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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 20, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
A great person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I used the very cute artwork of Amber Kelso. You must have a license to use her art. You may obtain that license and her art from C.I.L.M. It has been brought to my attention that if one searches under "Amber Kelso" at C.I.L.M., this particular tube is not there. Apparently, they're trying to make things easier by putting all winter and Christmas tubes in a different area. Personally, it seems they've made it more difficult. But here's the link to their winter and Christmas tubes. Hope this helps!!
The scrap kit is by Tina, from Tina's Magical Scrap World. This is a PTU kit, available at Exquisite Scraps, and is called Purple Snowflakes. It's a gorgeous kit with MUCH to offer. I have a couple other tuts semi-done with this kit... not sure which ones might make it here, but the kit has so much, I couldn't decide!
Supplies: The two masks and the snow, which can be found here. One of the masks is by the illustrious Becky, but I don't know how to find her since I first got her masks a few years ago. If you do where she is, let me know and I'll put up a link to her great stuff! The other mask, I don't know. Same goes for that one, AND the snow. I don't know who made that, either, but it's obviously not an American. If it is yours, or you know whose it is, again, let me know, as I'd love to give the proper credit!
Also, please, if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll send you the supplies.
Filters: Mura's Meister > Copies
Font: I used Christmas.
Okay, let's go!
Open the mask in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file it with the rest of your PSP masks, for future use! File the snow animation to where it will be handy when we get to Animation Shop.
Open a new image, 700 x 700, white.
Open frame4. Resize 85%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Add your tube. Resize, position and drop shadow to your liking.
Highlight the frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by 1. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your tube layer. Grab your eraser brush and erase any of your tube that may be overlapping the sides and/or bottom of your frame. Selections > Select None.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open Paper11. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your Becky_Mask022. Delete mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Highlight your white background layer again.
Open glitterspill2. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Effects > Plug-ins > Mura's Meister > Copies with the settings shown below. Pay no attention to the picture of the canvas in this screen shot. I did it after the actual applying of this setting the first time....
Hit okay.
Apply your Edge Texture mask. Delete mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Move this layer around 'til it's sitting how you like it. Make sure it's the layer right above the white background layer.
Open pearls3. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position behind the frame, as though they are like icicles hanging in the background. Drop shadow. I gave these pearls a really deep drop shadow, to contrast with the darker background color. This, of course, is up to you.
Open "poinsetta2". Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this on the bottom left corner of the frame. See my example for placement reference, if you like. Drop shadow.
Drop shadow your frame layer.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used color #4a4446 for the fill, #fbfbfb for the stroke, stroke set at 2.
I added the following bevel, TWICE:
Hit okay.
Drop shadow your name.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're done! Merge your layers and save!! Congrats!
A N I M A T I O N
Layers > View > None.
Open the bottom three layers. This should be your white background, your glitterspill2, and your mask layer.
Edit > Copy merged
Open Animation Shop, right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Duplicate this frame until you have a total of 10 frames. Move your slider at the bottom back to the first frame.
Locate and open your snow animation. Edit > Select All. Edit > Copy
Return to your animation that you're building and Edit > Select All. Edit > Paste into Selected Frame.
I found placement with this snow very easy. Just don't move until the snow shows up, then release your mouse button.
Go back to PSP. Layers > View > All. Close out the bottom three layers.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Duplicate *this* frame until you have ten. Bring the slider back to the first frame.
Edit > Select All. Edit > Copy
Back to the animation upon which you've put the snow.
Edit > Select All. Edit > Paste Into Selected Frame
Hover your mouse until the rest of your tag is positioned to your liking, then release your mouse button.
View > Animation. Save as .gif and, again! We are done!! Thanks for taking it on! I hope you enjoy your results!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 18, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
A great person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I used the cute-n-sexy artwork of Dominic Marco. You must have a license to use his art. You may obtain that license and his art from C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Sylvie, from Fantasy Moments. This is a FTU kit, called Believe. Leave some love for the freebies!!
Supplies: The mask and the bee animation, which you can find here. The mask is by Monti, of Monti's Pixel Playground. Thank you, Monti, for sharing your talents with us! I'm unaware of the origin of the bee animation. I have a couple of these, with differing file names, so I don't know what to do about that! If this file is yours, or you know whose it is, please let me know so that I may give credit where it's due! Thank you!
Other than that, please, if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll send you the supplies.
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow
Font: I used A&S Signwriter.
Okay, let's get this started! This is pretty much a cut-n-paste tut! So although it's repetitive, it should be quite easy to accomplish...
Open the mask in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file it with the rest of your PSP masks, for future use! File the bee animation to where it will be handy when we get to Animation Shop.
Open a new image, 700 x 750, white.
Open Element-61 (frame). Copy and paste as a new layer.
Add your tube. Resize, position and drop shadow to your liking.
Highlight the frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by 1. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your tube layer. Grab your eraser brush and erase any of your tube that may be overlapping the bottom of your frame. Selections > Select None.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open Paper-13. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Highlight your frame layer.
Again, grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by 15. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your Paper-13 layer. Hit delete. Selections > Select None.
Highlight your white background layer again.
Open Paper-2. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your mask. INVERT TRANSPARENCY CHECKED!! Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Open Element-75. Resize 65%. Image > Mirror. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this as you like it, behind your tube but above the Paper-13 layer. Give this a slight drop shadow.
Open Element-12. Resize 27%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate 20° right. Position as you like on the flowers from the frame. Drop shadow.
Open Element-47. Resize 59%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position over the right bottom area of your frame. See my example for placement reference if you like. Drop shadow.
Open Element-23. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this over the previous element, on the bottom right area of the frame. Drop shadow.
Open Element-46. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this with the others on the right bottom portion of your frame. Drop shadow.
Open Element-21. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this with the others, as well. Rotate 25° left. Drop shadow.
Open Element-67. Resize 27%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position on top of the bunch of flowers you've created, toward the bottom. Drop shadow.
Open Element-33. Resize 25%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position toward the top right of the frame. See my example for placement reference, if you like.
Drop shadow your frame layer.
On your top layer, add your name. I used color #e682e4 for the fill, #950ba9 for the stroke, stroke set at 2.
I added the following bevel:
Effects > Plug-Ins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow set at 3-0-100, color white.
Drop shadow your name.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're done! Merge your layers and save!! Congrats!
A N I M A T I O N
Edit > Copy merged
Open Animation Shop, right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Duplicate this frame until you have a total of 18 frames. Move your slider at the bottom back to the first frame.
Locate and open your BeeHeart animation. Edit > Select All. Edit > Copy
Return to your animation that you're building and Edit > Select All. Edit > Paste into Selected Frame.
Hover your mouse over the area you would like your bee to be. lol. Release the mouse button. View > Animation. If you don't like what you see, then Edit > Undo Paste and re-do the paste into selected frame, hovering over a different area. Do this until you like your placement.
View > Animation. Save as .gif and, again! We are done!! Thanks for taking it on! I hope you enjoy your results!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 17, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
A great person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I'm using the artwork of Jay Trembly. You must have a license to use his artwork. You can get that license and art at C.I.L.M. My tag bears a license from MPT because Jay was with MPT when I bought it. He's since transferred to C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Monica, of Simply Sensational Scraps. This is a FTU kit, called Lilac Dreams. Don't forget to leave some love for the freebie!!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow -=- dsb Flux > Bright Noise
Font: I used Shalimar Swash ROB.
Supplies: The mask and the "word art," here. The mask is by Essex Girl! LOVE her masks! The "word art" was made by me, in colors to coordinate with this tag.
Also, please... if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll do my best to send you the supplies.
Okay, so let's go!
Open your supplies in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file them away in your regular PSP files for future use!
Open a new canvas, 800 x 700, white.
Open frame3. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize 115%. Rotate 90° right.
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste. If you're using a tube somewhat like mine, meaning laying down, face-first, I'll just let you know I rotated mine 30° left.
The following steps I didn't need for my particular tube. This is just here in case you need it.
Highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame.
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your tube layer. Get your eraser brush and erase whatever part of your tube you don't want showing on the bottom, top or sides of your frame.
Selections > Select None.
Okay, back to things I did on the tag.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open paper15. Resize to 800x800 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your mask. Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Resize your mask layer 90%.
Open foliage2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate 90° right. Place on the top of the frame. See my tag for placement reference, if you like. Drop shadow.
Open ornament3. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the left side of the frame. Drop shadow. Duplicate this layer and Image > Mirror. Position on the right side of the frame.
Open foliage1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place this over the ornament layer on the left. Drop shadow. Duplicate this layer and Image > Mirror. Arrange at the sides of your frame until they're positioned however you'd like them.
Open bow2. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position toward the bottom of the group of foliage & ornament on the left. Drop shadow. Duplicate this layer and Image > Mirror. Position this one as you like it.
Open the "Desire" word art. Copy and paste as a new layer. In your layer palette, drag this below the left bow, sort of covering up the ends of the branches on the bottom of that side of the frame.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used color #553b68 for the fill and #d3c59c for the stroke, stroke set at 2.
Now, add a bevel as shown below:
Hit okay.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow of 3-25-100, color #c5afd4.
Drop shadow your name.
I rotated the name on the example 30° left, and put it in the upper left corner of the frame.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your Desire layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside each letter of the word. Don't forget the dot on the "i"!!
Duplicate the Desire layer twice, for a total of three Desire layers.
Highlight your bottom Desire layer.
Effects > dsb Flux > Bright Noise set like so:
Hit okay.
Highlight the middle Desire layer.
Add Bright Noise again, this time hitting "mix" once.
Hit okay.
Now, highlight the top Desire 2 layer. Again, add Bright Noise, again hit "mix" once.
Hit okay.
Selections > Select None.
Close out the top two Desire layers, leaving the bottom Desire layer open.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the bottom Desire layer and open the middle Desire layer.
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the middle Desire layer and open the top Desire layer.
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
View > Animation.
And we're done! Thanks so much for coming around!! I've been without my mojo for about 5 days or so. I'm so glad I finally put something together! :) Have a great rest of your day!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 11, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
HOWEVER ..... a LOVELY person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I'm using the lovely artwork of Anna Liwanag. You must have a license to use her artwork. You can get that license and art at My PSP Tubes.
The scrap kit is by Yvette, of Essence of Creativity and Misfits Scrapz. This is a FTU kit, called Cute & Girly. Imagine that! LOL! No problem to figure out where I got the name for this tut! Be sure you leave some love for Yvette's new freebie!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow -=- Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise
Font: I used Pen Tweaks One SSi.
Supplies: Just the mask, as is almost a normality in all my tuts. I can't get it to actually show up when I click the link, but the download is good. And, also normal, I don't know whose mask this is. If you know who made the dmsk series of masks, let me know and I will give credit where it's due!! Thanks!
Also, please... if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll do my best to send you the supplies.
Okay, so let's start this puppy!
Open your mask in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file it away in your mask file for future use!
Open a new canvas, 700 x 750, white.
Open Frame1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize 110%.
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste.
Highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame.
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your tube layer. Get your eraser brush and erase whatever part of your tube you don't want showing on the bottom or sides of your frame.
Selections > Select None.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open the paper labeled pp1. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your mask. Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Open flowerbranch2. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate 25° left. Place to the left side of the frame. See my tag for placement reference, if you like. Drop shadow. Duplicate this layer and Image > Mirror. Merge these layers down.
Open flower1. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the bottom of the frame. Drop shadow.
Open flower4. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place this at the bottom of the frame, as well. Drop shadow. Duplicate flower1 twice, flower 4 once. Arrange down there at the bottom of the frame until they're positioned however you'd like them.
Merge all your flower1 & flower4 layers down.
Open glitterspill2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position towards the top left area of your canvas. Duplicate this layer and Image > Flip. Merge these two layers down. Duplicate *that* layer and Image > Mirror. Merge those two layers down.
In your layer palette, drag this layer down below your mask layer.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used color #cbe28d for the fill and stroke, stroke set at 2.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow of 4-25-100, color #63881e.
Now, add a bevel as shown below:
Hit okay.
Drop shadow your name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your glitterspill2 layer. Duplicate three times, for a total of four glitterspill2 layers.
Highlight your bottom glitterspill2 layer.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise set on the following:
Use default number settings.
Hit okay.
Highlight the next glitterspill2 layer up.
Add HSB Noise again, this time hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
Now, highlight the third glitterspill2 layer. Again, add HSB Noise, again hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
And finally, the top glitterspill2 layer. Add HSB Noise, again hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
Close out the top three glitterspill2 layers, leaving the bottom glitterspill2 layer open.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the bottom glitterspill2 layer and open the next glitterspill2 layer up.
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the open glitterspill2 layer and open the next glitterspill2 layer up.
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
One last time, back to PSP. Close out the open glitterspill2 layer, opening the top glitterspill2 layer.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
View > Animation.
I didn't change the frame properties on this one, because I liked the "glimmer" look. You can change it if you like.
We're done! I'm happy that you chose my tut!! I hope it was as basic as I think it was! :)
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 10, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
HOWEVER ..... a LOVELY person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I'm using the cute artwork of Gene Gonzales. You must have a license to use his artwork. You can get that license and art at C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Heza, of HezaScraps & Tags. This is a PTU kit, available at Treasured Scraps and is called Holly Jolly. This is the second tutorial I've done with this kit. The other is called A Swingin' Christmas. I'm doing a second, because that first one uses a tube not everyone has nor can buy. I hope you like this one!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow -=- Mura's Meister > Copies -=- Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise
Font: I used Anglia Script Enhancer.
Supplies: You may find here. This includes the mask, by Becky, and the gradient used for the name. The gradient is in the newer file format, so I don't think it will work for PSP versions below X. Not sure how to change it to a .jgd file, so I'm sorry about that. If someone knows how to do that, can you let me know, or do it and send me the file? Thanks so much!
Also, please... if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll do my best to send you the supplies.
Okay, so let's begin!
Open your supplies in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file them away to your mask and gradient files for future use!
Open a new canvas, 750 x 700, white.
Open Frame2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate 90° either direction.
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste.
Highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame.
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your tube layer. Get your eraser brush and erase whatever part of your tube you don't want showing on the bottom or sides of your frame.
Selections > Select None.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open Paper-13. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your mask. Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Open Flower 8. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place on the left bottom corner of the frame. Drop shadow. Duplicate this layer and Image > Mirror.
Open Frame 7. Resize 20%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Effects > Mura's Meister > Copies with the following settings:
Hit okay.
In your layer palette, drag this layer down below your mask layer.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used the gradient supplied, style set at radial, angle at 45 and repeat set at 1.
Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow of 3-0-100, color black.
Apply another Gradient Glow of 5-25-100, color #dacab5.
Drop shadow your name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your frame 7 layer. Duplicate three times, for a total of four frame 7 layers.
Highlight your bottom frame 7 layer.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise set on the following:
Use default number settings.
Hit okay.
Highlight the next frame 7 layer up.
Add HSB Noise again, this time hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
Now, highlight the third frame 7 layer. Again, add HSB Noise, again hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
And finally, the top frame 7 layer. Add HSB Noise, again hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
Close out the top three frame 7 layers, leaving the bottom frame 7 layer open.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the bottom frame 7 layer and open the next frame 7 layer.
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the open frame 7 layer and open the next frame 7 layer up.
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
One last time, back to PSP. Close out the open frame 7 layer, opening the top frame 7 layer.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Still in Animation Shop, Edit > Select All.
Right-click on the top bar of your animation. Select "Frame Properties" and change that number to 35.
View > Animation.
We've finished! Thanks for being here! I'm happy that you chose my tut!!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 10, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
HOWEVER ..... a LOVELY person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I'm using the artwork of Pinuptoons. You must have a license to use his artwork. You can get that license and his art at C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Monica, of Simply Sensational Scraps. This is a FTU kit, and is called Antique Beauty. This is a BEAUTIFUL kit, which surprised me. When I went to start working with it, it came together rather easily, and I didn't use much of it at all! BTW, don't forget to leave love for the freebies!!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Bevel Boss -=- dsb Flux > Bright Noise
Font: I used Agnes.
Supplies: Just the mask, which was made by Monti, of Monti's Pixel Playground. Thank you Monti, for sharing your knowledge and art with the PSP community!
Let's get this started....
Open a new canvas, 750 x 700, white.
Open flowerswirl1. Resize 55%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Effects > Mura's Meister > Copies with the following settings:
[Please note that this screen shot was taken later on in the making of this tag, but the settings are correct.]
Hit okay. Drop shadow lightly.
Open "broach1." Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Effects > Mura's Meister > Copies with the same settings as above:
Hit okay. Move this layer below the flowerswirl layer.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open paper 3. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your mask. Delete mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Open Sunflower2. Resize 110%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Drag this layer to the top. Drop shadow.
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used color #dbb7b9 for the fill, and #686459 for the stroke, stroke set at 1.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > Bevel Boss with the following setting:
And the following numbers:
Drop shadow your name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your "broach1" layer.
Zoom in close! Grab your selection tool, set on point-to-point, and draw a selection around the middle pink areas of all the "broaches." See the screen shot:
Repeat this all the way around.
Now, when I did this, I also drew selections around the pink areas on the outer points of the "broach." In the end, this animation is so very subtle, it almost doesn't show up on the points. So I'm just telling you about it. If you look close, you can see them, but it's totally up to you.
When done with your selections, zoom back out and duplicate the layer twice, for a total of three "broach1" layers.
Highlight your bottom "broach1" layer.
Effects > dsb Flux > Bright Noise with the following settings:
Hit okay.
Highlight the middle "broach1" layer.
Add Bright Noise again, this time changing the intensity to 40, and hitting mix once or twice.
Hit okay.
Now, highlight the top "broach1" layer. Add Bright Noise, changing the intensity to 43 and hitting mix once or twice again.
Hit okay.
Close out the top two "broach1" layers, leaving the bottom "broach1" layer open.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the bottom "broach1" layer and open the middle "broach1" layer.
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the middle "broach1" layer and open the top "broach1" layer.
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Still in Animation Shop, Edit > Select All
Right-click on the top bar of your animation and choose "Frame Properties." Change this number to 17.
View > Animation.
And we've finished another tut! I hope you like your results! I wouldn't mind seeing any.... Thanks for being here!
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Well, I've spent all morning fiddling away with this blog design. I hope the changing of the font color against this background will make it okay to see. I want feedback about this change!! Let me know.
Now, my cry for help: I need a new blinkie. I do NOT know how to make these handy little things. I'm shy about asking the GREAT person who made my current one, as we've kind of parted company... on good terms, but still. No longer a CT for her and I don't know what happened. So if anyone out there in this world wide PSP universe would like to volunteer to make me a blinkie, I'd surely appreciate it! Something to reflect the change in the blog decor....
Okay, back to the tuts with me! Be sure to let me know what you think of the change!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 8, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
HOWEVER ..... a LOVELY person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. You can see this is a pretty specific tube. I'm using the great artwork of Al Rio. You must have a license to use his artwork. You can get that license and his art at C.I.L.M. This particular tube was in CILM's Christmas gift last year, it turns out. I spent an hour going through his packs again and again, to let you know how to get this specific tube, and finally wrote to Michelle at CILM to ask her where I got it. She told me it was in the Christmas collection of 2008. So, if you were lucky enough to be a CILM customer last Christmastime, perhaps you have this one? If not, I realize it's difficult to substitute, and you likely won't be able to do this tutorial. I'm sorry! I didn't realize when I started, what I was doing, using this tube! I am going to be doing another tut with this same scrap kit that will use a more "generic" Christmas tube for y'all.
The scrap kit is by Heza, of HezaScraps & Tags. This is a PTU kit, available at Treasured Scraps and is called Holly Jolly. It's on sale RIGHT NOW at 80% off. This sale is through Monday 11-9, so hurry if you can!
Heza has also done a freebie add-on to this kit, which you can find on her blog. I didn't use anything from this add-on in this tutorial, but just know that it's available!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow
Font: I used 38.
Supplies: You may find here. This contains the "snowy" background and the "Winter Trees." I don't know from where the background came, but the trees are by Rainbow Coffi. Now, she used to be at PSP-playground.com, but that site is experiencing some kind of change, and it referred me to a Yahoo group. I joined that group, and Rainbow Coffi is listed as a permission okay artist. There are some conditions, but the owners of both the group and the site said it was okay to use the tubes as I am doing for now. So thanks to Kim and Peter, and of course, Rainbow Coffi!!
It took me a long time to get the permissions, etc., for this one, so let's start this, those few of you that have the tube!!!
Open your supplies and minimize in PSP. You could file them, also, in with your other PSP files for use in the future. Up to you! (If you us the trees later, be sure you don't use them without referring to PSP Playground and Rainbow Coffi!!)
Open a new canvas, 750 x 700, white.
Open Frame 1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate 90° either way.
Add your tube. Resize and drop shadow to your taste. Position so the tube itself will be centered, not necessarily the top of the swing. See how the swing on mine is a bit to the left of center?
Highlight your white background layer.
Open the "Background" from your supplies. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Open the V~WinterTrees2.tub from your supplies. Grab your selection tool, set on point-to-point, and draw a selection around the tree on the right.
Edit > Copy
Go to the canvas with which you're working and paste as a new layer. I positioned my first tree just to the right, mostly within the frame, but some hanging out. See my example for placement reference. Drop shadow this layer.
Now, to soften the stark edges made with the drop shadow, grab your selection tool again, this time on freehand. Set feather to 25. Draw a selection around the bottom of the snow at the base of the tree. Hit delete. Selections > Select none.
Now, duplicate this layer. Resize 65%. Position to the right of your first tree.
Now, duplicate both your big tree and your smaller tree and on both layers, Image > Mirror.
Now you have a gap in the middle. Duplicate again one of your little trees and put that in the center. In your layer palette, drag this tree below all the others.
Got them all arranged to suit you? Good!
Open bow 8. Copy and paste as a new layer. Notice, it's EXACTLY the right size!!?? Position where you'd like it in your frame. Drop shadow.
Open Box 1. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position where you'd like it. Mine is on the far left, below the frame. Drop shadow.
Open Ornament 5. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position where you'd like it. Drop shadow.
Open Ball 6. Resize 20%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position where you'd like it. Drop shadow.
Open Box 4. Resize 25%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position where you'd like it. Drop shadow.
Open Box 3. Resize 20%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position where you'd like it. Drop shadow.
Open Flake 5. Resize 10%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position top left of your frame. You will be moving this later. Just have it there, handy. :) Drop shadow very lightly.
Highlight the Background layer that you added from your supplies (not the very bottom, but the one just above that). Grab your selection tool again, and again, set on freehand. Feather set to 30. Draw an "upside down smile" along the top of your darkened sky part of the background.
Hit delete. Selections > Select none.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used black for the stroke, set at 2.
I used Paper-11 for the fill.
Open Paper-11.
Go to your materials palette. Click on the fill color and choose the "Pattern" tab at the top. Locate Paper-11, choose it and leave the settings at 0 angle, scale at 100.
Hit okay.
Write out the name. Objects > Align > Horizontal Center in Canvas. Position where you'd like it, vertically speaking.
Now add a Gradient Glow, set at 5-25-100, color #c0c0c0.
Drop shadow your name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your tube layer. Duplicate three times, for a total of four tube layers.
When I do this type of animation, I usually use five layers, but this tube on this canvas size does not allow for five. I usually put the original in the middle of the four others. Since technically there is no middle of the four, I suggest putting your original as the third layer down, putting one of the copies under it. I don't know, it makes it easier for me for some reason. It's probably not necessary, just a quirk of mine. I will, however, be giving instructions for someone doing so. So, put one of your copies below the tube layer. lol..
Highlight the layer just above the original layer.
Image > Rotate > 20° right.
Note what you have:
See how the top of the swing doesn't line up? Now, you need to use your mover tool to bring the top of the swing back in "synch" with the first.
Like so. Do you understand? I sure hope so!!
Now, highlight the next layer up. This should be the top layer of the four.
Image > Rotate > 40° right.
And adjust the top of the swing so it lines up.
Now, go to the layer just below the original layer of the four.
Image > Rotate > 20° left.
Do the same thing as above, re-adjusting the swing to line up the best you can.
I did the best I thought I could, and it turned out a little raggedy. But just do your best. We will now be....
... moving your Flake 5 layer so that it covers up the top of all the swing layers!
Close out all the tube layers except the original.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the original tube layer and open the next tube layer up (rotated 20° right).
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the open tube layer and open the next layer up (rotated 40° right).
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Close out the top tube layer and re-open the layer just beneath it (rotated 20° right).
Edit > Copy merged.
Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return to PSP. Close out the open tube layer and open the original.
Edit > Copy merged.
Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the original tube layer and open the layer just beneath it (rotated 20° left).
Edit > Copy merged.
Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Now, in Animation Shop, Edit > Select All.
Right-click on the top bar of your animation an choose "Frame Properties." Change this number to 25.
View > Animation.
Et, voila! I hope you were able to easily understand this tutorial, and I thank you for stopping by!!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 5, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Some tubes of your choice. I'm using the "flirty" (lol) artwork of Jamie Kidd. You must have a license to use her art. You may obtain that license and her art from C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Liv, of Liv Luvs Scraps. This is a FTU kit, which is available at TKO Scraps. This is another store, so you'll have to register to get it, but it is free. The kit is called "Heidi." Be sure to write a quick "thanks" for the freebies!!
Supplies: The template, which I got from Beth at Blissfully Beth. This is Template 100. She's included it with 9 others, so you'll get a file with ten in total. Thank you Beth! Great templates!
Filters: None!
Font: I used Girls Are Weird.
Let's get started.... I'm not too sure how I'm going to explain this. Wish me luck, as I wish the same for you!
Open the template. Window > Duplicate. Close out the original. Delete the copyright layer, which is on top.
Highlight the bluish-purplish background. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill this layer with white. For the time being, close out the white layer you just created. (Need to do this so you can see the white heart.)
Highlight the "top black line" layer.
Grab your magic wand and click on the top black line.
Highlight the "bottom black line" layer. Click your wand on the black block here.
Making sure you're highlighting the "top black line" layer .....
Open PaperPatterenedBrightPink2. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none. Delete both black line layers. Drop shadow your pink paper line layers.
Highlight your top frame background. Again, using your magic wand, click inside that rectangle.
Highlight your bottom frame background. Click inside that rectangle as well.
Open PaperTexturedLtPink. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete.
While you're there, add your two tubes that you're going to be using in the frames. I rotated mine 25° to the left. Position and drop shadow your tubes.
Highlight the first tube layer and hit delete. Now, highlight the second and hit delete. Selections > Select none.
When I did this, the top frame tube was partially showing up in the bottom frame. If this happens to you as well, then again take your magic wand and click on the bottom frame background. Then highlight the tube that's showing in the bottom (that you DON'T want showing there) and hit delete. Selections > Select none.
I hope I'm explaining this well! Please don't get lost! lol!
Highlight your middle frame background. Click inside that rectangle.
Highlight your "sm white heart" layer. Click inside the heart.
Open PaperHearts. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none.
Delete all three frame backgrounds and the "sm white heart" layer.
Drop shadow all three of the black frame layers, and both of the heart layers. Oh, and the "flirty" layer, as well!
Delete the bluish-purplish background and open up the white layer you created in the beginning.
Add your "main" tube. Resize, position and drop shadow to your taste.
Go to the top layer and add your name. I used black as the fill and the stroke. Stroke set at 3.
Duplicate your name layer. In your layer palette, drag your duplicate below your original. Stay on that layer.
Grab your magic wand again, and click on each of the letters in the name.
Selections > Modify > Expand by 3.
Flood fill the letters on the duplicate layer with white. Selections > Select none. Merge down those two layers. Drop shadow your name.
I used the same font, but reduced it in size by ½. Then typed out "is...". Duplicated this, just the same way we did for the name. Drag the duplicate below the original. Magic wand, click on each of the letters and dots.
Selections > Modify > Expand by 2.
Flood fill the letters on the duplicate layer with white. Selections > Select none. Merge down those two layers. Drop shadow.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you're comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
Layers > Merge > and save! We are done!
And there you go! Another finished tag! I *sincerely* hope I was able to put it into words well enough for you! Any problems, drop me a line!! I will then try to rewrite wherever the problems exist. Thanks for trying it!!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 4, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
A tube of your choice. A sitting tube would work best for this one. I'm using the fun artwork of Rion Vernon at Pinuptoons. You must have a license to use his art. You may obtain that license and his art from C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Tezza, of Tezza's Tagger Scraps. This is a FTU kit, which is called "Feeling Spotty." She's made a tag with the kit, too, which is the first image on that day's blog entry. You can get some ideas from that if you like! I almost did! LOL! Leave lots of love for the freebies!!
Supplies: Just the mask. Again, the same one used below, from Teresa at Boundless Bliss! Thanks again, Teresa!!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow
Font: I used ITC Fat Face Cyrillic.
Let's get to it! This is another quick-n-easy tut!!
Open a new canvas, 750 x 700, white.
Open Bracket1. Resize 130%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open paper8. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your mask. INVERT TRANSPARENCY!! Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Open shoelace1. Resize 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position it where you'd like it, up-and-down-wise (eek! grammar!) on the bracket layer. Drop shadow the shoelace.
Highlight the Bracket1 layer. Grab your magic wand and click outside the bracket.
Highlight your shoelace layer. Hit delete. Selections > Select None.
Open bead2. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position right over the center of the bow in the shoelace. Drop shadow your bead.
Drop shadow the bracket layer!
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste.
Open bug1. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position as you'd like it on your tag. Drop shadow your bug1.
Open bug3. Resize 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this as you'd like as well. Drop shadow this "bug."
Go to the top layer and add your name. I used color #d9c1b1 as the fill and the stroke. Stroke set at 3.
I added the following bevel:
Hit okay.
Add a Gradient Glow, settings at 5-25-100, color #6e7c3f.
Drop shadow your name. Position it so it appears your tube is sitting ... or leaning, whatever pertains to your particular tube... on the name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you're comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
Layers > Merge > and save! We are done!
And there you go! Another finished tag! Told you it was quick-n-easy!! I hope you liked this tutorial, and I thank you SO much for choosing to work with it!!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 3, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
HOWEVER ..... a LOVELY person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I'm using the artwork of Pierluigi Abbondanza. When I got these tubes, it was with a license, through My PSP Tubes. I just checked their list, and he's no longer there... and I see no reference on his web site. Not sure about this one, folks!
The scrap kit is by Jessica, from Scraps by Jessica. Her mojo died some months ago, so this is an old kit of hers, called Envious. Be sure to leave a thank you for the freebie!!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow -=- Mura's Meister > Copies
Font: I used Shalimar Swash.
Supplies: Here. This file consists of a diamond, a sparkle, and the mask. The only one I know anything about is the mask. This was made by Teresa of Boundless Bliss. Thanks so much, Teresa!!
Also, please... if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll do my best to send you the supplies.
Let's get started!
Open your supplies in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file them away wherever you keep your various types of files!
Open a new canvas, 750 x 700, white.
Open frame2. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste.
Highlight your frame layer.
Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by one. Selections > Invert
Highlight your tube layer.
Grab your eraser brush and erase that part of your tube that you do not want showing at the bottom or sides of the frame layer.
Selections > Select none.
Highlight your white background layer.
Add a new raster layer. Flood fill this layer with color #178d2e.
Highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. There are many nooks and crannies in this frame's space, so be sure you've got them all covered!
Selections > Modify > Expand by 5. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your flood-filled layer. Hit delete. Selections > Select none.
Highlight your white background layer again. Again, add a new raster layer and flood fill with #178d2e.
Apply your mask. INVERT TRANSPARENCY! Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question and merge group. This layer should be just above the white background layer, below the background of your frame.
Open ivy. Copy and paste as a new layer. Effects > Plug-ins > Mura's Meister > Copies with the following settings:
Hit okay. Drop shadow this element/layer.
Drop shadow your frame layer.
Open the greenbutterfly. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer. I found it competed a lot with the background, so I added a Gradient Glow of 3-0-100, color white. Drop shadow your butterfly.
Open bow3. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position where you'd like. Drop shadow.
Open the diamond from your supplies. Copy and paste as a new layer, positioning it in the center of the bow.
Now open the sparkle. Make sure you're on the correct layer (not the black one lol), then copy and paste as a new layer. Position over your diamond. Do a better job than I did at centering it. That bothers me that I got it off-center, but I didn't realize it until the tag was done, so....
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used color #178d2e for the fill and the stroke, stroke set at 3.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow set at 3-0-100, color black.
Drop shadow your name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your sparkle layer. Duplicate three times, for a total of four sparkle layers.
Highlight your bottom sparkle layer.
Move the slider on the opacity to 60.
It might help you to label the layers as I have....
Highlight the next sparkle layer up.
Move the slider on the opacity to 40.
Now, highlight the third sparkle layer. Move the opacity slider to 20.
And finally, the top sparkle layer. Move the opacity slider to 0.
Close out the top three sparkle layers, leaving the bottom sparkle layer open. (The layer labeled 60.)
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the bottom sparkle layer and open the next sparkle layer. (The layer labeled 40.)
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the open sparkle layer and open the next sparkle layer up. (The layer labeled 20.)
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
One more time, back to PSP. Close out the open sparkle layer, opening the top sparkle layer. (The layer labeled 0.)
Edit > Copy Merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Now we have to go backward.
Close out the layer labeled 0, and open the layer below it. (The layer labeled 20.)
Edit > Copy Merged
Go to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Go back to PSP and close out the layer labeled 20, and open the layer labeled 40.
Edit > Copy Merged
Again, to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Back again to PSP. Close out the layer labeled 40 and open the layer labeled 60.
Edit > Copy Merged
And finally, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Now! lol....
In Animation Shop, move the slider on the bottom of your animation to the first frame.
Right-click on that frame and choose "Frame Properties." Change the number to 25.
Go to the second frame. Right-click on that, choose "Frame Properties," and change the number to 20.
Go to the third frame. Right-click on that, choose "Frame Properties," and change the number to 15.
Frame 4. Right-click, choose "Frame Properties," and change the number to 10.
Frame 5. Right-click, choose "Frame Properties," and change the number to 15.
Frame 6. Right-click, choose "Frame Properties," and change the number to 20.
Frame 7. Right-click, choose "Frame Properties," and change the number to 25.
Now, finally.....
View > Animation.
There! We've finished! Lotta steps. I hope you like your finished product!
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[Click image above to go to full sized image.]This tutorial was written on November 2, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.
You will also need:
Animation Shop. This is from CNET, so it's a safe download. However, it costs. That changed pretty recently. I don't know why!!
HOWEVER ..... a LOVELY person named solshne (and another named Chris) wrote to let me know that one might find Animation Shop for free at this location. This is an FTP link and I have no idea if it's safe or not. So keep your antivirus handy to scan it after download!
A tube of your choice. I'm using the great sketch work of Jessica Galbreth. You must have a license to use her artwork. You can get that license and art at C.I.L.M.
The scrap kit is by Cynthia, from Sweeet 'n' Sassy DigiScrappers. This is a store, but it's a FTU kit called Coffee. Be sure to leave a thank you for the freebie!!
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise
Font: I used Sloop Script Two.
Supplies: Two masks, which you may find here. One of the masks is from Wee Scots Lass. If you'd like to collect all her masks, scroll down a bit from the top and you'll see the links on the left side of the blog. Thanks for all the masks over the years, Wee!! The second mask, again, I know not from where. If you can let me know who made it, let me know so that I may give credit where it's due!!
Also, please... if you have problems with any download link for supplies, drop me a line via e-mail. Leaving a comment without a way for me to contact you back doesn't help. If you e-mail me, I'll do my best to send you the supplies.
Let's get started!
Open your masks in PSP and minimize. Alternatively, you can file them away wherever you keep your mask files!
Open a new canvas, 750 x 700, white.
Open coffeeframe. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Add your tube. Resize, position, and drop shadow to your taste.
Highlight your frame layer.
Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by one. Selections > Invert
Highlight your tube layer.
Grab your eraser brush and erase that part of your tube that you do not want showing at the bottom or sides of the frame layer.
Selections > Select none.
You're going to be adding the papers now. It would do you well to label the layers as to which papers they are.
Highlight your white background layer.
Open coffeepaper5. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Again, highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand, and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by 10. Selections > Invert.
Highlight your coffeepaper5 layer. Hit delete. Selections > Select none.
Highlight your white background layer again.
Open coffeepaper7. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your WSL_Mask95 mask. Delete the mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.
Last time! Highlight your white background layer.
Open coffeepaper2. Resize to 750x750 pixels. Copy and paste as a new layer.
Apply your Edge Oval mask. Delete the mask layer answer "yes" to the pop-up questions, and merge group.
Resize your Edge Oval mask layer 95%.
You may notice the top of this mask layer stops in an abrupt edge. This bugs the heck out of me, so here's what I did to lose it!
Grab your lasso tool again, this time set on freehand, feather set at 30.
Draw curved selections on the top. Here's an example:
Hit delete. Selections > Select none.
Open coffeebutterfly2. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Mirror if that works for your tag. That's what I did. Position as you like and drop shadow.
Drop shadow your frame.
Go back to the top layer and add your name. I used color #f2ecec for the fill and #805c55 for the stroke, stroke set at 1.
I added a bevel, set as below:
Hit okay.
Drop shadow your name.
Resize your canvas to a size with which you are comfortable.
Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and taggers'/watermark.
If you choose not to animate, you're now done, and you can merge your layers and save!
A N I M A T I O N
Highlight your coffeepaper7 layer. Duplicate three times, for a total of four coffeepaper7 layers.
Highlight your bottom coffeepaper7 layer.
Effects > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise with the following setting:
and these numbers
Hit okay.
Highlight the next coffeepaper7 layer up.
Add HSB Noise again, this time hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
Now, highlight the third coffeepaper7 layer. Again, add HSB Noise, hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
And finally, the top coffeepaper7 layer. Add HSB Noise, again hitting "Random Seed."
Hit okay.
Close out the top three coffeepaper7 layers, leaving the bottom coffeepaper7 layer open.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop. Right-click on the desktop area and paste as a new animation.
Return to PSP. Close out the bottom coffeepaper7 layer and open the next coffeepaper7 layer.
Edit > Copy merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
Return again to PSP. Close out the open coffeepaper7 layer and open the next coffeepaper7 layer up.
Edit > Copy merged.
Again, back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
One last time, back to PSP. Close out the open coffeepaper7 layer, opening the top coffeepaper7 layer.
Edit > Copy Merged.
Back to Animation Shop. Edit > Paste > After Current Frame.
View > Animation.
There! We've finished! I hope you enjoyed this relatively-easy tutorial!
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