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Monday, November 7, 2011

♥Rudolphina (Simple Siggy) PTU♥

**This tutorial was written & posted by Ditzy Dezigns on November 7th 2011**
***Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental & completely unintentional!!***

Here is what we will be making : 
**I wanted to make a simple signature tutorial for those of you who are just starting out either making siggies, or using plugins. This is a very simple tutorial, using a few cute elements, that work for someone who is just learning. If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me @ aditzymemory@yahoo.com OR message me on facebook Ditzy Dezigns**

Supplies Needed :
Paint Shop Pro X4 (Any version should work)
Scrapkit - Rudolphina By Tamie @ Addictive Pleasures 
Or it is available @ her store Dreams N Digital

Plugins Used :
Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass (Optional)
Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Fonts Used :
Hiruko 
Honey Script

Elements Used :
Reindeer 2
Reindeer
Tree
Ribbon2
Present
Hat

Lets Begin :

Start by opening a new 800 X 650 transparent canvas. (Don't worry you will crop it at the end of the tutorial, this just gives you room to work with)

Now open your Tree element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 50%. Now using your Move tool position your Tree element to the left side of your canvas.
Now go to Adjust - click Sharpness - then click Sharpen

Now go to Effects - click 3D Effects - then click Drop Shadow
**You are welcome to use my settings below or your own**

Then click Ok.

Now open your Mouse2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 50%. Using your Move tool - position your Mouse 2 element on the left side of your canvas on place it on top of your Tree element.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings, click Ok)

Now open your Reindeer element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 35%. Using your Move tool - position your Reindeer element to the left side of your canvas & place it in front of your Mouse2 element. 
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as before, click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Reindeer layer - then click Duplicate. Now using your Move tool, move your duplicated Reindeer element so that it is positioned right next to the original Reindeer element. (See my tag for reference if needed)

Now activate your Text tool - set your font, size & color settings.
For the name I used :
Font : Hiruko
Size : 225 Pixels (This will depend on the length of your name)
Background Color : #C5241C
Foreground Color : Set to nul

Type out your name. Then click Apply. Now position your name so that it is lined up next to your elements on the left.
Go to your layers pallet - move your Name layer down so that it is under all of your element layers. (It should be the 2nd layer from the bottom once you move it down)

Now right click on your Name layer - click Convert To Raster Layer.
Now go to Effects - click Plugins - then click Eye Candy 4000 - then click Gradient Glow -
**Again you are welcome to use my settings below or your own**

Then click Color Tab :


Now click Ok.

Now go to Effects - click 3D Effects - then click Drop Shadow. (Use the exact same settings you have used through out this tutorial)

Now activate your Magic Wand tool - click inside each letter in your name until all letters have the "Marching Ants" around them.

Now go to Effects - click Plugins - then click Eye Candy 5 Impact - then click Glass -
**Again you are welcome to use my settings below or your own**


Then click Ok.

Now keeping your letters selected, go to Adjust - click Add/Remove Noise - then click Add Noise
**You can use the same settings as I did, or your own**


Then click Ok.

Now go to Selections & click Select None.

Now you will want to add any phrase you would like on your signature. I used the phrase "Happy Holiday's"
The settings I used are :
Font : Honey Script
Size : 72 Pixels
Background Color : #000000
Foreground Color : Set to nul

Once you have your phrase positioned to your liking, go to your layers pallet - right click on your Phrase layer - then click Convert To Raster Layer. 
Then go to Effects - click Plugins - then click Eye Candy 4000 - then click Gradient Glow.
**These settings are different from the ones we used above so make sure you check them**


Now click your Color Tab -


Then click Ok.
Now go to Effects - click 3D Effects - then click Drop Shadow (Same settings as before, click Ok)

Now open your Hat element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 35%. Using your Move Tool position your Hat element to your liking on one of the letters in your name. I choose to use the last letter.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (same settings as before)

Now open your Present element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 45%. Using your Move tool position your Present element to the right end of your name.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as before)

Now open your Ribbon 2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 80%. Then go to Image - click Free Rotate - set it to Left 90.00 & click Ok.

Now using your Move Tool - position your Ribbon 2 element so that it is center on your name. (See my tag for reference if needed)

Now go to Adjust - click Sharpness - then click Sharpen
Effects - click 3D Effects - then click Drop Shadow (Same settings as before, click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet - then move your Ribbon2 layer down so that it is under the following layers :
Tree 
Mouse2
Reindeer (both layers)
Present

Now once you have all of your elements, name & phrase where you like it, go to your layers pallet - right click on any layer - then click Merge - then click Merge Visible.
Now activate your Crop Tool - crop off any access canvas that you did not use.

Now you may or may not need or want to re-size your tag - this all depends on where you will be using it and what your signature sizes are allowed to be.

If you do re-size your tag, make sure that with your layers all merged that you apply one final Sharpen to your tag.

Now save your tag as a PNG file & you have completed this tutorial!!


Thursday, November 3, 2011

♥Fall Siggy PTU♥

**This tutorial was written & posted by Ditzy Dezigns on November 3rd 2011**
***Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental & completely unintentional!!***

Here is what we will be making :

This is a simple but yet cute fall signature that I made . I thought it would be a nice change to make a tutorial on something other than tags with templates :-) 

Supplies Needed :
Paint Shop Pro X4 (Any version should work)
Scrapkit - Farmers Girl By Tamie @ Addictive Pleasures
Plugins Used :
Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass (Optional)
Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Font Used :
Comic Scan

Elements Used :
Wheel
Turkey
Pumpkin Patch
Bow
Butterfly2
Fawn 2
Fawn
Ivy
Flower 2


Lets Begin :
Start by opening a new 800 X 650 transparent canvas. (Don't worry you will crop it at the end of the tutorial)

Now open your Wheel element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 40%. Use your move tool & position your Wheel element to the left side of your canvas. 
Go to Adjust - click Sharpness - then click Sharpen
Now go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
*The settings below are my own personal preference, you are welcome to use the same settings if you would like, or you can change them to suit your own preference.*
***I will use these exact settings all the way through out this tutorial***


Then click Ok.
In your layers pallet - right click on your Wheel layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Flip Horizontal, now use your move tool & move your 2nd Wheel element to the right side of your canvas, keeping it centered with the Wheel element on the left.

Now activate your Text Tool - set your Font, Size & Color
The settings I used are :
Font : Comic Scan
Size : 175 Pixels
Background Color : (I used 2 different colors , I have provided the code for each)
#f3b135
#624426
Foreground Color :Set to nul

Then apply your name, position it center between both of your Wheel elements on your canvas. Now leave your name & we will come back to it later.
Now open your Ivy element - Copy & Paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 85%, then re-size it again to 65%. Now go to Image - click Free Rotate - set it to Left 30.00 & click Ok.
Now using your move tool - position your Ivy to the left side of your canvas, keeping in the center.
Now go to Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (same settings you used earlier, so just click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Ivy layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Flip Horizontal - now use your Move tool to position your duplicated Ivy to the right side of your canvas. You want to keep it center & even with your left side Ivy element.

Now back in your layers pallet - right click on your Duplicated Ivy layer - then click Merge - then click Merge Down. (You want to Merge together both of your Ivy layers so they become one layer)

Now right click on your newly merged Ivy layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Flip Vertical. Use your move tool & position your new duplicated merged Ivy element down a little on your canvas.

Now open your Pumpkin Patch element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 65%, then re-size it again to 65%. Now using your Move tool - position your Pumpkin Patch element to the left side of your canvas. (See my tag for reference if needed)
Now go to Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings, so just click Ok.)

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Pumpkin Patch layer - then click Duplicate. Now use your move tool and move your duplicated Pumpkin Patch element towards the right of your canvas. Keeping it centered with the Pumpkin Patch element that is on the left of your canvas. (Use my example above as reference if you need to) Now duplicate your Pumpkin Patch element again & position it in the center of the other 2 Pumpkin Patch elements.

Open your Bow element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Now using your move tool position it to your liking on the left side.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as before, click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet -right click on your Bow layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image - click Flip Horizontal . Use your move tool & move your duplicated Bow element to the right side of your canvas. (See my sample for reference if needed.)

Now open your Fawn 2 element - Copy & Paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 50%. Then re-size it again to 80%. Now using your move tool position your Fawn2 element to your right side of your canvas & position it by your Wheel element.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings, click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet - Move your Fawn2 layer down so that it is under both of your Pumpkin Patch layers.
Now right click on your Fawn 2 layer - click Duplicate - then go to Image - click Flip Horizontal - then use your move tool & move your duplicated Fawn 2 element to the left side of your canvas, and place it in front of your Wheel element. (See my sample for reference if needed)

Now open your Fawn element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 40%. Using your move tool position your Fawn element to the center of your canvas. Position it so that it is also in the center of your other elements. (See my sample for reference.)

Open your Butterfly 2 element - Copy & Paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%, then re-size it again to 40%. Now position your Butterfly 2 element to the right side of your canvas. Then go to Image - click Free Rotate - set to - Left 30.00 & click Ok. 
Go to Adjust - click Sharpness - then click Sharpen
Then go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as before, click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Butterfly 2 layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image - click Flip Horizontal. Now use your move tool & position your duplicated Butterfly 2 element to the left side of your canvas.
Go back to your layers - right click on your Duplicated Butterfly2 layer - click Duplicate, now position it to your liking. Continue to duplicate & position your Butterfly 2 elements until you have as many as you would like on your signature.

Now in your layers pallet - click on the last layer on the bottom -
Open your Flower 2 element - Copy & Paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 40% - then position your flower 2 element so that it is behind your Wheel element on the left side. Make your flowers so they are also sticking up above your wheel element a bit. (See my sample for reference if needed)
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as before, click Ok)

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Flower 2 layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image - click Flip Horizontal - now using your move tool - position your duplicated Flower 2 element to the right side of your canvas & place it behind your Wheel element on the right, also making it so that it is a bit above your Wheel element.

Now in your layers pallet - right click on your Name layer -  then click Convert To Raster Layer.
Then go to Effects - click Plugins - then click Eye Candy 4000 - then click Gradient Glow.
**For this effect you will need to set your settings on both the Basic & Color tabs. So be sure once you are done setting your Basic tab settings that you click on your Color tab and set those to your liking before clicking ok** I have posted my settings & Color codes on the screen shots below**


Click Color Tab :

Now click Ok.

Go to Effects - click 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as before)

Now activate your Magic Wand tool - then click inside each of the letters in the name on your signature. Once all letters have been selected & have the "marching ants" around them, 
Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass
*My settings are below - you are welcome to use them or your own*


Now click Ok.
Go to Adjust - click Add/Remove Noise - then click Add Noise - set to Uniform, 40 & make sure your Monochrome box IS checked, then click Ok.

Now go to Selections - click Select None.

Now add any credit/copyright information that needs to be added.

Once happy with all elements & the name on your signature - go to your layers pallet - right click on any layer - then click Merge - then click Merge Visible.

Now activate your Crop tool - then crop off any access canvas that you did not use.

Now once your canvas is cropped you may or may not want to re-size your tag, depending on where you will be using it. Because every place on the net is different as to what size they allow to be used, you will have to check with them. I can't give you an exact size it should be for every website.

If you re-size your signature after you merged & cropped it, you might want to Sharpen your completed signature 1 last time.

Now all that is left is for you to save your signature as a PNG file & you have completed this tutorial!!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

♥Happy Halloween PTU (Animated)♥

**This tutorial was written & posted by DitzyDezigns on September 27th 2011**
***Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental & completely unintentional!!***

Here is what we will be making :



Supplies Needed :
Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)
Animation Shop
Tube Of Choice - I used the amazing work of Elias Chatzoudis, you can now purchase his work @ PTE
Scrapkit - Happy Halloween By Rebellious Scraps @ Scrappin Dollars
Template - Temp11 By Creative Chicks

Plugins Used :
Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow
Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
Xero - Radiance
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Font Used :
Gotica Bastard 

Elements Used :
Paper1
Paper 3
Paper 6
SpiderWeb 1 & 2
Pumpkin
Jack
Frank
BlobMonster
Bat2
Bat
Cauldron
Spider 1 & 3
Charm2
Cat
Skeleton
Sparkles 2

Lets Begin :
(Please note - I post all of the settings I used for this tag threw out my tutorial, you are more than welcome to use my settings if you wish. Or you can also change them to your own personal preference. I have no issues with that what so ever. If I didn't want anyone to use them I wouldn't post them :-) If at any time you have any questions, please do not hesitate to shoot me an email & I will respond as quickly as I can.
Start by opening your Temp11, then go to your layers pallet & delete the credit layer.

Now in your layers pallet - click on the Raster 11 layer - go to Selections, click Select All, go to Selections again & click Float, then go to Selections again & click Defloat,

Now open Paper 12 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then go to Selections & click Invert. Then on your keyboard press your delete key 1 time.
Now go back to Selections & click Select None.

Now go to Effects - click Plugins - Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow.
(You can use my settings below or chose your own, the choice is always yours.)


Click Ok.
Now go to Effects - click 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
(Again you can use my settings below or your own)



Now go to your layers pallet & delete your original Raster 11 layer.

Now follow those exact steps for the "Copy Of Raster 11 layer"

Now in your layers pallet - click on the Raster 4 layer - Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat -

Open Paper 3 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then go to Selections & click Invert, then on your keyboard press your delete key 1 time.
Go to Selections & click Select None.

Now go to Effects - click Plugins - Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow. Use the same settings you used above.
Then go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow. Use the same settings you used above.
 Go back to your layers pallet & delete your original Raster 4 layer.

In your layers pallet - click on Raster 6 - Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat -

Open Paper 6 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then go to Selections, click Invert. On your keyboard press your delete key 1 time.
Go back to Selections & click Select None.
Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow
Same settings as above.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow . Same settings you used above.

Go to your layers pallet & delete your original Raster 6 layer.

Now in your layers pallet, delete the following layers :
Raster 10
Raster 12
Copy Of Raster 12

Now in your layers pallet - click on Raster 3 layer - Activate your Magic Wand tool - click inside your black frame area.

Now open your tube of choice - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - re-size it if needed, then position it to your liking. Once happy with the position go to Selections & click Invert - then on your keyboard press your delete key 1 time.
Then go to Selections & click Select None.

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your tube layer - then click Duplicate. 
On your duplicated tube layer go to Adjust - click Blur - Gaussian Blur  , set it to 5.00 & click Ok.

Now at the top of your layers pallet - change your Blend Mode to Overlay.

Now follow those same steps for your Copy Of Raster 2 layer. 

Now in your layers pallet - click on Raster 7 layer - Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat -

Open Paper 1 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then go to Selections - click Invert - then on your keyboard press your delete key 1 time. Now go back to Selections & click Select None.
Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow . Same settings as before.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow. Same settings as before.

Now open your SpiderWeb 1 from your kit - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 40%. Position your SpiderWeb 1 element within your Copy Of Raster 5 circle on your template.
Once happy with the position, go to your layers pallet - right click on your SpiderWeb1 layer - then click Duplicate. Then on your duplicated SpiderWeb1 layer - right click again & click Duplicate.
Now you should have a total of 3 SpiderWeb 1 layers.

Now you will want to rename these three layers - starting from the bottom SpiderWeb 1 layer - rename it Purple Spider Web 1, then on the second one, Purple Spider Web 2, then the 3rd one Purple Spider Web 3.

Now in your layers pallet - close of the top 2 SpiderWeb layers.
Click on SpiderWeb1 layer - go to Effects - click Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation
(You can use my settings below or play around with them to get the effect you would like.)
 
 Click Ok

Now unhide your SpiderWeb 2 layer & close off your Spider Web 1 layer.
Go to Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex2 - Constellation
This time click your Random Set button 1 time, then click Ok.
(The numbers in that box may not match mine, but that is ok)



Now unhide your SpiderWeb 3 layer & close of your Spider Web 2 layer, Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex2 - Constellation.
Click your Random Seed button & click Ok.
(Again your numbers in that box may not match mine, but that is ok) 



Now unhide your Purple Spider Web 1 layer - then close off your Purple Spider Web 2 & 3 layers.

Now open your Spider Web 2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 40%. 
Now position it within your Raster 5 circle area on your template. When you rename these layers use - Orange Spider Web 1, Orange Spider Web 2, Orange Spider Web 3.

Then follow the same steps you did above for your 1st Spider Web 1 element. Duplicate the layer 2 times, then add the constellation, using the same settings you used on the purple spider web element.

Now open your Pumpkin element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 30%. Position it to your liking.
Go to Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 
I used the same settings for my elements that I used for my layers, but you can use which ever you prefer .

Open your Jack element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 70%, then position to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Open your Frank element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas  - then re-size it to 25%. Now position to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Open your Blob Monster element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Now open your Bat 2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Bat2 layer - then click Duplicate. Then duplicate your Bat2 layer again for a total of 3. Now position each element to your liking.

Now open your Spider 1 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas. Then re-size it to 15%. Then position to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Spider 1 element - then click duplicate, then duplicate that layer so that you have a total of 3 Spider 1 elements. Now position each element to your liking.

Now open your Spider 3 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 15%. Position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Go to your layers pallet - right click on your Spider 3 layer & click Duplicate. Then duplicate it again & position all 3 of your Spider elements to your liking.

Open your Spider Charm 1 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Open your Spider Charm 3 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Open your Cat element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 30%. Position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Open your Skeleton element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Skeleton layer - then click Duplicate.

Now position your duplicated Skeleton to your liking as well.

Open your Sparkles 2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - go to Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Do not apply a drop shadow to this element.

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Sparkles 2 layer - then click Duplicate. Now go to Image - click Flip. Position to your liking.

In your layers pallet - click on your Raster 15 layer - then go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow, set your settings click ok.
Then activate your Magic Wand tool - click inside your green bat - then go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
(You can use my settings below or your own)
Click Ok

Now go to Selections & click Select None.

Now activate your text tool - set your font, size & color
I used :
Font : Gotica Bastard
Size : 80 Pixels (This size will depend on the length of your name)
Background Color : (I used a variety of colors, you are welcome to do so as well, or make them all one color. I will post the 3 different color codes I used incase you would like to do the same.)
Color #1 - #ec4d00
Color #2 - #330d4d
Color #3 - #7fdb1d

Foreground Color - set to nul

In order to change the color of your letters easier, type out the name you wish to use, then highlight each letter & change the color accordingly. Atleast that is the easiest way I have figured out to do lol

Once you have your colors the way you want it , click apply , then position your name to your liking. Once happy with placement go to your layers pallet - right click on your name layer then click Convert To Raster Layer.

Then go to Effects - click Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
(You are welcome to use my settings or your own)
**See added note on screen shot below**


Once you have your Gradient Glow done, then go to Effects - click 3D Effects - Drop Shadow. Set to your liking & click Ok.

Now you will need to add any copyright/credit information & license #. (Very important not to miss this step.)

Once you have everything added that you would like, activate your crop tool -
Crop off any canvas that you did not use. Be careful not to crop to closely as you don't want to crop off any elements or parts of their drop shadow.

Open your Animation Shop

Go back to PSP -
Go to your layers pallet - on your Purple Spider Web 1 layers, make sure that your Purple Spider Web 1 layer is open & that Spider Web 2 & 3 layers are closed.

Then go to your Orange Spider Web 1 layers, make sure that your Orange Spider Web 1 layer is open & that your Orange Spider Web 2 & 3 layers are closed.

Now click on your Purple Spider Web 1 layer - go to Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged

Go to your Animation Shop - right click in the grey work area, then click Paste As New Animation.

Go back to your PSP -
Unhide your Purple Spider Web 2 layer & close off your Purple Spider Web 1 layer.
Go to your Orange Spider Web 1 layer - Open your Orange Spider Web 2 layer & close off your Orange Spider Web 1 layer.

Make sure you are on your Orange Spider Web 2 layer - go to Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged -

Go to Animation Shop -
Right click on your first frame you just put there, then click Paste - then Paste After Current Frame.

Go back to your PSP -

Now in your layers pallet - go to your Purple Spider Web layers - Open your Purple Spider Web 3 layer & close off your Purple Spider Web 2 layer.

Now go to your Orange Spider Web layers - Open your Orange Spider Web 3 layer & close off your Orange Spider Web 2 layer.

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged

Go to your Animation Shop -
Right click in your 2nd frame that you just put there, then click Paste - After Current Frame.

Now view your animation.
If happy with it, you will wanna re-size it to the size you will need for where you will be using it.
(To re-size in animation shop - use your Shift & S key at the same time & your re-size menu will open, set your desired size & click Ok.)
Now save your animated tag as a GIF file & you have completed this tutorial!♥



 


Sunday, September 4, 2011

♥Lily InThe Night PTU♥

**This tutorial was written & posted by DitzyDezigns September 4th 2011**
***Any resemblance to any other tutorials is purely coincidental & completely unintentional!!***

Here is what we will be making :

Supplies Needed :
Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)
Animation Shop
Scrapkit - Lily In The Night By The Peekaboo Land
Mask Of Choice

Plugins Used :
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (Optional)
Xero - Radiance (Optional)
Alien Skin - Constellation (Optional)

Elements Used :
House_03
Lily_01
Owl_01
Globe_01
Flower_07
Paper10
Leaf_03
Moon_01
Lily_02
Ribbon_01
Stars_01
Rose_01

Font Used :
Respective

Lets Begin :

 Start by opening a new 800 X 650 white canvas. (Don't worry you can crop it later)

Then open your House_03 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 50%. Now use your move tool & position your house element to the center of your canvas.
Go to Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Then - Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
*You can use my settings below or your own, the choice is always yours)
Click Ok.

Open your Lily_01 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 50%. Use your move tool & position your Lily element to the front of your House element.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Use same settings as you used above)

Open your Owl_01 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 50%. Now re-size it one more time to 65%.
Use your move tool to position your Owl element to the left side of your Lily element -
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Same settings as above)

Open  Globe_01 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%, then re-size it again to 50%. Use your move tool & position your Globe element in front of your house slightly towards the left.
Go to your layers pallet - right click on your Globe layer - then click Duplicate.
Now use your move tool to position your duplicated Globe element slightly to the right.
Go back to your layers pallet - right click on your duplicated Globe layer - then click Merge - then click Merge Down.
Go to Adjust - Click Sharpness - then click Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (same settings as before)

Open your Flower_07 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 65%. Now use your move tool to position your flower in front of your house slightly to the left.
Go to your layers pallet - move your Flower layer down so it is directly below your House layer.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 
This time you want to apply a slight drop shadow, so I have changed my settings to those below :


Click Ok.

Open Paper 10 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 50% 3x's.
In your layers pallet - move your paper 10 layer down so that it is the 2nd layer from the bottom of your layers pallet.

Now go to Layers - click Load/Save Mask - then click Load Mask From Disk.
Now once your Mask menu opens, choose a Mask of your choice & click Load.

Now in your layers pallet - right click on your Mask layer - then click Merge - Merge Group

Now right click on your Merged Mask layer - click Duplicate.
Now right click on your Duplicated Mask layer - then click Merge - Merge Down

Now use your move tool to position your Mask slightly to the left on your canvas.
Then go back to your layers pallet - right click on your Mask layer & click Duplicate.
Go to Image - click Mirror. Use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Mask layer if needed.


Now open your Leaf_03 element - Copy & Paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%, then re-size it again to 40%. Use your move tool to position it to the right side of your house.

Go to your layers pallet - move your Leaf_03 layer so that it is under your Flower layers.
Now go to Effects - Plugins - Xero - Radiance 
*My settings are below, if you would like to use them*


Click Ok.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow


Click Ok.

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Leaf_03 layer - click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror. Use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Leaf_03 element if needed.

Now open your Lily_02 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 35%. Use your move tool & position your Lily_02 to the left side of your house & place it on your leaf element so it appears to be sitting on the leaf.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (same settings as above)

Now go to your layers pallet - right click on your Lily_02 layer & click Duplicate. Now use your move tool to move your duplicated Lily_02 element to the right side & place that one on the leaf so it appears to be sitting on it as well.

Open your Moon element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 30%. Now use your move tool to position it to the upper left of your tag.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Open your Leaf_02 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%, then re-size it again to 50%. Now go to Image - click Free Rotate - set it to Right 90.00 & click Ok.
Now use your move tool to position it to the bottom left end of your Globe element.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Go to your layers pallet - right click on your Leaf_02 layer - click Duplicate. Now go to Image - click Mirror.

Open your Ribbon_01 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it to 50%. Position it to the bottom of your tag.
Go to your layers pallet - move your Ribbon_01 layer below all 3 of your Lily elements.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Open your Stars_01 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20% then re-size it again to 50%. Now position your Stars element to the left side of your tag. 
Go to your layers pallet - move your Stars layer down so it is below all 3 of your Lily layers.
Now right click on your Stars layer - click Duplicate - now go to Image & click Mirror.
Now on your duplicated Stars layer - right click on it - then click Duplicate.
Now go to Image & click Mirror.
Go back to your layers pallet - right click on your duplicated Stars layer - then click Merge Down.

Now go to Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Open your Rose_01 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas - then re-size it to 20%. Then re-size it again to 50%. Now use your move tool to position it to your liking.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Go to your layers pallet - right click on your Rose layer - then click Duplicate. Use your move tool to adjust the position to your liking.
Now duplicate your Rose layer a couple more times & place them to your liking.

In your layers pallet - click on your House layer -

Now activate your Selections Tool - then trace out the parts of your house that you want to animate with glitter.

Once you have everything selected go to your layers pallet - right click on your House layer - then click Promote Selections To Layer.

Now go to Selections - click Select None.
Go back to your layers pallet - right click on your Promoted Selections layer - then click Duplicate. Now right click on your duplicated layer & click Duplicate again.
Now you should have 3 layers of your area you are going to apply glitter to.

In your layers pallet - rename the 3 layers you just made. I used Glitter 1, Glitter 2, Glitter 3
Start from the bottom glitter layer & work your way up. When all of them have the Add Noise added, close off Glitter 2 & 3 layers.

Now in your layers pallet - click on your Glitter 1 layer - got o Adjust - click Add/Remove Nosie - then click Add Noise - set to Uniform , 30 & make sure your Monochrome is checked, then click Ok.

Click on your Glitter 2 layer - close off your Glitter 1 layer
Add Noise - this time change to 35 & click Ok.



Click on your Glitter 3 layer - close off your Glitter 2 layer -
Add Noise - this time change it to 40 & click Ok.

Now -
Add your Name & credit information .
Font I used for the name :
Font : Respective
Size : 65 Pixels (Depends on the length of the name)
Background Color : #764689
Foreground Color : Set to nul

Once happy with placement of name - go to Layers Pallet - right click - then click Convert To Raster Layer
Then go to Effects - click Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow with the following settings :


Click Ok.
Apply a drop shadow


Now click on your Glitter 1 layer -
Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged


Right click on your grey work space - click Paste As new Animation


Go back to PSP -
Click on Glitter 2 layer & close of Glitter 1 layer

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged 
Go to Animation Shop -
Right click in frame 1 & click Paste - After Current Frame

Go back to PSP
Click on Glitter 3 layer & close off Glitter 2 layer -

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged -


Right click on the 2nd frame - click Paste - click After Current Frame

Now you should have all 3 frames in your Animation Shop -
So now you will want to view your animation.

Then activate your crop tool in your Animation Shop & crop off any access canvas that you did not use.

Then re-size your tag & save it as a GIF file!!♥

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