Graveyard



 

 

 

This tutorial was written using PSP7 and Animation shop3

The tutorial is my design and any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental, This tutorial is meant as a guide only.

 

Supplies Needed.

In Loving Memory scrap kit by Me which you can download Here

Image and tube of your choice. Do not mix artists and if you decide to use stock photography with your tube please check the terms of use of your artist.

I used the stunning PinUpToons artwork. You need a license to use this work which you can purchase from C.I.L.M

Font of your choice

Plug In Filters.

Alien Skin Xenofex2 Here

 

Let's get started

 

Open a new canvas 600x600 flood fill white
Rename layer background

Paste plain frame 1 as new layer
Rename layer frame

With the magic want
RGB value
Tolerance 20
Feather 0
While holding down the shift key
Click inside both parts of the frame

Selections>Modify>Expand by 10

Paste your image as new layer

Make it so that the parts of your image you want to show are inside the marching ants
Selections>Invert
Press delete on your keyboard
Select none
Rename layer image and move it below the frame layer

Colourise hue 0 saturation 0

With the image as the active layer
Select all
Float
De-float

Layers>Duplicate 5 times giving you a total of 6 image layers

Hide all of the image layers but the original which should be the bottom of the image layers

Effects>Plug-in Filters
Alien skin Xenofex 2
Lightning

With the following settings
(Settings-old horror movie)



Repeat this for all but one of the image layers leaving the top image layer unchanged
(You should have 5 layers with lightening on and one without)

Add the following drop shadow to the frame layer
V&H 2
Opacity 70
Blur 5

Next paste the lilies from the scrap kit as new layer
Resize by 70%
Image>Rotate>90 to the left
Add the same drop shadow you used on the frame and place at the bottom of the frame
Paste flower 2 from the scrap kit as new layer
Resize by 70% 3 times
Place in the top left corner of the frame
Add a drop shadow

Make the top layer the active layer
Paste the tube of your choice as new layer
Resize if needed
Place to the right of your tag
Add a drop shadow

Next make your frame the active layer
Duplicate
Effects>Texture Effects
Mosaic glass
With the following settings


Move the layer to sit just above the background layer under all the image layers.
It is important that all the image layers are above this layer

Crop and resize your tag to your liking
Add your name and copyright information

Now to move to animation shop

Close off visibility of all the image layers except the one which is unchanged (No lightning should be visible)

Copy merged
Paste into animation shop as new animation

Back in PSP close of visibility of the layer you just copied across and unhide the next image layer down

Copy merged

Paste into animation after current frame

Repeat this until you have copied across all 6 image layers you should have a total of 6 frames
Select all
Animation>Frame properties
Change the display time to 20

Then scroll through your frames and with the arrow tool selected click on the first frame which should be the one with no lightning on
Change the display time on this layer to 100

View animation to make sure it all works correctly

When happy save your tag a gif file and enjoy
Thanks for trying my tutorial
 

 

 

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