FTU Valentine Love Tutorial

I wrote this tutorial for those with a working knowledge of PSP.

Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincedental

Supplies Needed:

Absolutely gorgeous FTU Valentine Bliss kit from Jessica at Gothic Inspirations HERE

Tube of Choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Barbara Jensen HERE

Mask of choice, I am using SG Heart Burst HERE

Fonts of choice

Plugins Needed:

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Eye Candy 5 Textures, Swirl

Xero, Porcelain

Lokas 3D Shadow (Optional)

Okay!! On to the Tutorial!!

Open a new image 700x700 (We can crop and resize later)

Copy and paste the heart frame from the kit onto your canvas

Choose two colors and make a foreground/background gradient

(I chose dark pink and purple)

With your Freehand Selection tool, draw around the frame

Layer, New Raster Layer, Move this layer under your frame

Floodfill your new layer with the gradient

Do not deselect yet

Effects, Eye Candy 5 Textures, Swirl, choose add swirl to original image

Random, 126.44, 21.26, 100, 75, Random Seed 1

Deselect

Copy and paste doodle of choice onto canvas, postion at bottom of frame

(I colorized some of my elements, but that is optional for you)

Copy and paste the cluster of hearts onto your canvas, Layers, Duplicate 

Image, Mirror, postion to your liking, see my tag for reference

Add any other elements from the kit that you like and position to your liking

Activate your swirl layer, copy and paste tube of choice

Add Lokas 3D Shadow of choice or Drop Shadow of your choice

With your Selection tool, Select the part of your tube that needs 

to be brought above the top of your heart frame, Selections, 

Promote selection to layer, Deselect

Add drop shadow of choice to your elements and frame

Using Font of Choice (I am using Mon Amour Script Pro and Franklin Gothic Medium)

Add ~Love~ at the bottom of your frame (or word of choice)

Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel

Add your name using font of choice as well, Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel,

Gradient Glow, 3, 0, 100, Fat, Black

Layers, New Raster Layer, Move layer to bottom, Floodfill with color of choice

Layers, Load/Save Mask, Add Mask from Disk, Load Hearts Burst mask or one of choice

Layers, Merge, Merge Group, Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel

Close out the Mask layer, Activate any other layer, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

Layers, Duplicate, On Top Layer, Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 3, OK

Change Blend Mode to Soft Light, Layers,Merge Visible again, Layers Duplicate

On bottom layer, Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10, Repeat, Layers, Merge Visible

Open Mask Layer, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible 

Effects, Xero, Porcelain, 50, 128, 128, 0, 0, 0

Crop Tool, Merged Opaque, Click Checkmark

That's it, You're done!! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and as always remember,

If you make a tag using any of my tutorials, send it to me so I can show it off

in my Tag Gallery!!

A COUPLE OF OLD TEMPLATES

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New FTU Tutorial from Deb using My S.W.A.K. Valentine Template

Gorgeous FTU tutorial from Diva Deb using my S.W.A.K. Valentine Template!!
You can find the tutorial HERE

Thanks so much Deb!! I love it!!

Elias Valentine S.W.A.K

I wrote this tutorial and any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental
This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of psp

Supplies:

My S.W.A.K. Template HERE
Gorgeous FTU Scrap Kit by Vaybs called Pink Candy Valentine HERE
Sexy Valentine tube by Elias HERE
Mask 84 from Weescotslass Creations HERE

Plugins Needed:

Eye Candy 4000 Glass
Eye Candy 5 Textures


Image, Canvas Size, 700 X 700, we can resize later
Delete copyright layer
Activate the Pink Circle layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat
Copy Paper 2 from the kit, Paste as a new layer, Selections, Invert, Delete, Select None
Delete Pink Circle layer
Activate the Black Rectangle 2 layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat
Copy Paper 8 from the kit, Paste as a new layer, Image, Resize by 80%
Position paper to your liking (I made sure the pink dotted line was in the middle
of the last row of hearts), Selections, Invert, Delete, Select None
Delete Black Rectangle 1 layer
Activate your Gray Square layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat
Copy and Paste paper 5 from the kit, Image, Resize by 80%, Position to your liking,
Selections, Invert, Delete, Select None
Delete the Gray Square layer
Copy and paste your tube of choice just above your circle layers but under your black
rectangle 2 layer
Move your Heart 1 and Heart 2 layers underneath your tube layer
Choose a color from your tube and activate your SWAK wordart layer
Using your magic wand click on the black part of the wordart, Layers, New Raster Layer
Floodfill with your color choice from your tube
Do not deselect yet!!, Effects, Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow, Glass, 79.52, 100,
Inside Marquee, -42, 9, 50, 0, 50, color white, OK, Select None
Acivate the white circle layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat
Layers, New Raster Layer, Floodfill with black, Selections, Select None
Delete White Circle layer
Activate the Pink Rectangle layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat
Choose another color from your tube, Layers, New Raster Layer, Floodfill with your color
choice from your tube, Effects, Eye Candy 5 Textures, Animal Fur, Dalmation,
50, 60.99, 70, 80, Random Speed 333, Selections, Select None, Delete the Pink Rectangle layer
Copy and paste element 39 (sweet tarts ring) above your circle layers, Resize by 115%
Copy and paste any other elements of choice to your liking on your tag
Activate your background layer, floodfill white
Choose a dark color from your tag, Layers, New Raster Layer, Floodfill with color choice
Apply WSL Mask 84 or mask of your choice, Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Add a dropshadow of choice to all layers except the hearts and dotted line layers
Add your copyright info and name to your tag
Close out your white background layer, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible all the other layers
Crop Tool, Merged Opaque, Click Checkmark
Open White Background layer, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Resize Image to your liking, my tag is 550 X 492
That's it!! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and remember if you make a tag using any of
my tutorials, email them to me and I will show them off in my Tag Gallery!!

S.W.A.K Template

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FTU - UNDER THE SEA FORUM SET

I wrote this tutorial and any resemblence to another tutorial is purely coincidental

This tutorial is written for those with a working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop

Supplies:

I am using the artwork of Ted Hammond, which requires a license to use,

you can purchase the tube and a license HERE

(I purchased this tube when the artist was still with CILM)

Gorgeous freebie scrapkit, Beach Mornings from Artmama's Studio, 

which you can download HERE

Font of choice, I am using Aphrodite Stylistic, which is a pay font and I can not supply it

Effects:

Eye Candy 4000, Jiggle

Okay, Let's get started

Open 2 new images in PSP, 600 X 225 and 175 X 175

On both the avatar and the signature tag, floodfill white

Copy and paste paper 12 from the kit as a new layer on both your images

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10, on both your images

Copy and Paste element 57 on the bottom left of your signature tag

Layers, Duplicate, Image, Mirror, postion to where it looks best

See my tag for reference, Merge these two layers together

Copy and paste element 57 onto the bottom of your avatar image, resize by 50%,

position where it looks best, drop shadow, -1,-2,70,4

Copy and paste element 33 from the kit on the left side of your tag

just above your blue water layer, postion so that the flowers are behind the Shells 

and only the seaweed is showing, Layers, Duplicate, Image mirror, 

Merge these layers together, Add the same drop shadow

Repeat the above steps to the avatar as well, Resizing the seaweed by 50%

Copy and paste a close up of your tube below the seaweed 

on the left of your signature tag, lower the opacity to 40%

Copy and paste your main tube as a new layer on top of the other layers

If using a mermaid you can rotate your image as I did to what looks best,

apply same drop shadow as before

Copy and paste your tube behind the seaweed on your avatar, lower the opacity to 40%

Activate your bottom white layer on your signature tag,

Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat, Modify, Select selection borders, 

Inside, 3, Anti Alias checked, Layer, New Raster Layer, Layer, Arrange, Move to top

Floodfill with a dark color from your tube, Deselect

Repeat the same steps for your avatar

Add your tag and copyright info to both images

Okay, now it is time to animate

On your signature tag, activate your main tube layer, 

Duplicate it 2 times for a total of 3 layers, 

with your freehand selection tool, carefully select areas of the mermaids hair

make sure not to get to close to the head or other body parts

Effects, Eye Candy 4000, Jiggle, Bubbles, 

98.42, 12.72, 20, Seamless Tile Unchecked, Apply

Repeat for the other two layers, hitting random seed again on each layer

Deselect

Activate your seaweed layer, duplicate 2 times for a total of 3 layers

Repeat Jiggle on all these layers as well, making sure to hit random seed each time.

Repeat the same steps for the hair and seaweed on your avatar image as well.

Activate the bottom white layer on each of your images, Crop Tool, Merged Opaque, 

Click the checkmark on your top toolbar, (this gets rid of any excess on your image)

Animation:

This applies to both the signature tag and the avatar:

Hide all your layers except your water layer and your white background

Edit, Copy Merged into Animation Shop

Duplicate for a total of 6 frames

Edit, Select All, Propagate paste checked

Animation, Apply image effect, Underwater, Customize settings as below, Apply

Animation, Frame Properties, 40

Back in PSP, Hide your water and white background layers and unhide all the others

except for the bottom two layers of your main tube and the bottom two layers of seaweed

Copy Merged and paste into Animation Shop as a new animation

Back to PSP, hid the top layers of your tube and seaweed and unhide the middle layers

Copy Merged and Paste into Animation Shop after current frame

Back in PSP, hide your middle layers and unhide the bottom tube and seaweed layers

Copy Merged and paste into Animation Shop after current frame

Edit, Select All, Edit, Copy, 

Activate your Water animation, Edit, Select All, Edit, Paste into Selection

Make sure that your black frame border is lined up on all sides before placing

Animation, View Animation, if happy, save both as a gif file and you are done!

Thank you for trying my tutorial and as always, I would love to see your results!

My email is under my Contact info below the blog header