Tutorial HERE

Anna Liwanag Christmas

In this animated tutorial I used Anna Liwanag's tube, you can find it at the CDO store, she is also known as Nocturne at PFD store (Pics for Design. Not sure if this tube is there.. but I know it's at CDO. When you use it...don't forget to use your license number!!

SUPPLIES

I included all the elements you see in the above tag in the supplies zip.. also the animations...I do give credit for the animations to the creator Lovey... I thought it might be easier if I included them.. but this is where I got them..HERE... plus a lot of other GREAT animations that Lovey does.

For the LIFE of me I can NOT remember who's mask I used in the bkg on this tag.. I had made the bkg paper myself.. and used someone's mask..way back months ago.. and I've blinked since then.. and don't remember..hehe if someone recognizes it or knows it's theirs, please let me know and I will give proper credit!

1. I started off big like I always do, new image at 900 x 900.

 Copy and paste the paper masked bkg to your new working image. Build the tag as you like.. or like I did..there is a round snow scene that's included in the supplies..copy and paste it next, then the gold frame.. apply a 3D shadow to the frame and move it over the snow scene. you can merge down on those two where you can't move them off of each other again.

2. Copy and paste all the snowflakes.. then the woman tube... you can arrange the snowflakes now after you get the woman there.. copy and paste the bow, roses and leaf.. duplicate the leaf twice..

for some reason.. even in REAL paintings.. you never want to put an even number of something like flowers...leaves etc... its always uneven.. like 3..5...7  etc of whatever :)

3. When you get it all placed like you want.. merge/visible and save as .PNG.  You can either open it in your Animation Shop  or have it in PSP and Copy then go to A.S. and right click on the A.S. desktop and Paste as a new animation..

When I start to animate it.. I re sized 82% cause both the animations were 15 frames and the file was gonna be HUGE if I didn't do the re size. 

 You can go ahead and duplicate your tag so that it has 15 frames, Cause the animation has 15 frames.

4. After you have duplicated the tag ( there is a button up at the top of A.S. that duplicates frames).

Open your Animations that you want to use..The way the creator of them made them... was the first Frame is her info.. so you can cut/delete that first frame.. Now select all frames, select all frames on your tag image also... make sure your on FRAME ONE on each of them...now on the animation (pay attention where the animation is centered etc.. click on the first frame (all have to be selected) click, HOLD your mouse button down.. while dragging it to your tag's frame ONE also.. when you get it where you want it.. THEN let go of your mouse button. if you don't drag to Frame one with all selected its just not gonna work.. :( if it didn't work right..  Ctrl + Z to undo.. on both the animation and the tag animation... then try again... once you get the hang of it.. its easy from then on..Check your animation with the view animation button.. if all is ok .. then save as a gif. If you have any questions just ASK me.. click on the butterflies.

There ya go... you should be done..

Toodles till next time

The Love of Music

Click on the tag above to view the animation

I used PSP 9 for this tutorial (my fav). It could be adapted to any version of PSP or PS for that matter :) I have a freebie on my Blog for you to use for this tutorial. You can purchased the full kit ' Viberant' from my PTU scrap store or its available to the members of my scrapbooking site Krafty Kreations. You could also substitute any scrapkit in place of 'Viberant' The tutorial focuses on the HOW to rather than what I use.
If you click on the captures, you will see them at full size and will be able to read the settings better.
#1. Create a new image 700 x 700. Resize a bkg paper thats 3600 x 3600 to 20% to fit in the 700 x 700 image. Drag the resized bkg over to the new image window (Sorry to the more advanced users, but its just a habit of mine to not take for granted that everyone knows how to do all in PSP.. I base it more to beginners.. :) )
#2. You can use any mask of your choosing in this next step.This is the one I used (Here) Put your mask in your mask folder , where you have directed your PSP to look for masks.
Go to layers/Load/Save Masks/Load Mask from Disk.

Here are the settings I used. On the layer palette merge the group, all 3 layers of the mask. Add the tube your going to use... I used Anna Liwanag's girl it was purchased at  http://www.mypsptubes.com/. Any graphic will do.

#3. Copy and paste the tube on to your working mask image. Apply a 3D drop shadow to the girl..also to the mask layer. One of my pet pieves is to see creations WITHOUT 3D drop shadows.. looks so much better with them :) unfinished without.

#4. Now duplicate your Mask layer 2 times.. so you end up with 3 mask layers...you should have a graphic layer (the girl) 3 mask layers also add a new layer , drag to the bottom.. and fill with white, this is your bkg layer. Its a good habit to get into early, naming your layers as to what they are..won't get so mixed up if you do.

#5. On the first (Top) mask layer.. apply Xenofex 2's Constellation plugin using these settings.

On each of the other mask layers go to Constellation plugin again and just click the Random Seed button, this changes the settings slightly.

#6. Now you can add what other elements you want to your image.. I added fern, flowers, dots, and a bow. Don't forget your 3D drop shadows :)

#7. Open your animation shop. In PSP on the layer palette hide two of the mask layers... have everything else visible.

Should look something like this

#8. Right click on the top of your image and choose 

Copy Merged  then go to your animation shop and

right click and 'paste as a new animation'  Back to PSP, on the layer palette hide the mask layer that was visible and open one of the other mask layers.. keep it straight which mask layer was hid or visible.. your task is to have each one of them visible one at a time.. copy merge then make another one visible hide the one before and copy merge.. you will do this 3 times with each of the mask layers. As you go back to Animation Shop you will Paste behind current frame.  In animation shop you should have 3 FRAMES  in your animation... check to see if it works right by clicking this

animation preview button.

 Save as a .gif file. Sometimes you have to tinker with the animation optimazation window. Sometimes it really messes up skin color in animation...In another tutorial I will go over the correct settings for animation .gifs...
 I added text to the tag too but didn't tell how...maybe in another tutorial :)  I hope this inspired you to create till
thecome home!!
Toodles..