What You Need

Paint Shop Pro, I used 9
3 images of your choice, they need to be similar
Get great free images at stock.xchnge
Murameisters Copies filter - HERE
Font of choice, I used Vein - HERE

Open a 600 x 400 transparent canvas.
Open your images in psp
Copy and paste each image as a new layer onto your canvas
Arrange and resize to liking. Making sure image in middle is at top of layer pallete
Grab your Freehand Selection Tool (lasso) with these settings:



With middle image, top layer selected draw around the sides of image



Press delete on your keyboard several times until image
loses the hard line and blends in with other image
Repeat on other side of same image
When happy, Select None & Merge Visible

Use your Freehand tool again, same settings
Draw around the face of middle image
Promote Selection to layer
Select None
Change Blend mode of this promoted layer to Lighten
And change the merged layers blend mode to Multiply

Add a new raster layer and send to bottom
Pick a light to medium color from image and floodfill this layer
Go to Effects ~ Texture Effects ~ Weave with these settings:



Lower the opacity of this layer to liking, between 25-50

Add a new layer and add a few brushes
I used a text brush with the color black
Change the blend mode of brush layer to Soft Light
and lower the opacity to 50

Merge Visible

Now we are going to draw some rectangles so grab your preset shape tool on rectangle with these settings:



Foreground color from before or chose another from images
Background color null
Draw out some rectangle around faces or focal points of images

Making sure they overlap in 2 places (see my tag)
When happy convert to raster

Use your magic wand to select inside the 2 areas where the shapes overlap
New Raster layer
Selections ~ Modify ~ Expand by 1
Flood fill with foreground color
Select None
You should have something like this:



Effects ~ Texture Effects ~ Blinds:



Move layer below your rectangles and lower opacity to about 85

Apply a drop shadow to the rectangles (top layer)
V = 2 H = 2 Opacity = 50 Blur = 2 Black
Merge All and add a border
Same color as rectangles and size 2, symetric
Promote background layer
Resize your image by 80%, bicubic, All Layers NOT ticked

Effects ~ Plugins ~ Mura's ~ Copies
preset Afterimage(linear) with these settings:



Time to add your name
I chose the same color again but you could chose another from image
I used the font Vein, Vector, size 48, stroke 0 and anti-alias ticked
Apply your text and position to liking then convert to raster layer
Duplicate your name and on original not copy, apply the Copies filter again, same settings
On the copy of name apply this drop shadow
V = 2 H = 2 Opacity = 75 Blur = 2 Black

Add your watermark and any copyright info needed
Merge Visible then Copy and Paste as New Image
This crops your image without accidently removing any of your tag

Save your tag as a jpg and enjoy:)

Heres another example using the default Afterimage(linear) settings:






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page and tutorial designed by Dee 28/10/2005.