I
utilize several software titles in my graphic creations, but
at the moment to create an award I like to use the Paint Shop
Pro. Is is very easy to create an award with this fantastic
tool, you need only follow these steps:
1.
Open the Paint Shop Pro and using the "new" tool
open a new file with 100 x 140 pixels (measure generally utilized
in awards). The background can be of any color or transparent.
2.
Click in the foreground and stroke properties and selects
a golden gradient, afterwards click in the flood fill tool
and click inside the rectangle for that he receives this coloring.
3.
Now click in the rectangle tool and design a rectangle in
the center of your award. Click in the foreground and stroke
properties and selects a texture, afterwards click in the
flood fill tool and apply the selected texture in the retangle.
4.
Your award plaque is ready, now you must create its content,
this is the more difficult part of be done; now you will need
of all your creativity and good taste for obtain an original
and pretty result. Do a research in sites of free tubes (psp
tubes) for unite the necessary stuff for compose the design
of your award. Here are some links when you can found excellent
free stuff:
Wizard
Pygal Tubes Links
CCD´S
Tube Heaven
Nelly´s
World
5.
Utilizes the text tool for add the text to your award, you
can add effects to this text, but we go opted by the simplicity.
Now sufficiency chooses the graphic that is going to characterize
your award. Find for a graphic that be offered freely and
don’t forgot of place a citation in your credits page with
a link.
6.
For finish choose a graphic, of preference with transparent
background, and open (open tool), right away selects the graphic
(menu selections - select all), copies the graphic (menu edit
- copy), click in the external border of your award (for select
it) and paste the graphic in the award (menu edit - paste
- paste as transparent selection), centralizing the graphic
in the award. Ok!
I
am sure of that, following this tutorial, you obtained to
create an award a lot prettier than this, but the important
is that now you can begin to create your own awards, with
high quality and good taste.
Lupércio Mundim
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