Sunday, August 21, 2011

I´m just a girl.

This Tutorial was written on 21th August 2011 with PSP XL and AS (but any other version works as well).
It was written for people with working knowledge in PSP and AS.
Supplies Needed:
1 tube of choice
Filter:

Don´t forget to save your work every once and a while.
Open PSP …LOL
Open your tube and chose 2 colors (light and dark) for the for,- and background.
Open the mask.
Open Template #24, duplicate and resize to 20%.
Delete my Copyright.
On BG Layer: flood fill with gradient in your colors: Style: Linear; Angle: 230 and Repeat: 0.
Duplicate Layer, select all, contract 10px and delete.
Add Drop Shadwo: 1 | 1 |100 |1 and -1 | -1 | 100 |1 in your darker color.
Invert.
Add Inner Bevel: Set on Default and change to Bevel 2, Width 10, Depth 10 and lighter color.
On Unclosed Circle Layer: select, fill with lighter color and apply Mask (new Masklayer from Image).
Merge group.
Sharpen more.
Select None.
Paste your tube as new layer, move it over Photo and add Drop Shadow.
On Photo Layer: Select, fill with darker color, keep selection.
On Raster1: invert and delete.
Select None.
On Strip Layer: select, flood fill with gradient but change the Angle to 50.
Eye Candy 4 | Gradient Glow | Thin, color: white.

On Half Flower Layer: select, fill with darker color, apply Mask (new Mask layer from Image), merge group and set blend mode to Luminance (legacy).
Invert.
On Doodle Layer: delete. Add default Drop Shadow.
Select None.
On Flower Layer: select.
Add new Raster Layer and fill with dark color, set Blend Mode to Screen.
Select None.
On Optional Frame 01: select, fill with darker color and add Texture Effect: Soft Plastic.
Select None.
On Optional Frame 02: select, fill with lighter color and add Texture Effect: Soft Plastic.
Select None.
Paste your tube as new layer, resize, move it to a place your liking and add the default Drop Shadow.
Bring Text layer to top (maybe you have to resize or rotate it a little) and add Drop Shadow: 5 | 5 | 50 | 5 | black. If you like you can add a gradient glow.
Add your watermark and the Copyright from the artist.
Close the visibility of all the layers above the Spirals Layer.
Delete the Spirals Layer and merge visible.
Copy.
Open Animations Shop and paste as new animation.
Duplicate until you have 4 frames.
Select | All.
Open my Spirals animation.
Select all, copy and close the animation.
Paste into selected Frames, move it over the black circles.
Back to PSP.
Close the visibility of the merged layer and open the rest.
Merge visible.
Copy.
Back to AS.
Paste as new animation, duplicate until you have 4.
Select all, copy and close frames.
Paste into selected, move itto place and don´t let go until you have the right spot.
Change animation speed to 25 sek and save as .gif.
All done!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Sexy Brat

Written on 18th  August 2011  with PS CS5 (but any other version works as well).
It was written for people with working knowledge in PS.
Supplies Needed:
1 tube of choice
WSL-Mask 10 from Weescotslass creations
Filter:

Once you got everything together let us begin!
Open PS… of course..LOL
Open your tube.
Open my Template 23.
Delete my ©Copyright info.
Fill the “BG” with a Gradient, colors from your tube and add a border you like.
Paste “WSL_Mask 1” on top of BG and set the Blending Mode to Difference and the Opacity to 50%.
Add a Bevel and Emboss to “Dot Cirlcle 01 and Dot Circle 02”.
Apply a Texture and Color Overlay to the “Diamond”.
Apply a Drop Shadow, Bevel and Emboss and Color Overlay (color from your tube) to “Diamond Frame”.
Add a Drop Shadow to “Rectangle 01 and Rectangle 2”.
Add Color Overlay with Blend Mode: Overlay (color from your tube) to “Stripes Rectangle 01 and Stripes Rectangle 02”.
Apply a Bevel and Emboss on “Rectangle Frame 01 and Rectangle Frame 02”.
Add Drop Shadow, Bevel and Emboss and Color Overlay (color form your tube) to “Rectangle 03 and Rectangle 04”.
Add a Bevel and Emboss and Color Overlay (color form your tube) to “Rectangle Frame 03 and Rectangle Frame 04”.
Merge “Square 01, Square 02 and Square 03” and add Drop Shadow.
Paste your tube and create a clipping mask with the Squares, place your as you like.
Apply Xero – Smooth mood with the standard settings.
Add a Bevel and Emboss- Contour and Color Overlay (color from your tube) to “Square Frame 01, Square Frame 02 and Square Frame 03”.
Use Free Transform tool to rotate “Dots Square 01, Dots Square 02 and Dots Square 03” 45°. Merge all 3 Layers and close visibility.
Color “Heart 01” with color form your tube, add a Drop Shadow and a Bevel and Emboss Texture.
Add a Gardient Overlay to “Frame Heart 01”.
Paste your tube into canvas, adjust size and move it to the right side.
Add Drop Shadow and inner Shadow to tube.
Write your Text and place to your liking.
Don’t forget the proper ©Copyrights.
Activate BG and merge visible.
You should have two layers left (BG and your Dots Squares).
Open the visibility on your Dots and rename Layer to “Dots”
Duplicate “Dots” and rotate 25° to the right.
Duplicate “Dots copy” and rotate 25° to the right.
Duplicate “Dots copy 2” and rotate 25° to the right.
Duplicate “Dots copy 3” and rotate 25° to the right.
Duplicate “Dots copy 4” and rotate 25° to the right.
Duplicate “Dots copy 5” and rotate 25° to the right.
Duplicate “Dots copy 6” and rotate 25° to the right.
Close visibility on all layers except on BG and Dots.
Open Animation, you see your first frame.
Set delay to 30sec and to Forever.
Add new frame, close visibility on Dots and open visibility on Dots copy.
Add new frame, close visibility on Dots copy and open visibility on Dots copy 2.
Add new frame, close visibility on Dots copy 2 and open visibility on Dots copy 3.
Add new frame, close visibility on Dots copy 3 and open visibility on Dots copy 4.
Add new frame, close visibility on Dots copy 4 and open visibility on Dots copy 5.
Add new frame, close visibility on Dots copy 5 and open visibility on Dots copy 6.
Check out your animation, resize to 800*800 px and save it for Web & Devices.
All done!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Butterflies

This tutorial was created on August 17,2011 with PSP X3 and AS.

Supplies needed:
1 Tube:
My Mini Kit Butterflies

This tutorial is very easy, I have done most of the work with the animation for you.

Lets not waste time and get started.

Open a new transparent canvas 800*800 px with 300 dpi.

Paste Element 39 as new layer.

Resize 30% and center in canvas.

Send layer to bottom.

Activate Raster 1.

Select- All.

Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Select- none.

Copy frame 2 as new layer, resize 22% and center.

Select the inside of the frame.

Expand selection by 3px.

Invert.

Activate Raster 1 and hit delete on your keyboard.

Select- none.

Paste your tube as new layer (you might have to resize) and move it into the frame.

The tube should line up with the bottom of the frame and surpass a little on the top.

Duplicate tube and bring to top.

Erase everything that hangs over the bottom of the frame.

Paste Element 35 as new layer, resize 25% , tilt it a little to the right and move it over the face of your tube

Add the drop shadow.

Select the inside of the heart.

Expand by 3px.

Activate Copy of Raster 4.

Copy and delete.

Activate Raster 4 and delete.

Paste into selection and change blend mode to Luminance (L).

Select none.

Duplicate Raster3, bring to top, resize to 150% and center.

Paste your tube as new layer, line it up on the bottom of the second frame and move it to the right.

Move down.

Duplicate and bring to top.

Erase everything that’s hanging over the bottom of the second frame.

Paste Element 1, 6 and 5 each as new layer, resize each 10% and move to the left of the second frame. Arrange the flowers to your liking.

Add black drop shadow: 5 | 5 |50 |5 | to the following Raster layers: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 3 and 4.

Add a text and the copyright.

Merge visible.

Copy.

Open AS and paste as new animation.

Duplicate until you have 23 frames.

Select all.

Open my Butterflies animation.

Select all.

Copy.

You can close the Butterflies.

Paste into selected frames, move the butterflies to the top left corner.

Save and all done!

I hope you enjoyed this lil tut.

All done!!!

I hope you had fun and thank you for using my tutorial.