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This tutorial was written with a knowledge of PSP.
Any similarities to any other tutorial are purely accidental and not intentional.
Please do not copy or post on another site without permission.
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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice: However I am using Daniel Esparaza
Please DO NOT use without a proper License
Visit CDO HERE, to purchase

Template: Template 4 by Yvette at Essence of Creativity
Looks liker blog is down at the moment

Kit: Back to School by Creative Intentionz
Visit her blog for details on how to purchase HERE

Font=Candida

Plugins=Fritillary
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Open template, shift D to duplicate, close out original

Change canvas size to 800 x 800, we will crop and re-size later

Delete Copyright and background layer

Highlight Large Photo layer

Open Paper 2, re-size to 500 x 500, copy and paste as a new layer, invert and delete, select none and merge down

Highlight Small Photo layer

Open Paper 20, re-size to 500 x 500, copy and paste as a new layer, invert and delete, select none and merge down

Highlight Rectangles layer

Open Paper 18, re-size to 500 x 500, copy and paste as a new layer, invert and delete, select none and merge down

Add a slight Drop shadow, using settings below



Highlight Large Frame Layer

Apply Fritillary using the following settings



Repeat on small frame layer

Open Blackboard, re-size by 20%, copy and paste it as a new layer

Rotate image by using free rotate at 35 degrees to right

Open Textas, re-size by 50%, copy and paste as a new layer

Open BackPack, re-size by 30%, copy and paste as a new layer below Textas

Highlight Small Photo layer again

Copy and paste tube of choice there, invert and delete, select none

Change Blend mode to Luminance (L)

Move Small Frame to very top

Open Tag2, re-size by 50%, copy and paste as a layer, move to the very bottom layer, use my tag as example

Rotate image by using free rotate at 35 degrees to left

Open Staple 2, re-size by 50%, rotate image 90 degrees to the right

Copy and paste this as a new layer below the other school elements but before the frame

Crop your image, make sure its no longer than 650 wide

Add any other elements you would like

Add your copyright

Save image as a PNG file
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This tut was written on September 13, 2010
All links were active at time of posting.
I would love to see your finished work.
Email: lostdarkangel13@gmail.com
If any problems arise please contact me, thanks again.
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