Speed Freak

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "I Can't Drive 55 (Girl)" by Kristi Westling available from The Scrapping Divaz Designz and Sunshine Studio Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Michael Landefield which is available with a licence through CILM

**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

WSL_Mask7 by Chelle available from her blog

Font of choice - I am using Speed+

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 HSB Noise and Gradient Glow

Ready? Let's begin...

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

Paste Speedometer as new layer
Resize by 75%

LEAVE IN POSITION!!

Paste GearFrame02 as new layer
Position over Speedometer

Paste Flags as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottomw
Position to the left

Duplicate, then Image > Mirror

Paste Road2 as new layer
Position along bottom of Frame

Paste Tyres as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position to the lower left

Activate Speedometer layer

With your Clonde Brush carefully clone portions of the black/dark section of the Speedo with the area over the Flame
It doesn't have to be perfect because we will be covering it anyway

When you have cloned the area it should look like this:

Now paste one of the Flames of choice as new layer
Image > Rotate by 90 to the left
Resize by 40% position WHERE the original flame was (only this one is BIGGER)

Paste your Tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Postion to the right

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask7
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

Crop and resize

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Speed+
Text colour is black

Type out Text of choice

Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow on the THIN setting
Change colour to one to match your tube

Select another font of choice
I am using the same
Text colour set to one that matches your tube
I am using #447dbe

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add some Noise
Apply a Gradient Glow with a THIN BLACK setting

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark, then save as GIF or JPG and you're done!

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate your Flame layer (the one we added earlier)
Duplicate twice and rename Flame1, Flame2 and Flame3

Activate Flame1 and hide Flame2 and Flame3

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise with the following settings:

Hide Flame1 and activate Flame2
Repeat HSB Noise again adjusting the Random Seed

Hide Flame2 and activate Flame3
Repeat HSB Noise once again, adjusting the Random Seed

Activate Flame1 and hide Flame2 and Flame3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Flame1 and activate Flame2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Flame2 and activate Flame3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Now save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 14th June 2009
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