Sunday, October 31, 2010

FTU TUTORIAL - GIVE THANKS



This Tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of PSP

I am using the artwork of Elias Chatzoutis, which requires a license to use, 
you can purchase this tube and a license HERE

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice, mask of choice, Fall image of choice

Effects:

Eye Candy, HSB Noise
DSB Flux, Bright Noise

Okay, Let's Get Started!!

Open my Thanksgiving1_1 template, which you can download from my blog below. 
Image, Canvas Size 700 X 700, floodfill background layer white (to fill in excess)
Layer, New Raster Layer, floodfill with a color from your tube
Apply mask of choice, Merge group, 
Effects, Eye Candy, HSB Noise, 10, 30, 40, 0, 100.39, 100.39, Smoothe Lumps, 
Seamless Tile checked, Random Seed 408

Activate your orange circle layer, Layers, Duplicate 2 times, for a total of 3 layers
On the top layer, Effects, DSB Flux, Bright Noise, 32, Mix checked.
On the second layer, add DSB Flux, Bright Noise again, but this time repeat 2 times
On the third layer, add DSB Flux, Bright noise again, but this time repeat 3 times.

Activate your black circle layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat
Copy and paste a Fall image of your choice, Selections, Invert and hit Delete on your keyboard, Deselect
Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer (make sure it is below the pumpkins layer. 
Add drop shadow of choice.
(optional) Layers, Duplicate 2 times for a total of 3 layers, 
Using your magic wand tool, select areas to animate , 
Add DSB Flux, Bright Noise as you did before for the orange circle layer.

Activate your Wordart Glow layer, Layers, Duplicate 2 times for a total of 3 layers. 
Add the same DSB Flux, Bright Noise to each layer 
(the same as you did for the Orange Circle layers).
Add your copyright/tag info.

To animate:
Close off the bottom 2 layers of your tube, wordart glow and orange circle layers, 
Copy merged and paste into Animation Shop as a new image
Back in PSP, hide your top layers and unhide the middle layers of your tube, 
wordart glow and orange circle layers, then activate your give thanks circle wordart, 
using your Raster Deform Tool, click and hold the handle down and rotate clockwise just a little bit, 
Copy merged and paste into Animation Shop after current image. 

Back in PSP, hide all your middle layers and unhide your bottom layers of your tube, 
wordart glow and orange circles, 
activate your give thanks circle wordart again and using your raster deform tool, 
move a little more clockwise,
Copy merged and paste into Animation Shop after current image. 
Edit, Select All, Make sure Propagate Paste is checked. 
Animation, Frame Properties, 17, V
iew animation, if happy save as a gif file and your are done (except for adding those names)!

Thanksgiving Template 1_1

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FTU TUTORIAL - CHERISH



This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of PSP

I am using the artwork of Jennifer Janesko. You need a license to use her work and one can be obtained at http://www.cilm.com/

You will need my supplies, which you can download at http://www.4shared.com/file/Ni3M8Cmj/Cherish_Supplies.html
I do not know who the background image or wordart belongs to. If anyone knows, please message me so that I can add the details or remove the tutorial. 



Effects:


Eye Candy 5, Nature, Ripples




Okay, Lets Get Started!!

Open a new transparent image in PSP, 650 X 250, floodfill white, 
Copy and paste any background image you would like. 
The one I used is included in the supplies if you want to use this one.
Selections, Select All, float, Defloat, Modify, Add Selections Borders, inside 7, anti alias checked. 
Layer, add new raster layer, Layer, Arrange, move to top, flood fill with a dark color from your tube. Activate your background image again, 
Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat, Modify, Add Selection Borders, inside, 7, anti alias checked,
 Layer, new raster layer, Layer, arrange, move to top, floodfill with a light color from your tube.

 Activate your background image again, 
Copy and paste the tube your want to use, position on the left side, duplicate, image mirror, 
change the properties to overlay and the opacity to around 40%, 
Drop shadow the tube on the left.
 Activate your background layer, duplicate it 2 times for a total of 3 frames. 
On the top layer, Effects, Eye Candy 5, Nature, Ripples, 
Setting, Weird Nebula Reflections, Basic, Ripple Generator - None, Ripple Wavelenth 376.25, 
Random Wave Amplitude 39, Random Wave Wavelength 0.64, Refraction 82, Random Seed  5872. 
Do the same for the other two background layers but make sure to hit the random seed button each time. 

Copy and paste your wordart onto your tag, 
Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat, 
Layer, New Raster Layer, fill with your choice of color from your tube, 
I chose the gold gradient that comes with PSP, Deselect, delete the original wordart layer. 
Add your copyright/license info on tag. 
Hide the bottom two background layers, 
Copy Merged and paste into animation shop as a new animation, 
back in PSP, hide the 3rd copy of the background and unhide the 2nd background layer,
 copy merged and paste into Animation Shop after current image, 
back in PSP, hide that layer and  unhide the bottom background layer 
 copy merged and paste into Animation Shop after current image, 
Make sure Propagate paste is selected and Select All, Animation, Frame Properties, set at 25 
(or whatever speed looks best to you) 
View image, if happy save as a gif image and you are done, except for adding the names! 

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, is so leave me a note and let me know!!