FAN-tastic !!!!

Supplies:

Tube of choice

Mask of choice

Filters:

Radial Blur 

(if you need this filter - you can download it HERE)

Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Blend Emboss 3 

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 700 x 350 (we will resize later)

From your tube (or complimentary colors) choose a dark color for your foreground and a lighter shade for your background

Set your foreground to Gradient:

Fill canvas with gradient

Select all - copy and paste your tube into selection - deselect

Blur - Radial Blur

NOTE:  Some people had issues installing this filter.  If you encounter the same thing - you can use the built in Radial blur:

Effects - User Defined Filter - Blend Emboss 3

Effects - Texture - Blinds 

Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Image - Flip

With UP arrow - move your image to the center of your canvas

Selections - select all - float - defloat - modify - selections select border

Selections - expand by 2

Add a new layer - fill with color choice

Adjust - Add Noise 

Deselect

Copy and paste your tube - resize and position to your liking

Remove excess if necessary

Add drop shadow of choice to tube and layers 

Merge visible

Resize 85%

Select all - float - defloat - crop to selection

Image - Canvas size - 550 x 550 - center checked

Add a new layer - send to bottom - fill with gradient or color choice

Apply mask - merge group

Add your copyright and license information and name.

Merge and save

Here is one I made where I used Mura Clouds for the background and also applied a snow animation

*~Candles~*

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I am using the wonderful tube Candles by Marta Sarmiento which can be purchased at Digital Art Heaven

Filters:

Mura Copies

VM Distortion - Radiator

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 300

Copy and paste your tube - resize if you like

Effects - Mura Copies - Wallpaper (Rotate)

Duplicate 2 times for a total of 3 - close out the top  2 layers and work on the bottom one

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur at 5

Effects - VM Distortion - Radiator

Effects - Textures - Soft Plastic - for color choice, choose a color from your tube

Acitvate the middle layer

Resize 90% - all layers UNCHECKED

Adjust - Gaussian Blur at 10

Edge Effects - Enhance more

Change the blend mode to multiply

Open the top layer

Adjust - motion blur

Change the blend mode to overlay

Copy and paste your tube - resize as needed.  Add drop shadow of choice

Add a new layer - fill with a color from your tube

Select all - contract by 4 - delete - deselect

Adjust - Gaussian Noise - 45%

Add copyright and license information and name and save !!!!

Here is one where I added animation (#395) from Scrappy Bit Of Fun

Flutter !!!

This tutorial was inspired by Goblin, a friend and member of PSPX3.  She was (like many are) a little frustrated with animating tags.  But she stuck with it and kept trying and now she is on her way to being a master!!!!

So I told her I would continue writing tuts that hopefully will help her along that path!!!!

Supplies:

Tube of choice  - one with wings, either a fairy or angel works best.

I am using the wonderful art of ©Molly Harrison available at CDO.

NOTE: Check to make sure the artist allows their work to be animated, some do not!!!  So read their TOU carefully!!!

Scrap kit of choice - 

I am using one from Tiny Turtle Designs.

Mask of choice

Xero Porcelain (optional)

Animation Shop (which will be referred to as A/S)

DISCLAIMER:  Written using PSPX.  A basic working knowledge of PSP and it's tools is required.

Let's Begin:

Open a new image - I started with 600 x 600 - you can determine what you prefer.

Find a nice frame, some papers, and elements from your kit that you wish to use to create a tag.

Make sure you add a background to your frame.

Once your tag is done.  Add your tube.  Resize and position. 

NOTE:  Make sure that the 'wings' are not obstructed by any elements, also make sure that they are on top of your frame if you have them an an edge.

Once happy with your tag - remove any excess from your tube.

Add drop shadow of choice to elements and frame.  DO NOT add a drop shadow to your tube !!!!

Duplicate your tube layer - activate the bottom layer and rename Tube Blur.  Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 4.00

Activate your top tube layer - rename Tube.  Add Xero Porcelain, default settings if you wish - this is optional.

If you wish to add a mask layer - do so now - remember to merge the group.

If you want to resize your tag - you MUST do that now.  Make sure ALL LAYERS is checked when you do this.

Close out all your layers EXCEPT your Tube layer.

Activate your freehand selection tool - with the following setting:

Activate your Tube layer.  With the freehand selection tool - carefully select the 'wings' of your tube.  Make small movements around the wings so that you get all the details - also you may wish to zoom in so that you can see easier.

Promote selection to layer.  DO NOT DESELECT. Rename this Wings.

Activate Tube layer and delete.

Activate Wings layer - copy - open A/S and paste as a new animation.

Effects - Insert Image Effects - on the first screen - set as shown below:

Now click the CUSTOMIZE button - on this screen change the settings as shown below:

Click OK

You will see now that you have 16 frames.  Scroll to the front of the animation.  Left click on the FIRST frame and hit delete.  You now have 15 frames.

Back in PSP - open all layers.  Still on your Wings layer - Selection - modify - expand by 2.  Now activate your Tube layer and hit delete.  Deselect.  Delete the Wings layer.

Add a new layer at the bottom and fill with white.

Add your copyright and license information and name.

NOTE:  Again make sure that your text does not interfere with the wings 

of your tube.

Edit - Copy Merged.

In A/S - Paste as a NEW animation.  Edit - duplicate selected.  Repeat duplicate selected until you have 15 frames.

NOTE:  If you have too many frames - just click the first one and hit delete - keep doing this until you have the correct amount.

Activate your wings animation (the first one you made).  Make sure that you click on the first frame - Edit - select all - copy.

Now make sure the Propogate Paste button is selected.

Open your tag animation (the second one you made) - again click the first frame - Edit - Select all.  Now Edit - Paste Into Selected Frame

Carefully place the wings so that they line up with the blurred image.

Run your animation - save !!!!

Tune Time - Heather Maloney - Flutter 

Let It Snow !!!!

It's that time of year - so let's go play in the snow!!!!

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I used an element from the scrap kit 

Scrap Kit of choice - I am using Christmas Blues by Tiny Turtle Designs - HERE.  If you aren't familiar with Laura's kits - I hope you will check them out - she has lots of choices and very reasonable prices.  Please read her TOU's when using her kits and respect her terms!!

PI2 - Snowflake shape - HERE  (optional) - you can use or create your own shape !!!!

Filters:

Mura Meister - Copies

DSB Flux Bright Noise OR PSP Noise 

Cut-out effect (comes with PSP)

Animation Shop (will be referred to as A/S)

Note:  Tut written using PSPX

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 250

Select the paper you wish as your main background - copy and paste as a new layer.  Rename layer BG.

Copy and paste your other paper as a new layer - rename SNOW.

Activate your bottom layer - this should be empty.  Select all - Image - crop to selection.  The reason I have you do this is to remove all excess paper, so that when you take it to A/S it will be the correct size.

Selection - Custom selection:

Activate your BG layer - promote selection to layer - DO NOT DESELECT.

Activate SNOW layer - selection - invert - delete.

Deselect.

Move your promoted layer to top

Open the snowflake - copy and paste as a new layer.

Apply Mura Meister - Copies:

Select all - float - defloat - activate promoted layer - delete - DO NOT DESELECT until told to do so.

Delete the top shapes layer.

Back on your promoted layer - 

Effects - 3D Effects - CutOut:

Adjust - Brightness & Contrast:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

Note the color change to white or #FFFFFF

Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube - resize and position - add drop shadow of choice.

If you wish to add any elements or brushes - do so now.

Activate your SNOW layer - duplicate 2 times for a total of 3 layers.

X-out the top 2.

On the bottom layer - apply DSB Flux Bright Noise:

OR

Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian Noise:

Open the middle SNOW layer - if using DSB Noise - click MIX one time - if using Gaussian Noise - change to 55%.

Open the top SNOW layer - for DSB Noise - click MIX one time - for Gaussian Noise - change to 60%.

Add your copyright and license information and name.

Activate your BG layer - select all - float - defloat - contract by 2 - invert - promote selection to layer.  Deselect.

Move layer to top.  Add Drop Shadow of 

then apply drop shadow:

Open A/S

In PSP - X-out your top 2 SNOW layers - Edit - Copy Merged - over in A/S - paste as a new animation.

Back in PSP - X-out the bottom SNOW and open the middle SNOW - Edit - copy merged - in A/S - Paste AFTER current frame

Repeat the above with the top SNOW layer.

In A/S - run your animation - save!!!!

Note:  If you are a tagger or like to save a tag without a name for future - I save my 'nameless' tag as a .mng file.  This is the purest setting - so this way when you duplicate it to make tags for others - you are getting the clearest possible images.  

Here is another one I made using a snow animation that I have.

Video/Song - Dean Martin - Let It Snow!!!

I hope you enjoyed !!!!