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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: Brother Tattoo
Tube of choice: I'm using "Rose" by José Cano

 Scrap Kit : I'm using "Rosso" by Bibi's Collection from SATC
Animation: SimoneAni-Sparkle Roses
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 a new image 650W  x  550H, transparent background, 72 resolution.
Select all.

Open paper 4 and copy. Paste INTO selection on your tag. Deselect.
C/P element 22 as a new layer.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer .Re-size by 68%. Position to the right side of tag. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 19 and position behind your tube and in center of tag.
Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste 46 and position behind your tube and in front of petals. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste 29 and re-size by 45%. Position in upper left hand side of tag. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 4 as a new layer and mirror. Position in lower left hand side.

Add drop shadow.

Add artist copyright. Merge all visible.
Copy and paste into Animation Shop as a new animation.
Hold Ctrl key down and hit letter L repeatedly until you have 20 frames.

Open SimoneAni-SparkleRoses. Go to Edit>Select all.
Go to Edit>Copy.

Activate your tag. Go to Edit>Select All.
Go to Edit>Propagate Paste.
Go to Edit>Paste>Paste into Selected Frames.

Click into place.

Add your name and save.
To add a border, go back into PSP.
Select all, go to selection, modify, contract by 10.
Go to selection, invert. Add a new raster layer.
Using your flood fill tool, add a color from your tube.
Go to selection>invert.
Add a new raster layer. Add drop shadow. Deselect.

Ok now hide the tag layer. You should only have the frame and the drop shadow.
Activate your frame layer and go to Adjust and add noise. Gaussian, 60%.
Go to Edit, copy merged.

In AS, right click and paste as a new animation.
Back in PSP, undo noise.
Add noise of 66%. Copy merged.
In AS, right click on frame layer and paste after selected frame.

Back in PSP, undo noise.
Add noise of 72%. Copy merged.
In AS, right click on the last frame and paste after selected frame.

Go to Edit and select all.
Go to Edit and copy.

Activate your tag.
Go to Edit and select all.
Go to Edit and paste>paste into selected frames.

You may have to slightly adjust the position with your cursor. Before you click border

frame into place, make sure all four corners are covered, lined up perfectly.

Click play.

Add your name 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 Sunday October 27,  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
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.
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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.

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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:
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.
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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.

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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 : 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.
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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 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.

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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 4000(gradient glow).
Font used: Strumpf Std Contour
Tube of choice: I'm using Roxy by Diana Gali from SATC.
Scrap Kit : Roxy Rocker by Disturbed Scraps from SATC.
Mask: By me, Mask99SophisticatSimone HERE
Animations: By me, SimoneAni-RoxyRocker HERE

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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.
Copy and paste your tube close up as a new layer.
Using your mover tool, move close up until you see the face. Position to the right of tag.
Duplicate and mirror.

Grab your lasso tool, feather set to 12, on each layer remove any obstructing feather.
With her, it's her hair. Look at my screen shot. On each layer I removed a portion of hair.

Once you've completed that, flood fill Raster 1 layer (bottom layer) with black.
Merge all visible.

Open Mask99SophisticatSimone.
Make sure your tag is active and go to Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image.
Find mask in drop down list and apply.
Merge group.

Copy and paste element 089 as a new layer on your tag and re-size by 80 %.
Make sure it's your top layer and you can move it down low on your tag.
Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Re-size if needed. I re-sized mine by 30%.
Copy and paste element 090 as a new layer and re-size by 62 %. Move below skyline layer.
Position at top of tag. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 064 as a new layer and re-size by 74 %. Move onto the skyline layer at bottom.
Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 025 as a new layer and re-size by 84 %. Move onto the skyline layer at bottom.
Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 026 as a new layer and mirror. Move behind the skyline layer at top.
Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 082 as a new layer and re-size by 35%. Move to the top left hand side of tag. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 065 as a new layer and re-size by 76%. Move behind your tube and in front of skyline. Add

drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 022 as a new layer and re-size by 90%. Move behind your fence and warning sign and in front

of skyline. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 061 as a new layer and re-size by 51%. Move as the top layer and center at the bottom of tag.

Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 001 as a new layer and re-size by 80%. Move as the top layer and to the left of the tag. Add

drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 099 as a new layer and re-size. Move on top of your barrel and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 094 as a new layer and re-size by 28%. Move on top of your charm. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 114 as a new layer. Move to the left of tag. Move it below the charm in the layers palette.

Add artist copyright and scrap kit maker credit.
Go to Selections, select all.

Go to Animation Shop and right click paste as a new animation.
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-RoxyRockerTutorial
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. I placed it low on tag near speaker.
Cull animation, go to Animation, cull animation:
Remove 1 frame every 2 frames.
You should be left with 10 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 Saturday, April 20, 2013.
Posted by Simone aka Lorraine 0 comments