This tutorial was written on January 13, 2009
and is the sole property of Kimberly Beach
aka Silent Angel Designs. Any resemblence
to other tutorials is by coincidence only.
Please do not offer this tutorial elsewhere
or claim it as your own.
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Supplies:
Jasc Paint Shop Pro. I used PSP 9
but this should work equally well in other versions.
Outside Filters - EyeCandy 4000 - Chrome and Gradient Glow
This is a tutorial to show you how to create a halo. Hope you enjoy :0)

Open a new image 400 X 400
Using your ellipse tool,


draw out an ellipse, kind of flat looking:

After you are happy with it, convert to a raster layer

Go to EyeCandy 4000 - Chrome with the following settings:


Then go back to EyeCandy 4000 Gradient Glow
We are going to use the Diffuse Yellow setting:

but will modify the numbers just a bit:



Then go to Image - Rotate - Free Rotate



This is just a suggestion;
rotate as much or little as you need for your project.
Add a nice drop shadow:

and voila! You have made a halo.

I used mine in conjunction with a cloud photo from STock Xchng
and a quote from H.G. WELLS.