Okay, we値l be making this siggy:
We値l start with the photo first. Right click on the photo and save it to your hard drive, then open it in PSP.
First, we want to crop the photo to get rid of the extra stuff in the background.
Click on the crop tool and drag it across the photo until you get the size you want.
Once you have the area selected, double-click any where inside the selection to crop.
Now, let痴 add a white border to the image so that it looks like a photo.
Click on Image>Add Borders and this menu should pop up.
Change the Size in Pixels to 10, leaving Symmetric clicked, you値l only have to change one and the rest will change automatically. If your color is not white to start with, click inside the color box and change it to white.
Now let痴 resize the image. You can do this by clicking on Image>Resize. We値l resize this to 50%. Make sure your settings look like this:
Now, we値l create a new Image by clicking on File>New. Make your new Image 400x400 pixels and make your background color white. It should look something like this:
Okay, go back to the bear picture. We need to copy that into our new Image. Click on Edit>Copy. Then you can close that picture, saving it if you want to. Then click on your new image and then click Edit>Paste as a New Layer. Then click on the Select Tool and move it and rotate it to the desired location.
We値l also add a Drop Shadow to the picture by clicking on Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow and this menu will pop up:
Make sure your settings are like this and click OK.
Next we want to add the flowers. You can get the flowers at http://www.valentine.gr/clipart3.htm. Open the file in PSP and then click on Edit>Copy and then you can close the flowers. Go back to your siggy and click on Edit>Paste as a New Layer. Your image may look like this:
To put the flowers behind the bear, click on Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom. Then use your Select Tool to put them at the desired location.
Almost there. Now we値l add the text. You値l need to download the font here:
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=kaileen
Go here if you need help installing the font:
http://www.myfonts.com/support/help_install_win.html
To add the text, click on the Text Tool in the toolbar:
Click on the Image where you want the text to go, and the text box should pop up.
First choose your color. To add a stroke to the text, make your foreground color white. To change your background color, click on it and the Materials Properties Menu will pop up. You can then click anywhere on your Image to change the color of the background to something from your Image. I clicked on the pink in the bears shirt and then click OK on the Material Properties. Type your text in the box after you have changed the font to Kaileen. I changed my font size to 40. Now we need to change the text to a Raster layer so that we can add effects to it. To do this click on Layers>Convert to Raster Layer.
To add effects, click on Effect>3D Effects>Drop Shadow and then Effects>3D Effects>Chisel. When you do the Chisel effect, change your settings to the following:
That痴 it. You池e all done. I usually save my image now so that I can edit it if I need to later. I save it as a PSPImage and then also as a jpeg. After you have saved it as a PSPImage, you can save it as a jpeg. In order to save your image as a jpeg, you値l need to merge all of your layers. Do that by clicking Layers>Merge>Merge All.
What I want everyone to do is to make a siggy exactly like mine (or as close as you can get) and post it here. You will need to right click on the bear picture at the top to save it to your computer. Then I want you to make another siggy all your own using one of the flowers here - http://www.valentine.gr/clipartindex.htm and using the Kaileen font and your own image.
I also would like EVERYONE to participate in Free For All Friday (you only need to do one or two siggies if you are short on time) OR Siggy Theme of the Week (or both) before moving on to Lesson 2 which will be posted next week.
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I think the older versions use that instead. See if that helps. You should be able to rotate it with that. You can also use Image Rotate. I don't like that as much though.
