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This tutorial was made in PSP X14, but can also be made in the other versions.

 

For this tutorial you need Animation Shop (AS)

and the following plugins:

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Glass and Blacklight

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Burnt Edges

Custom plugin Emboss_3 (in zip)

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> - Cake Mix

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

Nik Software - Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete

Toadies - What are you?

Tronds Filters II - Ghost

You can download the plugins

Place (or install) the plugins in your Plugin folder.

Place Emboss_3 in your Preset folder.

 

you can download the materials.

It contains: 6 tubes - 1 color label - 1 selectie.

Place the selection in your Selection folder.

 

Permission to use the tubes

 

The tubes are by Guismo, Maryse, Matou and Nikita.

Thank you so much for the beautiful tubes.

 

The other tubes are unknown to me.

If they are yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credit.

 

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

 

Step 1

Open the tubes in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #cc7410 (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #000000 (or at your choice).

Set your foreground to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Sunburst - with these settings:

Step 2

Open a transparent image of 1000 x 650 pixels.

Flood fill your image with your gradient.

Effects - Plugins - Tronds Filters II - Ghost - with these settings:

Step 3

Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from disk -

load selection '1magnifique_ger' - with these settings:

Selections - Promote selection to layer.

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> - Cake Mix - with these settings:

Repeat this plugin 1x.

Selections - Select none.

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What Are You? - with these settings:

Step 4

Effects - Plugins - Nik Software - Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete - Bi-Color User Defined - with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - Nik Software - Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete - Bi-Color Filters - with these settings:

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Exclusion.

Step 5

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Backlight - Tab Settings - choose Short Flames - see image below:

Set the first and the last square to #C00000 - see the hand on image below:

Click OK.

Step 6

Copy tube 'Element 1'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it against the left edge.

Step 7

Activate your bottom layer.

Copy tube '@matou_Scenety_@Fidon74_07-03-10'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 90% - All layers not checked.

Place it in the upper right corner - see main image.

Lower the Opacity of this layer to 62.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Exclusion.

Step 8

Open tube '13177950209_gothic_nikita'.

Remove the watermark.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it for the moon - see main image.

Effects - Custom plugin - Emboss_3 - with these settings:

Step 9

Copy tube 'calguismist30102012'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Move it down until the letter T is at the bottom edge.

Layers - Arrange - Move down.

Effects - Custom plugin - Emboss_3 - same settings as before.

Step 10

Activate your top layer.

Copy tube 'calguisBenGoossens21112011'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Make sure the left one is down and in the middle - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - at your choice.

Step 11

Copy tube 'MR_Halloween Makeup'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it on the left side, in the triangle - see main image.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Soft light.

Step 12

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 10 pixels - color black.

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Burnt Edges - set the bottom square to color #A08240 - with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Burnt Edges - set the bottom square to color #7D2E03 - with these settings:

Step 13

Activate your Freehand selection - Point to point.

Draw a selection around the 3 heads - see image below:

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Edit - Copy.

To AS: Edit - Paste - As a new animation.

Step 14

Back to PSP.

Click Undo 2x.

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - set Vertical to 205.

Selections - Select none.

To AS: Edit - Paste - After current frame.

Step 15

Back to PSP.

Click Undo 2x.

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - set Vertical to 155.

Selections - Select none.

To AS: Edit - Paste - After current frame.

Step 16

Back to PSP.

Click Undo 2x.

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - set Vertical to 105.

Selections - Select none.

To AS: Edit - Paste - After current frame.

Click in frame 1 - Edit - Select all.

Animation - Resize animation - Width 800 pixels (optional).

Step 17

View - Animation.

You now can see how your animation looks.

If you are satisfied:

Save your crea as a gif file and you're done!

 

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

 

If you want your crea in my Gallery:

Image - Resize - Width 800 pixels.

Save your crea as a jpg file and please send me an email with your crea.

 

This lesson was written by Gerrie on October 1, 2013.

This lesson is and remains the property of Gerrie.

You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written permission.

All my lessons are self designed ... so any agreement is purely coincidental.

All my lessons are registered with TWI.

 

Translated by Zial on November 1, 2014

 

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