight bottom layer

 

24. Layers > New Raster Layer
Name :Faux Rag Paper

 

25. Flood Fill Tool
Fill with your light color.

 

26. Effects > Texture Effects > Texture
Default
Change texture choice to fauxragpaper.
 
27. Layers > New Raster Layer

 

28. Selections > Select All

 

29. Selections > Modify > Contract
Put in a number that will bring the marching ants close to your image.
I'm using 8.

 

30. Selections > Modify > Select Selection Borders
Outside = Chosen
Anti-alias = Checked
Border width: 3

 

31. Flood Fill
Fill selection with your dark color

 

32. Layers > New Raster Layer

 

33. Selections > Select All

 

34. Selections > Modify > Select Selection borders
Change to Inside and 2

 

35. Flood Fill selection with your dark color

 

36. Selections > Select None
Note: If for some reason your borders are too close to each other, you can close off the layer for which ever one you would prefer to.

 

 

On tube:

37. Drop Shadow
Horizontal = 5
Vertical = 10
Opacity = 50
Blur = 5
Color: Black
Or use your own 

 

38. Move Tool
Move your image to where you would like it best.

 

39. Layers > Arrange > Move Down

 

40. Edit > Repeat (unless you deleted a frame)

 

41. Selections Tool
Selection Type: Rectangle
Mode: Add (Shift)
Feather = 0
Anti-alias = Checked
Draw out a selection from your inner frame and downward, covering your excess shadow.
See example:

 

42. Edit > Clear

 

43. Selections > Select None

 

Time to choose your faux rag paper method!

 

Method 1: Do Step 44. Skip steps 45 - 51.

Rejoin tutorial at step 52.

 

Method 2: Do Step 44.
To add your own flare, continue on after using the selection.

 

Method 3: To make this totally your own paper design, skip Step 44 and continue on with the tutorial.

 

44. In layer palette highlight Faux Rag Paper layer.
Selections > Load/Save Selection > Load Selection From Disk
faux rag paper selection
 
45. Eraser Tool 
Shape = Round
Size: 6
Hardness:100
Step: 10
Density and Thickness: 100
Rotation: 0
Opacity: 50
Click in several areas on your layer to have
the layer beneath show through. You want a
variety of distances between clicks. 

 

46. Eraser Tool
Shape = Square
Size: 2
Now draw out short lines in varying directions across and
around your image.

 

47. Eraser Tool
Size: 5
Click in several areas.

 

48. Eraser Tool
Size: 1
Draw scratches in your "paper".

 

49. Eraser Tool
Choose your own shape and size 
and continue to make marks in your paper if you'd like.

 

50. Magic Wand
Mode: Add (Shift)
Match mode: Opacity
Tolerance: 0
Feather : 0
Nothing checked
Left click on your light colored layer.

 

51. Selections > Invert

 

52. Edit > Clear

 

53. Selections > Select None
If you would like, you can flip both horizontal and vertical and see if you like that look better. Edit > Undo twice if you tried and you liked it better before.

 

54. In Layer Palette
Lower opacity if you'd like 90-95.
You can do the same to the layer below.
 
55. Optional: Layer Palette
Highlight lowest layer.
Gamma Correction (Shift + G)
I used .8 to brighten the colors for some of my results.
 
56. Selections > Select All
 
57. Selections > Clip to Canvas
 
58. Selections > Select None
 
59. Edit > Copy

 

60. Edit > Paste As New Image
We will use this for our text pattern next.

 

61. Materials background 
Change to pattern
Pattern = The copy we just made
Angle: 45
Scale: 60
(or whatever settings look best for yours)
If you find you don't like how this looks, change back to solid, and  choose a medium color for your background.

 

62. Palette Layers
Highlight your top layer.

 

63. Text Tool
I used Klarinda Playful from dafont.com
Size 9
Units: Points
Bold
Align Center
First Direction
Sharp
Stroke Width 1.5

 

64. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
Click on the Default Arrow and then change:
Bevel: 2
Depth: 2

 

65. Optional: Gamma Correction (Shift + G)
I used .8 to brighten the colors.

 

66. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Change Vertical to 2 and  Horizontal to 5.

 

67. Objects > Align > Vertical Center
Or place where you best like your text.

 

68. Add your copyright information on a new layer.

 

69. File > Save As
I like to save as png for the clearest image.
You can save as jpg if you'd like less kbs.

A huge thank you to Barbara and Cathy for testing this!

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You are done! I hope you enjoyed it!

Faux Rag Paper Tag Tutorial 

Made by Meshi October 22, 2021