Witches Brew

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Spookylicious" by JosDZigns available from Twilight Scraps
Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Jasmine Becket Griffith available with a licence from CILM
**PLEASE DO NOT USE HER ARTWORK WITHOUT THE PROPER LICENCE**
DBV_Mask02 by Vaby available here
Fonts of choice - I am using BoneHymie, Carpenter Script and Centime
Plugins: dbs Flux > Linear Transmission
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature > Smoke


Let's begin...


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

Paste Frame01 as new layer
Resize by 60%

LEAVE IN POSITION!!

Paste Frame02 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Move to the left directly beside Frame01
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Layers > Merge > Merge Down, then
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

Frame01 should be on top with the broom over the bottom corner of right Frame



Select inside the two outer Frames with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Resize by 75%
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

Select inside the middle Frame with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Activate Paper layer
Paste same paper or other paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect

Paste Black Cat as new layer
Position in left Frame to liking

With your Selection Tool make a selection around the bottom half of the cat overhanging Frame



Delete then deselect
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror

Paste Cauldron as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position between left and middle Frames

Paste Kooky Spider as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position to liking

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary and position to your liking

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply DBV_Mask02
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 60

Crop and resize

Still on Mask Layer
Effects > dsb Flux > Linear Transmission with the following settings:



Select Text Tool and fonts of choice
I am using BoneHymie and CarpenterScript
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

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 Cauldron layer
Add three new raster layers and rename them Cauldron1, Cauldron2 and Cauldron3

With your Freehand Tool draw out a selection where you want the pot to bubble
Selections > Invert (YOU MUST INVERT!!)



Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature > Smoke with the following settings:



Hide Cauldron1 and activate Cauldron2
Repeat Smoke effect, adjusting the Random Seed

Hide Cauldron2 and activate Cauldron3
Repeat Smoke Effect again, adjusting the Random Seed once more

Deselect

Now activate your Black Cat layers
Select the green eyes with your Magic Wand (Tolerance around 40)
Selections > Modify > Expand by 2



Add a new raster layer and name it CatsEyes
Flood fill with #0e0e0e and deselect

Now to animate!

Turn off the CatsEyes and activate Cauldron1
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Hide Cauldron1 and activate Cauldron2
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Hide Cauldron2 and activate Cauldron3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Activate CatsEyes and Cauldron1 again
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Hide Cauldron1 and activate Cauldron2
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Hide Cauldron2 and activate Cauldron3
Edit > Copy Merged

You should now have 6 Frames

Select all and change Frame Properties to 20
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 13th September 2009
All rights reserved

A Spooky Kind of Love

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Spookylicious" by Digiscrapations available from Twilight Scraps
Tube of choice - I am using the poser artwork of Belle's Graphics which is FTU and available through her Yahoo Group
Template 86 by Kristin available from her blog

vaybs_mask_050805 by Vaby here
Fonts of choice - I am using BoneHymie and Borealis
Plugins: dbs Flux > Linear Transmission
PhotoEffex > Scanlines


Let's begin...


Open Template 86 by Kristin
Shift D to duplicate then close off original
Delete copyright layer

Image > Canvas Resize 700 x 600 centred

Select RECTANGLE1 with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Feather by 2
Paste Paper of choice INTO Selection
Deselect

Select RECTANGLE2 with your Magic Wand
Repeat above step

Now activate RECTANGLE3
This time select the greyed area of this layer ONLY until each one has been selected



Paste Paper of choice INTO selection
Then deselect

Activate FRAME BACK
Select the Lighter Pink with your Magic Wand as you did with RECTANGLE3
Once they are all selected activate your Background layer, then
Layers > Promote Selection to Layer

KEEP SELECTED!!

Move the promoted layer up to the layer BELOW your FRAME BACK

Activate FRAME BACK AGAIN, then press delete

STILL SELECTED!!

You should now see white lines through the FRAME BACK



Activcate your White layer below
Add new raster layer
Now paste paper of choice INTO selection
Then deselect
Lower opacity to 50
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Activate FRAME BACK again
Now select the darker pink areas till all are selected
Paste SAME Paper INTO selection
Deselect

Paste Frame as new layer
Resize by 50%
Move down slightly to position

You should now have something like this:



Paste a couple of Pumpkins of choice as new layers
Resize by 20 - 30% and position to liking

Paste a Bat as new layer
Resize by 20%
Duplicate and position

Paste a Ghost as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position behind FRAME BACK layers



Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary and position

Use your Selection Tool to make a selection around the bottom of your Tube along the edge of the Frame
Delete then deselect

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply vaybs_mask_050805
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

Crop and resize

Still on Mask Layer
Effects > Plugins > dsb Flux > Linear Transmission with the following settings:



Then,

Effects > Plugins > PhotoEffx > Scanlines with default settings

Select Text Tool and fonts of choice
I am using BoneHymie and Borealis
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

Select another font of choice
I am using BoneHymie (this is such a cute font..lol)
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 Ghost layers
Name them Ghost1 and Ghost2

Lower the opacity of Ghost1 to 0
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Change the opacity of Ghost1 to 20 and Ghost2 to 80
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Change the opacity of Ghost1 to 40 and Ghost2 to 60
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Change the opacity of Ghost1 to 60 and Ghost2 to 40
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Change the opacity of Ghost1 to 80 and Ghost2 to 20
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Change the opacity of Ghost1 to 100 and Ghost2 to 0
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

You should now have 6 Frames

Select All, copy and then paste as a new animation
Select All again, then Animation > Reverse Frames
Select All and copy

Activate last Frame of original Animation
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

You should now have 12 Frames

Select all and change Frame Properties to 20
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 13th September 2009
All rights reserved

Spook Me Baby

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Spookylicious" by Designs by Ali available from Twilight Scraps
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey available with a licence from My PSP Tubes
**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**
Template 101 by Beth available from her blog

WSL_Mask185 by Chelle available from her blog
Fonts of choice - I am using Poultrygeist and Whackadoo Upper
Plugins: Greg's Factory Output II > Pool Shadow
Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow (optional) and HSB Noise


Let's begin...


Open Template 101 by Beth
Shift D to duplicate and close off original

Image > Canvas Resize 700 x 500 (centred)
Flood fill excess background white

Activate ORANGE RECT FRAME and select with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1
Flood fill with Black

Selections > Modify > Contract by 3
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection

KEEP SELECTED!!

Effects > Plugins > Greg's Factory Output II > Pool Shadow with default settings
Repeat once

Activate ORANGE STAR FRAME and repeat above steps

Select RECT BACKGROUND with your Magic Wand
Paste a paper of choice as new layer (one with the spider web)
Resize by 60%
Position to liking
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Activate SPOOKY WORD ART
Adjust Brightness and Contrast with the Bright Preset setting
Brightness - 100
Contrast - 0

Repeat twice

Select BLACK STAR BG with Magic Wand
Paste a spider Web paper of choice as new layer
Resize by 60%
Centre the web to the centre of the Star
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Paste Barbed Wire as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position along Black Dotted Line
Erase any overhanging excess
Duplicate, then Image > Flip

Duplicate again, Image > Rotate by 90
Position to the left on Dotted Line
Erase overhanging excess, then
Duplicate and Image > Mirror

Layers > Merge > Merge Down till all Barbed Wire is one layer
Delete Dotted Line layer



Paste Grass2 as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position to the left inside Frame
Duplicate several times and position
Layers > Merge > Merge Down to one layer
Move down slight
Make a selection around bottom of Grass
Delete then deselect



Paste Ghost1 as new layer
Resize by 45%
Position to the left
Lower opacity to 50

Paste Cat as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position in lower right

Paste Bat as new layer
Image > Mirror
Resize by 15%
Position in upper right

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary and position

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask185
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 30

Crop and resize

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Poultrygeist
Foreground - #4ddc4c
Background - #000000
Stroke width - 1.0

Type out your text of choice
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply drop shadow of choice

Select another font of choice
I am using Whackadoo Upper
Same text colours

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add a 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 SPOOKY WORD ART layer
Duplicate twice and rename WordArt1, WordArt2 and WordArt3

Activate WordArt1
Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise with the following settings:



Hide WordArt1 and activate WordArt2
Repeat Noise, adjusting Random Seed

Hide WordArt2 and activate WordArt3
Repeat Noise once again, adjusting the Random Seed

Now to animate!

Activate WordArt1 and hide WordArt2 and WordArt3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide WordArt1 and activate WordArt2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide WordArt2 and activate WordArt3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Select all and change Frame Properties to 20
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 12th September 2009
All rights reserved