My Blinkie
Thursday, May 2, 2013
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Please click on TAG to see in full size.
••• Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
________________________________________________________________________
Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : none
Font used: Carpenter
Tube of choice: I'm using "Roxy" by Jose Cano
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Sexylicious" by SkyScraps
Mask: By me, Mask0115SophisticatSimone HERE
Animations: By me, SimoneAni-Aquarium HERE
________________________________________________________________________
♥♥♥
Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥
Open Mask0115 in PSP and minimize.
Open a new image 750 Width x 650 Height.
Copy and paste element 75 as a new layer and re-size by 65%.
Position in the center of tag and add drop shadow.
Repeat for element 55. Re-size by 80%. Position in front of skyline.
Repeat for element 13. Re-size by 50%. Position behind skyline on the right side.
Repeat for element 61. Position low on tag in front of all other elements.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Re-size and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 69 and move it to the right side of tag.
Copy and paste element 45 and move it to the back of skyline.
Copy and paste element 43 and move it to the front but behind the ducks and to the right of tag.
Copy and paste element 42 and re-size by 70%. Move to right side of tag.
Add black palm tree as a new layer. Place it to the left on your tag.
C/P element 64 as a new layer and move to the lower right hand side and behind the skyline layer.
Duplicate and merge down. Duplicate and mirror. Merge down.
C/P element 7 as a new layer and move to the right in front of beach sign.
Duplicate and mirror, re-size by 65% and move behind small boat.
C/P element 38 as a new layer, re-size by 65% and move to the right in front of beach sign.
C/P element 37 as a new layer, re-size by 48% and move to the top of tag and at center.
C/P element 34 as a new layer, re-size by 39% and move to the left side of tag and behind the small boat.
C/P element 18 as a new layer, re-size by 39% and move to the right side of tag and behind the bottle.
C/P element 41 as a new layer, and leave in center and should be the layer just above your tube.
C/P element 15 as a new layer, re-size by 45% and place on right side of tag.
C/P element 3 as a new layer, move the layer just above element 61 and using your rectangle selection tool, remove all netting on
the left side. So from the center of tag to the left should be selected and deleted. You should have the tall grey seaweed in front so it
hides the cut off edge.
Add drop shadow to all layers. Tweak your elements now, re-position if you need to.
Click on your crop tool and select snap crop rectangle to: Merged Opaque.
Open paper 4. C/P as new layer and move to the bottom.
Click on your crop tool and select snap crop rectangle to: Merged Opaque.
Apply mask of choice. I used one of my own, Mask0115.
Merge visible.
Add artist copyright and scrap kit credit.
Add your name.
Copy Merged and Paste as a new Animation in animation shop.
Hold your Ctrl key down and repeatedly hit letter L on your keyboard for a total of 10 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-Aquarium-Tutorial
Go to Edit, select all. Go to Animation and cull every 2.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place. I placed near her hand.
Play and save.
To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices. UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible. Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization. I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background. To add background, go to Animation: Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color
to white.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
Please click on TAG to see in full size.
••• Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
________________________________________________________________________
Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : none
Font used: Carpenter
Tube of choice: I'm using "Roxy" by Jose Cano
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Sexylicious" by SkyScraps
Mask: By me, Mask0115SophisticatSimone HERE
Animations: By me, SimoneAni-Aquarium HERE
________________________________________________________________________
♥♥♥
Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥
Open Mask0115 in PSP and minimize.
Open a new image 750 Width x 650 Height.
Copy and paste element 75 as a new layer and re-size by 65%.
Position in the center of tag and add drop shadow.
Repeat for element 55. Re-size by 80%. Position in front of skyline.
Repeat for element 13. Re-size by 50%. Position behind skyline on the right side.
Repeat for element 61. Position low on tag in front of all other elements.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Re-size and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 69 and move it to the right side of tag.
Copy and paste element 45 and move it to the back of skyline.
Copy and paste element 43 and move it to the front but behind the ducks and to the right of tag.
Copy and paste element 42 and re-size by 70%. Move to right side of tag.
Add black palm tree as a new layer. Place it to the left on your tag.
C/P element 64 as a new layer and move to the lower right hand side and behind the skyline layer.
Duplicate and merge down. Duplicate and mirror. Merge down.
C/P element 7 as a new layer and move to the right in front of beach sign.
Duplicate and mirror, re-size by 65% and move behind small boat.
C/P element 38 as a new layer, re-size by 65% and move to the right in front of beach sign.
C/P element 37 as a new layer, re-size by 48% and move to the top of tag and at center.
C/P element 34 as a new layer, re-size by 39% and move to the left side of tag and behind the small boat.
C/P element 18 as a new layer, re-size by 39% and move to the right side of tag and behind the bottle.
C/P element 41 as a new layer, and leave in center and should be the layer just above your tube.
C/P element 15 as a new layer, re-size by 45% and place on right side of tag.
C/P element 3 as a new layer, move the layer just above element 61 and using your rectangle selection tool, remove all netting on
the left side. So from the center of tag to the left should be selected and deleted. You should have the tall grey seaweed in front so it
hides the cut off edge.
Add drop shadow to all layers. Tweak your elements now, re-position if you need to.
Click on your crop tool and select snap crop rectangle to: Merged Opaque.
Open paper 4. C/P as new layer and move to the bottom.
Click on your crop tool and select snap crop rectangle to: Merged Opaque.
Apply mask of choice. I used one of my own, Mask0115.
Merge visible.
Add artist copyright and scrap kit credit.
Add your name.
Copy Merged and Paste as a new Animation in animation shop.
Hold your Ctrl key down and repeatedly hit letter L on your keyboard for a total of 10 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-Aquarium-Tutorial
Go to Edit, select all. Go to Animation and cull every 2.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place. I placed near her hand.
Play and save.
To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices. UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible. Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization. I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background. To add background, go to Animation: Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color
to white.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
♥♥♥
Please click on TAG to see in full size.
••• Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
________________________________________________________________________
♥♥♥
Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥
Open Mask0113 and minimize in PSP.
Open a new image 600 x 600.
Open element 88, copy and paste as a new layer on your canvas.
Open Poser 1, re-size by 30% and paste as a new layer.
Duplicate. On bottom tube layer, add blur of 3. On top tube layer change blend mode to screen.
Add drop shadow.
Open Poser 7, copy and paste as a new layer and move below your flower frame.
Using your mover tool, move your tube more to the left side.
With your magic wand, feather set to zero, click inside.
Go to selections, modify, expand by 10.
Go to selections, invert and delete.
Leave selected.
Open paper of choice, I used Paper 22.
Copy and paste as a new layer. Move below your tube close up.
Hit delete on your keyboard.
De-select.
On your tube close-up, decrease to opacity to 48 and change the blend mode to overlay.
Copy and paste element 45 as a new layer. Re-size by 70%. Move this layer to the bottom and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 39 as a new layer. Re-size by 44%. Leave this layer above the purple roped frame.
Duplicate and free rotate to the left by 45 degrees. Move this leaf to the very bottom layer.
Drag the leaf so it peaks out at the bottom towards the left side of frame. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 100 and mirror.
Free rotate to the right by 45 degrees.
Duplicate. Mirror and Flip.
Merge these two layers together.
Duplicate. On the bottom layer add drop shadow.
On top layer, add blur of 2 and change blend mode to Multiple.
Copy and paste element 96 and re-size by 36%. Position at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 93 and re-size by 36%. Position at bottom of tag to the left side and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 92 and re-size by 32%. Position to top of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 85. Position at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 84. Free rotate to the left by 90 degrees and mirror. Add drop shadow. Position on the right side of flower frame.
Copy and paste element 28 and re-size by 30%. Position behind the tube on the right side of tag. Duplicate and mirror.
Drop shadow both layers.
Copy and paste element 48 and re-size by 26%. Position to top of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 35 and re-size by 26%. Position to top of frame just above the leaves and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 34 and re-size by 25%. Position at bottom of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 22. Position behind lilac layer and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 1 as new layer, re-size by 25% and move to the right side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 105 as new layer, re-size by 25% and move to the left side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 87 as new layer, re-size by 20% and move to the right side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer on your tag and move it to the bottom.
Apply your mask. Merge group.
If you're not animating you can stop here and add the finishing details, such as Artist Copyright and scrap kit maker.
Add your name and merge All visible. Save as a PNG file.
If you are animating, go ahead and still add the copyright details.
Now starting with your top layer, X-out all layers working your way down to the purple vine just above your flower frame.
Right click on your mask layer and merge visible.
Go to Selections, select all and copy.
In Animation Shop, right click and paste as a new animation.
Hold Crtl key on keyboard and tap letter L until you have a total of 17 frames.
Open SimoneAni413
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place.
Open SimoneAni418
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place. I placed one to the left side and one to the right side.
Go back to PSP and X-out the bottom layer and UN-hide all your hidden layers.
Merge visible. Copy layer and paste as a new layer in AS.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.
You can either do it animated like in the tutorial or still.
To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices.
UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible.
Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization.
I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background. To add background, go to Animation:
Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Please click on TAG to see in full size.
••• Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
________________________________________________________________________
Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : NONE
Font used: Olivier
Tube of choice: I'm using "Mindy4" by Mirka Designs from Heartbeatz Creationz. There are 9 tubes in this set.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Bunny Meadows" by Tiny Turtle Designs from SATC
Animations : Made by me, Bling Series Two. I used 413 and 418 which you can download HERE
Mask: Made by me, Mask0113 HERE.
________________________________________________________________________Plugin : NONE
Font used: Olivier
Tube of choice: I'm using "Mindy4" by Mirka Designs from Heartbeatz Creationz. There are 9 tubes in this set.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Bunny Meadows" by Tiny Turtle Designs from SATC
Animations : Made by me, Bling Series Two. I used 413 and 418 which you can download HERE
Mask: Made by me, Mask0113 HERE.
♥♥♥
Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥
Open Mask0113 and minimize in PSP.
Open a new image 600 x 600.
Open element 88, copy and paste as a new layer on your canvas.
Open Poser 1, re-size by 30% and paste as a new layer.
Duplicate. On bottom tube layer, add blur of 3. On top tube layer change blend mode to screen.
Add drop shadow.
Open Poser 7, copy and paste as a new layer and move below your flower frame.
Using your mover tool, move your tube more to the left side.
With your magic wand, feather set to zero, click inside.
Go to selections, modify, expand by 10.
Go to selections, invert and delete.
Leave selected.
Open paper of choice, I used Paper 22.
Copy and paste as a new layer. Move below your tube close up.
Hit delete on your keyboard.
De-select.
On your tube close-up, decrease to opacity to 48 and change the blend mode to overlay.
Copy and paste element 45 as a new layer. Re-size by 70%. Move this layer to the bottom and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 39 as a new layer. Re-size by 44%. Leave this layer above the purple roped frame.
Duplicate and free rotate to the left by 45 degrees. Move this leaf to the very bottom layer.
Drag the leaf so it peaks out at the bottom towards the left side of frame. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 100 and mirror.
Free rotate to the right by 45 degrees.
Duplicate. Mirror and Flip.
Merge these two layers together.
Duplicate. On the bottom layer add drop shadow.
On top layer, add blur of 2 and change blend mode to Multiple.
Copy and paste element 96 and re-size by 36%. Position at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 93 and re-size by 36%. Position at bottom of tag to the left side and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 92 and re-size by 32%. Position to top of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 85. Position at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 84. Free rotate to the left by 90 degrees and mirror. Add drop shadow. Position on the right side of flower frame.
Copy and paste element 28 and re-size by 30%. Position behind the tube on the right side of tag. Duplicate and mirror.
Drop shadow both layers.
Copy and paste element 48 and re-size by 26%. Position to top of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 35 and re-size by 26%. Position to top of frame just above the leaves and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 34 and re-size by 25%. Position at bottom of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 22. Position behind lilac layer and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 1 as new layer, re-size by 25% and move to the right side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 105 as new layer, re-size by 25% and move to the left side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 87 as new layer, re-size by 20% and move to the right side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer on your tag and move it to the bottom.
Apply your mask. Merge group.
If you're not animating you can stop here and add the finishing details, such as Artist Copyright and scrap kit maker.
Add your name and merge All visible. Save as a PNG file.
If you are animating, go ahead and still add the copyright details.
Now starting with your top layer, X-out all layers working your way down to the purple vine just above your flower frame.
Right click on your mask layer and merge visible.
Go to Selections, select all and copy.
In Animation Shop, right click and paste as a new animation.
Hold Crtl key on keyboard and tap letter L until you have a total of 17 frames.
Open SimoneAni413
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place.
Open SimoneAni418
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place. I placed one to the left side and one to the right side.
Go back to PSP and X-out the bottom layer and UN-hide all your hidden layers.
Merge visible. Copy layer and paste as a new layer in AS.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.
You can either do it animated like in the tutorial or still.
To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices.
UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible.
Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization.
I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background. To add background, go to Animation:
Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
♥♥♥
Please click on TAG to see in full size.
••• Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
________________________________________________________________________
Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : NONE
Font used: Bangle
Tube of choice: I'm using "Spring" by Alex Prihodko from Pics For Design
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Katy Love" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animations : Made by me, Mask0112, HERE.
Mask: Made by me, HERE.
________________________________________________________________________
♥♥♥
Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥
Open Paper 9 from kit "Bibi Katy Love". Duplicate and close original. Re-size by 60% at 72 dpi and check Smart Size.
Right click in layers palette and promote background to layer.
Open your mask of choice in PSP. I'm using Mask0112-SophisticatSimone.
Activate your paper. Go to Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image.
In drop down list find your mask and select.
Check : Source luminance
and make sure Invert mask data is UN-checked.
Click OK.
Copy and paste element 83 as a new layer and re-size by 75%.
Move a little to the left and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 28 as a new layer and re-size by 45%.
Move to the left in front of tree and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 60 as a new layer and re-size by 25%.
Place anywhere on your tree and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 9 as a new layer and re-size by 30%.
Mirror image and place anywhere on your tree and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 61 as a new layer and re-size by 94%.
Move to the bottom of tag in front of tree layer.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Place her/him on top of grass layer.
Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 26 as a new layer and re-size by 90%.
This layer should be between your mask layer and your tree layer.
You will notice a hard edge on the right hand side. Using your selection tool set to 20 feather, just select a small portion of that edge and delete. It should soften it up.
Copy and paste element 41 as a new layer and re-size by 45%.
Move this bird above your tube layer and place it on her knee and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 30 as a new layer and re-size by 45%.
Move the chest by the cat and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 46 as a new layer and re-size by 22%.
Move in front of tube at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 68 as a new layer and re-size by 40%.
Move so the grass appears behind the tube and add drop shadow.
Do the same for element 51.
Add the sun, element 50 and re-size by 40. Move to the upper right hand side of tag.
Copy and paste element 45 and re-size by 35%. Place at the bottom of tag in front of tube.
Copy and paste element 82 and re-size by 35%. Place behind your cat element and in front of tree. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 66 and re-size by 50%. Place at your tubes knees and behind your tube. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 49 and re-size by 20%. Place at your tubes feet in front of tube and add drop shadow.Duplicate and move to the left side in front of chest.
Paste again as a new layer and re-size by 25%. Mirror and add drop shadow. Place in front of chest as well, but behind the 1st flower.
Add any other element that you think would fill any blank spots and add to the overall look of your tag.
Add artist copyright and scrap kit maker credit.
Save your tag in layers.
Make sure you've added drop shadows to all your layers.
Grab your crop tool and on tool bar where it says Snap crop rectangle to: choose "merged opaque".
Either click Apply or double click your tag.
Add your name, merge all visible and save as a PNG.
♥♥♥
If you choose to animate, don't add your name yet.
Go to Selections, select all.
Go to Edit and copy merged. Paste as a new animation in Animation Shop.
Hold your Ctrl key down and repeatedly hit letter L on your keyboard for a total of 20 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-LazyDays-Tutorial
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place.
Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.
To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices. UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible. Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization. I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background. To add background, go to Animation: Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.
Please click on TAG to see in full size.
••• Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
________________________________________________________________________
Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : NONE
Font used: Bangle
Tube of choice: I'm using "Spring" by Alex Prihodko from Pics For Design
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Katy Love" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animations : Made by me, Mask0112, HERE.
Mask: Made by me, HERE.
________________________________________________________________________
♥♥♥
Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥
Open Paper 9 from kit "Bibi Katy Love". Duplicate and close original. Re-size by 60% at 72 dpi and check Smart Size.
Right click in layers palette and promote background to layer.
Open your mask of choice in PSP. I'm using Mask0112-SophisticatSimone.
Activate your paper. Go to Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image.
In drop down list find your mask and select.
Check : Source luminance
and make sure Invert mask data is UN-checked.
Click OK.
Copy and paste element 83 as a new layer and re-size by 75%.
Move a little to the left and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 28 as a new layer and re-size by 45%.
Move to the left in front of tree and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 60 as a new layer and re-size by 25%.
Place anywhere on your tree and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 9 as a new layer and re-size by 30%.
Mirror image and place anywhere on your tree and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 61 as a new layer and re-size by 94%.
Move to the bottom of tag in front of tree layer.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Place her/him on top of grass layer.
Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 26 as a new layer and re-size by 90%.
This layer should be between your mask layer and your tree layer.
You will notice a hard edge on the right hand side. Using your selection tool set to 20 feather, just select a small portion of that edge and delete. It should soften it up.
Copy and paste element 41 as a new layer and re-size by 45%.
Move this bird above your tube layer and place it on her knee and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 30 as a new layer and re-size by 45%.
Move the chest by the cat and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 46 as a new layer and re-size by 22%.
Move in front of tube at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 68 as a new layer and re-size by 40%.
Move so the grass appears behind the tube and add drop shadow.
Do the same for element 51.
Add the sun, element 50 and re-size by 40. Move to the upper right hand side of tag.
Copy and paste element 45 and re-size by 35%. Place at the bottom of tag in front of tube.
Copy and paste element 82 and re-size by 35%. Place behind your cat element and in front of tree. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 66 and re-size by 50%. Place at your tubes knees and behind your tube. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 49 and re-size by 20%. Place at your tubes feet in front of tube and add drop shadow.Duplicate and move to the left side in front of chest.
Paste again as a new layer and re-size by 25%. Mirror and add drop shadow. Place in front of chest as well, but behind the 1st flower.
Add any other element that you think would fill any blank spots and add to the overall look of your tag.
Add artist copyright and scrap kit maker credit.
Save your tag in layers.
Make sure you've added drop shadows to all your layers.
Grab your crop tool and on tool bar where it says Snap crop rectangle to: choose "merged opaque".
Either click Apply or double click your tag.
Add your name, merge all visible and save as a PNG.
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If you choose to animate, don't add your name yet.
Go to Selections, select all.
Go to Edit and copy merged. Paste as a new animation in Animation Shop.
Hold your Ctrl key down and repeatedly hit letter L on your keyboard for a total of 20 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-LazyDays-Tutorial
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place.
Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.
To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices. UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible. Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization. I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background. To add background, go to Animation: Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Sunday, April 28, 2013.
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Sunday, April 28, 2013.
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