"Blue X-Mas Season" Tutorial

"Blue X-Mas Season"

This Tutorial was written by Me on Dec. 1st, 2009.
And is of my own imagination and creativity.
Any resemblance to another tut online is purely accidental.
You will need a very good knowledge of Psp and working with masks.

"Supplies Needed"

Paint Shop Pro...Any version will work with this tut.
Wsl_Mask 75, or mask of your choice. Here
Scrap Kit used was a freebie by Scrap Dimensions. "Tis' The Season"
You can find the kit Here
Tube of choice, Font of choice.

I am using the fantastic artwork of Ismael Rac. You will need a license
To use his tubes. Here Please Do Not use the same tube without the proper license.
I also colourized all my embellishments to match the color of my tube.

"Ready, Let's Go"

Open a new blank 600x600 canvas and floodfill with white.
Open your mask and set aside for now. We will get back to it in a sec.
Copy and paste a paper from the kit, apply your mask. Duplicate the mask layer.
On the original mask layer, go to adjust, blur, gaussian blur 0f 25%, click ok.
Hide your white background and merge the two mask layers visible.
With deform tool, pull mask out on all sides to fit canvas.
Unhide your white background. Add a slight drop shadow to the mask.

Open one of the snowflakes from the kit. resize. place it to the top right corner,
Sticking out a little bit. Add a drop shadow, sharpen. Duplicate/image mirror.
Duplicate/image flip, Duplicate/image mirror. Hide all layers except
For the snowflake layers. merge them visible. Unhide all the other layers.
Now pull the snowflakes layer out to fit canvas. sharpen. Open one of the glitter doodles.
Resize, place it to the top left making it stick out a little bit.
Add a drop shadow, then sharpen.

Open a paper of choice and set it as your foreground, background null.
Holding down the shift key, draw out a good-sized circle on top of mask layer.
Objects, align center on canvas, convert to a raster layer. Add a drop shadow.
Highlight the circle layer, with magic wand, click inside the circle, selections, modify.
Expand by 4, copy and paste a paper, selections invert, hit delete, select none.

Move the paper layer below the circle layer. Highlight the circle layer again and.
With magic wand, click inside the circle, selections modify, expand by 4.
Copy and paste the hanging stars, resize, selections invert, hit delete, select none.
Move the hanging stars below the circle layer but on top of the paper layer.
Add a drop shadow, then sharpen.

Highlight the circle layer again, with magic wand, click inside the circle, selections,
Modify expand by 4, copy and paste your tube. selections invert, hit delete, select none.
Add a drop shadow to the tube. Make sure the tube is on top of the hanging stars.

I chose to make my tube look like she is coming out of the frame. If you choose
To make her look like she is coming out of the frame, carefully erase parts of the tube
Hanging out from the circle.

Open flowers from the kit, resize, place it to the top right corner. Add a drop shadow.
Open one of the pointsetta flowers, resize, place it to the bottom anywhere you wish.
Or see my tag as a guide for placement. Add a drop shadow, sharpen.

Open one of the lollipops, resize, and place it to the left side bottom of canvas.
Add a drop shadow, then sharpen. Open one of the x-mas trees, resize it,
Place it to the bottom left side. see my tag as a guide. Add a drop shadow, sharpen.

Open presents, resize and place it to the bottom middle. Add a drop shadow.
Sharpen if needed. Open the sleigh, resize, place it to the bottom left side of canvas.
Add a drop shadow, sharpen if needed.

Open the cancles, resize. Place it on the bottom on top of the pointsettas.
Add a drop shadow. sharpen if needed. Open the stockings and resize. place them
On the top left. Add a drop shadow. sharpen.

Open the hanging bells, resize, place it on top of the stockings. drop shadow.
Open a bow, resize, and place it on top of the bells. add a drop shadow, sharpen if needed.
Open an ornament of choice, resize and place it on top of the flower.
Add a drop shadow and sharpen. Or just see my tag as a guide for placements.

Add your tube again on top of all other layers. Place her towards the bottom or,
Where you want. Add a drop shadow to the tube.
Add your name in font of choice, Add artist copyright info,
And your watermark. You may save the tag as is as a .png file or animate.

"Animation"

On the merged snowflakes layer, adjust/add/remove noise with these settings.
1. Add noise of 50% Random, Monochrome checked.
Highlight the hanging stars layer and add noise of 50%, Random, Monochrome checked.
Click ok. Edit/copy merged and paste into AS as a new animation.
Go back to Psp and edit undo noise on both the hanging stars layer and merged snowflakes layer. Repeat the add noise as above only changing the noise to 55%, click ok.
Edit/copy merged and paste into AS after the current frame.
Go back to Psp and edit/undo as above. Repeat the add noise only changing the,
Noise to 60%. edit/copy merged and paste into AS after the current frame.
View animation. If you are satisfied with the animation, save your tag as a .gif file.
You may also play with the frame properties to what settings you like.
I hope you all enjoy this tut and i would love to see your results.

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Please Do Not claim it as your own work.
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