Leather Blinds Tutorial
This tutorial was originally written by me on February 3, 2005. I'm feeling a little nostalgic for those old style tutorials that were my PSP roots, so I decided to dig those old tuts up. I only ever wrote a couple of them. It's a simple little tag, but I kinda like it. I have to confess that I am still using the old screen shots. :)
Supplies
Paint Shop Pro (I'm using version 9, but it should work in all versions.)
Tube of choice. The one I'm using is by Caron Vinson and is used with license from CDO. Please do not use this tube if you haven't purchased it. You can purchase this tube here.
Flaming Pear Super Blade Pro here. (Optional)
M_coconut ice preset. Sadly, I don't know where I originally got this from.
Font of choice. I used Davenport.
1. Open a new canvas 500 x 500 to give us a little room to work.
2. Choose a color from your tube for your foreground color, and using your preset shape tool with the following settings, draw a square and center it on your canvas.
3. Convert to raster layer and apply Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds with the following settings.
4. Apply a drop shadow of choice.
5. Choose a second color from your tube, and draw a second square about the same size. Center in canvas.
6. Rotate this layer 45 degrees to the right.
7. Click in the middle of your shape with your magic wand, and apply Effects>Texture Effects>Fine Leather with the following settings.
8. Select none and apply a drop shadow.
9. Add your tube as a new layer. Resize as needed and add a drop shadow of choice.
10. Crop your tag.
11. Add copyright and name. I used Super Blade Pro with the M_coconut ice preset on my name.
12. Save as a JPEG or PNG.
I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial. Here are some more examples.
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