Beware of pirates Tutorial written by and © to Bits N Bobs 20th May 2009. Results are for personal use only. No monetry gain allowed and that includes placing them behind a paid or donation based membership area. You are not allowed to share/forward or translate any of my tutorials or place them on any blog, website, DVD or anywhere else without my permission. These tutorials are written from my own ideas and any similarities to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. All tutorials are for those with a working knowledge of paintshop pro. I reserve the right to amend these terms at any time. Supplies needed. Font of choice for your name. I am using Cezanne Regular Tube of choice. I am using psp12077 Grace by Elias Chatzoudis Not to be used without an MPT license Download pirate embellishments here Embellishments created by me using clipart from leehansen Babe-a-licious tagger kit by Bits N Bobs I have used the following items from the above kit frame 4, doodle 3, bow 1, bow 2, gem string 1, paper 8, paper 9, paper 10, No outside filters needed. This tutorial was written in PSP 9 Note Open all the supplies in paintshop except the font. Double click on your font and minimize. 1. New transparent image 500x500 at 72 dpi 2. Resize frame to 400 pixels wide, copy and paste as a new layer on your new image. 3. Resize your tube to 380 pixels high, copy and paste as a new layer on your new image and add a dropshadow. Dropshadow settings will be the same through out this tutorial. Effects/3Deffects/dropshadow Vertical 2 Horizontal 2 Opactity 100 Blur 5.00 Colour black. 4. Close of your tube layer, select the inside of the pink frame, selections/ modify/ expand by 14, copy paper 9, add a new raster layer, paste into selection selection/ select none. Activate the frame layer and select the inside of the purple frame, selections/ modify/ expand by 14, activate paper layer, copy paper 10, paste into selection selection/ select none. Activate the frame layer and select the inside of the purple frame, selections/ modify/ expand by 14, activate paper layer, copy paper 8, paste into selection selection/ select none. Use your clone tool to fill in any gaps. Don't worry about overlapping the frame as we will be moving this layer. Layers/ arrange/ send to bottom. Re-open your tube layer. 5. Activate frame layer, copy treasure map, paste as a new layer. With you raster deform tool rotate your map and add a dropshadow using the same settings as before. 6. Activate paper layer, copy palm tree and paste as a new layer. Position, duplicate layer, position, merge/ layers/ merge down, layers/ arrange/ send to bottom. 7. Activate your tube layer, copy and paste wordart as a new layer, add a dropshadow with the same settings as before. 8. Activate your paper layer, copy and paste doodle 3 as a new layer, add drop shadow with the same settings as before. 9. Resize bow 2 to 150 pixels wide, activate frame layer and paste as a new layer, add drop shadow with the same settings as before. 10. Activate frame layer, resize gem string 1 to 350 pixels high, copy, paste as a new layer, position under the bow and add a dropshadow with the same settings as before. 11. Resize bow 1 to 70 pixels wide, activate treasure map layer and paste as a new layer, position the bow and use your raster deform tool to rotate the bow to your liking, add drop shadow with the same settings as before. 12. Now copy one of your small skulls, paste as a new layer and position. Repeat this with each of the skulls. 13. Add your copyright info, watermark, name, crop and export as a png file.