Monday, September 6, 2010

*New* "Simply Elegant" ( Animated )

"Simply Elegant"
This Tutorial was written by Me on Sept. 6th, 2010, using Psp9.
You must have a good working knowledge of psp9 and its tools for this tut.
You must also have a good working knowledge working with masks.
You must also have a good working knowledge with Animation Shop...:)
"Supplies Needed"
Animation Shop 3
Muriel Meister's Copies Plugin
WSL_Mask61, Here or mask of your choice.
My PTU "Chic Blue" Scrap Kit, Here
Tube of choice, Font of choice.
"Ready? Let's Go"
1.) Open your mask in Psp and minimize it for now.
2.) Open a new blank 600x600 canvas and floodfill with white.
Copy and paste a paper of your choice and apply your mask. Duplicate the mask layer.
On the original mask layer, go to adjust, blur, gaussian blur of 25%. click ok.
Hide your white background and merge the mask layers visible.
Add a slight drop shadow of your choice. With deform tool pull mask out on all sides.
3.) Copy and paste flower bunch of your choice. Place it to the top right.
Add a drop shadow. Duplicate, image, mirror. Duplicate, image flip.
Duplicate, image, mirror, Duplicate, image, flip. Duplicate, image, mirror.
And move it to the middle. Duplicate, image, mirror. Hide all layers except for the
Flower bunch layers and merge them visible. Unhide all other layers.
Make sure the merged flower bunch layers are under the mask layer.
4.) Now copy and paste the DD-ChicBluebow02 Resize it small.
With Muriel Meister's Copies use these settings:
1.) Encircle
2.) Background color white
3.) Circle Mode
4.) Tile Mode
5.) Behind
6.) X and Y=50
7.) Number=12
Click ok.
Now resize this layer 110%, but do not go over the mask layer.
Add a drop shadow of your choice, Sharpen if needed. See my tag as a guide.
8.) Now highlight the frame layer. With magic wand tool, Click inside it.
Selections, modify, expand by 8, copy and paste a paper of your choice. Selections
Invert, hit delete, select none. Add a drop shadow to the paper. Move paper below frame.
9.) Highlight the frame layer, With magic wand tool click inside frame.
Selections, modify, expand by 8, Copy and paste your tube.
Position her inside the frame, Selections invert, hit delete, select none.
Make sure the tube is on top of the paper layer. Add a drop shadow to the tube.
10.) Add a new raster layer above the frame layer. With the picture tube tool.
Pick a round diamond and use these settings:
1.) Scale=100
2.) Step=200
3.) Placement Mode=Random
4.) Selection Mode=Random
Place the diamond tube on any area of the frame and place it on the top on the bow knot.
See my tag for placement. Duplicate the diamond until you have it all around on the frame.
Hide all other layers except for all the diamonds, and merge them visible.
Unhide all other layers. Sharpen the diamond tube layer as needed.
11.) Copy and paste DD-ChicBlueBow06, Resize it to your liking.
Add a drop shadow and place it on the top middle.
12.) Copy and paste the DD-ChicBlueSilky Flowers. Resize them how you want.
Place them on the bottom right side. Add drop shadows to them. Sharpen if needed.
13.) Copy and paste the DD-ChicBlueBowHeartChain02, Resize it.
Add a drop shadow. Sharpen if needed. Place it to the top right. See my tag.
14.) Copy and paste your tube on top of all layers. Add a drop shadow to the tube.
Image, mirror. You may have to move her a little bit.
15.) Add your name in paper patterns of your choice or colors to match your tag.
Add a drop shadow to your name, Sharpen if needed.
16.) Add all artist copyright info and your watermark.
"Animation"
1.) Go to adjust/add/remove noise, Add noise with these settings:
2.) Random
3.) Monochrome Checked
4.) Noise=100%
Click ok.
Go to edit/copymerged and paste into AS.
Go back to Psp and edit undo. Repeat add noise only changing the noise to 95%.
Click ok.
Edit/Copymerged and paste into AS after the current frame.
Go back to Psp, edit undo noise. Repeat noise only changing it to 100%.
Click ok.
Edit/Copymerged and paste into AS after the current frame.
View animation. If you are satisfied with the animation save as a .gif file.
This Tutorial is ©Donna's Designzs and is Copyright Protected.
Please Do Not Claim it as your own work.
I hope you will all enjoy this Tutorial.
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Friday, September 3, 2010

"New" Pink Passion

"Pink Passion"
This Tutorial was written by me on Sept. 3rd, 2010 using Psp9.
Any other tutorial online resembling this one is purely coincidental....:)
For this tut I used the Pretty_In_Pink scrap kit by Monica of SimplySensational Scraps.
You may find the scrap kit Here
You must have a very good knowledge working with masks to do this tut.
"Supplies Needed"
Wsl_Mask61, Here
Tube of choice, Font of choice.
I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey, Here
Please Do Not use the same tube as me without a proper license.
Ready? Let's Go"
1.) Open the Wsl_Mask61 in Psp and minimize for now. Open a new 600x600 blank canvas.
Floodfill with white. Copy and paste paper 18, Apply the mask. Duplicate the mask.
On the original mask layer, go to adjust, blur, gaussian blur of 25% click ok.
Hide the white background, and merge the mask layers visible.
Unhide the white background. On the merged mask layer, Pull the mask out to fit canvas.
Add a slight drop shadow. ( Optional ).
2.) Copy and paste Frame8 and resize it to your liking but do not go over the mask.
Add a drop shadow to the frame of your choosing.
Highlight the frame layer with your magic wand tool, click inside the frame.
Selections modify, expand by 8, selections invert, hit delete, select none.
Move the paper layer below the frame. Add a drop shadow.
3.) Highlight the frame layer, with magic wand tool click inside the frame.
Selections modify, expand by 8, copy and paste the charmribbon4.
Selections invert, hit delete, select none. See my tag as a guide for placement.
Add a drop shadow to the ribbon.
4.) Highlight the frame layer, copy and paste your tube. Place the tube inside the frame.
Selections, modify, expand by 8. Selections invert, hit delete. select none.
Add a drop shadow to the tube. Make sure the tube is on top of the ribbon.
5.) Highlight the merged mask layer, Copy and paste glitterspatter1, resize it.
Add a drop shadow and then sharpen. Duplicate, image, mirror.
Duplicate, image, flip. Duplicate image, mirror. Pull them up and out.
See my tag as a guide.
6.) Now add embellishments from the kit and resize them.
Place them where you want them, add drop shadows, sharpen them if needed.
Or see my tag for placement.
7.) Copy and paste your tube again on top of all layers. Add a drop shadow to the tube.
Image mirror and place your tube. See my tag.
8.)Add your name with a paper pattern or colors to match your tag.
Add a drop shadow to your name.
9.) Add all artist copyright info and your watermark.
"That's It, All Done".
This Tutorial is ©Donna's Designzs and copyright protected.
Please Do Not claim it as your work.
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