::designs by stina:: Tutorial & Tags (an incorporation of Staffy Scraps): Superstar

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Superstar

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Sweet Rock" by Wicked Princess available from Twilight Scraps and Paradise4Scrappers

Tube of choice - I am using the delightful artwork of CEI which is available with a licence through CILM
**PLEASE DO NOT USE ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

tde_maske17 here

Font of choice - NeonThick

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Let's begin...

Open a new 700 x 550 canvas flood-filled white

Paste a Frame as new layer
Resize by 50%

Select the inside with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Add new raster layer
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect

Activate top layer

Paste Drums as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position in centre

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow with the following settings:

Paste SpeakerAmp as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position to the right inside Frame
Apply the same Gradient Glow as above

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to the left
Apply same Gradient Glow as above

Paste Guitar as new new layer
Image > Rotate by 15 to the left
Resize by 30%
Position to the right leaning against Frame

Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

Apply same Gradient Glow as above

Paste a MusicNote as new layer
Resize by 10%
Place alongside and in front of speaker
Duplicate several times and position each in an upward motion

I used 8

Rename each of these layers Musicnote1, Musicnote2, Musicnote3 etc.
(We'll come back to these layer)

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply tde_maske17
OK

Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Resize layer by 80%
Lower opacity to 60

Crop and resize

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using NeonThick
Text colour of choice

Type out text of choice
Convert to raster layer
Image > Rotate by 90 to the left

Apply a slight Gradient Glow and/or drop shadow of choice

Select another font of choice

I am using the same
Same Text colour

Type out your name and position
Convert to raster layer
Apply any effect or drop shadows as necessary to your liking

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

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

Activate your Musicnote1 layer and hide each of the other Musicnotes
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Now unhide MusicNote2
Edit > Copy Merged