Tagbacks - Sigs and Avs
Here are some fun Avs and Sigs for you to snag and use. No credit needed as everything came from PSP.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Winter Opal
Gather 'round my precious Tigerlilies, I have a new tut for you! I did this tut on November 29 using PSP9 and Animation Shop. Any resemblance to existing tuts is a coincidence.
OK, here is what you will need:
A tube - I am using Augustina by Verymany. You need a license to use her beautiful work. You can find everything you need at www.verymanytubes.com
A kit - I am using Cheer by Tiny Turtle Designs at www.tinyturtledesigns.com
Now, these are PTU items. If you have existing items that you wish to use, go right ahead. Sometimes it's really fun to just do your thing and make the tuts your own. I hope you will show me what all you do! I love seeing what people do with the tuts.
Just follow your heart and have fun!
Next you will want a mask of your choice.
Choose two fonts. I picked Sunshine Blvd and Quantify which I got at www.dafont.com You will want the fonts to be different - such as one block and one script.
The filters I used are Flaming Pear Lacquer and Flaming Pear SuperBladePro. You can substitute if you want. I am old and I got these as freebies to try many years ago and I loved them and I will probably die still using them.
OK, so let's begin. Open a 650 X 650 canvas
Floodfill with Paper 31 from the Cheer kit.
New Raster Layer. Floodfill with white.
Apply your mask.
Return to bottom layer.
Layer Properties.
Set Opacity at 87.
Merge all.
My tube is kind of weird so in order to make sure I place everything right, I want to place my tube next. I resized her to 60% and Pasted As New Layer and I placed her where I wanted and added a drop shadow.
Element 77 - resize 60% drop shadow
Element 76 - resize 60% crop and erase as needed.
Add Noise 41
Lacquer
Duplicate Layer
Mirror
Drop Shadow
Element 10 - Free Rotate 25% Left
Resize 80%
Apply Lacquer and play with it until it looks sort of like a golden opal. Each person's PSP settings are going to be different.
Apply drop shadow
Duplicate the layer and mirror. Arrange where you want it.
Element 8 - resize 20% Paste and drop shadow
Element 68 - mirror resize 20% drop shadow
Element 20 - resize 20% paste and drop shadow
Element 44 - resize 20% paste and drop shadow
Depending on how your tube is, you may wish to arrange all your stuff differently than I did mine. You may want to duplicate more elements or delete some and add others from the kit. Go ahead! Make it your own!
When you have everything how you like it, merge all your layers, go to Adjust, then select Sharpen, and add your credits.
Next, we are going to do the Winter Opal Word Art.
I would advise saving your work at this point because if anything crazy happens, you have a blank copy.
Open a new canvas I use a bigger one than what I need because I like having room.
Choose the font that you want to use for the Winter. Since I generally work larger because I find it easier to use a larger size and then resize it to fit into my picture, I generally go with 48. Type the word winter. I used the SuperBladePro filter with the Aqualite setting and it gave me this coppery effect that totally looked like it belonged with my tube. I added a drop shadow and resized it to 60$ and then sharpened it and added it to my picture.
Then for the word Opal, I used my Sunshine Blvd font. I used Lacquer for the filter. When I placed it - after resizing to 60%, instead of a drop shadow, I used Add Noise at 41 and I used Eye Candy's Corona filter with a color chosen from the tube. It caused the word to look like an opal. If you do not have Eye Candy, you can use Drop Shadow which came with PSP and you can change the color and switch the Vertical offset to 3 and the horizontal to 1 to get the same effect.
Sharpen when you are satisfied.
If you do not wish to animate your tag, you are finished. I hope you had a good time.
Please show me what you did.
Open Animation Shop.
Go back to PSP.
Choose your Freehand Selection tool and draw around what you want to become glittery. As I said, I like to make my areas extra big. Go to View, then Choose Zoom and Zoom In. Or you can use your mouse's roller button to make the image bigger. Sometimes people like the menu and sometimes people like the mouse.
When you have circled all your areas, zoom back to 100%.
You should have marching ants around all your choices.
Go to Window and then Choose Duplicate. Select Duplicate two times so that you have three pictures.
For your first picture, go to Adjust, choose Add Noise. I like Gausian Monochrome for this one. I also like a lower number. 50 for this one. Then Sharpen. Then Select None so the Marching Ants go away. Copy this. Take it over to Animation Shop and Past as New Animation.
Back to PSP. Minimize the first picture.
Go to the second picture. Add noise, but this time increase it to 55. Here is a little trick. You don't want to increase your noise by too much. That is why sometimes noise looks blurry. Never increase greater than 5. And always sharpen every time you add noise or resize. It will keep those little nasty gremlins from coming when you optimize your animation.
Sharpen and Select None.
Copy and Carry over to Animation Shop, but this time you will Paste After Current Frame.
Back to PSP. Minimize the second picture.
Add Noise increased to 60. Sharpen. Select None.
Carry over to Animation Shop.
Paste After Current Frame.
Now one thing I always do before I do anything else is I go to Animation and View. I want to look for any problems with animation and I want to make sure everything is smooth and did everything look like how I imagined it would. Once I am satisfied, I save a copy as an MNG file. This is a non-optimized copy. If you want to add a name or an element you would use the MNG. If you keep optimizing a GIF you get gremlins. Nobody likes gremlins.
When you are sure you are satisfied and you are ready to offer this as I am right now, then you save as a GIF and you can share with your friends! I hope you had fun!
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Tut - Fairywishes
Hello, my precious Tigerlilies, I have a magical tut for you today!
This tut is just adorable!
Here is what you are going to need:
The font Christmas on Crack from www.dafont.com
A winter mask of your choice.
A fairy tube in Christmas or Winter colors. I am using a tube by Amy Brown from Creative Design Outlet. You must have a license to use her work. www.creativedesignoutlet.com
A winter or Christmas themed scrap kit that coordinates with your tube. My kit was also purchased at CDO. It is a mini kit by Babycakes Scraps called Holiday Glow.
Now, here's the thing. Sometimes I use PTU but that doesn't mean you have to go out and buy what I am using. If you have something you love that is FTU or if you want to use a whole other kit or tube or another color or theme, go ahead. That is part of the fun of tuts. Nothing has to be exact exact. Tuts are for fun.
Flaming Pear Lacquer filter (or Inner Bevel or Eye Candy Glass)
I made this tut using Paint Shop Pro 9 on November 25. Any resemblance to existing tuts is coincidental.
OK, let's begin.
Open New canvas 600 X 600
Use Paper 2 and floodfill.
New Raster Layer, floodfill white.
Apply your mask.
Go back to Raster 1 and apply Lacquer Filter of your liking. I used Dodge and Burn, and it looked like a pen and ink drawing so I Changed to Target and colored in red to make it stand out a little bit more.
Use element 36 and resized it to 80% and added a drop shadow and pasted it as a new layer.
Adjust your tube so that it is in front of the frame how you like it. Add a drop shadow.
Element 22 - Adjust - Add Noise - 51
Then add drop shadow.
The reason you want to add the noise before you do the drop shadow is because if you put the drop shadow on and then you add the noise is because then your shadow will be glittery and it might look strange.
Everyone likes a different drop shadow so I leave that up to you. That is why I don't indicate specific drop shadow numbers.
Element 7 - resize 70% - drop shadow - Paste as new layer
Element 1 - resize 70% - free rotate 25 left
You may need to erase the stem behind the bird.
Adjust - add noise - 51
Drop Shadow
Element 8 - resize 30%
Apply Lacquer Vivid B change colors to gold
Adjust - Add Noise 51
Element 14 - resize 85
drop shadow
Duplicate Layer
Flip
Element 17 - Paste as New Layer - Lacquer - Add Noise 51
Drop Shadow
Element 13
Now, I needed to mirror this. You may not need to depending on your tube. Feel free to mirror, flip and adjust any elements so that your tube fits.
Resize 40%
Add Noise 51
Drop Shadow
25 - free rotate right 25 and resize to 40%
Adjust - add Noise 51.
Paste and drop shadow
Merge all your layers and then go to Adjust and select Sharpen. Any time you resize anything, it is a good idea to sharpen it back up because sometimes resizing can blur the images a teeny bit. This way you can freshen them back up and it makes them crisp.
Add your credits and then we will do our word art.
You can use any phrase or font you wish. Or you can use a name.
I chose the font Christmas on Crack because it looked like a story book fairy tale one.
I used a gradient that I had made years ago. You can use any color, gradient or pattern that you like to go with your tag. Type your text and set it how you like. I applied the lacquer filter again and applied a drop shadow.
I hope you had fun!
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Tigerlily's Christmas Tuts - Naughty or Nice
Snow is in the air, my precious Tigerlilies, and what better way to spend the Holidays than with PSP? Yay!
I have a fun fun tut for you today!
I created this tut on November 23, 2017. Any resemblance to any existing tuts is a coincidence. I used PSP9 and Animation Shop 3.
Here's what you need:
A mask of your choosing. I used one from Melissa with a lot of snowflakes.
Three distinctively different fonts
A tube. I am using a great one from Zlata_M You need a license to use her work. I got mine from Pics for Design. www.picsfordesign.com
The scrap kit Naughty or Nice by Pink Paradox www.pinkparadoxproduction.com
Filters Flaming Pear Lacquer
Eye Candy Corona
Open a canvas of 650 X 650
Open Paper 3 from the kit. Fill.
Then open a new layer and floodfill with white.
Apply your mask.
Go to your bottom layer and apply the lacquer filter. Now, if you don't have Flaming Pear's filter series, that is OK, because the Inner Bevel filter that came with your PSP can do the same effect. You may want to play with it until you get an effect that you like. I also changed my colors from black to red and I got a sort of grayish foil effect around my trees.
Merge All
Paste your tube as a new layer and move around how you like. My tube is pretty straight up and down. If your tube is lying down or kneeling, your elements and text will be placed differently than mine are. Heck, if you don't like the ones I used, you don't have to use them. Do what you like. I love Pink Paradox's kits because they are jam-packed with great elements and papers. There are so many choices!
Frame #6 Resize 40% and free rotate left 25. Drop Shadow.
I love drop shadow and I do it for nearly everything. I also use different settings all the time, so if you have your favorite settings, go ahead and use those because mine can sometimes be weird.
14 - resize 25% drop shadow.
I also assume you know to paste as new layer so I don't need to say it.
47 and 48 resize 25% drop shadow arrange
2 resize 25 and drop shadow. Now I needed to mirror it and put it on the other side. You may want to keep it on the other side and mirror other elements.
52 resize 25% drop shadow
53 resize 30 drop shadow
9 resize 50% drop shadow
91 resize 50% drop shadow
90 resize 50% and paste under the frame. Now, do not drop shadow this because you want it to look sort of kaleidoscope-ish. Use your eraser tool and erase the parts that are showing outside of the star frame. Then add noise at 57 so it sort of looks like when you look into a kaleidoscope.
Now, for your word art, use your different fonts to make the words Naughty or Nice and arrange them on your tag. I did mine on a free space near the bottom, so if I wanted to put anything extra in the kaleidoscope part, I had that option too.
Then add your credits.
If you don't want to animate, merge your layers, go to adjust, sharpen and you are finished.
If you wish to animate, here's what you do. Merge all your layers.
We are going to glitter the jewelry. Of course your tube may have something different to glitter.
Then, using your freehand selection tool, draw around the areas you wish to glitter.
When you have all the areas you want chosen, go to window and choose duplicate and make two copies.
On your first image, go to Adjust, add noise, leave it at 57, hit OK, then Select None. Then Adjust, Sharpen.
Go to Edit, Copy, and carry over to Animation Shop. Go to Edit and Paste As New Animation.
Minimize that first one in PSP.
On the second one that still has marching ants, go to Adjust, Add Noise, change the number to 62, OK, Select None, Adjust, Sharpen, Copy, Paste After Selected Frame.
Minimize Second one.
Final one - Adjust, Add Noise, change the number to 67, OK, Select None, Select None, Adjust, Sharpen, Copy, Paste After Selected Frame.
And there ya go! I hope you had fun!
Monday, October 2, 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Friday, August 11, 2017
Cressida
Cressida
Gather 'round, my precious Tigerlilies! I have such a fun tut for you!
I wrote this tut on August 10, 2017. Any resemblance to existing tuts is purely coincidental.
I used Jasc PSP9.
I am using the beautiful work of Ishika Chowdhury. Her tube Cressida can be purchased at www.scrapsncompany.com and you will need a license to use her work.
The Kit is Cressida by LilMzsBrainstorms. This kit is so exciting! Plenty of fun things in here for all your needs.
I am using the font Drawing Nature from www.dafont.com
My mask is from MB & SW, but feel free to use your own mask if you wish.
Whenever I use a tube or kit element I always duplicate so that I am working with a copy and not an original.
Open paper 6 and resize it to 75%.
Add a New Raster Layer, but this time we're going to floodfill black. I know a lot of tuts call for white, but black is going to be an interesting variation.
Before you merge the layers after you apply the mask, go to Flaming Pear's Lacquer if you have it or to Inner Bevel and play with the effects until you have something you love. I liked my Lacquer effects with my mask because it reminded me of Northern Lights.
For these elements, you may need to adjust size and placement depending on which tube you use. Or if you like other ones better, defo go for it and make the tag your own.
I always do a drop shadow on my items. Feel free to do a drop shadow to your liking.
Because the background is so dark, I chose a gray color to make the drop shadow stand out a bit more. You may want to use Adjust/Sharpen often.
Element 40 - resize 50%
Element 39 - resize 50%
Element 37 - resize 50%
I used Snap Art Watercolor, but you can apply a Gausian Blur in the Adjust pull down menu to achieve the same thing if you don't have Snap Art.
Element 55 - 50%
Element 71 - do not resize
Adjust/Add Noise/Gausian 70
Adjust/Sharpen More
Element 38 - resize 40%
Element 18 - resize 40%
Element 88 - resize 35%
Element 78 - resize 50%
Element 59 - resize 30%
add noise 50
Element 67 - resize 30%
Add noise 70
Sharpen More
Element 72 - resize 20%
Snap Art Watercolor
Element 87 - do not resize
Erase as necessary to not obscure other layers.
Add Noise 26
Element 77 - resize 30%
I added another layer and used mirror and free rotate to place around the moth element. You may want to play around and see if having a couple of butterflies is nice for you too.
Add your credits at this point in time.
For the name, I used black and applied my text - Drawing Nature is my font.
Then I did Selections?Modify?Expand?3
Then I added a New Raster Layer and Floodfilled with a cp;pr from the tube.
I applied Lacquer to the bottom layer.
Then I chose Merge Visible, added a drop shadow and used Sharpen More.
I pasted as New Selection and then moved my name around to fit into the tag.
I selected none and then I was done!
I hope you had fun!
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Mermaid Sparkles
Gather 'round, my most precious tigerlilies! I have an amazing tut for you to try. It is super easy and the goodies from this kit are amazing!
I wrote this tutorial on August 7, 2017. Any resemblance to existing tuts is purely coincidental.
I used PSP9 and AS3.
My tube is Airella from Misticheskaya. You need a license to use her work. I got mine at www.picsfordesign.com
My kit is Doll Mermaid 1 by LilMzsBrainstorms. I got my kit at www.scrapsncompany.com
This kit is so exciting! It is jam packed with goodies for all your tagging needs!
As with all my tuts, please feel free to use any elements you wish and make your tag your own. Have fun!
You also don't have to animate if you don't want to.
Besides the kit and a tube, you will want a font. I am using Wibble and I got it at www.dafont.com
OK, begin by opening a 600 X 600 canvas.
I used paper 8. I always duplicate and close the original so I am working with the duplicate and not the original.
Resize the duplicate to 75%.
I thought the paper was a bit bright, so I went into layer properties and lowered the opacity to 75%. My eyes just may be googly. if it looks OK to you, you do not need to adjust the opacity at all.
Element 33 - move into place and add a drop shadow to your preferred settings.
Resize your tube and place in between the background layer and the frame layer. Move the tube so that it is in the frame. My mermaid's tail is pretty fluffy, so I used free rotate and set it at 5 and adjusted her just a teeny tiny bit so she'd fill the frame better. You may have to mess with it a bit.
For this next series of elements you are going to resize all to 30% and place wherever you wish. You may need to mirror and rotate them depending on how your tube is positioned.
You will also drop shadow as you like.
Element 10
Wlwmwnt 29
Element 86
Element 36
Element 44
Element 46
Element 65
Element 67
Element 32is going to be resized at 20%
Element 89 is going to be resized to 45%
Element 90 will be resized to 40%.
If you wish to use more elements, definitely go for it.
When you are satisfied with the positioning of everything and of the placement, Merge All and add your credits.
Now, this is how you add the glitter.
Using the freehand selection tool in PSP, draw around the things you want to glitter. I did not choose everything. I don't have a very steady hand so I like to Zoom In More and I tend to take a good while to do my outlining. Make sure your selection mode is at Add-Shift. It makes me so mad when it changes back to Replace, so I watch that setting very closely.
When you do a freehand selection, you will see marching ants around what you did.
When you are satisfied, go to Window and Duplicate two times.
On the first one go to Adjust and Add Noise. I used setting 60 and I had Gausian checked.
Then I hit Adjust Sharpen and sharpened my selections.
Then Select None.
I chose copy, and then carried it over to AS and selected Paste as new animation.
I repeated the procedure for the next two duplicates and I increased the Add Noise by 5 each time, so 65 and 70. You want to keep the noise fairly closely spaced.
Each time I carried it over to AS, I selected Past after current frame.
When everything is copied, go to AS and select View and then Animation.
If you are satisfied with your tag, save it as an MNG file. The reason for that is that MNG doesn't keep optimizing and it acts like a clean blank copy every time.
Now it's time for the name.
Back in PSP, open a new canvas. I used 600 X 300. There was no way the font would be that massive, but I like a little elbow room.
I chose Wibble font. I had it set at 72. For my shorter names I resized at 115% and for my longer names, I did not to resize down to 80% so as not to mess up the view of my mermaid's tail.
Typre your name.
Then go to Selections/Modify/Expand. Expand 4 and then select New Raster Layer and floodfill with a matching color from your tube or from the kit.
Select None.
On the New Layer Adjust/Add Noise and take that layer to the bottom.
Select the top layer and apply Eye Candy 4000 HSB Noise and then glass. Merge Visible and add a drop shadow. Adjust/sharpen and copy.
Go to AS and Paste as New Animation.
Duplicate twice.
Now this part you need to be careful with. Click on the first frame of your name. Go to Edit and Choose Select All. Then choose Copy.
Then Click on the first frame of your MNG file. Choose Select all under Edit. Then Choose Paste Into Selected Frame. Now, this has a cool feature because you can position it how you want. You set the action by clicking with your mouse. You must use Selecte all And Paste Into Selected Frame or it won't work.
When you are satisfied, save as a GIF.
I hope you had a good time with this tut!
Monday, July 31, 2017
Goldie
I made tags with Kelly Lynn's beautiful doll Goldie and the Kizzeb By Kelz kit AdoreMe. Check all the goodies out at www.kizzedbykelz.com!
Lubbie Lee
Gather 'round my precious Tigerlilies, have I got a beauty for you!
This is such a lovely kit and tube to celebrate a wedding!
I am using a Selisan Al-Gaib tube called Lubbie Lee. I got it at Tiny Turtle Designs www.tinyturtledesigns.com and you will need a licence to use the tube.
The kit is Lubbie Lee from LilMzsBrainstorms and it is jam packed with everything you need for your wedding tags! You can get the kit at www.scrapsncompany.com.
I used RD Mask set 122 Mask 4, but feel free to use the mask of your choice.
I used the font Stardust Adventure, which I found at www.urbanfonts.com but again, feel free to use a font you love.
Nothing is hard and fast about this tut.
I wrote this tut on July 31, 2017. Any resemblance to existing tuts is a coincidence.
I used Jasc PSP9.
Open Paper 13 and duplicate it. Close the original. Resize to 75% which will make your canvas 600 X 600. I like to leave my area big so I can see what I'm doing. If you are bound by size requirements, you can resize at the end.
Make a New Raster Layer and floodfill it with white.
Apply your mask.
Before you Merge, click on Raster 1 and apply your effects. I used Xero's Fritillary. I just clicked Random until I found a pattern I liked. If you like a certain preset, go ahead and use that one.
I then applied Lacquer. Lacquer is a more obscure filter, so not everyone has it. Inner Bevel is a filter that does a lot of the same things that Lacquer does. Again, use the settings you like.
Element 95 - Resize 75%
Adjust - Add Noise 66
Drop Shadow
You may be using a different tube than I did and that is totally OK. From now on, arrange your layers to suit your tube. Or, if you have a different vision and want to use other elements in the kit, go ahead and make it your own.
Element 3 - resize to 15%
Adjust - Add Noise - 66
Add your drop shadow
Element 20 - resize 30%
31 - resize 50%
Add noise
11 - resize 50%
42 and 43 - resize 40%
If you want to add some "bubbles" to your Champagne, use your magic wand and select the liquid in the glass. Add Noise. Than Select None and add your drop shadow.
91 leave as is but you may wish to add Lacquer or an Inner Bevel to make it stand out.
34 - resize to 40%
27 - resize to 10%
81 - Lacquer
Add Noise
80 Resize to 22%
32 Resize to 25%
105 resize 25%
104 resize 25%
Add Noise
100 - resize 30%
Add your credits and make your arrangements how you like them. Then Merge All.
For the text, I used Stardust Adventure.
I typed in my name and then applied Flaming Pear's Primus filter. They keep bugging me to upgrade to SuperBladePro, but I am too cheap to buy it. You can achieve the same effect with Inner Bevel or with Eye Candy Chrome and then Glass.
Then add noise and Use Adjust - Sharpen More.
I hope you had fun!
Fruity Sweet
Gather 'round, my precious Tigerlilies, I have a super dee duper cool tut for you! I am so excited about this one! You are going to love it!
I wrote this on July 26, 2017. Any resemblance to existing tuts is coincidental.
I used Jasc PSP9.
Materials such as fonts are entirely optional and you can swap out if you have something you like better.
Feel free to substitute kit elements too. This kit is so exciting and it is just totally packed with all the best goodies!
I am using a couple of weird filters, so if you don't have them, go ahead and substitute.
Here's what I used:
Verymany Tube (You will need a license to use her work) Watermelon 2
RD Mask set 128 Mask 3
Alien Skin Snap Art Comics filter
Eye Candy 4000 Glass filter
Flaming Pear Lacquer filter
Ruge Boogie Font from Urban Fonts
The amazing kit from LilMzsBrainstorms Fruity Sweet
Open a canvas 600 X 600. I like to make mine really big so I can see what I'm doing. If your forum requires a different size, you can always scale accordingly.
Floodfill with paper 4 and add a white raster layer.
Go to your paper layer and apply the Comics filter. I used Assorted, Industrial.
Apply your mask and merge all.
Open Element 101 and resize it to 50%.
Apply the Flaming Pear Lacquer filter. You may need to mess with it a little bit until you get the effect you like. I use this filter a lot because there are so many things you can do with it.
Get your tube set up and resized and Paste as a New Layer.
On all my layers I was using a dropshadow of 3 horizontal and 1 vertical. Feel free to use the settings you like.
You may have to play with your layers to get them how you like. That is cool.
Element 14 - resize to 50% and apply Eye Candy 4000 Glass filter.
Element 52 - resize 50%
Element 61 - resize 45% and use Glass.
Element 59 - resize 45% and use Lacquer.
Element 53 - resize to 45%
Element 17 - resize 45%
Element 31 - resize 35%
Element 54 - resize 30%
Element 3 - 50%
Merge all and Sharpen. Add your credits. I like to use Verdana for my credits because it is an easy to read font.
For the name, I used a font called Ruge Boogie. I did a pink layer and a green layer to look a bit watermelony. I selected colors from my tube so it would match. Then I applied the Lacquer filter.
You may have to play around with things a bit to work out what goes where.
This was a total blast to write, and I hope you have fun working with it!
American Patriotic
Gather 'round my precious Tigerlilies! It's time for another tut!
Today I am using the amazing Lysisange's tube American Patriotic. You can get this tube at Scraps&Company and you need a license for it.
I am also using a kit called American Patriotic from LilMz'sBrainstorms. This kit is jam packed with fun elements and cute papers. You will love this great kit!
If you have a patriotic mask, you might want to use it.
I also used a font called Spangled which I got for free at urbanfonts.
This tut does used some extra PTU filters. If you do not have the filters, feel free to substitute with ones you have. If you want to use elements that I am not using, feel free too. Take the kit and make it your own. There are tons of great things to play with!
I made the tut in PSP9 and any resemblance to other tuts out there is coincidental.
Set up your mask layers. I used a red, white and blue gradient. I wanted to make my background as bright and busy as I could, so the gradient die that for me.
Apply the mask.
Before I merged my layers I went down to the bottom one and applied Xero's filter Fritillary.
You may need to play with the settings until it gets how you like it.
Merge layers.
Paste your tube as a new layer and add your drop shadow.
Using Element 1, add noise and paste as a new layer and add drop shadow.
Then duplicate the layer, mirror it and flip it and arrange it so you have stars all over.
Element 6 copy/paste as new layer and drop shadow.
Element 13 - add noise, paste as new layer and erase any stems that may be showing.
Element 15 - paste a new layer and apply Flaming Pear Lacquer.
Element 23 - add noise, paste as new layer.
Element 81 - resize to 30% and paste as new layer.
Element 14 - resize to 30% and paste as new layer.
Element 100 - resize to 20% and paste as new layer. Duplicate the layer and mirror.
Element 98 - resize depending on your tube's position. Apply Flaming Pear's Lacquer. Sharpen
Add your credits.
Now the lettering may get a bit fussy, but you can play with it and find what works easiest for you. I used red and blue for the filling in part. I filled in all the letters.
I applied Eye Candy 5 Glass and made my glass clear.
Then I went to Eye Candy 4 and applied Gradient Glow using white. Then I chose Select None for the text.
I re-did Gradient Glow except I changed the color to red.
Then I did it again with blue.
You can use all kinds of different effects and colors. Play around. Have fun!
Flower Beach
Gather 'round my precious Tigerlilies, I have a new tut for you!
I am using a tube by Alex Prihodko, which you can find at PicsForDesign. You will need a license to use this tube.
The kit is so exciting! It is Flower Beach by LilMzsBrainstorms! You are going to have so much fun with this kit!
You can use a mask of your choice.
The font is Beyond the Mountains and I found it at urbanfonts.com
I created this tut June 24, 2017. Any resemblance to existing tuts is coincidental.
OK, let's begin.
Now, keep in mind that this is what I did. Feel free to add or subtract and do other things to make the tut your own. If you want to use a different tube, go ahead. Enjoy yourself and do what makes you happy!
Open paper 1 and resize to 75%
Add a raster layer and flood fill with white.
Apply mask.
Resize the tube (mine was 40% but if you use a different tube, you may have a different resize) and paste as new layer.
The elements you use and the sizes and mirroring will depend on your tube and preferences. I chose mermaid-y elements, but if your tube is different, you may opt for some of the other elements that are jam-packed in this great kit!
Element 68 resize 55% mirror drop shadow copy/paste as new layer.
Element 3 resize 12%
Element 2 resize 17%
Element 35
Mirror and resize to 40%
Now, we are going to do a different thing with the drop shadow. Choose a color other than black or white. I chose aqua. Check the box that says put shadow on a separate layer.
Then merge the layers together and do another drop shadow but un-check the separate layer box and choose a light color. I chose white. It makes the clouds look a bit fluffier without darkening the sun.
Element 29 resize 15%
Elements 43 and 44 resize to 15%
Element 45 resize to 45 and mirror
Element 99 resize to 15%
Element 94 leave as is but you may need to use the eraser tool and erase a bit of the rope.
Element 75 resize to 23%
Element 74 resize to 15%
Element 73 resize to 11%
Element 6 resize to 17%
Element 7 - duplicate
Use the crop tool and crop one side of one and crop the opposite of the duplicate. Resize each side to 12%
Element 86 resize to 17%
Element 9 mirror resize to 17%
Element 60 resize to 17%
You will want to play around with all these layers and place them where you think they look cool. When you have everything where you like it, merge and flatten, adjust sharpen, and add your credits.
If you want it un-animated, you are finished and can add your name.
Here is what I did for the animation:
Use your freehand selection tool to put marching ants around what you wish to make sparkle. When you are finished make two copies. You can go to Window and select Duplicate twice.
On your first frame, choose Adjust, add noise and set up your noise how you like. Because my tube is so busy, I began with a lower number. I started at 50. I also chose Gausian and monchrome. When the noise was added I chose Select None. Then I went back to Adjust and chose Sharpen.
I chose Copy and then took it over to Animation Shop and chose Paste as New Animation.
For the second one, I put the noise at 55 and followed the same procedure. When I got to Animation Shop, I chose Paste After Current Frame.
For the third one, I put the noise at 60 and followed the same procedure.
Now, bear in mind that whatever you did in Frame 1 such as sharpening it, you have to do to all the frames or it will look off.
Now view your animation. Mine looked like it was going too fast. I Chose Select All and then went to Frame Properties. In the little box there was the number 10. I changed that 10 to a 15. It slowed my image down enough. Be careful when you are adjusting time. A little adjusting goes a long way.
Now for your lettering, back in Paint Shop Pro, set up your font. I used Beyond the Mountains.
I chose a color from my tube.
I used Flaming Pear's Lacquer on the normal setting, but I repeated it so the filter was applied twice.
I used Eye Candy 5's Gradient Glow on the Baby Rainbow setting. I put the width down to 9.
Then I added a drop shadow.
Copy, carry over to Animation Shop and Paste As New Animation. Duplicate twice.
Select all/copy
Then click on your image you are pasting your text into. Select all and then choose Paste Into Selection. You can move it around and set it where you like it.
Then View Animation and save.
I hope you had a good time doing this!
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