Reflections Forum Set

Tutorial is made in PSP10 and Animation Shop 3




Download supplies HERE


Licensed artist work is by Ismael Rac

Plugins in use

Flaming Pear - Flood
Flaming Pear - Glare
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures


Let's start

Open the template
choose your tube of choise, I used a closeup on the left side
duplicated, mirrored and resized to 60% on the right side.
Select the background layers, select all, float, defloat, invert
and delete the access on the tube layers.

Duplicate the scenery layer 3 times, add Flaming Pear - Flood with
these settings to all 4 layers but change waves on the other 3 
by hitting the wave button at the bottom (next to the dice
button). 

Close 3 of the scenery layers.

Go to the left background layer (raster 3), select all, float, defloat.
add a new raster layer above.
Use gradient foreground/background, angle 140, repeats 1, linear style.
pick 2 colors from the scenery, I picked #0d0d1c and #415399
flood fill, deselect, duplicate and mirror, close the 2 gray layers.
Add Alien skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Texture Noise to the to background 
layer with these settings

Give the tubes a glare using Flaming Pear - Glare at these setings

(If your background goes black then try select all, float, defloat on your tube
layers before you add the glare, deselect ;)

Duplicate them so you have two of each.
Change Blend mode to Burn, Opacity 50 on the one of top and 
Luminance (L) on the one below.

On raster 5 (the curved lines) select all, float, defloat, add a new raster
layer, use the same gradient, just change the angle to 0 and flood fill.
Deselect and give it an inner bevel with these settings

And give it a drop shadow 0, 0, 40, 12
Add the same Gradient and the drop shadow to the outer frame too.

I've used the font PonytailScriptSSK for my name Sized 72 color #a5a2d2
and gave it the same drop shadow, just changed blur to 6.

Add the proper © and we're ready to animate.

Close your name layer, and see to it that you've only got one of the
scenery layers open. Copy Merged (hold down Ctrl+Shift+C) paste as new 
animation in Ani Shop.
Back in PSP close the scenery you've used and open the next, copy merged again
and paste after current in ani shop, do the same to the next 2 scenery layers.

When you have all 4 frames in ani shop select all and change Frame Properties 
to 25.
Open your names layer, copy it, paste as new animation in ani shop, and hit the paste
after current button 3 times so you have 4 frames, select all, copy.
Move to your tag, and hit Ctrl+E to add the name where you'd like, I put it in the
down middle of the tag ;)

run the animation and save it ;)



Now to the Avatar


Open the template 
Add the same gradient to the outer frame and the curved line and give it the same
drop shadow. Also to make the animated scenery again do the same as above, 
just change the top slider that says Horizon, drag it down to 60.

on the grey background layer select all, float, defloat.
Copy merged your already done tag, paste it as a new layer above the 
grey background and use the Move Tool to move it around and pick your avatar
picture, I've used the resized girl on the left, when you're happy with it, 
invert and delete the access.

And for my name I just used my initial V on the Avatar, and put it on the 
right side on the curved line using this color #2d396a

Add proper ©

and animate the same way as we did above ;)

That was it ;) 

Fairy Star

Tutorial is made in PSP10 

Supplies

My clusterframe and wordart HERE

Sending special thanx to Gunhild Storeide for use of 2 CU bows

and to Delicious Scraps for use of CU metal leafs

Licensed artist work is by  Suzanne Woolcott

Plugin used

Penta.com - Jeans

Font used on my name is Valentina JF

This is a short one ;)

Let's start

Open a new image 600 x 600 flood fill white for now.

Add the frame.

Duplicate it and on the original blur - gaussian blur 10

and add Penta.com - jeans at default settings and mirror it.

Duplicate it and change blend mode to Multiply.

Add the wordart.

On your top frame, use the magic wand to select inside.

Selections - modify - expand 10. Add a new raster under it and 

flood fill with a color to compliment the frame. Deselect, then 

go to Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds: 3, 5, black, Horizontal.

Add all the tubes you'd like in the frame and around, and give them 

subtle drop shadows, I used 1, 2, 30, 3, black.

Add your name and don't forget the proper © 

Close the white background, crop it (hit the Merged Opaque button)

And save it as a png.

And you're done

Hope you've had fun.

Sticks and Stones

Tutorial is made in PSP10


Supplies


My template and animated tear 
HERE

My mask 103 HERE  

Licensed artist work is by Suzanne Woolcott


Plugins used

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact


Font used for my name is TwinkleStarROB

Let's start

Open the template
Pick the tubes you wanna use, add one behing the bone frame, select the black background
select all, float, defloat, invert and hit delete on the tube to get ridd of the access.
Mine already had a background, if yours don't then just recolor the black one to compliment
the tube or use a paper ;)

Add another tube in front of the frame, give it a drop shadow; 1, 5 30, 6, black.

Use the Manual Color Correction tool to recolor the wordart with a color from your tube.

Add a new raster layer above the white background, pick a color from your tubes and flood fill.
Add DBV mask 103 to it, merge group.

Add the name you want in front I used TwinkleStarROB and gave it a double glow with 
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient glow - just change color on the color buttons
[IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2evq8i8.jpg[/IMG]

and don't forget the proper ©

Animation

(I always close the name layer before using my tags in Ani shop and add the name after
so I can use it for more names without having to redo it, but it's optional.)

Open the teardrop in Animation Shop 3

Copy merged the tag (Ctrl+Shift+C) and paste it as a new animation in Ani Shop
Click the paste after current button 3 times so you have 4 frames (same ammount as the teardrop)

go to the teardrop, select all (Ctrl+A), depending on how big your image is that's gonna have the 
tear, you might wanna resize it, if so then Animation - Resize animation - I changed the Percentage of Original
to Width 40 on mine, test it out and see what looks best for your image.
When happy with the size, check that all frames are still selected and then copy (Ctrl+C)

Go to the tag, select all (Ctrl+A) and hit Ctrl+E to see the first teardrop, dab it close to the eye,
run the animation to see if you're happy with the plazing, if not, just undo it and try again ;)

Select all and change frame properties to 35.
Copy merged the tag once more in PSP, paste it before current to the first frame.
Rightclick that frame and change Frame Properties to 150, 
run animation and save if happy with it!!


And you're done

Hope you've had fun.

My Own Little World

Tutorial is made in PSP10 and Animation Shop 3

Supplies

My template HERE

My wordart HERE

Licensed artist work is by Suzanne Woolcott

Plugins used

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact

Alien Skin Xenofex 2

Font used for my name was PC Baby Curls

Let's start

Open the template, add the tubes you wanna use, 3 behind the windows and one 

on top of the frame.

Select the frame select all, float, defloat, and add a new raster layer above.

Use the foreground/background gradient, pick 2 colors from your tubes and 

flood fill the frame. Deselect and close the original below.

Add this inner bevel to the frame

Duplicate it 2 times and add Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Constellation - Bling bling to all

3 layers, just change the random seed button on the other 2. here's my setting

On the sun add noise, Uniform, 50, monochrome checked.

Then add this inner bevel to the sun and the 3 clouds (recolor the clouds first if you like ;)

Add the wordart resized 12 %, and recolor if you want ;) 

Add Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow with these settings

to the sun and the wordart, just change the outer color to compliment your wordart.

I've used this drop shadow on all elements; 1, -1, 0, 6 black.

Add more elements if you'd like, my tube had to birds to compliment it.

Add your name and don't forget the proper ©

Open Animation Shop 3

When you're ready to animate, close 2 of the blinged frame layers.

Copy merged and paste as new animation in ani shop 

Back in PSP close the frame you've used and open the next one, copy merged

and paste after current in ani shop. Do the same with the last frame layer.

Select all and change frame properties to 20.

View animation and save.

And you're done

Hope you've had fun.

Creative Addictions Forever

Tutorial is made in PSP10 

Supplies needed

My Supplies including template and paper HERE

Mask 97 HERE


Licensed artist work is by Elias Chatzoudis

Plugins used

Penta.com - Jeans
Alien Skin Eye Candy - Impact 

Font used P22 Corinthia


Let's start



Open the template, and remove my top layer.

If you're using the same tube as me, just add it and drag it 
down below the "Creative" layer and adjust it to fit the words.
Go to the purple circle, select all, float, defloat.
Add the tube you want and adjust it with the move tool to fit 
in the circle, when you're happy rightclick on the layer and promote selection to 
layer, deselect and delete the original tube layer below.
I canged the blend mode for the tube to Screen.
On the circle add Penta.com - jeans - amount 62, border width 4.

Add the included paper above the background and load my mask nr 97 on it
I've also used the paper as background in all 3 frames, add the paper in front of 
one of the paper layers, resize 60 % and rotate
it with the pick tool to fit in the frame, select the background layer in the frame
select all, float, defloat, then on your resized paper layer, rightclick and 
chose promote selection to layer, deselect. Delete the original, duplicate and mirror
the paper layer to fit in the opposite frame/s.

In the frames I've decorated with tags I've made before by the same artist, they're 
resized to 15%. 

On your 3 black frames use the manual color correction tool to give them colors from your tube.
Add inner bevel to the frames with these settings

Give the circle wordart and the outer circle a gradient glow
I've used Alien Skin Eye Candy - Impact - Gradient Glow with these settings

Give the frames, the circle wordart and the circles a drop shadow, 0, 0, 40, 6, black.

Remember the proper © and I've used the font P22 Corinthia for my name, and gave it the same Glow .


And you're done

Hope you've had fun.