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This is a simple lil tutorial I think any level
PSP user can do.
You know through the years of
learning PSP.. and later teaching it...I found I liked the tutorials
that didn't ASSUME that I knew where a tool was or HOW to do
something even though its simple to most of us.. when learning PSP
its all confusing.. SOOO I write my tutorials AS IF it were back
when I was learning the program.. I try to show you how, why and
where things are lol.. I hate even now.. as much as I know about
it.. to do a tutorial that has just words and no pictures lol...
call me a visual learner I guess.
I used the art work of
Suzanne Woolcoot.
License NOWHAMI . In the process of changing over my AMI license to
the new Gorjuss digital license.. none of you attack me cause its
not updated yet!!! lol.. waiting to hear back from them.
You can purchase tubes from
her site.
The kit I used is mine, made for this tutorial.
Its tagger sized so the file size wont be so big.
DOWNLOAD
Kit
DOWNLOAD Supplies
Supplies include mask and dove animation
When you unzip the supplies zip..
put your mask in your docs/mypspfiles/mask folder..
#1. Start off with a new image 700 x 700,
*file/new* you can resize later if this is too
big.
#2. Open one of the bkg papers supplied in the
scrapset... Copy and paste or simply drag the bkg paper layer from
the layer palette to the new image window.
#3. Make sure you are on the bkg layer on the
layer palette and apply the mask that was supplied or one of your
own. *Go to layers/load-save mask/load mask from
disk.* Use these settings below.
#4. Merge the group...*layers/merge/group*
NOTE: remember to get in the habit
of renaming your layers... that way you will keep the layers
straight. On the layers palette right click on that layer and
rename.
#5. Once you have merged the mask layers.. RESIZE
that layer by 70%. *Go to image/resize.*
You should have a raster layer 1 under the merged
mask layer.. fill this layer with white...
#6. On the mask layer apply a 3D drop shadow using
these settings below.
*Effects/3D effects/drop shadow*
#7. Copy and paste the frame that was in the kit
zip. Resize frame about 80%.*Image/resize*
#8.Using your Point to Point Selection tool,
 drag to each corner of the
frame as shown. Open another bkg paper and copy and paste it over to
the new image window.. make sure its layer is below the frame
layer.. if not click and drag it below from layer palette..
#9. INVERT your selection and while the BKG PAPER
layer is selected or highlighted on the layer palette.. hit DELETE
on the keyboard or cut.  This will
cut away the extra from around the edges of the frame.
#10. Apply a 3D drop shadow on the frame. Use
settings below.
# 11. You new image should look like below.
#12. Now here is where individuality comes
into play.. you use what ever elements you want.. bows, buttons,
doodle.. flowers etc arrange them any way you like...
#13. I put my text on a separate layer in
vector... so you can size it exactly the right size.
#14. When I get it like I want it.. the text.. I
merge just the frame, the frame bkg paper and the text, then use the
deformation tool  and turn it to
the left some.
#15. Copy and paste whatever tube you wanted to
use.. don't forget your 3D drop shadow!..
*ok ok that's a pet peeve of mine
lol.. I hate to see a tag with no 3D drop shadows on the tubes..
also another thing people sometimes forget, when you resize
something... 99.9% of the time you will need to SHARPEN ONCE.*
#16. Time to crop if you need to. This is after
you get all the elements on there and everything positioned like you
want. I have a habit of using the rectangle selection tool
then Crop to selection.. BUT there is a crop tool in PSP
 both these ways
work...After you crop merge all layers..
* more than one way to skin a cat*
lol
Animation
#17. While in PSP, right click on top of the image
window and COPY. Open your animation shop and right click on its
desk top and PASTE as new Animation. OPEN the dove animation that
was in the supplies zip. Well its not a true animation.. its not a
GIF file but its a psp animation file. It has 8 frames...
*I had recolored the dove frames to match the colors
in the tag.*
#18. Go to Edit/ select all.
or Ctrl + A on keyboard.. to select all the frames in the dove
animation.
also not shown is on your new tag
animation you just pasted as new animation.. you will have to
duplicate that ONE frame there to same amount of frames as the dove
animation.. so use the duplication frame button.
 Click it as many times as you
need to get a total of 8 frames there...Clicking it four times will
get you 9 frames.. Delete ONE. then you will be fixed :)
ok select all frames on the dove
animation and all frames on your new animation. Drag frame ONE of
the dove animation over to the frame ONE of the new animation.. dont
let go of your mouse button UNTIL you have the dove in the exact
place you want.. if you let go and its not.. just go to EDIT /
UNDO.. do that to both animations. and try again.
Check your new animation.. with the
preview animation button.  If you
want to change the speed of the animation... have all frames
highlighted and right click on any of them and go to frame
properties. the higher the number there the slower the animation
will be.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.. till next time my sweet PSP
lovers.. TOODLES Tutorial
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