You will need some knowlege of PSP to complete this tutorial If you do have any problems - then please feel free to EMAIL me Supplies Needed Paint Shop Pro - You can get a trial version HERE My Mesh background - You can download HERE A tube you like or you can download mine HERE VM Natural Filter - You can find it HERE Alien Skins Eye Candy 3 - You can find it HERE I used A&S Harlequin Font ... But you can use any similar one. Unzip your files and open on your workspace Open your teddy tube and shift + D to duplicate Minimise for now Resize the duplicate by 75% Activate one of the teddies and add a new layer Drag this layer below the teddy Choose a colour from the tube - I used #AEC3E0 Merge visible - Resize by 75% - All layers checked Edit > Copy Activate your Mesh Selections > Select all > Float Edit > Paste into Selection Right click on the floating layer in your layer palette and promote to layer Lower the opacity on this layer to somewhere between 40 - 50 Merge visible - all layers unchecked - and rename this layer Mesh It should look something like this, although mine is resized for faster loading Image > Canvas size > W700 X H400 Add a new layer and drag to the bottom Floodfill with White Move your image over to the left hand side Using Eye Candy 3 and Motion Trail ... apply the settings below Activate your teddy tube Edit > Copy Resize by 75% - Close the original Activate your Mesh Edit > Paste as new layer Rename this layer Teddy Add a drop shadow using these settings Move the teddy to the bottom right hand of the mesh It should look like this Open your font tool > A&S Harliquin > size 48 Type your name or text Add an Inner Bevel using these settings Add a drop shadow using the same settings as above Crop your image to size and resize by 75% - All layers checked Activate your Mesh layer VM Natural > Sparkle Max size - 38 Random Seed - 142 All other settings as default Merge visible and save as Image 1 Undo Merge Visible, Undo Sparkle VM Natural > Sparkle Max size - 5 Random Seed - 142 All other settings as default Merge visible and save as Image 2 Undo Merge Visible, Undo Sparkle VM Natural > Sparkle Max size - 20 Random Seed - 142 All other settings as default Merge visible and save as Image 3 * * * Open Animation Shop Open your Animation Wizard and follow instructions onscreen, adding your images 1 - 3 in ascending order I set my animation/frame speed at 10 - But customise to your own preference Crop your image, making sure not to cut off any of your graphic Optimise and save !! Voila You now have a new Signature Tag Here's the one I made * * * Teddy and Mesh Images ©Chelle Please do NOT share or offer in other groups without written permission Background set designed by ©Chelle For the exclusive use of ©Snowdrop Design * * * Please do not copy this tutorial or Pass it off as your own You are welcome to text link to this tutorial * * * Images ©Snowdrop Design Back to Tutorial Index Back to Homepage *Best viewed with a 1024 x 768 Screen Resolution* ©Snowdrop Design 2003