Sisters of the Moon

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Spookylicious" by Schnegge available from Twilight Scraps
Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Morbidia Morthel from whom you need written permission

Fonts of choice - I am using LD Twylight and LiorahBT
Plugins: Simple > Top Left Mirror
Xero > Improver and Radiance


Let's begin...


Open a new 750 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

Paste Frame06 as new layer

LEAVE IN POSITION!!

Adjust > Hue & Saturation > Colourise with the following settings:



Select inside the Frames with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Resize by 70%
Selections > Invert
Delete
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

KEEP SELECTED!!

Paste three images or tubes as new layers
Resize as necessary and position inside frames
Delete excess
Deselect

Merge them as one layer (for now)

Duplicate images and set the blend mode of the originals to Luminance (Legacy)
Lower the opacity of the duplicates to around 40 - 50 (depending on colours)

Effects > Plugins > Xero > Improver with the default settings

Duplicate again

Effects > Plugins > Xero > Radiance with default settings
Lower opacity to 20

Hide your Background and Frame, leaving ONLY the image layers visible
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Unhide layers again

Now we are going to promote each image into a layer again
Select your first Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10



Activate image
Layers > Promote Selection to Layer
Deselect

Select middle Frame and repeat above step
Repeat same with the third Frame also
Rename each promoted layer for identification - ONE, TWO and THREE

Paste Dead Bush as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Position to the right



Image > Mirror
Effects > Plugins > Simple > Top Left Mirror



Activate top layer

Paste Chain as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position to the left
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Duplicate again and place in the centre between the two chains
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Repeat to become one layer

Paste Skulls as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position to your liking
Repeat Hue & Saturation as above

Paste Pumpkin02 as new layer
Resize by 25%
Duplicate and repeat Hue & Saturation as above
Lower opacity to 50
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Position to liking
Duplicate again, then Image > Mirror
Resize by 70%
Position alongside larger pumpkin

Paste Coffin as new layer
Image > Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 55%
Position to the right
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Duplicate, then Image > Rotate by 10 to the left
Layers > Arrange Move Down
Positin BEHIND first coffin
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Lower opacity to 20

Paste a Moon of choice as new layer
Send to Bottom
Resize as necessary

Colourise with a Hue & Saturation set to 0
Adjust > Brightness & Contrast
Brightness - 50
Contrast - 0

Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a radius of around 10.00
Lower opacity to around 40

Crop and resize to liking

Select Text Tool and fonts of choice
I am using LD Twylight and LiorahBT
Text colour is Black

Type out your text of choice and position to liking
Best to type each "line" as separate vectors and then convert each layer to raster - that way you can move them around and position to liking
Apply any effects and drop shadow of choice
Lower opacity to 5 and 15

Select another font of choice
I am using Centime
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply any effect and drop shadow of choice

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 ONE, TWO and THREE layers
Set the blend mode of each to Screen, then
Lower the opacity to 75

Activate ONE and hide the other two
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Hide ONE and activate TWO
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Hide TWO and activate THREE
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Select all and change Frame Properties to 50
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 September 2009
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