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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: Recorda Script Personal Use Only
Tube of choice: I'm using "Dark Fairytale" by The Hunter from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Dark Fairytale" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animation: SimoneAni-DarkFairytale
Mask: none
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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 element 20 and duplicate. Close original.
Copy and paste your fairy tube as a new layer.

Go to Image/ Re-size, all layers checked.
Resolution : 72, enter: 58% and re sample using: Smart Size

Go to Image, Canvas Size and enter:
700 x 650, center diamond depressed.

Copy and paste element 25 as a new layer and re-size by 60%. Place on upper right hand side of frame element and behind your tube. Add drop shadow.

C/P element 1 as a new layer and re-size by 60%. Move to the left side of tag. Add drop shadow.

Open paper 2, duplicate and close original. Go to Image, Canvas Size and enter the following:
650 x 500, center diamond depressed. Click OK.
Copy.

On your tag, using your magic wand, feather set to 0, click inside the frame (make sure your frame layer is active).
Go to Selections, modify, expand by 10.
Add a new Raster layer. Send to bottom.
Now go to Edit and paste into selection.
Go to Selections, select none.
Activate your frame layer again and add this drop shadow:
V=8
H=8
Opacity=65
Blur=11
Color=black

C/P element 35 as a new layer and position, upper left hand side of frame, add same drop shadow.
C/P element 37 as a new layer and position, upper right hand side of frame, add same drop shadow.
C/P element 56 as a new layer and position, lower left hand side of frame. Re-size by 60%.
C/P elment 94 as a new layer and leave in center of tag and behind your tube.
Re-size your canvas if it's not fitting in completely. We can re-size later.
C/P rock element 99 and position under her hands on right side of tag.
C/P element 18 and position behind your tube and behind the giant mushrooms.
Duplicate your big black flower and re-size by 60%. Move in front of your rock.
Duplicate again the big black flower and re-size by 40%. Move behind rock and your tube and position far back by her hip.

Add artist copyright and merge all visible.

Add your name and save as 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 Saturday June 22, 2013.

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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Gradient Glow for name.
Font used: 2Peas Cocoa
Tube of choice: I'm using "Sailor Girl" by Alexander McMillan from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Sailor Beach" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animation: none
Mask: 0108  HERE
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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, transparent, 650 x 650.
C/P element 37 as a new layer. Move to left upper hand side of tag. Add Drop shadow.
C/P your tube as a new layer and re-size by 75%. Move to right side of tag.
Open Paper 2. Duplicate and close original.
Re-size by 54%, 72 dpi and smart size checked. Apply mask of choice, or mine mask 0108.
Merge group and duplicate. Merge visible. Copy and paste as a new layer on your tag.
Move to bottom.

C/P element 11 as a new layer. Using your selection tool, remove the trunk portion of the tree.
This element should be just above your mask layer.
Add drop shadow.

C/P element 26 as a new layer and move to the lower left hand side of tag. This layer should be your top layer (above tube).
C/P element 99 as a new layer and move to the lower right hand side of tag. This layer is above grass layer.
C/P element 39 as a new layer and move to the lower right hand side of tag. Re-size by 54%. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 27 as a new layer and move to the lower left hand side of tag. Place over the grass element.

Merge all visible. Add artist copyright.

Add your name and save as 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 Thursday, June 20  2013.

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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.

Plugin : none

Font used: Carpenter

Tube of choice: I'm using "Courtney" by Jose A Cano.

Scrap Kit : I'm using "Courtney" by Lizquis Scraps.

Animation: SimoneAni469

Mask: 0139  HERE

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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 Courtney_frame2. Duplicate and close original. Re-size by 80%, all layers UN-checked.

Now change your canvas size to 700 x 700.

Using your magic wand, feather set to 0, click inside your frame. Go to Selections, expand, by 10.

Copy and paste a close up of your tube as a new layer. Move down below the frame.

Go to Selections, Invert and hit delete on your keyboard.

If there's any space showing behind your close-up, copy and paste a paper, move it below your close-up and delete.

You can De-select.

Duplicate your close up. On the original close up layer, apply blur, Gaussian Blur of 3. On duplicate layer, change blend mode to soft light. Merge these two together. Now change blend mode to Multiply.

Duplicate your frame. Top frame layer, change blend mode to Multiply.

Add drop shadow to this frame:

V:  2

H:  5

Opacity:  64

Blur:  13

Color:  black

Merge all visible.

Copy and paste Courtney_Grass as a new layer. Move to the left and bottom of frame layer.

Copy and paste Courtney_radio as a new layer. Re-size by 50% and move to the left side.

Copy and paste Courtney_Tree as a new layer. Place to the right of frame and behind the car.

C/P sparkles1 as a new layer. Place more to the left and over the frame.

C/P tube as a new layer. Mirror and re-size by 80%.  Delete extra at the bottom of tube using your selection tool set to rectangle and feather set to 25. Select area from crotch to below. Delete.

Copy and paste Courtney_dog as a new layer. Re-size by 50% and move to the right side.

Copy and paste Courtney_bag as a new layer. Re-size by 50% and move to the right side beside dog.

Add drop shadow to every layer.

C/P Paper 1 as a new layer. Send to bottom.

Click on any other element to activate that layer. Go to Selections, select all. Activate your paper layer again.

Go to Image, crop to selection. Apply Mask 0139, merge group. Duplicate layer. Add drop shadow.

Merge all visible.

Add artist copyright.

Save as PNG.

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 21 frames.

You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.

Open SimoneAni469

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.

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 80 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, June 18  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 : Eye Candy: Gradient Glow for name. Cybia: Screenworks for name.
Font used: Olivier
Tube of choice: I'm using "Dark Mermaid" by The Hunter from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Dark Mermaid" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animation: none
Mask: 0139  HERE
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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 4 and duplicate. Close original.
Re-size by 58%, 72 dpi, smart size.
Open Mask 0139 SS and apply to the paper.
Merge group.

Copy and paste your tube close up.
Activate your mask layer. Go to Selections, select all.
Activate your close up layer.
Go to Image, Crop to Selection.

Now using your selection tool, set to rectangle, feather of 25, select the lower portion of your tube and delete so a little bit of her elbows are deleted.

Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 3 as a new layer. Move to the top. Again, using your selection tool, remove the extra on either side.
Duplicate layer and flip. Merge together and add drop shadow. Move below close up layer.

Copy and paste element 9 as a new layer and move to the right side of tag. Add drop shadow. This should be behind your tube layer.
Repeat for element 10. Move to the right side.
Repeat for element 60. Move to the far left side. Duplicate and re-size by 50%.
Mirror.

Copy and paste element 15 as a new layer. Position bottom middle of tag. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 96 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Move to the left side of tag. Triplicate this element, you can re-size them each by 90% and 88%.

Tuck them in here and there on your tag. Mainly to fill empty spaces. Add drop shadow to each.

Add element 90, element 98, element 61 as new layers. Re-size to desired size

and add drop shadow to each. Place down along the bottom of tag.
Repeat for element 97 and duplicate. Placing one on the right side and one on the left side.

Copy and paste element 7 as a new layer and place bottom of tag and to the left a bit.
Copy and paste element 12 as a new layer and move to the right side of tag, add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 23 as a new layer. If there are to many sparkles over her face, just grab your selection tool, set to point to point (freehand) and feather 23. Delete whatever you don't want over her face.

Merge all layers/visible. Add copyright. Merge down.
Save as PNG.

Add your name. I used font Olivier.
On the font I added noise set to random and 25%.
Added plugin : Cybia, Screen works, Boxed Dot, 0
I added gradient glow, eye candy 4, set to FAT(under color tab) and 3 for glow width.
I added drop shadow.

Merge all visible.
SAVE as 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 June 17, 2013.