Halloween Candy Corn

Written October, 2006 by me (Kris)
Any similarity of any others on the web is a pure coincidence.
Please do NOT take my tutorial and claim it as your own.
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~ Any settings that aren’t shown are default ~

~ What we’ll make ~



~ What we’ll need ~

PSP (I used 8)
EyeCandy 4000 (optional)
Tube: Candy Corn
Right click and save this one or use a tube of your own…


Mura’s Meister – Copies Filter – Download HERE
(Need help installing the filter? Then go to my tut HERE)
A mask of choice
(I’m used mask 187)
~this was already in the program~
Font of choice
(I used CK Pitch)

~ Let’s Begin! ~

1.
Open PSP; open your candy corn or tube of choice
File/Export/Picture Tube
Enter the name of the tube file.

2.
Now you’ll want to open 2 new images
File>New>400 x 250 pixels, transparent

3.
Grab your tube tool
Put a bunch of candy corn onto one of your images
I put 12 onto mine, put as many as you wish…

4.
Now, you’ll want to go to;
Effects/Plug-In/Mura’s Meister/Copies
Settings:
Random
Tile
Behind
All the rest are default settings J

Minimize this for now… J

5.
Go to your next image;
Grab your text tool
Choose a dark color from the corn for the foreground.
Set your background to patterns
And find the candy corn image we made earlier.

In your Text Tool Options;
Settings:
Create As: Vector
Size: 90
(Depending on size of text)
Stroke Width: 2

Type your text and hit apply.

6.
Selections/ Modify/ Contract by 1

Effects/ Plugins/ EyeCandy 4000
Settings:
11.81
75
Inside Marquee
3
0
30
0
30
Click ok

Deselect (CTRL D)

7.
Effects/ 3D Effects/ Drop Shadow

Settings:
V & H: 2
Opacity: 50
Blur: 4.95
Color: Black
Click Ok

Now back to your candy corn image. J

8.
Adjust/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 8

9.
Layers – Load/Save Mask
Load Mask from Disk…
A box will pop up
Mask: Choose one of your choice
Create Mask From: Source Luminance - checked
Orientation: Fit To Layer - checked
Options: Invert Transparency - unchecked, Hide all Masks – checked
Click Load

Layers/Merge/Merge Group J

10.
Copy this image
Go back to your text image
Paste as a new layer
Now go to Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom
Set the opacity on this layer to 60%
Now Layers/ Merge Visible

11.
Grab your tube tool again
Put some candy corn on your image around your name
Putting each one on a new layer, so that you can move them around if need be

Once you’re happy go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible

Add a new raster layer and add your water mark at this time.

Layers/ Merge/Merge All Flatten

Save as & you’re done!

Here's another I've made:

Thanks for trying my tutorial.

I hope you’ve enjoyed trying and have learned something.

Feel free to email me with any questions you might have!