This blend tag tutorial was written by me Diane Knight on 20/03/07 any resemblance to any other tut is purely coincidental
For this tut I am using the fantastic artwork of Marta Dahlig http:\\www.blackeri.deviantart.com

you need to have personal or group permission to use her art.

For this tut you will need PSP, and a fairly good knowledge of PSP.

3 images of choice and flowers of choice

Penta.com plug-in (12th one down) HERE

Open a New canvas 600x450

Take 3 images you like
and arrange them to your liking on your canvas

Now we are going to try and blend them together

Make sure your middle image is the top layer
now with your freehand selection (Lasso tool) -
Make a selection like below:

Selections - modify - Feather – with the settings below:

Then hit the delete key once maybe twice, whatever looks best

selections - select none

repeat on the other side of the image

selections - select none

now you should have something that looks like this:

resize the whole tag by 90%

on a new layer select your preset shape tool –
rectangle - background white - foreground null

draw out a rectangle across the width of the tag
at the bottom - change the blend mode to soft light –
it should turn transparent

now Layers - merge All (flatten)

effects – plug-ins – penta.com  - dot and cross
with the settings below:

I changed the blend mode to Luminance legacy on both flower tubes.

by right clicking on your layer – go to properties and change the blend mode on both flower tube layers to luminance legacy - see below:

add your artists © and save your tag as a jpg and your done.

Feel free to show off your results at
my forum on the show off board.