Wax Seal

this tutorial was created on 14th April 08

It was written for those that have a workingknowlege of PSP

This tut was done in PSP X

this is how i made the item,found it by playing around in psp,lol.my ideas, my concepts, any similaritiesare purely coincidental,do not claim as your own.

You will need the following supplies:
PaintShopProX
EyeCandy5-impact

Okay lets start:
1.file- new file400x400
2.now go to preset toolsand click on circle
3.make sure your foregroundcolour is null and backgroundis to a grey #c0c0c0(we're doing it grey so u don't have tokeep making individual ones,you make a grey one and then you just colourize it)
4.draw out your shapeand convert to raster
5.now go to effects-distortion effects -wave with these settings:Horizontal & Vertical Amplitudeboth set at 2Horizontal & vertical wavelengthboth set at 34click ok
6.now with preset shape - circledraw out a circle but leaving abitof room at sides then go toselections - float - defloathit delete on this layer andthen highlight you distortedlayer and hit delete
9.now with this layerapply effects-eyecandy5-impact-bevel with these settings:
10.on first sectionsis called *settings*do not do anything with this one
11.then on *basic* heading, click on thisand apply these settingsBevel width 74.74bevel height 56smoothness 41.05round corners 5inside selection checkeddarken deep areas 0shadow interior - none
12.now on the next heading *lighting*apply these settingsdirection 129inclination 73highlight brightness 60highlight size 75highlight colour #c0c0c0shadow colour #808080click ok and you should have somethinglike this


















13.now draw a circle with preset shape againthis time draw inside the gap of your wax seal and make it just go over the sides
14.now we go back to eyecandy5 - impact-bevel and apply these settings:in the *settings* headingfind the *sharpe edge*on mine its the last in the list
15.*basic* heading, leave as is
16.*lighting*direction 135inclination 45highlight brightness 69highlight size 50highlight colour whiteshadow colour #adababclick okit should look like this:

17.in the layers palletright click and duplicate that layerthen go to image - resize to 300so its a 100 less than it was
18.merge all layers visible
there you have it...


















save how you would normally(i saved mine in png)and now you can colourize it to taste!heres mine recoloured


















then all you do is add a ribbon to make it funky,lol.
Hope you enjoyed my tutorial!