Starchild

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Moment in Time" by Annie's Designs which can be purchased from Paradise 4 Scrappers and Creative Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely work of Jasmine Becket-Griffith which can be purchased from CILM

**PLEASE DO NOT USER HER ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

Vix_Mask143 (supplied)

Star Preset Shape (supplied)

Font of choice - Pornstar (supplied)

 

My Supplies here

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a new 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste Frame6 as new layer
Resize by 35%
Duplicate
Image / Rotate by 20 to the left
Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

Rename them Frame1 (bottom) and Frame2 (top)

 

Activate Frame1 and using your Magic Wand select the inside of them frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10
Add new raster layer
Paste Paper7 into Selection
Deselect

 

Activate Frame2 and repeat step

 

On Frame1 Layers / Merge / Merge Down
DO NOT DO THIS STEP FOR FRAME2

 

With your Freehand Tool make a small selection around the excess bow from the borrom frame

 

 

Delete

 

Paste Bow9 as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position over centre of bow on frame

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste Flower6 as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position between Frame1 and Frame2

 

Paste Flower5
Resize by 25%
Position between Frame1 and Frame2

 

Set your Foreground to a colour matching your frames - I chose #1a2448

 

Now select your Change to Target Tool with the following settings:

 

 

Dust your brush over both your Flower layers to change their colour

 

Paste Flower as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position behind bow

 

Paste Flower4 as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position behind Flower behind bow

 

Activate paper layer of Frame1
Paste DustOfPearl as new layer
Resize by 80% Bicububic
Position in the centre of the frame

 

Paste Frame as new layer
Resize by 45%
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
Position centrally behind frames to look like a circle of "doodles"

 

Paste tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position in Frame1 on top layer
Duplicate and move below Frame1

 

Add a drop shadow to the top Tube layer:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 8.00
Colour - #000000

 

With your Freehand Tool draw around the excess over the bow then Delete
Deselect

 

 

Crop and resize

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Activate your Background layer

 

Paste Paper4 as new layer
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur
Radius - 20.00

 

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate Vix_Mask143
OK

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Lower opacity to 30

 

Activate your top layer

 

Select your Preset Shapes Tool to Seeing_Stars_W
Set your Background colour to one matching your tube and frame - I am using #384160

 

Draw out 4 stars of varying sizes
Rename them Star1 - 4
Duplicate and position to your liking

 

Once you have positioned your stars hide all layers EXCEPT the Stars, then
Layers/ Merge / Merge Visible

 

Unhide layers

 

Select your Text Tool and font (I used Pornstar)
Foreground - Silver colour
Background - #384161

 

Type out your name
Add some noise and a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 1.00
Colour - #384161

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

~ Step 4 ~

 

**This next step is for animation**

 

Copy your Stars layer and paste into Animation Shop

 

Effects / Insert Image Effect with the following settings:

 

 

You should now have 16 frames

 

Back in PSP turn off the visibility of your Stars layer
Edit / Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit / Paste as New Animation
Then Paste After Current Frame until you have 16 Frames of your tag

 

Now back to your Star animation we have just created
Edit / Select All
Animation / Reverse Frames
Edit / Copy

 

Activate the tag you just pasted
Edit / Propogate Paste (MUST BE SELECTED)
Edit / Paste

 

DO NOT CLICK YOUR MOUSE BUTTON UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE POSITION

 

Animation / Frame Properties
Change to 15

 

Save as a GIF and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

 

 

A non-animated version:

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 14th March 2009
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