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•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Eye Candy: Gradient Glow for name.
Font used: Brahn Mufun
Tube of choice: I'm using "Billy"  by Christine Marie Kotlark 

Scrap Kit : I'm using "Hallows Eve" by SkyScrap no longer in business
Animation: I'm using my own, SimoneAni-Where's Billy Tutorial
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open a new image size 750 x 685. We can re-size at the end.
Copy and paste element 83 as a new layer on your canvas. Activate your selection tool, set to Freehand Select.
Type: Point to point
Mode: Add(shift)
Feather: 5
Smoothing: 0
Anti-alias: checked.

Just remove the extra little dots at the top of this element.
See screenshot.

Once I selected my area I hit delete twice on keyboard.
Go to selections, select none.
Using your mover tool, drag this element to the upper right hand side of tag.
Duplicate and mirror. Merge them together.
Duplicate and flip. Merge them together.
This will be our background.

Now re-size it by 94% and move it up a little bit. Merge down.
Go to Adjust and sharpen.

Copy and paste your tube Billy. If you are using the same tube as new re-size and drag him down till his chopped off feet/ankles are about flush with the lower edge of your background.
See Screenshot.

Now grab your selection tool, set to rectangle, same feather. Drag out a rectangle starting below his hands/knees and down past his non existing feet. 

Add a new layer. Drag this layer below him in layers palette.
Select your flood fill tool and set background color to black.
Fill the layer. This is his little mat.
Go to Selections, select none.

Copy and paste element 52 as a new layer and re-size by 90%. Move higher up on your canvas. Add drop shadow.
V=-2    H=2    Opacity=90    Blur=5   Color=black

Open element 34 and using your selection tool set to rectangle again, select only the top portion of this element.
Go to Edit and copy.
Activate your tag and paste as a new layer. Re-size by 90% and move to left side of tag. Duplicate and re-size by 80% and move this to the right side. Add drop shadow to each and merge them together.

Copy and paste element 30 as a new layer and re-size by 80%. Should be over the black wiggly swirls and behind Billy. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 54 as a new layer and re-size by 80%. Position lower behind your tube so it appears like his elbows are resting on the trunk and crate. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 28 as a new layer and re-size by 80%. Position so the white skull on right side is at bottom corner of crate element.

Add drop shadow. Duplicate and drag over to the left, having some of the grass over the trunk. You can merge these together.
Copy and paste image 42 as a new layer and re-size by 36%. Position to the right side of tag. Place him on the edge of crate. Add drop shadow. I added a bigger blur to him and H=3.

Copy and paste element 2 as a new layer. Move this layer to the top. Re-size by 86%. Move it over to the left. Add drop shadow.
Grab your selection tool set to rectangle again, feather 0. You are going to select a portion of your tube and move up above a few of the branches. So make sure you get his head and his upper right shoulder and chest area. See my screen shot.

 Promote selection to layer. In layers palette, drag the promoted layer above the tree element.

Your layers should appear like this:

Lock your layers. So on the tube layer click the the lock icon in the layers palette and make sure it says 1. On the promoted Selection (his head) click on lock and make sure it's set to 1 as well. That way if you happen to move them around they will always stay together. If you need to unlock just click on the lock until it goes to "none".

Copy and paste element 50 as a new layer and re-size by 70%. Position to the left and in front of the tree. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 55 as a new layer and re-size by 45%. Position to the right of the bucket and in front of your tube. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 56 as a new layer and re-size by 35%. Position to the right side of tag and in front of Billy's left foot. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 80 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Mirror and position to the right side of tag. Should be next to his leg. This layer should be below the other rat layer, so it appears behind it on the tag. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 38 as a new layer and re-size by 40%.  Move these grey leaves to the left side of the tag, down in front. Place this layer between the vase layer and the bucket layer.
Duplicate layer and mirror. Move this layer behind the bucket layer.
Duplicate this layer now and mirror. It should appear to the right side of tag, behind the rat and books layer.
Duplicate layer and drag to center in front of Billy.
Duplicate that layer and re-size by 50% and move this in front of rat with books. Just as a filler. It seemed a little empty to me in that area.
Make sure you add drop shadow to each of these layers.

Activate your crop tool and under Snap Crop Rectangle to: select Merged Opaque.
Merge visible.

Add artist copyright and scrap kit maker credit.

If not animating, add your name and save as PNG.

If animating
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-Where's Billy 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 Friday, May 24,  2013.

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Please click on TAG to see in full size.
•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 (for name)
Font used: MsMadi
Tube of choice: I'm using "REGGIE REY" by Pinup Bombshells  from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Toyland" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animation: SimoneAni-MyBedroom
Mask: Masks0121
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open paper 5 and duplicate. Close original.
Re-size your paper by 80%. Make sure resolution is set to 72 dpi.
When re-sizing any of the elements or papers make sure the resolution is always set to 72.
Apply Mask 0121 to paper and merge group. Add noise:
Random, 7, monochrome checked.
C/P element 90 as a new layer and re-size by 80%. Move to the lower right hand side of tag.
Add drop shadow.
C/P element 44 as a new layer and position a little higher on the canvas. Add light drop shadow.
Make sure it's behind the bed layer.
C/P element 72 as a new layer. Remove a portion of the plant down at the bottom. Activate your Selection Tool, set to Rectangle, Mode: add shift, feather 0 and anti-alias checked.
Just drag out a box over the bottom portion of plant and then hit delete on keyboard. Right click on tag to de-select or go to Selections, select none.

Duplicate this layer and mirror. Add drop shadow to each. They should frame the screen.
C/P element 88 as a new layer. Re-size by 60%. Position high in middle of tag. Should appear a little above the screen. Duplicate and re-size by 50%. Move it to far right side of tag. Add drop shadow to each balloon.
C/P element 83 as a new layer. Re-size by 60% and move in front of bed and to the right of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 80 as a new layer and move to the side of bed on left side of tag. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 71 as a new layer and Re-size by 50%. Move behind the bed, over the screen. Duplicate, re-size by 50% and move to the far left of tag, in front of toy box.
Back to original purple plant layer. Duplicate and re-size by 80% and move down in front of bed, to the right hand side of mid-line. Should be near the toy chest. Add drop shadows to all these flowers.
C/P element 18 as a new layer and re-size by 55%. Move to top of tag, on right side of blue balloon. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 84 as a new layer and position middle of tag and a little higher than center.
C/P your tube as a new layer. Re-size if need be. I didn't re-size mine, but I deleted some of her legs. I used selection tool, set to rectangle and feather of 10. I also mirrored her position and placed her on left side of tag at foot of bed. Add drop shadow. Make sure she is behind/below the bed layer in layers palette.
OK click on your screen element in layers palette to activate.
C/P element 87 as a new layer. Free rotate by 20 degrees to the right and re-size by  60%. Make sure it's tucked behind the toy box and the blue plant. Add drop shadow.
Click on tube layer to activate.
C/P element 91 as a new layer and mirror. Re-size by  60%. Move this little mouse in front of your tube down by her legs. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 21 as a new layer and re-size by 65%. Move to left hand side of tag at bottom of tag. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 31 as a new layer and re-size by 80%. Move to left hand side of tag at bottom of tag and place him on top of purple ball. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 73 as a new layer and re-size by 40%. Move to right lower hand side of tag in front of toy chest. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 23 as a new layer and re-size by 60%. Move to bottom of tag. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 77 as a new layer, re-size by 80% and have him sit on top of bed canape. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 78 as a new layer, re-size by 70% and have him sit on top of bed. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 1as a new layer, re-size by 40% and have her sit on the toy chest on the right side of tag. Add drop shadow.
Go to Selections, select all.
Go to Edit, Crop to Selection.

Now to animate.

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-MyBedroom
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 Thursday, May 23,  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 : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 (for name)
Font used: Carpenter
Tube of choice: I'm using "Zip It" by Barbara Jensen found in Package 32.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Nina 2" by SkyScrap
Animation: SimoneAni-HOT
Mask: Masks0120
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥

Open a new image 700 x 700.
C/P element 33 as a new layer.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer and add drop shadow. Activate your frame layer.
Grab your selection tool and set your feather to 0. Selection type: rectangle, MODE: add shift, anti-alias checked.
Select the lower portion of your frame, (the portion covering your tube) and select it. Now promote selection to layer.
Drag this layer above your tube.
De-select.

If you have a close up of your tube, copy and paste it on your canvas. Move it to bottom in layers palette.
Activate your frame layer. Select your magic wand tool, tolerance 12, feather 0, match mode, RGB Value.
Click inside the frame. Go to Selections, Modify, expand by 10.
Go to Selections, Invert.
Activate your close up. Hit delete on your keyboard.

Copy and paste paper8 as a new layer and move to bottom.
Hit delete on your keyboard to remove extra.
Now activate your frame.
Go to Selections, Select all.
Go to Edit and Crop to Selection. This will remove any extra paper that we don't see on canvas.

C/P element 59 and move to the left, duplicate and mirror. Merge them and move down as last layer.
Click on frame layer.
C/P element 83 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 75%. If you need to enlarge your canvas, do so now, we can crop and re-size later.
Position castle at center and behind your frame. Make sure nothing is poking out anywhere.
Add drop shadow.
You can crop your tag now.
C/P element 7 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 50%. Move to the right side and over frame edge. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 13 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 25%. Move to the right side and over flower. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 35 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 55%. Move to the left side and at bottom of frame. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 65 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 60%. Move to the left side and at bottom of frame. In front of candle. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 88 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 80%. Move to the left side upper hand side and behind the frame. Duplicate and mirror. Add

drop shadow to both. Merge them together.
C/P element 10 and paste as new layer. Re-size by 80%. Position above frame layer and below the deep fushia flower layer. Add drop shadow.

Should be on the right hand side of frame.
C/P element 60 as a new layer. Re-size by 66%. Move to the right lower hand side of tag.

Open Paper 7 and duplicate. Re-size by 21%  at 72 dpi.
Apply Mask 0120 and merge group.
Copy and paste as a new layer on your tag and send to bottom.
Merge visible.
Add your Artist Copyright.
Add your name and save as png.

If animating.

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 22 frames you can cull animation afterwards.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.

Open SimoneAni-HOT
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 Monday, May 20,  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 : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 (for name)
Font used: Xiomara
Tube of choice: I'm using "Nina 2" by SkyScraps Pin Ups from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Nina Terror" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animation: none
Mask: Masks0120 (one of mine)
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥

Open Masks0120 in PSP and minimize. Open Paper 1 and duplicate. Close original.
Re-size by 90%. Make sure resolution is set to 72 dpi. Re-sample using: Smart Size and all layers checked.
Promote background to layer.
Go to Layers and select New Mask Layer/From Image. Find mask in drop down layer and apply.
Merge group. Triplicate this layer and merge them together.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Add drop shadow. Move to left side of tag.
Click on your mask layer and go to Selections, select all.
Go to Edit, Crop to Selection.

Activate your tube layer.
Grab your selection tool and set your feather to 14. Selection type: rectangle, MODE: add shift, anti-alias checked.
Select the lower portion of your tubes thighs and delete. I usually hit delete twice. De-select.

C/P element 4 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Make sure "All Layers" is UN-checked. Place center bottom of tag. Duplicate and move it slightly over to the right.
C/P element 83 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Duplicate and add drop shadows to both. Stagger their position and place them to the right hand side of canvas.
C/P element 26 as a new layer and re-size by 70%. Leave in center of tag bellow your tube. Add D/S.
C/P element 61 as a new layer and re-size by 70%. Move to right side and behind the shoes. Add D/S.
C/P element 25 as a new layer and re-size by 40%. Move to right upper side and in front of large black circle element. Add D/S.
C/P element 70 as a new layer. Position in front of large black circle element. Duplicate, merge and Add D/S. Move a little more to the right and a touch higher on your tag.
C/P element 59 as a new layer. Position in front of large black circle element. Move to the left side and add D/S.
Duplicate and free rotate by 90% and move to upper left hand side and move it below the black circle element.
Duplicate the original and move it to the right and make sure it's above the black circle.
C/P element 31 as a new layer and move to the top of tag and behind the black circle. Add D/S.
C/P element 55 as a new layer and move to the bottom of tag and in front of your tube on the left. Duplicate and drag over to the right side of tag and drag this layer below the shoes in the layers palette. Add D/S.
C/P element 24 as a new layer and place in front at bottom of tag.
C/P element 23 as a new layer and move this little kitty in front of your tube. Re-size to your liking. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 84 as a new layer and move this tiara on your kitty's head.  Re-size to your liking. Add drop shadow.
Merge them together.
C/P element 60 as a new layer and re-size by 30% and move mid tag, over the bottom flowers. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 79 as a new layer and re-size by 30% and move to the top of one of the sexy shoes. Add drop shadow.

Merge visible.
Add artist copyright.

Add your name. I used font: Xiomara, size 72, color black and I applied the Gradient Glow effect from Eye Candy Plugin.
Merge down and save as a PNG.

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 Monday, May 20,  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 : Eye Candy: Gradient Glow for name
Font used: Carpenter
Tube of choice: I'm using "Punk Mermaid" by Jay Trembly from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Mermaid" by Lizquis Scraps from SATC
Animation: I'm using my own, SimoneAni-OceanApartTutorial
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥

Open a new image 725x 796. You can re-size at the end. C/P your tube as a new layer.
C/P  decor3 (tire) as a new layer and mirror. Position your mermaid on the tire.
C/P sand1 as a new layer and move done below the tire.
C/P sand2 as a new layer and move behind the tire.
C/P moss2 as a new layer and move in front of the tire to the right.
C/P deco4 as a new layer and move to the left side of tag. Re-size by 48%.
Do the same for deco2 and deco3. Deco3 I mirrored and placed to the left. I placed deco2 to the right.
C/P moss1 as a new layer and move behind all layers and in upper left hand area of tag.
Repeat for deco5. Re-size by 38%. I placed in center of tire.
Repeat for deco6. Re-size by 60%. Mirror and move to the upper right side of tire.
C/P bubbles1 and paste as your top layer. Duplicate and merge. Position anywhere on your tag.
C/P  dolphins and mirror.
C/P fish6 and fish2. Re-size and position where you'd like.
Add any other element you like. I added the anchor, the net and the rudder.
Add drop shadow to all layers.
C/P paper and move to bottom. Click on one of the small elements.
Go to Selections, select ALL.
Go to Edit, crop to Selection.
Open Mask 0116 in PSP. Apply mask. Merge group.
Copy and paste close up as a new layer and position so it's somewhat visible.
Activate your mask layer. Go to Selections, select all.
Selections, float.
Go to Selections, invert.
Activate your close up layer and hit delete on your keyboard. Selections, select none.
Change blend mode to Hard light and merge down.
Re-size by 90%.
Add artist copyright and scrap kit maker credit.

Merge visible and save as png.
Add your name.

If animating.

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 17frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-OceanApart-001
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 Monday, May 20,  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 : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 (for name)
Font used:
Tube of choice: I'm using "Bluey" by SkyScraps from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Bluey for SkyScraps" by Tiny Turtle Designs from SATC
Animation: I'm using my own, SimoneAni-Bluey

Mask: HERE
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
♥♥♥

Open paper Bluey 5 and duplicate. Close original.
Go to Image and change canvas size to 700 x 700.
Promote background to layer.

Apply mask. I'm using on of my own, Mask0113. Merge group and duplicate. Merge down.
C/P element 34 as a new layer. Re-size by 60% and move to lower edge of mask. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 99 as a new layer. Re-size by 40% and move to lower edge of mask. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 97 as a new layer. Re-size by 40% and move to lower edge of mask. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 4 as a new layer. Leave centered over your mask layer. Duplicate and on duplicated layer change blend mode to Hard Light.
C/P your tube as a new layer and add drop shadow.
C/P element 25 as a new layer. Re-size by 20% and move to lower edge of mask. Position behind and to the left of blue flower bundle and duplicate. Free rotate to the right by 80%. Add drop shadow to both. Move the duplicated layer  at top of flower bundle layer but leave it behind.
C/P element 5 as a new layer. Re-size by 30% and move to center of tag and behind the flower bundle again. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 28 as a new layer. Re-size by 20% and move to center of tag and behind the flower bundle again. Add drop shadow.
Repeat for element 10. I positioned this little bird on the gem at bottom of tag.
C/P element 81 as a new layer and position behind all the flowers layrs on the upper left hand side. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 77 and 66 as new layers. Position behind your tube. Add drop shadow. I re-sized the umbrella by 80%.
C/P element 62 as a new layer. Re-size by 37% and move to the lower right hand side in front of your tube. Add D/S.
C/P element 60 as a new layer. Move to left hand side of canvas.
C/P element 59 as a new layer. Re-size by 28% and move to lower center of tag and position over the wings. Add drop shadow.
Add butterfly, element 39. Re-size and add D/S.
Do the same for element 112. Position behind umbrella on right side of tag.
If you have a close up of your tube, add it to your background and change blendmode to luminence and drop Opacity to 58. Now click on your mask layer, go to Selections, select all, Selections, float, Selections, Invert. Now delete your close up layer, you should have all the excess tube removed. De-select.

Merge visible.
Add artist copyright and kit maker name.

Now to animate.

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 16 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-Bluey-WITH-shadow.
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, May 19,  2013.