Angel on Top

You will need:

Paint Shop Pro
Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
Tube of choice
Font of choice or use the same as me Angel
Mask which you can download Here.  We are using 'bubble edge'.  Thank you to Essex Girl for these great masks.  You can visit her whole site Here

Lets get started.  Put you mask into your mask folder.  Open a new canvas, 600 x 500, transparent.  Click print screen on your keyboard, then paste as a new image.  Crop around the canvas part of the image, and copy and paste this as a new layer on your original canvas.  This is going to be your background.  Flood fill your original background layer with white.

Activate the checked layer, we are now going to colorize it.  I want mine to be darker, so I'm going to change the brightness.   Go to adjust/brightness/contrast, and set the brightness to -85 and the contrast to 0, or whatever you would prefer.  Then go to colorize and change the colour to match your tube.

With the checked background active, go to Layer/ Load/Save Mask/Load Mask from Disk, with these settings.

 

Merge group.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize as necessary and position towards the top of you canvas.  Add a drop shadow of V - -1, H - 1, Opacity 50, Blur 5.

Now we are going to add your name.  I'm going to use Angel.  Change your colours to the two coloured in your checked background, stroke width to 0.  Then change your background to foreground-background gradient, with these settings:

Write out your name, create as a vector layer, then stretch out to the desired width and height.  Leave some space at the base for the next stage.

Add a gradient glow to your text as follows

 

Add the same drop shadow you added to your tube, then add the gradient glow again, and then the drop shadow.  Position this below your tube, and move it up so that your tube is resting on the top.

 

Merge your tube down to  your text and duplicate the layer.  On the bottom merged layer, using your pick tool (or deform tool on earlier psp's), drag the top node down below the bottom node.  Go to adjust/blur/gaussian blur = 2.  You may need to move it up a little so it sits right underneath the text.

Before you add your copyright, you may want to resize your tag.  I'm resizing mine by 85%.  Add your copyright and save as a jpeg.

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 10th June 2007 by Faerie Queen.

Tie Me Up!

You will need:

Paint Shop Pro

Animation Shop
Tube of choice.  I'm using the fabulous art of Amano Jyaku, which I purchased through CILM
Mask of choice
Font of choice
 

 Open your tube, Shift+D, and close the original.  Increase the canvas around the tube.  Make it as large as you want, we can crop later.  I'm increasing mine to 600x600.

 
Now select your rectangle preset tool, and choose colours from your tube in your pallet.  We are going for a gradient effect, so choose two matching colours, Darker in foreground and lighter in background.  Now in your background, change to gradient, and choose foreground-background, with these settings.  

 

Close off the foreground.  Hide your tube, and then on a new layer, draw out a rectangle, about 11 squares high.  Convert to raster, then draw out another rectangle, same length, but about two squares high.  Convert to raster, duplicate and flip.  Line the top one about one square distance from the large rectangle.  Draw out a final rectangle, this time one square high.  Convert to raster, duplicate.  Line these bottom three one square apart.  Merge visible.  You should have something like this.
 

 

Add a new layer, flood fill with white, and move to the bottom.  On the rectangles you have just made add a drop shadow H & V = 0, Opacity 45, and Blur 8.

Unhide your tube now, and position and resize to your liking.  Add a new layer, and position above the your white background.  Flood fill with a bright/dark colour from your tube.  Apply your mask, merge group.  Using your pick tool, pull in the sides to position the mask behind your rectangles.

 

On your tube, add the same drop shadow as before.  Add your copyright.  Now add any text your wish.  I'm writing 'Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!' a couple of times across the top rectangle.  Add the same drop shadow.  Add your name.  Crop your tag.

Now take your rectangle selection tool, and select around your large rectangle.  Then copy and paste as a new animation into Animation Shop.

 

Effect/Insert Text Effect.  Apply these settings, and adjust your 'customise' setting to have your text appear across the lighter segment.  I set mine to 80.  You may need to change this if your made the rectangle bigger or small than mine.

You should now how 13 frames.  Go back to Paint Shop Pro.  Select none.  Hide the tube and name, and copy merged.  Paste as a new animation.  Duplicate your frames until you have the same amount as your animation.  Select all.  On your animation, select all, copy.  Then back on your tag and pasted into selected frames.  Line it up over the original large rectangle.  Undo if you do it wrong and paste again.  Back in Paint Shop Pro, unhide tube and name, and hide the rest.  Copy merged, and paste in Animation Shop.  Duplicate to match your animation.  Select all, copy, then on your animation, paste into selected frames.  Change your frame properties to 20, animate, and save as a gif.

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 28th December 2007 by Faerie Queen.

Soothes the Soul

You will need:

 

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop
Music Scrap Kit by Monti - Here
Mask from Weescotslass - Here Download WSL_Masks061-120
Tube of choice - I used the fantastic art of Popey Wong
Font of choice

 

Put your masks into your mask folder.  Open a new blank canvas, flood filled with white, 650 x 550.  Choose your background paper from the scrap kit.  I'm using paper 5.  Copy and paste as a new layer.  Next load the WSL_Mask110 as a new layer, fit to canvas.  Click okay, then merge group.

 

Open the CD tube (perspective), or the record, which ever you prefer to use.  Copy and paste as a new layer.  Resize by 25%, set to Smart Size.  Move over to the left hand edge.  Duplicate and mirror, and move over to overlap the original.  Duplicate the original again, move the layer to the top, then move it over to the bottom overlapping the mirrored CD.  Duplicate the mirrored CD, move the layer to the top, and then move it to overlap the bottom one.  You should now have 4 CDs overlapping down the left side.   Add a drop shadow of V & H = 0, Opacity = 35, and Blur 8, to each of the CDs.  Hide your white background and mask layer, and merge visible.

 

Unhide all your layers, duplicate the merged CD layer.  On the original go to Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, apply Brightness = - 255, and Contrast = 0.  This will blacken it out.  Change the blend mode to Soft Light, then move your duplicated CDs over slightly to show the shaded CDs behind.

 

Next take open the keyboard from the scrap kit.  Copy and paste as a new layer.  Resize by 65%.  Then add the mask again as you did for the paper, and merge group.  The lower the opacity to 63.

 

Open a music note or clef from the scrap kit.  I'm using the gold clef.  Copy and paste as a new layer, and resize by 50% and move it over your CDs and keyboard on the left edge.  Give it the same drop shadow as before.

 

Open your wordart from the scrap kit.  I'm using the 'Music Soothes the Soul' wording.  Copy and paste as a new layer to your canvas.  Resize by 50% and move to the top of your canvas as a header.  Add the same drop shadow again, but change the opacity to 25.

 

Open your chosen tube.  Copy and paste as a new layer and resize if need be.  Position over to the right of your canvas.  Duplicate, and as you did with your CDs, on the original, apply the same Brightness and Contrast.  Hide your duplicate, and move the blackened tube, up and over towards the centre a bit.  Then change the blend mode to soft light.  Unhide your tube, and add the same drop shadow you added to the CDs.

 

Now add your copyright and name.  You can stop here and save as a jpg or png.  Or you can go on to add some animation to the keyboard.

 

Animation:

 

Duplicate your keyboard layer until you have a total of 4 layers.  Zoom right into the keyboard, so that you can work with them more easily.  Then on your first layer, take your selection tool, set to Add, and select a few of the keys.  I don't play the keyboard, so I would have no ideas which notes to press, but try to remember that when playing, they play with two hands so work from the middle, and out.

 

Selections/Invert, then add a drop shadow of V = 0, H = 2, Opacity 75, Blur 3.  Select none.  You have now played your first keys.  Now on your next layer, select different keys, invert, and add the same drop shadow.  Select none.  Repeat with the other two layers.

 

When you have done, hide three of the keyboard layers, leaving one unhidden.  Copy merged, and paste as a new animation in Animation Shop.  Back in PSP, hide that keyboard layer and unhide the next.  Copy merged, and paste after the current frame in Animation Shop.  Repeat until you have copied over all four frames.

 

In Animation Shop, select all, and change the frame properties to 30.  Click animate and save as a gif.

 

You are done.  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 11th May 2008 by Faerie Queen.



Not Talking

You will need:

 

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop
Xenofex 2 - Crumple
Tube of your choice.  I'm using the art of Nolan Worthington.  You can purchase his art from Artistic Minds Inc.
Gradient of your choice
Brushes of your choice (optional)

 

First open a new canvas 600 x 450, flood fill with white.  Add a new layer and flood fill with a gradient close in colours to the tube of your choice.

I'm using Landscape night, at angle 45, repeats 1.  Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur of 10.  This will just smooth out the lines.

 

Next go to Xenofex 2/Crumple, setting Glossy Paper, and add the following settings, or play around with them until you are happy with the results.  Then resize by 95%.

Next copy and paste the tube of your choice as a new layer, and resize until you are satisfied with the size.  Duplicate this tube, and mirror the top image.  Position them back to back, or face to face, depending on how you wish your finished tag to look.  Merge these tubes together, and add a drop shadow of V-2, H2, Opacity 74 and Blur 10.

 

Now add your text.  I used Jalapeno, vector, size 72, bold, with stoke black at size 2, and fill with the gradient used before.  Move text beneath the tubes, adjust size until happy.  When satisfied, convert layer to raster.  Take your magic wand, Tolerance 30, Mode set to Add, and click inside each letter.  Once each letter is selected, go to Selection, Modify, and contract 1.

 

Add a new layer and now add you brush of choice.  Merge down to your text, and add the same drop shadow you added to your tubes.

 

Finish off how you like.  I used sticky tape in the corners of the crumpled paper, and added a drop shadow to the crumpled background.  Add your copyright and then merged visible.  You should now have something like this.

 

Now if you want to make your eye's blink, continue, otherwise save your finished tag as a jpeg.

 

Duplicate your layer twice, so that you have three layers.  X out the top two layers and activate the bottom layer.  Zoom into the eye of one of your figures, and using your brush on the following settings and with a compatible colour of your eye outline colour it in.

 

 

You should have something like this.

 

 

Now uncheck the top two layers, activate your top layer and do the same with the opposite figure.  You should now have two layers with eyes coloured and one layer without.

 

Now open Animation Shop, and copy and paste each layer in after the other.  Paste the untouched layer in again after one of the altered ones.  So you should have four layers in this order, coloured eye, not coloured, coloured, not coloured.  Select all and change the Frame Properties to 80.  View animation and save.

 

You are done.  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 23rd February 2006 and rewrote on 8th August 2008 by Faerie Queen.



Groovy Baby

You will need:

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop
Krusty's FX Vol. III 1.0
Mask from Weescotslass here (download WSL_Masks121-180. I'm using 144)
Fonts of choice.  I used A&S Porkchop (This is not a free font) and Girls are Weird
Tubes of choice.  I'm using the fantastic art of Joel Adams, which was purchase from CILM

 

Okay, let's get started by first putting your mask in your mask folder, and installing your filters.  Once you have done that, open a blank white canvas of 500 x 500.  Add a new layer, and flood fill with your chosen gradient.  I'm using Rainbow, on the style Radial, repeat = 6.  Then go to Effect/Image Effect/Seamless Tiling and apply these setting, or whatever setting your prefer.

 

 

Then apply the filter Krusty's FX vol. III 1.0/Radial Texturizer, both settings at 33.  Then apply the Grid Mover from the same filters.  Change the grid size to 20, the Grid X and Y to 42, and the line width to 20.  You should now have something like this:

 

 

Next you can apply your chosen mask, if not using any from the link provided.  Before you merge the mask, select your pick tool, and drag out your mask until in fits your canvas, if you have chosen a mask that doesn't.  Now merge group.

 

Take your chosen tubes, and add them as new layers.  Resize if need be, position and add a soft drop shadow.  I did V & H = 0, Opacity = 44, and Blur = 10. 

 

Add your name.  I'm using the Rainbow gradient for the font, with a background colour from the rainbow, line width 2.  I changed the direction of the font to 'vertical and left'.  Change the 'kerning' until your letters are close enough together.  Add the same drop shadow you added to the tubes, and position this in the centre of your tag.  I also added a 'Groovy' over the font in a script font, in white.  Angle it before you convert to raster.  Now originally on this I added Eye Candy Gradient Glow, glow width set to 5.  But I thought I'd give you an alternative way, in case you didn't have this.  With your font layer active, go to Selections/Select All/Float/Defloat, then go to Selection/Modify/ Inside/Outside Feather, select Outside, and Feather amount 5.  Add a new layer underneath your font, and flood fill with a light colour from your tube.  Select none.  Then merge your font down to the flood filled layer.  You get the same effect as Gradient Glow, it's just takes longer.  Then add the same drop shadow, and add your copyright information.

 

Now you can save your tag here as a jpeg, or go onto the animation.  Hide all layers, except the mask and background layers.  Copy merged and paste over into Animation Shop.  Go to Effects, Insert Image Effect, and select Rotate Colors, and apply these settings.

 

 

Select all.  This will give you 9 frames including your original frame.  Back in Paint Shop, hide the background and mask layers, and unhide all the other layers.  Copy merged, and paste into Animation Shop as a new animation.  Duplicate this to 9 frames, select all, copy, and then paste into selected frames on your animated background.  Animate and save as gif, and you are done.   Here is another using a different colour gradient, and a different mask.  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 20th November 2008 by Faerie Queen.

Selfie

You will need:

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop
EyeCandy/Gradient Glow
Tube of you choice
Font of your choice
Polaroid Tube - go here to learn how to make your own

Lets start.  Open a new canvas, 500 x 500, flood filled white.  Open your Polaroid tube, duplicate it by pressing Shift and D.  Close the original.  Using your magic wand click in the centre.  Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.  I have the original picture from my tube, so I'm using this in the Polaroid.  Select none, copy merged, and paste onto your new canvas.
 

Duplicate, free rotate  the duplicate 15 right, and the bottom original 10 left.  Position them to your liking.  Add a drop shadow to each Polaroid, V= -2, H= 2, Opacity= 40, and Blur= 5, colour black.

Activate your top layer, and merge down.  You should have your Polaroid layer and white background.
 

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.  Duplicate, and on the top tube add Gradient Glow, colour white, glow with set at 8.  Then go into Ajust/Brightness and Contrast, with brightness set at 30 and contrast set at 0, click okay.

Add the Gradient Glow again.  On your original bottom tube, add the same drop shadow you added to the Polaroids.
 

Now add your copyright information, and your text.  I'm using font 'Spahrty Girl', which you can find here.  Size, colour and position as required.  I'm putting mine above my tube to cover the chopped off section of her head.  Convert to raster, and add the same Gradient Glow once.  You may crop your canvas at this point, and save as a blank tag.
 

Now lets animate.
 

Hide the tube with the gradient glow, and with the top layer activated, copy merged, and paste as a new animation in Animation Shop.  Hide the original tube, and unhide the gradient glow one.  Copy merged, and paste after current frame.  Duplicate the none flash frame, and drag to the end frame.  You should now have in this order, none flash, flash, and none flash frames.  In the first and third frame change the frame properties to 75.  View animation and save as a gif file. 

You are done.  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
 

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 9th July 2006 by Faerie Queen.

 

 

Electric Text

You will need:

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop
Plugin - MuRa's Meister/Cloud here
Plugin - Flaming Pear/SuperBladePro here
Plugin - Xenofex 2/Elecrify here
Font of your choice, or mine here


First open a new canvas 600 x 300, flood fill with white.

Select your text tool, font of your choice (fat one is good for this), size 72, create as vector, stroke width set at 2, set at a colour of your choice in the background, and white in the foreground.  I've chosen #0ed2e6 for mine.  Once you have typed out your text, stretch it out to your liking.  When you are happy with the size, convert to raster.
 

Add a drop down shadow of your choice.  I used the following settings.
 

 

Take your magic wand, change your mode setting to 'Add' and select inside each of the letters.  Then select your plugin MuRa's Meister/Cloud, default settings.
 

 

Keep selected, and select the plugin Flaming Pear/SuperBladePro with the following settings.
 

 

Still keep selected, and duplicate the text layer twice so that you have three text layers and the one white background layer.
 

Selection, invert, with your top text layer activated, select plugin Xenofex 2/Elecrify, with the following settings.

 

 

 

 

Do the same to all three layers, but click the random button once on each layer.  Select none.  Crop as close to the text as you can.
 

Now lets animate.  X out the bottom two text layers, with your white layer active, copy merged, and past into animation.  X out the top text, and unhide the middle text.  Copy merged, and paste after current frame in animation.  Do the same with the third text layer.  In animation click animate.  Save as a gif file, and you are done.
 

Here is another using a different colour and text.
 

You are done.  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but DO NOT copy it in ANY way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.   Thank you.  This tutorial was written on the 2nd July 2006 by Faerie Queen.