"Kiss Me I'm Irish" (Animated)

"Kiss Me Im Irish"

This Tutorial was writen by (Me) on March 6th, 2010 and is of my own creation.

Any version of Paint Shop Pro will work for this tut.

You will also need a good working knowledge using masks.

You will also need Eye Candy Glass. Xero Sparkles Plugin.

If you do not have these plugins, You can use something similar.

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I am using the awesome artwork of Ismael Rac. You need to purchase

A license to use his work Here

Please Do Not use the same tube as me without a proper license to do so.

"WC ST. Patricks Day Grabbag Here And Here

WSL_Mask115, Here
Tube of choice, Font of choice.

"Ready? Let's Go"

1.) Open the WSL_Mask115, duplicate it, and close the original.

Copy and paste paper of choice from the kit on top of white background.

Apply the mask, Duplicate the mask layer, On original, go to adjust, gaussian blur of 25%.

Click ok. Close all layers and merge the two masks visible. Unhide all layers.

With deform tool, pull the mask out to fit canvas.

2.) On the doodle layer, Selections all, float, defloat, Copy and paste paper of choice.

Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Delete the doodle layer. Add a drop shadow.

3.) Highlight the black circle layer, Selections all, float, defloat, Copy and paste paper of choice.

Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Delete the black circle layer.

Add a drop shadow (Optional).

4.) Higlight the circle layer again, Copy and paste the tube, Place her inside the circle.

Add a drop shadow to the tube. Making sure she is on top of paper layer.

5.) Highlight the circle frame layer, Selections all, float, defloat.

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

Delete the circle frame layer. Add a drop shadow to the frame.

6.) Highlight the grey rectangle layer, Selections all, float, defloat, Copy and paste Paper

Of choice, Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Delete the grey rectangle layer.

Add a drop shadow to the rectangle layer. Staying on this layer, Selections all, float

Defloat, Copy and paste tube, image mirror, Selections invert, hit delete, select none.

Add a drop shadow to the tube.

7.) Highlight the rectangle frame layer, Selections all, float, defloat

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

Delete the rectangle frame layer, Add a drop shadow to the frame.

8.) Highlight the bottom grey rectangle layer, Selections all, float, defloat.

Copy and paste paper of choice, Selections invert, hit delete, select none. Drop shadow.

9.) On the wordart layers, Selections all, float, defloat, Copy and paste paper of choice.

Or you can floodfill it with any color to match the tag. Go to effects, Eye candy glass

With these settings:

1. Bevel Width=24.69

2. Bevel Smoothness=30.00

3.Round Selection Corners=0

4. Inside Selection.

5. Opacity Color=Black

6. Tinting=100

7. Refraction=50

8. Inner Shadow=75

9. Drop Shadow=75

10. Shadow Offset=27.42

11. Shadow Glow=0

Click ok.

10.) Hide all layers except for the wordart, Merge visible. Unhide all layers.

Add a drop shadow to the wordart.

11.) Highlight the Clover layer, Selections all, float defloat,

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

Or if you prefer, Floodfill with a color. Delete the black clover layer.

Selections all, float, defloat, Eye candy glass with same settings as before.

Add a drop shadow to the clover. Repeat this same step with the other two clover layers.

12.) Highlight the grey circle image layer, Selections all, float, defloat.

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

Keeping this layer highlighted, Selections all, float, defloat, Copy and paste tube, Resize.

Image, mirror, place her inside the circle image. Selections invert, hit delete, select none.

Add a drop shadow to the tube. Delete the grey circle image layer.

13.) Repeat this same step for the other two grey circle images.

14.) Now decorate your tag with embellishments from the kit and use my tag as a guide.

15.) Now add your name and your watermark.

Add a drop shadow to your name.

16.) Add artist copyright info, And your license number.

16.) Highlight the large circle layer. Go to effects, Xero Sparkles with these settings.

1. Flecks_1

2. Uniform

3.Density=80

4. Maximum=845

5. Vary Brightness=120

6. Vary Colour=120

7. Use Highlight=Checked

8. Anti-Alias=Checked.

Click Ok.

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

Go back to psp and edit, undo sparkles.

Xero Sparkles with same settings as above only changing the Density to 90

Click ok. Edit/copymerged and paste into AS after the current frame.

Go back to psp, edit, undo sparkles.

Repeat the Xero Sparkles effect changing density to 100. Click ok.

Edit, copymerged, and paste into AS after the current frame.

View animation. Save as a .Gif File.

I hope you all enjoy this Tutorial.

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