tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104720905809522132024-03-13T21:14:54.282-07:00Tuts By AbstractAbstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-65940274632164378392012-04-16T17:46:00.002-07:002012-04-16T17:50:58.419-07:00KiwiFireStorm-Zipper<a href="http://images51.fotki.com/v303/photos/2/1445922/10251158/KFSZipper-vi.gif"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 625px; height: 225px; " src="http://images51.fotki.com/v303/photos/2/1445922/10251158/KFSZipper-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Tube of Choice. I'm using the art of KiwiFireStorm. You can purchase his art <a href="http://www.thepspproject.com/">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Texture of Choice. I'm using this one <a href="http://sirius-sdz.deviantart.com/art/texture-102-106842139?q=boost%3Apopular%20in%3Aresources%2Ftextures&qo=68">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Animation of Choice. I'm using the Mist animation by Lovey. You can find it at the bottom of this post <a href="http://loveysshack.blogspot.com/2012/01/some-gothy-animations.html">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Font of choice. I'm using Weltron and Shit Happens. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >It is assumed you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tutorial was written in CS5. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open a new image with the dimensions of 625x225. Name the image "Tag"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open your tube of choice, copy and paste it into the tag. Name that layer "Tube"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open your texture and copy and paste it under the tube layer. Name it "background". </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Create a new layer above the tube layer. Name it "Frame". Select all, modify border of 8 px. Flood fill that area with black. Do this a few times so that you have a clean line. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Add a stroke to the frame layer of 3 px using a color from your tube. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Create another layer between the tube and frame layer. Using your Rectangle Marquee tool, draw a rectangle out across the middle of the tag. Invert and flood fill with black. Deselect. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >In the Layer Style window, drop the advanced blending down to 50% and add a stroke that is the same as the frame layer. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Above that layer you just made, using your text tool set to Weltron 24pt, make a line of dots. To do this, you just need to hit Alt+7. Don't make the line too big, feel free to experiment with what size you want. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Rasterize the layer and move it to the top left corner of the tag. Duplicate that line and move it to the bottom right of the tag. Use my tag as a reference. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Activate those two layers and hit Ctrl+G to create a group. Name this group "Line Animation"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open your animation. Delete the bottom layer. Select all layers and hit Ctrl+G to group the layers. Duplicate group, but find the "Tag" in the dropbox menu and hit ok. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Move that grouped animation above the background layer. Close off all the layers in that group except the bottom one (Frame 2)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >At this point, add your copyright information. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now, find a nice script font. I'm using Shit Happens. Type your name out at 100pt and in the color white. Add a nice dropshadow to it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you are not going to animate, save here. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >To animate. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open your Line Animation group. Create another frame in the animation window. In the firt frame, your lines should be where we placed them. In the second frame, move them to opposite ends. So the top one will be at the right and the bottom one will be at the left. You will have to do each layer by itself. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >On the first frame, hit the tween button. Tween with next frame and add 18 frames. You should now have 20 frames total. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now, go back to the first frame and open the group with the other animation. Make sure frame 2 is showing in the first frame. Go to the next frame and close off frame 2 and open Frame 3. Repeat this process going up the frame layers until you do each frame. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Set the display to .1 seconds. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Save for Web and Devices and enjoy!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-60378957546579467602012-04-08T13:48:00.002-07:002012-04-08T13:51:33.697-07:00Jehsee-Flirty Goth<a href="http://images17.fotki.com/v530/photos/2/1445922/10251158/JehseePurpleGoth-vi.gif" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://images17.fotki.com/v530/photos/2/1445922/10251158/JehseePurpleGoth-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div>Tube of Choice: I'm using the art of Jehsee, you can get his art <a href="http://www.dreamscapeimaging.com/">here</a>. </div><div>Kit of Choice: I'm using Flirty Goth 2 kit by Kristin. You can find where to buy it <a href="http://toxicdesirez.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</div><div>Animation of Choice: I'm using an animation by Lovey. The animation is the Electrical Lovey-11. It can be found <a href="http://loveysshack.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image with the dimensions of 600x600. Flood fill with white. </div><div>Copy and paste your tube into it, name that layer "Tube".</div><div>Resize the tube if needed. </div><div>Open the Frame 1 element. Resize by 85%. Copy and paste it into the tag. Name that layer "Frame".</div><div>Move the Frame layer under the tube. Open Paper 1, copy and paste it under the Frame layer. </div><div>Close off the paper and tube layer. Using the magic wand tool, click the inside of the frame. Expand the selection by 5 pixels. Invert the selection. Open the paper layer and hit delete. Deselect all. </div><div>Open the Wire element. Resize by 90%. Copy and paste it under the Frame layer.</div><div>Open the Star Chain element. Resize by 90%. Copy and paste it under the paper layer. Rotate it a little bit. Doesn't matter which direction. </div><div>Open the Star element and resize by 50%. Copy and paste it above the tube layer. Position it to the bottom right of the tube. </div><div>Open the Heart element. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste it above the star. Rotate it a bit to the left. Position it above the star to the top left of the star. Use my tag as a guide. </div><div>Open the Lollipop 2 element. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste it under the tube layer. Rotate it to the left a little bit and move it so that it's sticking out from the side of the tube. </div><div>Duplicate the Lollipop element, set the blend mode to Multiply. On the duplicated layer, add a color overlay using a purple from your tube. Set the blend mode on that to color. </div><div>Open the Eye element, resize by 70%. Copy and paste it above the star element. Position it under the heart, move it so that the drip from the heart is over it. Use my tag as a guide. </div><div>Open the Star and Bones element, Resize by 50% and copy and paste above the lollipop element. Move it to the left of the tube. Flip it horizontally. </div><div>Add your copyright information and name. If you aren't going to animate, close off the bottom white layer and save as a png. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are going to animate, open the animation. </div><div>Highlight the copyright layer and all the way down to the layer under the frame layer. Hit Ctrl+G to group the layers. </div><div>Select all layers in the animation, hit Ctrl+G to group them. </div><div>Move the animation under the first group you made and center it inside the frame. </div><div>Create 20 frames in your animation window. </div><div>On the first frame, make sure the Frame 2 layer is the only one open. In the next frame, close off the Frame 2 layer, and open the Frame 3 layer. Continue on this pattern until you do all the frames. </div><div>Set the display for all the frames at .2 seconds. Save for Web and Devices and enjoy. :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-33484524374532487542012-03-15T08:35:00.002-07:002012-03-15T08:40:00.359-07:00Hippity Hoppity<a href="http://images61.fotki.com/v390/photos/2/1445922/10251158/ShawliEaster-vi.gif"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 625px; height: 225px; " src="http://images61.fotki.com/v390/photos/2/1445922/10251158/ShawliEaster-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >What you need:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Tube: I'm using the art of Shawli. You can purchase her are <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/new-easter-releases/">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Kit: I'm using the kit Hippity Hoppity Easter by JRB Scraps. You can purchase it <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/new-easter-releases/">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Animation: I'm using an animation from Lovey. You can find the one I used <a href="http://loveysshack.blogspot.com/2012/03/easter-goodies.html">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tutorial was written using CS5. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open a new image with the dimensions 625x225. Name the image "Tag"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open Paper2, copy and paste into the new image. Copy and paste your tube above that layer. Name the tube layer "Tube" and the paper layer "Background"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Create a new layer above the tube. Select all>Modify>Border. Make the border 8px. Flood fill that area with a color from your tube. Flood it a few times to get a clean corner. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now, name that layer "Frame". On the frame, apply noise set at 45%. Make sure it is set to Uniform and the Monochromatic box is ticked. Apply a stroke of 4px in the color white to your frame layer. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open element20. Copy and paste that above your background layer. Position the eggs to one side and then duplicate. Drag the duplicated eggs to the other side. Merge down so that you only have one layer of eggs. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Duplicate that layer, on the top layer, set the blend mode to screen. Create a clipping mask with the two egg layers and merge together. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open Element10. Copy and paste it above the background layer. Position it to one side so that only half the petals are showing. Duplicate and move it to the other side, leaving half showing again. Merge down so you have only layer. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open up Element7. Resize by 70%. Copy and paste it above the Tube layer. Position it in the bottom right corner with just half the bow showing. Duplicate the bow and move it to the other side. Position it so that a little less is showing than the other side. Merge down into one layer. Duplicate that layer and set the blend mode to Screen. Create a clipping mask with the two bow layers and merge those together. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Above your frame layer, add your copyright information. Rasterize that layer. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now, add your name using the same color you made your frame. Apply the same noise to the name. Then apply the stroke as well, this time only 2px. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you aren't going to animate, then save now as a .jpg. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you are going to animate, open up the animation Scrambled Eggs. Delete the credit layer. Select all layers. Hit Ctrl+G to group them together. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Right click and hit duplicate. In the duplicate drop down menu, find "Tag" and then hit ok. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Move the group down above the background layer. Position it so that it's in the space that is open. Use my tag for reference if needed. Set the blend mode of the group to Multiply. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the group up and close off all the layers except the first one. Open up your animation window, duplicate frame until you have 18 total. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Here come the fun part. Activate Frame1. Make sure that the Frame one is showing from the group. Now, go to Frame2, and make sure that just the Frame2 layer is showing. Continue this for each frame. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >When that part is done, select all frames and set the display to .1 seconds. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Save for Web and Devices and enjoy!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-80234529991929555182012-03-02T07:34:00.002-08:002012-03-02T07:37:04.954-08:00Rocker-Photoshop Tut<a href="http://images51.fotki.com/v102/photos/2/1445922/10251158/JCanoRocker-vi.gif"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 215px; " src="http://images51.fotki.com/v102/photos/2/1445922/10251158/JCanoRocker-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >What you need:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Template. I'm using number 114 by Simone. You can find it <a href="http://scrappybitoffun.blogspot.com/2012/02/forum-templates.html">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Tube. I'm using the art of Jose Cano. You can purchase his art <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Filters. You will need DSB Flux-Electrosphere and MezzoForce-Ice. You can find both of them <a href="http://www.grafnet.com.pl/index.php">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Fonts of Choice. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tutorial was written using Photoshop CS5. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the template. Delete the copyright information layer, and open your tube. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Copy and paste the tube above the Frame 1 layer. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Copy and paste the close up above the black layer. Duplicate and move around the tag. Continue to do this until you are satisfied with how the background looks.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >When you have that done, merge those close up tube layers together. Set the blend mode to Luminosity. Duplicate the close up layer. On the duplicated layer, set the blend mode to soft light. Apply MezzoForce Ice on the default settings.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now, merge the Zag layers together into one. Flood fill that layer with a color from your tube. Open your tube or close up, copy and paste it above the zag layer. You may have to do it twice and position them in the framed areas. Merge those tube layers into one. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Create a clipping mask with the tube layer and the zag layer. Set the tube layer to Luminosity and then merge the two together. Merge the Frame layers together. Apply a black stroke of 3px to the frame. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Create three new layers above the zag layer. Name them Ani1, Ani2, and Ani3. Hovering your mouse over the thumbnail of the Zag layer, hold ctrl and click on it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >In your Ani1 layer, apply DSB Flux-Electrosphere. Use whatever settings look coolest. Repeat this for Ani2 and Ani3, changing the settings each time. Set the blend mode on each of those layers to Overlay. You can change the blendmode if you want a different effect. Deselect all. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Group those three layers and name them Animation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Using a nice fat font, I used Velvenda Cooler, and the color from your tube, type out something under the Zag layer. Make it rather big. Use my tag for reference if needed. (I had mine set to 72px)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Rasterize the type and bring up the layer style window. Set the Fill opacity to 60% and add a nice drop shadow to it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >At this point, add your copyright information above the top layer. Now add your name in a nice script font. I used the color white, but you can use whatever you want.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you are not going to animate, save here. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you are, open your animate window and get ready for some fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Create 4 frames in your animation window by hitting the duplicate frame option. In frame 1, make sure the Ani1 layer is open and the others are closed. In Frame 2, make sure Ani2 is the only one open. In Frame 3, only Ani3 should be showing. In Frame4, we want Ani1 showing. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >On Frame1, hit the tween button. We are going to tween with the next frame and add 3 frames. Do this again on Frame 5 and Frame 9. You should have 13 frames at this point. Delete the very last frame so that you now have 12 frames. Set the display time to .1 for all frames. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Save for Web and Devices and enjoy. </span></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-42156597195711250122012-02-16T04:59:00.000-08:002012-02-16T05:03:02.708-08:00Oz-Photoshop<a href="http://images61.fotki.com/v390/photos/2/1445922/10251158/KGarvOz-vi.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://images61.fotki.com/v390/photos/2/1445922/10251158/KGarvOz-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >What you need:</span></div><div><span >Tube. I'm using the art of Keith Garvey. You can find his art <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/index.php?p=home">here</a>. </span></div><div><span >Kit. I'm using the kit "Over the Rainbow" by giZZy. You can find the kit <a href="http://www.rebel-dezigns.com/">here</a>. </span></div><div><span >Font of choice. I'm using <a href="http://www.dafont.com/respective.font">Respective. </a></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tutorial was made using CS5. </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >Open a new image with the dimensions 600x600. Flood fill with white. </span></div><div><span >Copy and paste your tube into the image. Resize if needed. </span></div><div><span >Open Element 9. Resize by 80% and copy and paste into the image behind the tube. Rotate it a bit to the left. </span></div><div><span >Open Element 26. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste it into your image under the tube. Position it so that some of the tube is going back into the frame and some is under the feet of the tube. </span></div><div><span >Now, open paper 4. Resize by 80%. Copy and paste it under your frame. Position it up a bit so that the sidewalks blend into each other. </span></div><div><span >Close off all the layers except the frame. Using your magic wand tool, click inside the frame. Expand by 10 pixels and invert. Activate the paper layer and hit delete. Deselect all. </span></div><div><span >Activate your sidewalk layer. Using your lasso tool, draw a circle around the back end of the sidewalk. Make sure some of it in the front is not in that circle. Apply a Gaussian Blur of 3 px. Deselect. </span></div><div><span >Using the lasso tool again, select a smaller area just behind the frame and apply a gaussian blur of 1px. It should make your sidewalk look like it is fading into the background. </span></div><div><span >Open Element 34. Copy and paste above your sidwalk layer. Position it on the corner on either the left or the right side. Duplicate and move it to the opposite side. </span></div><div><span >Open Element 31. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste it above your sidewalk layer. Position it so that the sidewalk is leading up to it. Some of the element should be peeking out the top of the frame.</span></div><div><span >Open Element 23. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste it above your frame layer. Move it to the left so that it looks like it's peeking out. </span></div><div><span >Create a new layer above your city layer (the layer above the sidewalk) Using your lasso tool, draw out a rough oval. It can't be huge, but make it decent sized. Flood fill that area with white. Deslect. Apply a Gaussian Blure of 20px. Duplicate that layer and then merge the duplicate down. Rename this layer to Animation. </span></div><div><span >On your animation layer, go to the layer style box. Add an outer glow. Change the color to a gold (color pick from the sidewalk if you want) and set the opacity to 100% and the blend mode to Normal. It should look like a cloud with gold edges. Position it to the right of the image so that it's hanging off a bit. Drop the opacity to 70%. </span></div><div><span >Add your copyright information and name. If you are not going to animate, close off the bottom layer and save as a .png. </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >This animation is pretty simple. :D</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >Create three frames in your Animation window. On the second frame, move the animation layer over to the left. Only do this on the second frame. </span></div><div><span >Now, go to your first frame. Tween with the next layer and add 7 frames. On frame 9, do the same thing. Go to your last frame (17) and delete the frame. </span></div><div><span >On Frame 1 and 9, set the display to .5 seconds. On the other frames, set it to .2 seconds. </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >Save for web and devices and enjoy! </span></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-85827160558508531762012-02-11T17:14:00.000-08:002012-02-11T17:17:12.598-08:00MissUnderstood-Photoshop<a href="http://images61.fotki.com/v390/photos/2/1445922/9659919/RKunertFantasia-vi.gif"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 431px; height: 570px; " src="http://images61.fotki.com/v390/photos/2/1445922/9659919/RKunertFantasia-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >What you need:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Tube. I'm using the art of Rene Kunert. You can purchase her art <a href="http://www.rebel-dezigns.com/">here.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Kit. I'm using the kit Emolution 4 by Kristin. You can find her kits <a href="http://toxicdesirez.blogspot.com/">here.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Font. I'm using <a href="http://www.dafont.com/im-fashionista.font">I'm Fashionista</a>. You can use whatever you wish though.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Style. You can find the one I'm using <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/?qh=&section=&q=abouth#/d388bkz">here.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tut was written using CS5.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open a new image with the dimensions of 600x600. Flood fill with white or a color that matches the background of your site.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Copy and paste your tube into the middle of the image.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open frame 3. Resize by 90%. Copy and paste into your image under your tube. Rotate either direction by 90 degrees. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now open a paper of choice. I used Paper2. Copy and paste it under your frame. Close off all the layers except the frame. Using your magic wand, click inside of the frame. Modify>Expand by 3px. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the background layer, Invert and hit delete. Deselect.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the Wire element. Resize by 80%. Copy and paste into your image under the filled in frame layer. Rotate by 90 degrees in either direction.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Now, copy and paste a close up into the image above the frame background. If you need to duplicate it to get it showing what you want behind the tube, do so. Set the blend mode to Luminosity. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Between the close up and background layer, over your mouse and hit Alt, creating a Clipping Mask. Merge those together. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the Flame element. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste under the tube layer. Free rotate it a bit. However you think looks best. Position it to the left of the tube, towards the bottom.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the Charm element. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste it above the tube layer. Position it around the same area as the flame. Use my tag as a guide.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the Knuckles element, resize by 30%. Copy and paste it under the tube layer. Rotate it a bit and position it to the right, use my tag as a guide. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the Heart element. Resize by 30%. Copy and paste it above the knuckles. Rotate it and position. Use my tag for help in positioning. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Open the Doodle element. Resize by 60% and copy and paste into the image, above the frame. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Rotate it 90 degrees Clockwise. Position it to the left side of the tube. Add a black stroke of 2px. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Duplicate and flip it horizontally. Apply transformation. Now hit the right arrow key until it's on the other side of the tube lined up how you want it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Rename those layers Ani1.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Add your copyright info and name. For the name, use a nice bold font. Apply a style from the ones I linked above. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Crop around the image. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you are not going to animate, close off the white background layer and save as a .png. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >If you are feeling brave, let's animate! There are a few steps to do first though. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Select all the layers above your Ani1 layers. Hit Ctrl+G to group them. Now, create a new layer above the close up tube layer. It should fall under the frame. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Using the Rectangle tool, draw out a wide white bar across the top of the close up layer. Make sure some of it is outside the layer a bit. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Apply a gaussian blur of 10 px. Duplicate that layer then merge it down. Apply a gaussian blur of 20px. Duplicate and then merge the duplicated layer down. Apply a blur of 30px. Drag the blur down a bit so a little of the top is peeking through. Set the blend mode to Color. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Name this Ani2. Hover between the Ani2 layer, and the close up layer with your mouse. Hit alt to create a clipping mask. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Here comes the fun part. :D</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Close off the right Ani1. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Set up your animation window. Duplicate the frame twice so that you have three frames. On Frame 2, close off the Left Ani1 and open the right one. Drag the Ani2 down to the bottom of the close up layer.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Frames 1 and 3 should be the same. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >On Frame 1, hit the Tween button. Tween with next frame and add 5 frames. Now, on Frame 7, do the same thing. Go to frame 13 and delete that frame. On frame 1 and 7, set the display to .5 seconds. On all the other frames, set it to .1 seconds. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Save for web and devices and enjoy!</span></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-32619068035851687802012-02-08T12:32:00.000-08:002012-02-08T12:36:08.589-08:00Garrett Blair-Goth (Photoshop)<a href="http://images16.fotki.com/v369/photos/2/1445922/9659919/GBlairGoth-vi.gif"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 225px; " src="http://images16.fotki.com/v369/photos/2/1445922/9659919/GBlairGoth-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What you need:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tube-I'm using the art of Garrett Blair. You can find his art <a href="http://www.cdoestore.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=32&pg=1">here</a>. Please remember that all your purchases of his art go to help him in his time of need. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kit-I'm using a kit by Tragedy, you can find it <a href="http://tragedyscreationz.blogspot.com/">here</a>. (Will be posted 2/10/12)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Animation-I'm using an animation by Lovey. You can download the animation<a href="http://loveysshack.blogspot.com/2012/01/some-gothy-animations.html"> here</a>. It is the third animation down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tut was written using CS5. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open a new image with the dimensions of 600x225.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Resize your tube by 80% and copy and paste into your image. Center your tube.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open a paper of choice. I'm using Paper19. Copy and paste it below your tube.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer above your tube. Select all, Modify Border of 8px. Flood fill with a color of choice. I'm using black. Apply a stroke of 3 px in a contrasting color.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open a set of arches. Copy and paste it under your tube. Position it so that the smaller arches are touching the edges of the frame. Center the arches under the tube.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open the jewelry box element. Copy and paste it above the arches. Position it so that it's covering the bottom part of the arch. Use my tag for reference. Duplicate and move it over to the other side. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open Frame6. Copy and paste it above your background layer. Drag the frame to the side of the image so that only the side of the frame is showing. Duplicate and do the same to the other side. Merge the frame layers together.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Duplicate the frames. Set the top layer to screen. On the bottom one, apply a default gradient via the Layer Style box. Set the gradient to overlay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, add your copyright information above the top layer. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Add your name and any effects/styles you wish above the copyright info.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are not going to animate. Save as a .jpg.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are going to animate, select the layer with your copyright information, hold shift, and then select the layer just above the background. Hit Ctrl+G to group the layers. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open your animation. Delete the first frame (the one with copyright info) and select all layers. Group them together like we just did on your tag. Resize the image by 50%. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Right click on the group and hit duplicate group. In the menu for that, find your tag in the drop down menu. Hit ok</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Drag the group so that it's above the background. Position it to the side of the tube under the arch. Set the blend mode of the animation group to Luminosity. Duplicate the group and move it over to the other side. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">set up your animation window, Hit the duplicate frame button until you have 20 frames. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the first frame, make it so that Frame2 is the only layer showing. Make sure this is the case for both groups of animation. On the next frame, close off the bottom frame and open the next layer up in both groups. Repeat this until you get all of the frames done. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you have that done, set the display to .1 seconds for all the frames. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Save for Web and Devices and enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-11088488741496468552012-02-05T14:38:00.001-08:002012-02-29T06:42:54.847-08:00Bad Girlfriend-Photoshop<a href="http://images110.fotki.com/v569/photos/2/1445922/9659919/JCanoGoth-vi.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 250px;" src="http://images110.fotki.com/v569/photos/2/1445922/9659919/JCanoGoth-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://images44.fotki.com/v301/photos/2/1445922/9659919/EChatBadGirlfriend-vi.gif"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What you need:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tube of choice. I'm using the art of Elias Chatzoudis. You can purchase his art <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/elias-chatzoudis/">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Scrap kit: I'm using a FTU kit by Vaybs. You can find it <a href="http://designsbyvaybs.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-kit-pimp-my-swag.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Animation: I'm using an animation by Simone. You can find the one I used <a href="http://scrappybitoffun.blogspot.com/2012/01/bling-series-ani71-80.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tutorial was written using CS5. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Open a new image with the dimensions of 600x250. Name it Tag.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Open your tube. Copy and paste the close up into the tag. Position it how you want. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Duplicate your tube. On the bottom layer, double click and bring up the Layer Style window. Click on the gradient, set it to overlay. Leave the gradient on the basic black to white one.</div><div style="text-align: left;">On the top tube layer, set the mode to multiply. Merge visible. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Open your paper of choice. I'm using Paper9. If you use the same paper, line it up so that some of the skulls are showing. Move the paper so that it's under your tube.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Create a new layer above your tube. Select all, modify, border 8px. Flood fill with a color from your tube. Do this a few times to square it off. Apply noise set to 15%. Apply an outside stroke of 3px in black.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Open Element 46. Copy and paste into the tag above the background layer. Open another paper. I used Paper7. Copy and paste it under the filmstrip. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Close off everything except the filmstrip. Using your magic wand tool (tolerence set to 32), click inside the filmstrip. Click while holding shift down to get all sections showing. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, open the layer under your filmstrip. Expand by 5. Invert and on your filmstrip background layer, hit delete. Deselect.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Go back to your tube, copy and paste the full tube under your film strip. Hover your mouse between the tube layer and the film background layer. Hit alt and create a clipping mask. Set that tube to Luminosity. Then merge the tube down to the background. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Using your text tool using a pixel font of your choice (alias set to none), in black, type out the following:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">She likes to shake her ass she grinds it to the beat</div><div style="text-align: left;">She likes to pull my hair when I make her grind her teeth</div><div style="text-align: left;">I like to strip her down she's naughty to the end</div><div style="text-align: left;">You know what she is, no doubt about it</div><div style="text-align: left;">She's a bad, bad girlfriend!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, rasterize that layer. Duplicate it a few times and position it between the tube and the filmstrip. Use my tag as a guide. Close off all the layers except your text layers. Merge visible. Reopen the other layers. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Open Element73. Resize by 50% and then copy and paste it above your film strip. Rotate it a bit, however much you would like, and position it towards the bottom of the tag. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Add your copyright information above the top layer. Rasterize your type. Remember to credit the lyrics. "Lyrics by Theory of a Deadman"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, above your copyright info,in a nice script font, type out your name in the same color you used for your border. Apply an outside stroke set to 2px and the color black. Add a drop shadow if you wish. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are not going to animate, save as a .jpg.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are, let's clean this up a bit. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Click on your copyright information layer, hit shift and click on the word art layer. You should have highlighted all the layers except your name and the background. Hit Ctrl+G to group the layers up. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Open animation 71. Uncheck all the layers except the bottom one. Select All Layers. Hit Ctrl+G to group them up. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, right click on the group and hit duplicate group. In the drop down box, find your tag and then hit ok. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Go back to your tag. Now you can see we have some sparkles. Move that group just above the background layer. Position it behind your close up tube layer. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, down in your Animation window, hit the duplicate frame button until you have 31 frames. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Open the animation group. In each frame, open the layer that matches the frame number. Make sure you close off any other layers that are open in each frame. For example, in frame 2, you make sure the Frame1 layer is closed off and the Frame2 layer is open. So on for each layer. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Once you finish that, click on frame 1 in your animation window. Hold shift and click on Frame 31. Right click on the little arrow pointing down and set the delay to .1 seconds. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Save for Web and Devices. Enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-10240214263604056102012-02-04T19:03:00.002-08:002012-02-29T06:43:14.041-08:00Goth Girl-Photoshop<a href="http://images54.fotki.com/v104/photos/2/1445922/9659919/EChatBadGirlfriend-vi.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 250px;" src="http://images54.fotki.com/v104/photos/2/1445922/9659919/EChatBadGirlfriend-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What you need:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tube of Choice. I'm using the art of Jose Cano. You can purchase his art <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/jose-cano/">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kit of Choice. I'm using a Free to Use kit called Goth Girl. You can find it <a href="http://purples-tutorials.blogspot.com/2012/01/freebie-goth-girl.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Style of Choice. I'm using the wonderfully free styles of Sonarpos. The one I use can be found <a href="http://sonarpos.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4lhp7p">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Font of Choice. I'm using Low Gun Screen. You can download it <a href="http://www.dafont.com/low-gun-screen.font">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I assume you have working knowledge of Photoshop. This tut was created using CS5. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open your tube. Create a new image with the dimensions of 600x250. Name it "Tag"</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On your tube, close off all the layers except the first one. Copy and paste it into your tag. Go back and close off the top layer and open the second layer. Copy and paste that into your tag. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, in your tag, hit shift and click on the two layers you have. Right click and hit "Link Layers". Now position how you wish. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open a paper from the kit. I'm using P4. Copy and paste it into your tag. Drag it to the bottom. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer above your tube layers. Select all, modify a border with 8 px. Flood fill with a color from your tube. I suggest hitting flood fill a few times to square it off. Deselect.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now double click the frame you just made and pull up the Layer Style box. Under the Blending Options, drop the fill opacity down to 50%. Now, go to stroke and add a black stroke set to 3px.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open a wire element. I used Wire2. Copy and paste it above your background layer. Drag it over to the left of the image. Duplicate and drag the duplicated layer to the right of the image. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open Frame F4. Resize by 80%. Copy and paste it above your wire layers Position it in the center. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open a set of stars. I used Stars3. Resize by 60% and copy and paste above your frame. Position to the left of the tube near the bottom. Duplicate, transform>flip horizontal. Move that star layer to the right. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, add your copyright info above the top layer. Rasterize layer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Using the font Low Gun Screen, type out your name. Apply a style from Sonaparo's 261. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are not going to animate, save as a .jpg</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are going to animate, close off the bottom tube layer. Down in your animation window, duplicate frame twice. You should have 3 frames. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the second frame, close off the top tube layer and open the bottome one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Go back to frame one. Now, hit the tween button, it should look like a diagonal line of dots. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tween with next frame and add 3 frames. Now go to Frame 5. Hit tween again. Same settings as before. Set frames 1,5, and 9 to display for .5 seconds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Set the other frames to display for .1 second. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Save for web and devices. Enjoy!</div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-39713806458437969802012-01-30T09:49:00.000-08:002012-01-30T09:53:46.410-08:00For the Love<div style="text-align: center;"><div>This tutorial was inspired by the song "For the Love" by Blue October. Feel free to listen to it while you play. :)</div><div><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cR4VqvgIix4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://images59.fotki.com/v791/photos/2/1445922/9659919/BJensenForTheLove-vi.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div><br /></div><div>What you need:</div><div>Tube of Choice. I'm using the art of Barbara Jensen. You can find her art <a href="http://barbarajensentubes.com/">here.</a></div><div>Kit of Choice. I'm using Sterling. It's a Free To Use kit and can be found <a href="http://www.heartfeltperfections.blogspot.com/2011/11/sterling-freebie.html">here.</a></div><div>Animation. I'm using number 25 from Simone. It can be found <a href="http://scrappybitoffun.blogspot.com/2011/12/10-new-animations.html">here.</a></div><div>WordArt. Right click and save this image here. It's a .png word art. </div><div><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/ForTheLoveWordart.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I assume you have a working knowledge of Paintshop Pro and Animation Shop. </div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image, 600x225 with a transparent background. </div><div>Copy and paste your tube into the new image, resize if needed. </div><div>Open your paper of choice. I'm using Paper7. Copy and paste it below your tube layer. Position it how you like, just make sure the entire background is filled. </div><div>Open your frame of choice from the kit. I'm using Frame 2. Copy and paste it into your image. Move it under your tube layer and position it so that it's behind the tube. We aren't going to use this as a "frame". Just some decoration. </div><div>Now find a flower you like. I am going to use the Flower Pin. Copy and paste that above your frame. Resize if you need to. Then move it down so that half of it isn't showing. We only want a few petals showing. Duplicate this image and mirror it. </div><div>Open a heart element. I'm using the white heart (Pearl Heart). Copy and paste it above your frame layer. Free rotate to the left by 45 degrees. Duplicate that heart and mirror it. </div><div>Create a new layer at the top of your image. Select all>Contract by 8>Invert. Flood fill with a grey or black. Drop the opacity to 80%. Add a gradient glow to it. If you don't have Eye Candy, use a drop shadow. </div><div>Open the wordart I have provided (or feel free to make your own) and copy and paste it above the background layer. Position it to the left or right of the tube. Duplicate that layer and drag it to the other side. Depending on the background you picked, either the white or black words will show. </div><div>Here comes the fun part!</div><div>Close off your background and word art layers. Merge visible. Now, close off your top layer, merge visible. Add your copyright information to the top, as well as your name. Merge those down to the first layer. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are not going to animate, save now. </div><div><br /></div><div>In Animation shop, open the animation you have picked. I am using Simone's Animation 25. Cull this animation by removing 1 frame every 2 frames. You should be left with 30 frames. Crop around the animation. so that you don't have a massive image. Delete the first two frames. Minimize this animation. Go back to PSP. </div><div>In PSP, close off the top layer and copy merged. Paste into Animation Shop as a new animation. Hit Ctrl+L until you have 28 frames. If you look in the bottom right of the program, it will tell you how many frames you have. </div><div>Select all frames. Go back to Simones Animation. Select all frames. Copy and then paste into the other image by Pasting into current frame. Position it above the left wordart. Where the white wordart part is at the top. View animation. If you don't like it, hit undo and repeat until it's where you like it. </div><div>Go back to PSP. Close off the bottom layer and open the top layer. Copy merged and paste into Animation Shop as a new animation. Hit Ctrl+L until you have 28 frames. </div><div>Select all frames. Copy and paste into selected frame in your working image. (The one you just pasted the animation into)</div><div>View Animation. If it looks good, optimize and save as a .gif.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div>To make an avatar to match: Create a new image in PSP with the dimensions of 150x150. Copy the bottom layer of your banner into the new image. Copy and paste your tube above it. Create the border like we did before. Add your name or initial and copyright information. Save as .jpg. You can animate it if you wish. I prefer not to. </div><div><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-3442501480484476472012-01-29T20:46:00.000-08:002012-01-29T20:49:08.341-08:00Beauty<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/RKunertBeauty.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>What you need:</div><div>Tube of Choice. I'm using the tube Precious by Rene Kunert. You can find her art <a href="http://rebel-dezigns.com/">here.</a></div><div>Filters: DSB-Radical Mosaic, Xero-Porcelin, Penta-Color Dot, Twist (default filter), Pixelate (default filter), and Eye Candy Gradient Glow (optional)</div><div><br /></div><div>I assume you have working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written in Paintshop Pro 9. </div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image 600x600 (transparent)</div><div>Open your tube and paste into your new image. </div><div>Using your ellipse tool set to circle, draw out a mid sized circle in the middle of the image with the background set to white and the foreground set to null.</div><div>Convert to raster layer and position so that it is covering part of the tube that you'd like to showcase. </div><div>Selections>Float>Defloat>Invert Activate your tube layer and hit delete. Deselect all. Move the tube layer above your circle. </div><div>Duplicate your tube. On the top layer, using the Change to Target tool, color that layer with a color of your choice. Set the blend mode of that layer to Multiply.</div><div>Apply Xero-Porcelin on default settings to that layer. Merge visible. Resize your circle by 85%. Close off that layer.</div><div>Copy your tube back on the image again. Repeat the above steps, this time focus on another part of the tube. </div><div>Open both of your layers. Position them so that they are sort of overlapping each other. Merge them into one layer. Duplicate that layer twice. Bring the duplicated layers to the bottom. Rotate and flip them around in whatever way looks best. Merge the duplicated layers together. </div><div>Apply DSB-Radical Mosaic to the bottom layer. Apply Gaussian Blur set to 10%. Apply Twirl at max settings. Now apply Pixelate set to 22/22. </div><div>Drop the opacity on that layer down to 80%. On your top layer, add a gradient glow using a darker version of the color you picked. </div><div>Resize the bottom layer by 80%. Copy merged opaque.</div><div>Using a nice fat font set to white background, type out something. I used the word Beauty. Drop the opacity to 40% and apply a drop shadow with these settings:</div><div>Vert: 1</div><div>Horizontal: 3</div><div>Opacity: 60%</div><div>Blur: 5</div><div>Color: Black</div><div>Apply that drop shadow to your main tube layer. Apply it again, just changing the Vert/Horizontal to -1 and -3. </div><div>Create a new layer and flood fill that with white. Move that to the bottom. Duplicate your twisted layer three times so you have four of them. </div><div>Close off the top two, on the bottom, add Penta-Color Dot with the Value set at 100 and the distance set at 5. Leave the other settings alone. </div><div>Close off that layer, and go to the one above it. Apply Color Dot but this time change the distance to 7. </div><div>Now close off that layer, on the next one above it, apply Color Dot and change the distance to 9. Do it once more for last layer like that, just change the distance to 11. </div><div><br /></div><div>Add your copyright information and name. If you are not going to animate, save now. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, make sure your copied layers are all closed off except the bottom one. Copy merged and paste into a new animation in Animation Shop.</div><div>Go back to PSP and close off that layer and open the one above it. Paste into Animation Shop after current frame. Do this until you have all the copied layers done. (These should be the twisted ones)</div><div>Once you have 4 frames in animation shop, highlight the first 3 frames. Copy and paste those as a new animation. Select all frames in that animation, Reverse frames. </div><div><br /></div><div>While those frames are all still selected, copy them. Go back to your first animation. Activate the last frame and then paste after current frame. You should now have 7 frames. Select all frames, set the frame properties to 8. </div><div>Optimize and save as a .gif. Enjoy!</div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-27892326213991679902012-01-20T10:06:00.000-08:002012-01-20T10:10:52.638-08:00Barbara Jensen-Love Light<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/BJensenLoveFalls.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>You need:</div><div>Tube of choice. I'm using the art of Barbara Jensen. You can purchase her art <a href="http://barbarajensentubes.com/">here</a>.</div><div>Kit of choice. I'm using the kit Love Light by giZZy. You can purchase the kit <a href="http://rebel-dezigns.com/index.php/store">here</a>.</div><div>Mask of choice. I'm using Jenny's Sparkle Mask. You can find it <a href="http://creativemisfitscreations.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-masks-sparkle-n-bling.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I assume you have working knowledge of Paintshop Pro.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image 600x600</div><div>Open element 17, or any of the other frames in the kit. Copy and paste into your image as a new layer. Resize by 85%</div><div>Copy and paste your tube of choice above the frame layer. Resize as much as you need to. I did my tube by 85%</div><div>Activate your frame layer. Using your magic wand tool, click in the middle of the frame. Activate your tube layer, invert and use your eraser tool to erase just the bottom of the tube.</div><div>Deselect. Open a paper of your choice. I'm using Paper 1. Copy and paste as a new layer under your frame.</div><div>Activate your frame layer again, using your magic wand tool, click in the middle. Expand by 5. Go back to your paper layer. Invert and hit delete.</div><div>Open Element 41, copy and paste above your tube layer.Resize by 50% and position at the bottom of the tube. Use my tag as a guide if you need to.</div><div>Open Element 4. Copy and paste under the tube layer. Resize by 70%. Position it to the left of the tube so that some of it is just hiding under the tube. </div><div>Duplicate that layer, mirror the duplicate. </div><div>Open element 35. Copy and paste so that it is the bottom layer. Resize by 50%. Position it towards the bottom on either the left or right side. Duplicate and hit mirror. </div><div>Now, open the glitter page number 9. Copy and paste it under your roses. Apply mask of choice. Merge group and resize by 90%</div><div>Open element 14, copy and paste above your mask. Resize by 50%. Recolor red. Move to one side of the frame. Duplicate and move the duplicate to the other side of the frame. </div><div>Crop merged opaque. Open Element 31. Copy and paste under your tube layer. Resize by 50% and position so that it's coming out from behind the tube. Duplicate and mirror. Merge those layers together. </div><div>Open Element 49. Copy and paste under your tube. Resize by 50%, duplicate and mirror. Moved the mirrored one down a bit. </div><div>Open Element 16. Copy and paste as the top layer. Resize by 80%. Position it so that it looks like it's perched on the heart. </div><div>Add your name and copyright information. Save as a .ping. Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-51049065479955692392012-01-17T10:48:00.000-08:002012-01-17T10:52:18.863-08:00Barbara Jensen-Vintage<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/BJensenVintage.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>You need:</div><div>Tube of Choice. I'm using the work of Barbara Jensen. You can purchase her art <a href="http://barbarajensentubes.com/">here</a>.</div><div>Scrap kit of Choice. I'm using Wedding Bells by giZZy. You can purchase the kit <a href="http://rebel-dezigns.com/index.php/store">here</a>.</div><div>Font of Choice. I'm using Sweetly Broken. You can download it <a href="http://www.dafont.com/sweetly-broken.font">here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I assume you have working knowledge of Paintshop Pro. </div><div><br /></div><div>Open your tube. Before we get started, if you are using the same tube as I am, we need to recolor the clothing to match. </div><div>First off, find the orange clothing layers. Activate the layers. Now change the blend mode to luminosity. Tada! </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, open a new image with the dimensions of 600x600. Copy merged on your tube and paste into the new image. </div><div>Resize by 85%.</div><div>In your scrap kit, find the frame element. It should be Element29. Copy and paste into your working image. Resize by 70%.</div><div>Using your free rotate tool, rotate to the right 45 degrees. Resize again by 90%. Adjust>Sharpeness>Sharpen. Just once will be fine.</div><div>Move your frame layer under your tube layer. Position your tube so that it's sitting just above the bottom corner of the frame. Go back to your frame layer.</div><div>Selections>Select All>Float>Defloat. Now, go back to your tube layer and with the eraser tool, erase the bottom part of the tube. </div><div>Deselect.</div><div>Now find a paper you like, I'm using Paper 3. Copy and paste into your image as a new layer. Move that layer under the frame layer. Resize your paper by 75%. </div><div>Reactivate your frame layer. Using your magic wand with the tolerence set to 10, click inside the frame. Modify>Expand by 5. Invert and go back to your paper layer and hit delete. Deselect.</div><div>Using your crop tool. Crop merged opaque 600x600. </div><div>Open the heart with the music staff on it, Element 42, copy and paste into the working image. Resize by 30%. Move it above the frame layer. Mirror it and position it towards the bottom of the frame, just behind the tube.</div><div>Open element 11 (the glasses) and do the same thing you did for the heart layer. This time, instead of hitting mirror, leave it be. Move it above the tube layer and position it at the bottom. </div><div>Open Element 25. Copy and paste it under the heart layer.Resize by 50%. Position it so that it looks like it's coming out of the heart. Using your change to target brush, color the top flower layer a color from your tube. </div><div>Open Element 43. Copy and paste it under the bottom flower layer. Resize by 50%. Position it towards the top of the frame, but so that the bottom part is hidden. Recolor it the same way we did the flower.</div><div>Open Element 39. Copy and Paste it into the new image. Move it so that it's the bottom layer.Resize by 75%. Duplicate that layer and set the top layer to Multiply.</div><div>On your frame layer, apply a drop shadow with the following settings:</div><div>Vertical: 2</div><div>Horizontal:2</div><div>Opacity: 66%</div><div>Blur:8.7</div><div>Apply it again, but change the horizontal and verical to -2. </div><div>Do this for your tube layer as well.</div><div>Crop merged opaque. </div><div>Using your text tool, type out your name in white using the font Sweetly Broken. Have it set to 100px and using the text tool, rotate it a bit. </div><div>Rasterize the text layer and add a drop shadow with the following settings:</div><div>Vertical: 2</div><div>Horizontal:2</div><div>Opacity: 60%</div><div>Blur:2</div><div>Apply it again but change the Vertical and Horizontal to -2.</div><div><br /></div><div>Add your copyright information and save as a .png. Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-15272855477403067232012-01-06T23:23:00.000-08:002012-01-06T23:23:18.963-08:00Cyborg<br />
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Tube of Choice: I'm using the art of Rene Kunert. You can purchase her art <a href="http://rebel-dezigns.com/index.php">here</a>.</div>
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Textures of Choice: I'm using my own textures that you can get from my dA <a href="http://abstract-halo.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4id7z8">here.</a></div>
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Font of Choice: <a href="http://www.dafont.com/champagne-limousines.font">Champagne & Limousines</a>.</div>
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Mask of Choice: I'm using number 16 from <a href="http://melissazcreationz.blogspot.com/2010/06/masks.html">here</a>.</div>
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Filters: Xero-Radiance. </div>
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I assume you have working knowledge of Paintshop Pro. </div>
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Open a new image 600x600. </div>
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Copy and paste your tube into the new image. Resize if you need to. </div>
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Using your Rectangle Tool, set the background to black and your foreground to null, draw a rectangle around your tube. Make sure that it's a bit smaller than your tube itself.</div>
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Align it so that it's centered in the image. Convert to a raster layer. Position your tube how you want. </div>
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Now, open your texture of choice. If you are using my texture pack, it's Texture2 that I used. </div>
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Copy and paste that texture between the tube and rectangle layer. Activate the rectangle layer. Selections>Select All>Float>Defloat>Inverse. Go back to the texture layer and hit delete. Deselect.</div>
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Now do the same thing with the tube layer. That way everything is nice and inside the rectangle. </div>
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Set the blend mode on the texture layer to Luminance. Merge visible. Duplicate that layer. Set the top layer to Screen and drop the opacity to 75%. If you are using a different color scheme and tube, feel free to mess with the blend modes to see what you like best. </div>
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Now, merge visible again. Duplicate your layer again. Close off the top layer. Resize the bottom layer by 75%. </div>
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Reopen the top layer. Using your raster deform tool, move the bottom layer to the right of the top layer. Try to center it. Use my tag as a guide. Duplicate the small layer and then hit mirror. Merge down.</div>
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Duplicate the bottom layer (the two small ones) and set the blend mode on the top small layer to multiply. Then apply Xero-Radiance on the default setting. Close off the topmost layer and merge visible. </div>
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Activate your top layer (the big one) and hit Selections>Select all>Float>Defloat>Modify>Expand by 5 pixels. Create a new layer. Flood fill that layer with a color of choice. In my case I'm going to use white. Deselect and move that layer under your top layer.</div>
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Apply noise set at 100% and on Random. Go back to your top layer and merge down. On the bottom layer (the small ones) do the same thing, except only expand by 3.</div>
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Now, on the top layer, apply a drop shadow with these settings: </div>
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Offset Vertical: 1</div>
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Blur: 2</div>
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Apply it again but change the Offsets to -1, -1. Apply the shadows the same way to the bottom layer.</div>
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Crop the image down using the Crop Opaque Merged option. set it to 475x500. Center it so that you have extra space to work with.</div>
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Open your texture again. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Make that layer your bottom layer. Apply your maske of choice.</div>
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Merge group. Using your Change to Target Brush, greyscale the masked layer. All you need to do is set the color choice to either white or black and just brush over the layer. :)</div>
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Drop the opacity of your mask layer down to about 70%.</div>
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Activate your top layer. Using your pen tool set to Draw Lines and Polylines, draw out a line set at a width of 5, color of choice, and diamond style. Position the line along the edge of the small tube layer. Use my tag as a reference. Convert to raster layer. Duplicate and hit mirror. Move the line in a bit if you have to.</div>
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Merge down and add your shadows like you did before. </div>
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Add your copyright information. </div>
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Using a font of choice, write out your name. Add the shadows like you did before and save as a .png. Enjoy!</div>
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You need:<br />
Tube of choice. I'm using the work of Neoracer. You can purchase a license to use his work <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">here.</a><br />
Background of choice. I'm using a background pack by Abstract Creations (me!) that can be purchased <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">here.</a><br />
Animation of choice. I'm using this one <a href="http://www.box.com/s/cu2ak4klzu1oan8aoptx">here</a>. It's my personal creation and I ask that you direct people here to get it.<br />
Kit of choice. I'm using a FTU kit by Kristin. It can be found <a href="http://creativemisfitscreations.blogspot.com/search/label/Scrap%20Kits%20-%20Black%20and%20White">here.</a><br />
Fonts: <a href="http://www.dafont.com/wintermute.font">Wintermute.</a><br />
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I assume you have working knowledge of Paintshop Pro and Animation Shop. This tut can be recreated in photoshop if needed.<br />
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Open a new image 600x225<br />
Open the fractal pack (or texture of choice) and choose one that you like the most. I'm using the Infinity image.<br />
Desaturate or color using the target tool to match your tube. What I do to desaturate is set my foreground to black or white and use the change to target tool to color it.<br />
I'm making my tag black and white but you can do whatever color you want.<br />
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Position how you want. Desaturate the tube. <br />
Open your scrap kit of choice. I'm using a freebie from Kristin that can be found on the Creative Misfits Blog.<br />
If you aren't using the same kit, then feel free to improvise during the next few steps using elements from your kit.<br />
Open Flower1. Copy and paste it into your tag. Resize by 75% and move to the corner of the tag. Duplicate this flower, mirror it and move it to the other corner. I rotated the second one a bit so it wasn't exactly the same. You don't have to do that.<br />
Now open the Flame element.Copy and paste it under your flowers. Move it over to the right or left, your choice. Resize by 75% and position it right at the edge. Use mine as an example.<br />
Open the Doodle element. Copy and paste it above your flame layer. Resize by 75% and position it so that it's just above the flame layer on the side.<br />
Merge the doodle and flame layer together. Duplicate your merged layer and hit mirror. Position a bit lower then the other layer is. Use mine as a guide.<br />
Open the Glitter Trail element. Paste it just above your tube. Move it down to the bottom of the tag.<br />
Activate your top layer. Now add a new raster layer. Select all, modify and contract by 8. Paste your background layer into the image. Hit delete. Deselect.<br />
Crop merged opaque. Now make sure your new border layer is desaturated. Mirror the layer. Apply texture effects-MosaicGlass on these settings:<br />
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Now move that layer to just above your background. Go back to your top layer and add a new raster layer.<br />
Select all>Modify>contract by 5. Invert and flood fill with a color of your choice. Deselect. Apply noise. I had mine set to 100% and random.<br />
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Add your copyright info and name. If you are not going to animate, save as a .jpg and enjoy!<br />
If you are going to animate then let's get to work.<br />
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Close off your bottom layer. (your background layer) Merge visible.<br />
Open your bottom layer and close off your top layer.<br />
In Animation Shop, open the animation with MNG in the name. If you animate in Photoshop, I have included the psd file as well.<br />
Minimize that animation and go back to PSP. Copy merged. Paste into animation shop as a new animation. Hit Ctrl+L 3 times. Make sure you only have 4 frames.<br />
Go back to your first animation in Animation shop (the one I provided). Resize so that it is 250x250. Select all Frames. Copy.<br />
In your background animation, select all and paste into current layer. Paste again and move the animation someplace else on the background.<br />
Go back to PSP. Close off the bottom layer and open the top layer. Copy merged.<br />
In animation shop, paste as a new animation. Hit Ctrl+L 3 times. Make sure you have 4 frames. Select all frames. Copy and paste into current layer on the background animation. This is the one we just put the other animation into.<br />
Set your frame properties to 20. Save as a .gif and enjoy!<br />
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<br /></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-91160377649048538342011-12-07T13:18:00.000-08:002011-12-07T13:25:51.662-08:00Playtime<a href="http://images57.fotki.com/v300/photos/2/1445922/10251158/RAlvaradoPlaytime-vi.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 538px;" src="http://images57.fotki.com/v300/photos/2/1445922/10251158/RAlvaradoPlaytime-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><div>You need:</div><div>Tube of choice. I'm using the work of Robert Alvarado. You can find his art at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">PTE.</a></div><div>Mask of choice. I'm using one from the wonderful Vix. I used Mask 08 from her Mask Set 2. You can find it <a href="http://vixpsp.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-masks-clareys-designz-plus-freebie.html">here.</a></div><div>Fonts of choice. I used Rollergirls and Oh La La. </div><div>Filters: Mura's Meister Copies and Eye Candy Corona. You can do this tut without either, but you will have to duplicate by hand. </div><div>Texture of choice. I'm using one of mine. You can get it on my other blog <a href="http://abstracthalocreations.blogspot.com/2011/12/texture-pack.html">here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>This tutorial was written in PSP9 and Animation shop. I assume you have working knowledge of both programs. </div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image that is 575x575. Flood fill with white (or a background color that matches any forums you are on)</div><div>Copy and paste the texture into the new image. Apply your mask of choice.</div><div>Merge group. Rename that layer to "Spin1". Under the adjust menu, hit One Step Photofix. </div><div>Duplicate that layer 3 more times so you have a total of 4. Make sure you name them Spin2-4. Close 3 of them off. Leave one open as a reference.</div><div>Now, copy and paste your tube over those layers. Position it where you wish. </div><div>Using your Rectangle tool, create a bar under your tube layer. Set the forground to null and background to a color from your tube.</div><div>Convert to raster layer and apply Muras Copies using these settings:</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://images60.fotki.com/v662/photos/2/1445922/10251158/CopiesSettingsPlaytimeTut-vi.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Open a close up from your tube and copy and paste it over your bars. If you don't have a close up, use your tube and just do it a few times to fill the bars. Make sure you merge all those tube layers together. :)</div><div>Go back to your bar layer. Selections>Select all>Float>Defloat. Now modify and contract by 4. Hit invert and then on your close up layer, hit delete.</div><div>Set your close up layer to Screen. </div><div>Now duplicate your bar layer. Selections>Select all>Float>Defloat. Modify and contract that one by 2. Invert it and hit delete on that layer.</div><div>On your original bar layer, apply noise set to Random and 75%. Make sure the Monochrome box is checked. Close off all the layers except the close up layer and the bars. Merge visible.</div><div><br /></div><div>Using a pixel font (use whatever you like best) write out a saying that fits your tube. Position this between the bars you made. Make sure they are behind the tube layer. </div><div>If you want to put a dot between each phrase, use Ctrl+7.</div><div>Line it up how you feel it looks best. Duplicate that layer and move it down to between the other bars. You should have a row of text in each blank space between the bars. Reference my tag if needed.</div><div>Merge your pixel layers into one. Apply Eye Candy-Corona, making sure the Glow Width is down to 5. Use any color you feel looks good. I did white.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now above your main tube, using your font tool, write out a word or saying that fits. Use any color or font you want. I used Rollergirls. </div><div>Convert to raster. Duplicate that layer. Using your free rotate tool, rotate one layer 90 degrees to the right. Rotate the other one 90 degrees to the left. Position them so that they are on the sides of the bars.</div><div>Merge the text layers together. On that merged text layer: Selections>Select all>float>defloat. Modify and contract by 4. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill that new layer using a lighter color. Select none.</div><div>On the bottom text layer, apply noise on the same settings as before.</div><div><br /></div><div>Add your copyright info and your name. If you want your name to match the other text, just do the same thing you did before. Just don't contract by as much. :)</div><div>If you are not going to animate, close off the white layer at the bottom and merge cropped opaque. Save as a png.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you are going to animate:</div><div><br /></div><div>Close off all the Spin layers and the white background. Merge visible.</div><div>Activate the Spin1 layer. Make sure it's open. Rotate to the left by 90 degrees.</div><div>On the Spin2 layer, rotate to the left by 180 degrees. On spin3, rotate to the left by 270 degrees. Leave the Spin4 layer alone.</div><div>Open all 4 spin layers. Close off the white layer. Merge cropped opaque. Reopen the white layer at the bottom and close off the spin layers 2-4. Make sure spin 1 is open.</div><div>Copy merged. Paste into Animation shop as a new animation.</div><div>Go back to PSP and close off spin1. Open spin2 and copy merged. Paste into AS after current frame. Repeat this for spin3 and spin4. </div><div>Set the frame properties to 25. Optimize and save as a .gif. Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-73568625078108526262011-12-04T09:23:00.001-08:002011-12-04T12:49:33.780-08:00Merry Christmas-Banner<a href="http://images116.fotki.com/v700/photos/2/1445922/10251158/ALiwanagChristmasBanner-vi.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 225px;" src="http://images116.fotki.com/v700/photos/2/1445922/10251158/ALiwanagChristmasBanner-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>You need:</div><div>Tube of choice. I'm using the work of Anna Liwanag. You can find her art at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/index.php?p=home">PTE.</a></div><div>Texture of choice. I'm using this one <a href="http://frostbo.deviantart.com/art/Texture-92-3000X3000-269578865?q=boost%3Apopular%20in%3Aresources%2Ftextures%20max_age%3A744h&qo=5">here</a>. You can find plenty of them on dA. </div><div>Filters: Mura's Meister-Copies, Eye Candy-Gradient Glow, Xenofex-Constelltion. </div><div>Font of choice. I'm using Cake Script. This is a PTU font, a good free alternative is <a href="http://www.dafont.com/tagettes.font">Tagettes</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I assume you have working knowledge of both PaintShop Pro and Animation shop. </div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image with the dimensions of 600x225.</div><div>Open your tube of choice. Flood fill the new image with a color from your tube. </div><div>Now, using a texture of your choice. Copy and paste it above your background. Change the blend mode to Overlay. </div><div>If you are using a different texture than the one I linked, mess around with the blend modes to see what looks best. </div><div>Copy and paste your tube above that layer. Resize to a size you like. </div><div>Apply Muras Copies to the tube layer using the following settings. </div><div><img src="http://images112.fotki.com/v502/photos/2/1445922/10251158/CopiesSettingsXmasBanner-vi.jpg" border="0" alt="TutSettings" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Apply it again.</div><div>Change the blend mode for that to overlay. </div><div>Duplicate that layer 5 times. Close those layers off and merge visible.</div><div>Now rename those 4 layers Ani1, Ani2, Ani3, Ani4, and Effects.</div><div>Activate the Ani1 layer.Under effects, find the Curlicues filter. It's found under the Distortion tab. </div><div>Apply the filter using these settings.:</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://images31.fotki.com/v1042/photos/2/1445922/10251158/CurlicuesSettingsXmasBanner-vi.jpg" border="0" alt="TutSettings" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Close off that layer. Open and activate Ani2. Apply Curlicues again, this time move the Strength up to about 40. Click the clockwise tab. </div><div>Close that one off and open/activate Ani3. Apply the filter again this time changing the strength to about 65 and unchecking the Clockwise tab.</div><div>Close off Ani3, open/activate Ani4. Apply the filter, change the strength to 15 and click the Clockwise tab. </div><div>Open and activate your Effects layer. Change the blend mode to Hard Light. Apply a Gaussian Blue set on 8. </div><div>Apply the Antique Mosaic filter (it's found under Textures) using these settings:</div><div><img src="http://images18.fotki.com/v457/photos/2/1445922/10251158/MosaicSettingsXmasBanner-vi.jpg" border="0" alt="TutSettings" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Set your Effects layer to about 80% opacity.</div><div>Go back to your tube of choice. Copy and paste it above the Effects layer. Resize and position where you like it. Name this layer Tube.</div><div>Create a new layer. Selections>Select All>Modify>Contract by 8>Invert. Flood fill that layer with a gradient using two colors from your tube. Deslect. </div><div>Rename this layer to Border. Apply noise set to Random>50%. Apply Eye Candy-Gradient Glow set to white. Adjust the size however you like. </div><div>Using your font tool. Set the forground to white, the stroke to 2, and the size on 72. </div><div>Using the font CakeScript write out the words "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" whichever you prefer. Convert to raster layer and position where you want.</div><div> Make sure the font layer is above the Effects layer.</div><div>Apply a gradient glow using two colors from you tube. Set the settings however you feel looks best. </div><div>Duplicate your font layer. On the bottom font layer, apply Xenofex-Constellation set to the default settings. Make sure you have the "Keep Original Image" box checked. </div><div>On the top font layer, apply a drop shadow. Settings: Vertical=0, Horizontal=2, Opacity=60, Blur=2, Color=Black. </div><div>Apply it again. </div><div>Now apply that drop shadow to your Tube layer. </div><div><br /></div><div>Add your copyright information. Add your name using the same font effects as we used for the phrase. Don't forget to do the constellation part. :)</div><div> If you are not going to animate, save as a .jpg. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are going to animate:</div><div><br /></div><div>Close off your background layer. That is the layer at the bottom of them all. </div><div>Make sure all your Ani layers are closed as well. Merge visible. This is to clean things up and make it easier on us. </div><div>Now, uncheck the bottom layer and the Ani1 layer. Copy merged. Paste into Animation Shop as a new animation.</div><div>Go back to PSP and close off the Ani1 layer and open the Ani2 layer. Copy merged and paste into AS after current frame.</div><div>Repeat these steps for the other two Ani layers.</div><div><br /></div><div>On your first frame. Add an Image Transition using these settings:</div><div><img src="http://images59.fotki.com/v255/photos/2/1445922/10251158/TransitionSettingsXmasBanner-vi.jpg" border="0" alt="TutSettings" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Repeat this on frames 8 and 15.</div><div>Go back to frame 1. Copy. Activate frame 22. Paste after current frame. Apply the transition effect on layer 22.</div><div>Delete frame 29. Select all frames. Set the display time to 7. </div><div>Optimize and save as a .gif. Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-26654163244426217242011-11-30T12:32:00.000-08:002011-12-04T12:49:33.780-08:00Merry Merry<a href="http://images57.fotki.com/v300/photos/2/1445922/9659919/RKunertNorthPoleExample-vi.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 575px; height: 275px;" src="http://images57.fotki.com/v300/photos/2/1445922/9659919/RKunertNorthPoleExample-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Supplies:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tube of Choice. I'm using the art of Rene Kunert. You can find her work <a href="http://rebel-dezigns.com/">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scrap kit of choice. I'm using a FTU kit by Vaybs. You can get the kit <a href="http://designsbyvaybs.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-xmas-kit-to-north-pole.html">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fonts of choice. I'm using Rudolfo Swash. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Animation of Choice. I'm using Pixie Dust by Simone which can be found <a href="http://scrappybitoffun.blogspot.com/2011/11/animations-4-10.html">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Filters: Penta-Jeans. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I assume you have working knowledge of Animation shop and PSP. This tutorial was written using PSP9. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Open a new image with the dimensions of 575x275. </div><div style="text-align: center;">In your kit, find a paper that will match your tube of choice. The paper I used is the one with the number 2. It is the green one with the red writing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy and paste it as a new layer. Now open your tube and copy and paste it above that layer. Position it where you like. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Find a frame from the kit. If you aren't using the same kit, see if the one you have has one. If not, improvise. lol</div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy and paste the frame under the tube layer. Move it so that it's not covered by the tube. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, using your magic wand tool, select inside the frame. Modify>Expand by 10px. Create a new layer and flood fill with a contrasting color. Rename the layer to Frame Background.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Deselect and move that layer under the frame layer. Now copy and paste a close up for your tube above that new layer. Position it so that it's inside the frame. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate the layer you made, slections>Select all>Float>Defloat>Invert. Now hit the close up layer and hit delete. Deselect all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">With the close up layer, you want to duplicate it. Set the bottom close up layer to Luminance. Set the top one to screen and drop the opacity to about 60.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, apply Penta>Jeans on the default settings to the top close up layer and then the background layer for the frame. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here comes the part where your creativity comes in. Find some elements and paste them into the image however you like. Put some under the frame and some above it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Make it look awesome! I'm not going to tell you how to place the elements, it's your tag. I placed some above the tube as well just to give it a nice little effect. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, let's create a border above your top layer. Create a new layer, Select all, Modify, Contract by 10. Invert and flood fill with a color of your choice. Deselect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add noise. Set to 50% and the random box checked. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Add your copyright info and name. Do this now so you don't forget. If you don't feel comfortable animating, you can stop here. Just save as a .jpg</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's cut this file down a bit so it's easier to work with. Close off your background layer. (The first one we made with the paper). Merge visible. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here comes our animation part. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Close off the top layer so that only the background remains. Copy merged and then paste into Animation shop as a new animation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Open up your animation of choice. I'm using one by Simone. If you are a Photoshop user, she does allow converting. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The animation I'm using is the Pixie Dust animation, but anything works. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Find out how many frames you need by selecting all frames on your animation. It should be in the bottom right corner of the screen. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, go back to the new animation you made. Hit Ctrl+L until you have a matching number of frames in your new animation. If you use the same animation, it's 36 frames. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Select all frames on the animation you've been working with (the one with the background layer)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Go back to the pixie dust animation and select all frames. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy and then paste into the current frame on your other animation. If you use the same animation. Do it twice. Once near the left side, and once near the right side. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, go back to PSP and close off the bottom layer and open the top one. Copy merged and paste into Animation Shop as a new animation. Hit Ctrl+L until you have the matching number of frames. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Select all layers and copy. Then paste into the selected frames on your working animation. Same way you did your pixie dust. </div><div style="text-align: center;">If at anytime your animation looks bad, feel free to hit undo and mess with it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Save as a .gif and enjoy! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Any questions, feel free to email me. :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-32078322600267210652011-11-29T05:50:00.001-08:002011-12-04T12:49:33.780-08:00Snowflakes<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://images54.fotki.com/v77/photos/2/1445922/9659919/SBlairSnowflakes-vi.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 548px; height: 599px;" src="http://images54.fotki.com/v77/photos/2/1445922/9659919/SBlairSnowflakes-vi.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>You will need:</div><div>Tube of choice. I'm using the art of Scott Blair. You can find his art at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">PTE</a>. </div><div>Fonts of choice: I'm using Snowflake Letters and Faux Snow. Both can be found at <a href="http://www.dafont.com/">dafont.com</a></div><div>Scrap kit of choice. I'm using Bel Vidotti's A Taggers Christmas. It's a free kit and you can find it <a href="http://galeriafree.blogspot.com/search/label/*Kits%20Bel%20Vidotti*?zx=5f0df1b3ade061d9">here.</a></div><div>Mask of choice. I'm using a mask from Vix, you can find the mask I use <a href="http://vixpsp.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-big-masks-set-2.html">here</a>. It's the third one down.</div><div>Eye Candy Gradient Glow. </div><div><br /></div><div>I assume you have working knowledge of PSP. This tut was created in PSP9. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's get started!</div><div>Open a new image, 600x600 and your dpi set to 72, flood fill with white.</div><div>Draw a vector circle that will be just around your tube in an arc. If you need to copy and paste your tube to get it right, go ahead. </div><div>Now take your font tool and hover it over the edge of the circle you just made. It should turn into an "A" on a little arc as you hover over it. </div><div>Click on it and using the font Faux Snow, type out a bunch of letters. It doesn't matter which ones you use, they are all snowflakes. </div><div>When doing this part, do a darker color so you can see them. You can change it at the end.</div><div>When you get enough snowflakes to go around the circle all the way, select all of them in your text box and turn the color to white. </div><div>In your layer tab, find the one for the vector layer. Open it up and close off the circle layer. Convert to raster layer. </div><div>Now, apply Eye Candy Gradient Glow to it using a color from the tube. In my case, I used a red. Rename the layer to snowflake animation. Or something else to set it apart. </div><div>Here is the fun part. Open the scrap kit. Find a paper that fits your tube and copy and paste it above your white background.</div><div>I used paper 19. It's got a different name, but you can find it. </div><div>Now apply a mask of your choosing. I used Vix's Big Mask 018.</div><div>Using the deform tool. Resize the mask to fit the tag a bit better. Merge the group. </div><div>Now take some elements from that kit and arrange them how you like. Make sure they are above your snowflake layer. If they are too big, feel free to resize them.</div><div>Stick your tube in there somewhere and position it how you wish. It helps to stick some elements above the tube as well. </div><div>Let's create a new layer above your tube. Using your freehand selection tool. Draw a long circle. It doesn't matter if the size is perfect. </div><div>Flood fill that area you just outlined with white. Deselect. Add a Gaussian Blur of 20. Feel free to resize the circle if it seems to big for some snow.</div><div>When you are happy with your bottom snow layer, duplicate the layer. On the copied layer, set the blend mode to Dissolve. Drop the original layer down to about 50% opacity. Ta da! We just made ourselves a pile of snow. :D</div><div>Now here comes the fun part. If you are not going to animate, close off your white layer at the bottom, add your copyright information and your name. Save as a png and enjoy. If you want to animate, let's keep going. </div><div>Add your copyright information above the top layer. That way we don't forget. </div><div>Close off your white layer and Crop merged opaque. Now also close off the other layers under the snowflake animation layer. Also close off your snowflake animation layer in the process. Merge visible. </div><div>Now close off your merged layers and open up everything under the snowflake animation layer. Don't open the actual snowflake animation layer yet!</div><div>Merge visible again. Now open all your layers up. This was to make the animation process a bit easier. </div><div>Duplicate your snowflake animation once. Rotate that duplicated layer by 90 degrees. Now duplicate that layer you just rotated. Rotate by 90 degrees again. Duplicate the one you just did again and rotate by 90 degrees. </div><div>You should now have 4 layers of snowflakes. Close off all of them but the bottom one (or the original in this case)</div><div>Add your name above the top layer and let's get rocking. I used the font Snowflake Letters. You will have to type in all caps to get the font to look right. Add any effects you want. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, open Animation shop or whatever animation program you prefer.</div><div>Making sure that only the bottome layer of snowflakes is showing, copy merged the image and paste in animation shop as a new animation. </div><div>Go back to psp. Close off the bottom layer of snowflakes and open up the layer just above it. Copy merged and paste into animation shop after the current frame. Repeat this for the remaining two snowflake layers. </div><div>Set your frame properties to 25 and save as a .gif. Depending on what snowflakes you used, it may seem as if it's bouncing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-11271406876653979372011-11-04T05:26:00.001-07:002011-12-04T12:49:33.780-08:00Merry Christmas<div><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/AC_SnowflakeTut.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div><br /></div><div>What you need:</div><div>Tube of choice. I'm using the work of Keith Garvey. You can find his work at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">PTE</a>.</div><div>Filters:</div><div>Penta-Color Dot</div><div>Vanderlee-Snowflakes</div><div>Eye Candy-Gradient Glow</div><div>Fonts of Choice-I used LHF Sofia Script. Carpenter script is a good FTU alternative to it as Sofia Script is PTU.</div><div><br /></div><div>Open a new image with the dimensions of 650x250</div><div>Flood fill with a gradient of choice. Either one that is from colors matching your tube or one that compliments.</div><div>Above that layer paste your tube a few times changing the position and location. Alternate between the close up if you have that as well.</div><div>Here is my example:</div><div><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/AC_SnowflaketutExample1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div>Close off the gradient layer. Merge visible. Duplicate your tube layer. On the bottom layer, set the blend mode to Luminance.</div><div>On the top one, set it to screen. Drop the opacity to 80%. Apply a gaussian blur set to 2. Apply Penta-Color Dot on the default settings.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, take your star tool and draw a huge star with the following settings: Number of sides 4, Radius 3.00. Background Black, Forground transparent. Convert to raster layer. Repeat a couple of times changing the sizes of the star each time. Feel free to rotate them a bit as well. If you don't like the one you created just hit undo.</div><div>When you are done with that, close off the tube and gradient layers, merge visible. That way you now just have a layer with just your stars.</div><div>Apply a gradient glow on a setting you like using a light yellow. Now set the blend mode for that layer to overlay.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now create a new raster layer and name it snow1. Apply Vanderlee-Snowflakes. Adjust the settings to something you like. Hit apply. Now create another raster layer named snow2 and repeat, just move the random seed bar a bit at the bottom.</div><div>Repeat this until you have 4 layers of snow. Once you have your 4 layers of snow, drop the opacity of each layer down to 60%. Close off all the layers except Snow1. When you do the naming make sure you have snow1, snow2, snow3, and snow4.</div><div><br /></div><div>Above your top snow layer, paste your tube again. Now, crop merged opaque.</div><div>On your tube layer, select all, float, defloat, expand by 3. Create 4 new layers. Name each one TubeGlitter1, TubeGlitter2, TubeGlitter3, and TubeGlitter4.</div><div>Flood fill each of them with white. Deselect. Now move your tube layer to the top of each of them. On each TubeGlitter layer, apply noise set to random. Change the number on each layer. Close off all but TubeGlitter1.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, using your font tool, write out the word Merry in the top left corner using whatever font you wish. Then write out the word Christmas in the bottom right. When doing this, leave room for a border. You can use any color you want. Apply a gradient glow to it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Above your tube layer, create a new layer named Border1. Repeat this 3 more times naming the other layers Border2, Border3, and Border4. (see a pattern here?)</div><div>On any of those border layers, select all, contract by 8, invert, flood fill with white. Flood fill all the other border layers as well. Deselect.</div><div>Now add noise like we did for the TubeGlitter layers. Remember to change the number for each layer.</div><div><br /></div><div>At this point you can add your copyright info and your name. If you aren't going to animate, add some drop shadows and save. If you are, here we go! Don't add drop shadows if you plan on animating. They make it grainy. :(</div><div><br /></div><div>Get ready to animate! (the animation part won't be so hard, I promise!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Open animation shop.</div><div>In PSP, make sure your Snow1, TubeGlitter1, and Border1 layer are showing and the others like them are closed. Copy merged.</div><div>Paste in Animation shop as a new animation.</div><div>Back in PSP, close off Snow1/TubeGlitter1/Border1. Open Snow2/TubeGlitter2/Border2. Copy merged. Paste in animation shop after current frame.</div><div>Repeat this for the other set of layers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Select all frames. Set the frame properties to 20.</div><div><br /></div><div>Save as a .gif!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want a matching avatar, make an image that is 150x150 and fill with your gradient. Paste your close up tube over it and follow the same steps you did for the background tubes. Then paste your tube over that. Create your border layers and follow the same steps for animation. :)</div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-18623279430306188252011-10-14T11:57:00.000-07:002011-12-04T12:49:33.781-08:00Emo Beauty<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/FetchEmoBeautytemp.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Supplies:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tube of Choice. I am using the work of Fetch Art. You can get this tube at <a href="http://www.scrapsncrap.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=70&products_id=163&zenid=endae1bl2uavjum4bo1qo1k960">ScrapsNCrap</a>. Please do not use it unless you have the proper license to do so. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Template by Missy. We will be using the one labeled finishthistagweek23. You can find them <a href="http://divineintentionz.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-tag-templates-412-416.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Filters: Xero-Fritillary, Xero-Radiance, and Penta-Jeans Eye Candy-Gradient Glow (optional)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Font: Little Sparrow. You can find that <a href="http://www.dafont.com/little-sparrow.font">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My supplies. You can find them<a href="http://www.box.net/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_990243269"> </a><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/o9k0ftbnjsxts0s0dtxc">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First of all. Turn on some good tunes. It always helps with the mojo. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open template. Expand canvas size to 900x550. This is only temporary. So don't worry!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open your tube of choice and paste above the top layer. If you are using a bigger tube (PFD/SnC/BarbJensen) feel free to resize to a working size. Position it where you like. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now using your crop tool on crop opaque. Drag it to a easier working size for you. Hit ok. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, pick a color from your tube. Click the lock transparency button for the square one layer. Activate that layer and flood fill with that color. Repeat for the square two. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Apply Xero-Fritillary on these settings:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/Fritillarysettings.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now activate circle 1. Apply Penta-Jeans on the default setting. Do the same for circle 3. If you are working with a lighter tube, feel free to change the color of those circles to something lighter before applying the filter. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate circle 2. Flood fill with a lighter color from your tube. Apply the jeans filter as you did before. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate the frame back layer. Flood fill with your darker color. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate your frame back 2 layer. Flood fill with your lighter color. Repeat for frame back 3 layer. </div><div style="text-align: center;">With either frame back 2 or 3 activated, post your tube over that layer. If you aren't working with a big tube, use a close up. Position within the frame. If you need to resize, go ahead. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Reactivate the frame back layer. Select all. Float>defloat>invert. Activate tube layer and hit delete. Deselect all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Repeat this for the other frame back layer, just mirror your tube the other direction. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You are going to do this next step for both of those tube layers, so start with either again. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate one of them. Duplicate it. On the bottom one (the original) set the blend mode to luminance. On the top one set it to multiply. Also apply Xero-Radiance on the default setting to that top one. Repeat for the other tube close up layer. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, on the original frame back layer (the one with the darker color) apply Xero-Fritillary using the same settings as before. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate the brush layer. Using the change to target brush, color it either of your colors of choice. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Using the font Little Sparrow set to 100 type out some wording that fits your tag. Convert to raster layer. Add noise set to 50% and on hard. Apply Eye Candy-Gradient Glow in a color that fits your tag (either black or white). Drag it just under you main tube layer. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Position your elements how you wish. I'm not going to tell you how. You can use my tag as a guide though. You can use what is supplied or your own. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Add drop shadows as you wish. Crop merged opaque. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Add your copyright information and your name. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Save as a png and enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-81708045244860367852011-10-03T14:22:00.000-07:002011-12-04T12:49:33.781-08:00Music Notes-Old Tut<div>Please understand this is an older tut from my other blog. :)</div><div><a href="http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/abstracthalocreationstags/EChatMusicNotesTut.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 175px;" src="http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/abstracthalocreationstags/EChatMusicNotesTut.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>To see the full size version of the tag you can go <a href="http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/abstracthalocreationstags/EChatMusicNotesTut.gif">here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Supplies:</div><div>Tube of choice W/Close up-I'm using the art of Elias Chatzoudis. You need a license to use his art. You can purchase that <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">here.</a></div><div>Supplies-You can download them <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/6ol2fKG6/MusicNotesTutorial.html">here.</a> Please do NOT redistribute these at all or use them in any tutorials without my permission.</div><div>Fonts: Velvenda Cooler</div><div><br /></div><div>You also need working knowledge of Paintshop Pro and Animation Shop.</div><div><br /></div><div>Open your tube and minimize it in the program. Unzip your supplies. </div><div>Create a new image with the dimensions of 600x275 with a 72dpi (per license companies TOU)</div><div>Copy and paste your tube as a new layer into your new document.</div><div>Create a gradient using colors from your tube. I used a Radial gradiant with the settings like such: <a href="http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/abstracthalocreationstags/gradientsettings.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 424px;" src="http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/abstracthalocreationstags/gradientsettings.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>You can move the horizontal and vertical to set the focal point to be behind your tube.</div><div>Go to your bottom layer and flood fill it with the gradient. Apply a Gaussian blur set at 8.00</div><div>Above your gradient layer paste your close up. Position it where you wish. Duplicate.</div><div>On the bottom layer, set the blend mode to Hard Light. On the top close up layer, apply a Gaussian blur set at 1.00. Drop the opacity down to about 50%</div><div>Open the star png from the supplies. Copy and paste it above your close up layers. Change the blend mode to soft light. Drop the opacity down to about 65%.</div><div>Using your text tool above the star layer, type out rockstar (or whatever you want really) in a nice fat font. I used Velvenda Cooler with a light color that matches the tube.</div><div>Drop the opacity down to about 60% and convert to raster layer. Add a gradient glow using the default setting just moved down to a width of 3.0 and the % at 0 with white.</div><div>Using your preset shape tool. Draw a few white stars in the corners of the image. Add noise and drop shadow them if you wish.</div><div>Now close off the visibility to the main tube layer and the stars you just created. Merge visible. Uncheck them so you can see everything.</div><div>Above your top layer. Add a new layer. Select all, Modify, contract 10, invert. Flood fill that area with your gradient. Add noise. Deselect.</div><div>Create another layer above that one. Select all. Modify, contract 5, invert. Flood fill with a solid color from your tube. Deselect.</div><div>Now you can add your copyright information and your name.</div><div><br /></div><div>**Quick Tip: If you work with the same artists over and over. It helps to keep a separate psp file with your copyright information already typed up so that all you have to do is copy and paste.**</div><div><br /></div><div>When you have your copyright information and name finished, you can close off your bottom layer and merge visible.</div><div><br /></div><div>Open up the supplied animation in AS. Here comes the fun part!</div><div><br /></div><div>Go back to PSP and uncheck your bottom layer. Activate that layer and hit copy. Over in AS, paste it and then hit Ctrl+l another 28 times. Select all in that animation. Then go to the music note animation and select all there. Copy that one and paste into the new animation you created.</div><div>Go back to PSP and activate your top layer. Copy it. Paste it into AS as a new animation. Hit Ctrl+l 28 times again. Select all and copy and paste into the other animation that you placed the music notes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Save as a .gif. :D</div><div><br /></div><div>To make a matching avatar. Open a new image with the dimensions of 150x150. Flood fill with the same gradient as before. Copy and paste your tube. Do the same thing as you did before for the borders except on the bottom border, make three different ones with different noise levels. Add your name/letter and copy right information.</div><div>Uncheck two of the noise layers. Copy merged. Paste as new animation in AS. Close off that layer in PSP. Open a different noise layer, copy and paste after the current frame in AS. Repeat for the last noise layer. Save as a .gif in AS.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. :D</div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-89989711002976254672011-10-01T14:03:00.000-07:002011-12-04T12:50:22.604-08:00Strawberry Tease<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/EChatStrawberryTeaseAbs.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Supplies:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tube of choice. I am using the work of Elias Chatzoudis. You can find his art at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/index.php?p=home">PTE</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My supplies. You can download these <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qgs0j2yunjr8rxz4jf10">here</a>. Upon downloading them, you agree to not share them or claim them as your own. Direct here for downloads. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Template. I'm using one from Missy. You can find it <a href="http://divineintentionz.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-tag-templates-417-226.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Filters: Xero-Fritillary and Penta-Jeans</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I assume you have working knowledge of Paintshop Pro. This was written using PSP9. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Open temp named finishthisweek28</div><div style="text-align: center;">Expand canvas to a desired size for working.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy and paste your tube above the top layer, resize by 80%, sharpen if you wish. Position her where you like. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate the bottom layer (should be raster layer 7) </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pick a color from your tube and click the lock transparency button. Flood fill with color of choice. Unclick the lock transparency. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Do the same for the copied layer. (Copy of layer 7)</div><div style="text-align: center;">On those two layers apply Xero-Fritillary on these settings: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n465/abstracthalo/StrawberryFritSettings.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are feeling frisky, hit random a few times until you see something you like instead. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now activate the long bar in the middle. (Raster 2). </div><div style="text-align: center;">Choose another color from your tube and flood fill like we did before. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Apply Penta-Jeans on the basic setting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate the black circle (Raster 3). Select all, float, defloat, new raster layer, Expand by 3. Flood fill with white (or another color). Deselect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Move this layer under raster 3. Apply noise set to 50% and make sure monochrome is checked as well as random. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate Raster 3 again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Apply Fritillary using the same settings as before. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Using your change to target tool, set it to a color from the tube (either from before works) and brush it over the circle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Using the same tool. Activate each star layer and color them. Feel free to alternate between your color choices. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Activate the back of the film strip (raster 6). Flood fill as we did before with a gradient of choice. I'm using a 45 angle one with two colors from the tube. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Open up your tube again and copy it above that layer a few times. Position it around so it's in the film area.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merge those tube layers together (just the ones you JUST put there) and then reactivate raster 6. Select all, float, defloat, invert, activate tube layer, hit delete, deselect. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Duplicate that tube layer in the film strip. Set the bottom one to luminance and the top one to screen. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In your supply file you will find a few things to help you decorate the tag, feel free to use them now. </div><div style="text-align: center;">All the elements I used are in there, I'm not going to tell you where to place them, you can do that yourself. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Add drop shadows as you wish. Add copyright info and name. Crop merged opaque. Save as a .png and enjoy! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-84723532655661724872011-08-12T10:04:00.000-07:002011-12-04T12:49:54.302-08:00Race<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images59.fotki.com/v683/photos/2/1445922/9659919/LDMRave-vi.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">You Need:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tube of Choice. I'm using the work of Lorenzo Di Mauro. You can find his art at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/index.php?p=home">PTE</a>. Please remember when using his art you need a special license. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stock image of choice. I found mine at <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/">http://www.sxc.hu/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Number Animation. You can download it <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xd5sudzgbmq3or7n3zrc">here.</a> Please do not share. Direct here for the download. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Eye Candy-Glass (any version works)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Font of Choice. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I assume you have working knowledge of Paintshop Pro and Animation shop. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Open a new image with the dimensions 600x275.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy and paste your stock image into it. Resize and position it as you wish. Greyscale the image either by using the change to target tool or the hue and saturation option. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy and paste your tube over the stock image. You can either leave it the normal color or greyscale it. I greyscaled mine. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Above your stock image layer, using the rectangle tool, create a long rectangle with the forground set to black and the background empty. The line should be solid and 10 pixels wide. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Convert to raster layer. Using your deform tool, rotate it so that only the long lines are showing and are diagonal. Between those two lines, using the line tool, create a middle line that is black with dashes. We just made ourselves a little drag strip lol</div><div style="text-align: center;">Convert to raster layer and merge the dashed line with the diagonal lines. Create a new layer. Now activate the drag strip we just made. Using the selections tool, click inside it. Expand by 5. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Go to your layer you just made and flood fill with white. Deselect all. Drag that layer under the lines and drop the opacity down to about 55%.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Create a new layer on top of all of them. Select all, contract by 8, invert and flood fill with black. Deselect all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">If you don't feel comfortable animating, you can stop here and add your copyright information and name. If you are going to animate, then let's continue!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Go over to Animation Shop and open the numbers animation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy the first frame and paste it above the tube layer. Position it where you like. Duplicate it and position if you want a second one ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, if you did more then one, merge them into one layer. Using your circle tool, with the forground set to black, transparent background, and a line width of 5 pixels, draw circles that fit the size of the number frame. We are making a guide as to where we are going to paste the animation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Once you are happy, delete the layer with the frame.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the circle layer using the selection tool, select inside them. Expand by 2 pixels. Create a new layer and apply a glass effect using any eye candy plugin. Deselect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At this point I would add your name and copyright info. Close off your name, copyright info, the border, and the glass layer. Merge visible with the rest. Open the remaining layers and close off the merged layer. Merge visible on those. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Crop opaque layer. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the fun part!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Copy your bottom merged layer and paste as a new animation in AS. Hit Ctrl+L until you have 23 frames. Or you can copy and paste the same layer after current layer until you have 23 frames. Select all frames. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Open your number animation. Select all frames. Copy and paste into your new animation. Position the numbers on those circles you made. If you made more than one, you will have to paste a few times. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now go back to PSP. Copy the top layer, paste as a new animation in AS. Do the same as you did with the first layer until you have 23 frames. Select all and paste into your working animation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Save as a .gif and enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions feel free to email me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is another version I did using the art of Elias Chatzoudis. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images108.fotki.com/v205/photos/2/1445922/9659919/EliasRace-vi.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110472090580952213.post-52733101256874724122011-07-13T11:09:00.000-07:002011-12-04T12:50:42.843-08:00Tags<div style="text-align: center;">Few tags for you guys this afternoon!</div><div style="text-align: center;">First one is from a new artist at PTE Garin Bailey!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images109.fotki.com/v779/photos/2/1445922/9841325/GBaileyIdolizeda-vi.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Next one is another one from a new artist Saad Salman Zia!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images57.fotki.com/v505/photos/2/1445922/9841325/SSZiaNightGirl-vi.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now we have a sexy babe from Neoracer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images59.fotki.com/v255/photos/2/1445922/9841325/NeoracerSitting-vi.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the last one is a sexy big booty girl from Nils. This one is awesome because the tube comes with the eyes opened and shut. So you can make them blink with ease. :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images116.fotki.com/v695/photos/2/1445922/9841325/NilsBigBooty-vi.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As always, you can find these at <a href="http://psptubesemporium.com/">PTE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Abstracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071164808562486398noreply@blogger.com0