"Cheery X-Mas" Tutorial...( Animated )

"Cheery X-Mas"

This Tutorial was written by Me On Nov. 30th, 2009.

Any other resemblance to another Tutorial online is purely accidental.

This Tutorial is of my own creation and imagination. You must have a good knowledge

Of working with masks to do this tut.

"Supplies Needed"

Any version of Paint Shop Pro will work with this tut. I used Psp9.

Animation Shop.

Wsl_Mask78, or your mask of choice. Font of choice. Here

I used the FTU scrap kit from Gina,"Christmas Cheer", Here

I am using the artwork of Jose Cano. You must purchase a license to use his work.

You may get the tubes Here

Please Do Not use the same tube without a proper license.

"Let's Go"

Open a new 600x600 blank canvas and floodfill with white.

Open your mask and set aside for now. Copy and paste a paper of choice.

Apply the mask. Duplicate the mask layer, and on the original mask layer.

Go to adjust, blur, gaussian blur of 25%, click ok.

Hide the white background, and merge the two mask layers visible.

Unhide the white background and with your deform tool, pull mask out to fit canvas.

Now i colourized my tag to match my tube. This is optional.

Open a paper from the kit and set this as your foreground color.

With your preset shapes tool set on eclipse, width of 20, holding down the shift key.

Draw out a good sized circle making sure not to go over the mask layer.

Objects align, center in canvas. convert to a raster layer.

Add a drop shadow to the circle frame.

Making sure you are on the circle frame layer, with magic wand tool, click inside the circle.

Selections modify, expand by 6, copy and paste a paper of choice. selections invert.

Hit delete, select none. Add a slight drop shadow, optional. move paper below the circle layer.

On the circle frame layer, magic wand, click inside the circle frame, selections.

Modify, expand by 6, open a wrap bow from the kit. copy and paste onto the canvas.

Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Make sure its on top of the paper layer.

Magic wand, click inside the circle frame, selections modify, expand by 6.

Copy and paste your tube. Position her inside the circle, selections invert, hit delete, select none. or you could position her so that she looks like she is coming out of the frame.

This is your choice. Add a drop shadow to the tube.

Open the snowflakes from the kit. copy and paste them and position them to the top right.

Resize to your liking. Add drop shadows. sharpen. Open the flower like ornaments.

Resize to your liking and position it to the top right side and make it stick out to.

The side a little bit. Add a drop shadow, sharpen. Duplicate this layer, image/mirror.

Opn the flowers from the kit. resize them to your liking. Position them to the top right.

And move them down slightly. see my tag as a guide for placement.

Add drop shadows to the flowers. sharpen.

Open the candle sets, resize them to your liking. Position them to the left bottom side.

Of the canvas. Add drop shadows, sharpen. Open the candycanes, resize

Them to your liking. Position them to the left bottom side and place them how you want them.

Add drop shadows to them, sharpen.

Open the presents, resize them to your liking. Position them to the left bottom side.

Add drop shadows to them, sharpen. see my tag as a guide.

Open the ornaments from the kit, resize them to your liking. Position them to.

The bottom middle, add drop shadows and sharpen. Copy and paste the holly.

Resize it, and position on top of the candycanes. Drop shadow, sharpen.

Add your name in font of choice. Add a drop shadow, sharpen.

Add artist copyright info and your watermark.

"Animation"

Animation is optional. If you chose to animate like i have, please follow these steps.

On the circle frame paper layer, go to effects, VDL Adrenaline snowflakes

With these settings.

1. Amount =50.

2. Size Range Begin=0

3. Size Range End=20.

4. Hardness=0

5. Transparency=0

6. Snow Color=Basic Snow.

7. Random Seed=5.

Edit/copy merged and paste into AS as a new animation.

Go back to Psp and edit/undo snowflakes effect.

Repeat the snowflakes effect only changing the Random Seed to 15.

Edit/copy merged and paste into AS after the current frame.

Go back to Psp, edit undo snowflakes, repeat the snowflakes effect only

Changing the random Seed to 20. Edit/copy merged and paste into AS after

The current frame. Keep the animation properties on 10. View animation.

You can also play with the animation frames settings to play slower or faster.

Your choice. Save as a .Gif File.

I hope you will all enjoy this tutorial as i had writing it.

This tutorial is copyrighted to me. Please Do Not Claim It As Your Own.

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Tutorial "Rac Berry X-Mas"

"Rac Berry X-Mas"

This Tutorial was written by (me), on Nov. 22, 2009.

Any resemblance to another tut is purely coincidence. This tut was done in Psp 9.

But any version of Paint Shop Pro will work. You also need a good knowledge working

With masks.

You will also need the VDL Adrenaline plugin for the snowflakes.

Animation is also (Optional).

I am using the PTU "Berry X-Mas" Scrap kit from Sue of WackyWinnie Designz.

You may find the kit at CountryHollowsScrapsStore.

Thank You Sue for allowing me to use your kit in my Tutorial.

Wsl_Masks 81 and 64. Here Tube of Choice, Font of choice.

I am using the awesome artwork of ©Ismael Rac. You will need to purchase a license

to use his tubes. You may find his tubes. Here"

Open a new 600x600 blank canvas and floodfill with white.

Open paper WWDpaper4. Copy and paste it onto your canvas. Open your Wsl_Mask 84.

Go to layers, new mask layer from image, you will see your mask listed in the source window.

Source luminance checked, invert unchecked. click ok. Go to layers, load/save mask

To alpha channel, click save. Now on your paper layer, go to layers, load/save mask,

From alpha channel, click on load. Right-click on the layer palette and merge group on

The mask layer. Duplicate this mask layer and on the original mask layer,

Go to adjust, blur, gaussian blur of 25%. click ok. Hide the white background, and

Merge the two mask layers visible. Unhide the white background. Pull mask out to fit canvas.

Open WWDpaper 1 and repeat the same steps above for the Wsl_Mask 61.

Do not pull this mask out to fit canvas. Duplicate the Wsl_Mask61 and on the original

Layer, adjust, blur, gaussian blur of 25%, click ok. Hide all layers except for the two

Wsl_Mask 61 and merge them visible. Unhide all other layers. Lower the opacity on

This mask layer to 45-48. Hide all layers except for the two merged mask layers and merge these visible. Unhide the white background.

Now open one of the frames from the kit. Copy and paste it on top of the masks layers.

Resize a little. You do not want it to cover the frame. With magic wand tool, click inside

The frame, selections modify, expand by 8, Copy and paste WWDpaper 9.

Selections invert, hit delete, select none. move the paper below the frame layer.

With magic wand tool, click inside the frame again, selections modify, expand by 8.

Copy and paste your tube, position her inside the frame. Add a drop shadow to tube.

Now if you want you can also have her looking like she is coming out of the frame. This

Is your choice. I chose to position her inside the frame.

Open the WWD Tree 1. Copy and paste it on top of all layers, resize to your liking.

Position the tree on the bottom right side of canvas, add a drop shadow.

Open the WWD Boxes 1, 2, and 3. Resize to your liking and place one of them to the bottom

Right side near the tree. Add a drop shadow. Place the other two boxes on the bottom left side. add drop shadows.

Open WWDpflower 1, Copy and paste it behind the tree, Resize, Add a drop shadow.

Open the WWDOflower2, Copy and paste it on top of the flower we just did, slightly moving it towards the right. Add a drop shadow.

Open the WWDSnowman 1 and 2, Resize, Copy and paste onto the canvas. Position them to

The bottom right side and place in front of the tree. Add drop shadows. Sharpen.

Open WWDCandle2, Copy and paste it onto the canvas, Resize, position it to the

Bottom left side of canvas, Add a drop shadow, sharpen.

Open the WWDBall 1, 2, and 3. Resize small. Copy and paste them onto canvas.

Position them to the top right side of canvas. See my tag as a reference. Add drop shadows.

Open the WWDBBall 1 and 2, Resize small, Copy and paste them on the bottom middle of your tag. Add drop shadows. sharpen.

Open the WWDDecoration 1, Resize, Copy and paste it to the top right side.

Add a drop shadow, sharpen.

Open your tube again, image/mirror. Copy and paste the tube on top of all layers.

Position her to the left side of canvas. Add a drop shadow to the tube.

Add your name and your watermark. Add artist copyright info.

"Animation"

On your merged mask layer, providing you have the VDL Adrenaline Plugin.

Go to effects and find the snowflakes plugin. Now with these settings:

1.) Amount=50, 2.)Size Range Begin=0, 3.) Size Range End=10, 4.)Hardness=5, 5.) Transparency=5, 6.) Snow Color=Basic Snow. 7.) Random Seed=10. Click ok. Now on the paper

Layer, repeat the VDL Adrenaline Snowflakes. Edit/Copy Merged and paste

Into AS as a new animation. Go back to psp and edit, undo the snowflakes effect on

Both the mask layer and the paper layer.

"Repeat" this same step only changing the random seed to 15, edit, copy merged

And paste into AS after the current frame. Go back to psp, edit, undo the snowflakes effect.

"Repeat" again only changing the random seed to 20. Click ok. Edit, copy

Merged and paste into AS after the current frame. Frame properties set at 10.

View Animation. If you are happy with the animation, save as a .Gif File.

This Tutorial is ©Donna's Designzs and is of my own creation.

Please Do Not Claim as your own work. My Tus are Copyright Protected.

I hope you all will enjoy this Tutorial.

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"Christmas 2009" Tutorial

"Christmas 2009"

This Tutorial is animated.

I wrote this Tutorial On Nov. 20th, 2009.

Any resemblance to another tut online is purely coincidence.

You will need any version of Paint Shop Pro. A very good knowledge working with masks.

My Christmas 2009 scrap kit. Here
Wsl_Mask 17 Here or your mask of choice. Tube of choice, Font of choice.

Snow animation of choice.

I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey. Please Do Not use the same tube as me

Without the proper license to do so. You may find his tubes Here

"Let's Start"

Open your mask in Psp and put aside for now.

Open a new 600x600 blank canvas and floodfill with white.

Copy and paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer. Apply mask.

Duplicate the mask layer, and on the original mask layer, adjust, blur, gaussian blur

Of 25%, click ok. Hide the white background layer, merge the two mask layers visible.

Unhide the white background. Pull mask out to fit canvas.

Open the clips from the kit, copy and paste them under the merged mask layer.

Resize them, image flip. Position them to the top right of canvas and with your deform

Tool, angle them to your liking. Add drop shadows.

Open the flower bunches, copy and paste them under the mask layer, and

Position them to the top left side of the canvas. Duplicate and place one on the bottom

Right. Add drop shadows.

Open one of the circle frames from the kit. Copy and paste on top of mask layer.

Add a drop shadow to the circle frame. With your magic wand tool, click inside circle.

Selections, modify, expand by 8, copy and paste a paper of choice, selections invert.

Hit delete, select none. Move the paper below the circle frame. With magic wand, click inside the circle again, selections modify expand by 8, open a wrap bow or beaded ribbon,

Position it inside the circle, selections invert, hit delete, select none. Drop shadow.

Making sure this is on top of the paper layer.

On the circle frame layer, With magic wand, click inside the circle, selections

Modify, expand by 8, Copy and paste your tube, Position her inside the circle.

Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Add a drop shadow to the tube. Make sure

The tube is on top of the wrap bow or beaded ribbon but inside the circle.

Open any of the flowers from the kit. Resize, Position them on the bottom right.

Add drop shadows. Open the gingerbread house, resize, and position it on the bottom right.

See my tag as a reference for the placement. Add a drop shadow.

Open a pointsetta flower, resize, and position one to the bottom left of canvas.

Add a drop shadow, layers duplicate and place it to the top right. Open one of

The candle sets, resize, position it to the bottom right of canvas. Add a drop shadow.

Open the cookie jar resize, and position it to the bottom left of canvas. Drop shadow.

Now you can add any ornaments from the kit, resize them and place where you want.

Add drop shadows and sharpen if needed.

Open the holly from the kit. Resize, place one on the top left of canvas.

Layers, duplicate and place it to the bottom of canvas near the cookie jar.

Add drop shadows.

Open one of the trail ribbons, resize, and place it on top of the pointsetta flower. Add

A drop shadows, sharpen if needed.

Open one of the heart chain accents and place it to the right side on top of the trail ribbons.

Add a drop shadow and sharpen if needed.

Open any ornaments from the kit and resize them. Place them to the bottom middle.

Open your tube and copy and paste it on top of all other layers, Position

Her to the left side of canvas. Resize if needed. Add a drop shadow to the tube.

Now you can add your name and your watermark.

Add all artist copyright info. Merge layers visible. Now we need to take it into AS.

"Animation"

Go to edit, copy merged and paste into AS as a new animation.

Depending on the snow animation you use, duplicate the tag for as many frames

As the snow animation. Snow animation i used has 10 frames, so you would

Duplicate as many frames as you need for the snow animation.

On your duplicated tag, select all. On the snow animation, select all, edit copy and

Paste into selection. Keep repeating this step til you have all the areas

Covered you want the snow on your tag. When your done, click on view animation.

Now you need to decide on how fast you want the snow to animate. Click on

Animation, then click on frame properties and in the little box put in 15-20.

Click ok. View animation. If all goes well with the animation, save you tag as a .gif file.

This Tutorial is ©Donna's Designzs.

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This tutorial is of my own creation. Please Do Not Claim

As your own work. This tut is copyright protected.

"Diamond Blues" Tutorial

"Diamond Blues"

I wrote this Tutorial on Nov. 20th, 2009.

Any resemblance to another tut online is purely coincidence.

You will need any version of Paint Shop Pro. You will also need a good knowledge of

Working with masks.

I used Wsl_Mask 17, Here but you can use any mask you wish.

Tube of choice, Font of choice.

I am using a freebie scrap kit from Scraps-Dimensions called "Diamond Blues".

You can find the kit. Here

I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey. Please Do Not use the same tube without

The proper license to do so. You may find his tubes. Here

"Ready? Let's Go"

Open your mask in Psp and set aside for now.

Open a new 600x600 blank canvas and floodfill with white.

Add a new layer. Copy and paste a paper of choice from the kit.

Open your mask, apply mask. Duplicate the mask layer, and on the original layer.

Adjust, blur, gaussian blur of 25%. Hide your white background layer.

And merge the two mask layers visible. Unhide your white background. Pull the

Merged mask layer out to fit the canvas.

Open up the SD DB Embellishment 3. Copy and paste on top of the merged mask layer.

Add a drop shadow and place it to the left top side. Sharpen.

Open up the SD DB Clip 1. Copy and paste it on top of merged mask layer.

Resize. image flip, position it to the top right side and angle it to the right.

Repeat this same step for the SD DB Clip 2. Add drop shadows to both clips.

Choose a patterned paper from the kit and set this as your foreground on the

Layer pallette, background is null. With your preset shapes tool set on eclipse,

Width of 20, holding down your shift key, draw out a good-sized circle, objects, align

Center on the canvas. convert to a raster layer. Add a drop shadow to the circle.

On the circle layer, with magic wand, click inside the circle, selections, modify, expand by 4.

Copy and paste a paper of choice, selections invert, hit delete, select none.

Move the paper layer below the circle layer. Back on the circle layer, with your

Magic wand, click inside the circle, selections modify, expand by 4, Open the SD DB Wrap 2.

Copy and paste it on top of the circle layer, selections invert, hit delete, select none.

Making sure its on top of the paper layer. Add a drop shadow.

Back on the circle layer, Copy and paste your tube. Position her inside the circle,

Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Add a drop shadow to the tube.

Add tube again on top of all other layers, Position her to the left side, resize if needed.

Add a drop shadow to the tube.

Now you can decorate your tag as you wish or you can use my tag as a reference on placement.

Add your name and your watermark.

Add artist copyright info, save as .Png file.

This Tutorial is ©Donna's Designzs.

http://donnasdesignzs.blogspot.com/

This Tutorial is of my own creation. Please Do Not Claim as your own.

My Tutorials are copyright protected.