I Wanna be a Rockstar

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the lovely "Just Another Rockstar" by Creative Intentionz which is available from Exquisite Scraps and Paradise 4 Scrappers

Tube of choice - I am using the wonderful artwork of Ismael Rac which can be purchased from My PSP Tubes

Seeing Stars Preset Shapes here

Plugin: Mura Meister Copies

Font of choice - I am using Adam Gorry-Lights

 

 

Ready? Let's begin!!

 

 

Open a new 700 x 700 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Open Paper17 and minimise

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool to SeeingStars I
Set yout Material Properties to the following:
Foreground - #000000
Background - Paper17 (or one of choice)

 

Stroke width - 2.00

 

Hold your shift key down and draw out the shape
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

 

Duplicate layer

 

Rename bottom layer BLUR, then
Apply Gaussian Blur with a radius of 20.00

 

Rename top layer STAR BACKGROUND, then
With your Magic Wand select the outer area
Selections > Invert
Selections > Modify > Contract by 5

 

Go back to blurred layer
Effects > Texture Effects > Fine Leather with the following settings:

 

 

Then Effects > Edge Effects > Enhance

 

Selections > Invert
Apply Gaussian Blur again
Deselect

 

Paste Star5 as new layer
Position in the centre of star

 

 

Paste Star1 as new layer in same place as first star
Resize by 25%

 

Effects > Plugins > Mura Meister > Copies with the following settings:

 

 

Duplicate layer
Adjust > Brightness & Contrast > Brightness/Contrast
Brightness - 100
Contrast - 0

 

Set blend mode to Soft Light
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Rename layer STAR FRAME

 

Paste SkullFrame2 as new layer
Resize if needed (depending on size of your STAR BKGD)
Move to layer between BLUR and BACKGROUND STAR

 

With your Magic Wand select the inner ring of BACKGROUND STAR
Selections > Modify > Expand by 2

 

 

Activate SKULL FRAME
Press delete then deselect

 

Paste your tube as new layer
Resize if necessary
Use your Magic Wand to select the outer area of your STAR BACKGROUND
Selections > Modify > Expand by 2

 

Activate your tube and erase any excess

 

Go to STAR FRAME
With your Selection Tool draw around the bottom two stars your Tube partially covers

 

 

Selections > Promote Selection to Layer
Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top
Deselect

 

Paste a Charm Medal of choice as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position in the centre of and beneath the upper right star

 

Paste another Charm Medal of choice as new layer
Image > Rotate by 30 to the right
Resize by 30%
Position to the left of the first charm
Duplicate, then
Image > Mirror
Position on the exact opposite side of star

 

Now let's resize tag to your liking

 

Select Preset Shape Tool to Ellipse
Hold Shift key down and draw out circle slightly larger than tag
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas

 

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Adam Gorry-Lights

 

Foreground - null
Background - colour of choice (mine is #7c1f3f)

 

 

Type out your text and position to your liking
Open your Layer Palette and Vector Layer
Close off the Ellipse then convert to raster layer

 

Still using your Text Tool select another font
I used the same one
Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas

 

Add a slight drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 2.00
Colour - #000000

 

**THIS NEXT PART IS IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE**

 

Go to your Charm layers
You should have three of them
Move the first rotated one (on the left) down a layer
Rename each to Charm1, Charm2 and Charm3

 

Your layer palette should looking something like this, with Charm1 to the left and Charm3 to the right

 

 

Now hide Charm2 and Charm3
Edit > Copy Merged

 

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Past as New Animation

 

Back to PSP
Hide Charm1 and activate Charm2
Edit > Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

 

Back to PSP
Hide Charm2 and activate Charm3
Edit > Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

 

Back to PSP
Hide Charm3 and activate Charm2 again
Edit > Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

 

You should know have a total of FOUR frames

 

Edit > Select All
Animation > Frame Properties

 

Change properties to 50

 

Finally save as a GIF and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 20th April 2009
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