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tutorials.
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This tutorial was made in PSP X, but can also be made in the other versions.
I wrote this lesson for my dear friend Lydje.
For this lesson you need Animation Shop (AS)
and the following plugins:
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Tile & Mirror
Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow
You can download the plugins
you can download the materials.
It contains: 1 tube - 1 picture - 1 animation.
The tube is by Mtm.
The picture is by Jennifer.
The animation is by Miriam.
Thank you so much for the beautiful tube, picture and animation.
Step 1
Open the tube and e in PSP - minimize them for now.
Set your foreground color to #444357 (or at your choice).
Set your background color to #eeeae8 (or at your choice).
Step 2
Open the picture.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Selections - Select all.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 4 pixels.
Selections - Invert.
Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - with these settings:
Selections - Select none.
Step 3
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 4 pixels - background color.
Activate your Magic wand - with these settings:
Select the last border with your Magic wand.
Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - default settings.
Selections - Select none.
Step 4
Open the picture.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Selections - Select all.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 4 pixels.
Selections - Invert.
Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - same settings as before.
Selections - Select none.
Step 5
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 30 pixels - background color.
Select the last border with your Magic wand.
Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - default settings.
Layers - Promote selection to layer.
Make sure you are on this layer.
Effects - Image effects - Page curl - with these settings:
Effects - Image effects - Page curl - take now the first picture - see image
below:
Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - same settings as before.
Repeat this 1x with the same settings.
DON'T DESELECT!
Step 6
Activate your bottom layer.
Adjust - Add/remove noise - Add noise - with these settings:
Selections - Select none.
Step 7
Open the picture.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Selections - Select all.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 4 pixels.
Selections - Invert.
Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - same settings as before.
Selections - Select none.
Step 8
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 4 pixels - background color.
Activate your Magic wand - with these settings:
Select the last border with your Magic wand.
Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - default settings.
Selections - Select none.
Minimize this image for now.
Step 9
Open a new transparent image of 800 x 500 pixels.
Set your foreground to gradient 'Foreground-background' -
Linear - with these settings:
Flood fill your image with this gradient.
Effects - Plugins - < I.C.NET Software > - Filter Unlimited2 –
Tile & Mirror – Kaleidoscope1 - default settings.
Step 10
Layers - New raster layer.
Click on your Selection tool.
Custom selection - with these settings:
Flood fill the selection with your foreground color.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 1 pixel.
Flood fill the selection with your background color.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.
Flood fill the selection with your foreground color.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 1 pixel.
Flood fill the selection with your gradient.
Effects - Plugins - < I.C.NET Software > - Filter Unlimited 2.0 -
Tile & Mirror – Kaleidoscope1 - default settings.
Selections - Select none.
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:
Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 50 - Blur 5 - color black.
Step 11
Copy tube 'Mtm_Strange 136-20 feb 2008'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Image - Resize - 90% - All layers not checked.
Place it in your just made rectangle.
Adjust - Hue and saturation - Colorize: 173 - 33 (or your own
H and S numbers).
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:
Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 50 - Blur 5 - color black.
Activate your square layer.
Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.
Step 12
Activate the flower layer.
Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.
Step 13
Copy your minimized image.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Don't move it!
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:
Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 50 - Blur 5 - color black.
Repeat with Vert and Hor to -3 (minus 3).
Step 14
Open the picture.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - foreground color.
Selections - Select all.
Selections - Modify - Contract - 4 pixels.
Selections - Invert.
Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - same settings as before.
Selections - Select none.
Step 15
Add your name and/or watermark.
Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).
Edit - Copy.
Step 16
To As: Edit - Paste - As a new animation.
Click 1x Ctrl+C - click 2x Ctrl+L.
You now have 3 frames.
Click in frame 1 - Edit - Select all.
Step 17
Open tube 'lijnbling1Miriam' in AS.
Click in frame 1 - Edit - Select all - Edit - Copy.
Step 18
Activate your main animation.
Edit - Paste - In selected frame.
Place it between the picture and the left rectangle - see main image.
Step 19
Activate your bling animation.
Animation - Image mirror.
Click in frame 1 - Edit - Select all - Edit - Copy.
Step 20
Activate your main animation.
Edit - Paste - In selected frame.
Place this one on the other side.
Step 21
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 :-)
This lesson was written by Goldielock.
This lesson is and remains the property of Goldielock.
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.
Translated by Zial on May 5, 2014
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