Spirit of Ireland

Hello once again..

 In this tutorial I used

 a PTU kit of Indigo Designs ' Spirit of Ireland'

The animation I did myself... its in the supplies zip 

The photo of an Old Ireland road I found on the net was used.

Supplies

I also use the beautiful tube of  ©Anna Marine . You must have a license from CDO store to use.. Mine is CDO#2339

1. Open Element 45  Ctrl + D to duplicate. Close the original. Resize the element 25%  Enlarge canvas size 900 x 900  you can crop/resize later. Use the .jpg file of the Irish road that was in the supplies zip. Drag it to your working image.. this is just for reference later. Close the original. 

2. Place the picture up closer to top, centering it. Refer to my finished tag.

3. Remember to name your layers. On the reference photo layer Select/select all/ float/ defloat. Making sure your on the frame paper element click delete. Delete the photo layer.

4. Add a new layer.. drag it to the bottom on the layer palette.  Use your magic wand and select inside the paper frame.

You will see the marching ants around the rectangle.

5. Selections/modify/ expand 5 pixels. Add a new layer drag to bottom on layer palette so that its under the frame. Fill with a color...don't matter what color because later the Irish road animation will go on top of it.. were doing this so that the animation is placed in correct place. Select none.

6. Add a new layer, using one of the papers you like that matches in the kit... resized 20% drag it over to the working image. I applied a mask to this layer.. duplicated it once and merged the two mask layers.. I liked the way the mask looked around the edges.. but it wasn't quite dark enough.  I used WSL_Mask 254 . You can get it at the WeeScotsLass blog

7.  Now you can 'build' your tag the way  you'd like placing the elements to your likes. Don't forget the 3D drop shadows on all elements.. and your copyright info for the tube you used. I also added a new layer and filled it with one of the bkg papers in the kit..

8. Again, as in my previous tutorial  I merge the bottom layers and rename bottom.. then I merged the frame and all the layers above and renamed it top. Refer to my finished tag to see how I built mine..:) This is just up to you.. how you want your tag to look..there is no limit to our imaginations.. so everyone's could look different.

9. When your done  with all that... then hide the top layer you should have just the bottom layer showing.. with that colored rectangle. Up to top of image/ copy merge.. go to your AS and right click on the desktop and paste as new animation.. Also have the animation I made that was in the supplies..opened. 

Select ALL frames on my animation..scrolling the frames where you can see F:1  (frame 1)

Now same as before... your new animation.. the bkg layer that was in PSP.. you duplicate the frames so that you have the same number of frames as my animation has, which is 16.

When you start duplicating your new animation frames .. click the duplicate button 5 times.. that will give 17 frames delete one of them.. leaving you with 16 frames.. same as the other animation.

Having all selected.. have it where you can see F:1 of the new animation...and F:1 my animation. Click, hold and drag that first frame over to your new animation..

 DON'T let go of your mouse before you place it EXACTLY on the colored rectangle. When its placed let go of mouse. Ok back over in PSP hide the bottom layer and UNHID your top layer that you previously merged, top of window , right click copy merge... back over to AS.. right click on desktop and paste as a new animation. Duplicate the frame..clicking 5 times on the duplicate button.. delete one of the frames where you just have 16 frames.. Select ALL frames.. go to F:1 on both of your animations... on the animation that's going on top of the new animation, Click, hold and DRAG over to F:1 get it placed just right.. watch how the frame goes over the road...get it lined up perfect then let go of your mouse. Test your new animation now.. see if every thing looks good..if it does.. save as a new gif. 

You're Done!!

In my finished tag above.. I didn't resize it.. its BIG.. but you surely can

Forever Steampunk

Hi there.. Thanks for joining me again in another tutorial.

The scrapkit I used is Crazy Carita's 'Romantic Steampunk'

It's a PTU kit you can find HERE

I also used  ©Anna Marine tube, you must have a license to use.

My license CDO #2339

I am just now learning how to make these glitters.. so bare with me :) this one is too many frames really, so the tag file size is large....and you might find others better...but I will learn how to do them without so many frames!!!

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The word art ' Forever' is mine... its in the supplies zip

SUPPLIES

ok lets get the ball rolln.. :) hey you can click on the tag and screen captures to see them in original size.. easier to see.

1. I first picked a frame that I liked.. I choose the oval.  Shift + D to duplicate the window.. close the original.  Resized 85%.

2. Using magic wand tool click on the inside of frame. 

3. Selections/Modify/ Expand 15 pixels..now choose a bkg that you want.. I used Bkg paper PP2.jpg. Position it on the frame window the way you want.. I wanted some of the red to show (look below)

 4. Invert

5. Make sure your on the bkg paper layer.. Delete/Cut . For beginners I suggest you get in the habit of naming your layers... it will be alot less confusing for you..  

6. Supplied in the zip is a composite I found on the net...If someone knows who did it.. I will give them credit..

copy and paste the composite , dragging its layer under the frame layer and on top of the bkg paper. Position it where you like.. You should still have the oval selection going.. be on the composite layer and hit delete/cut again

7.   While on the composite layer.. go to Blend Modes on the layer palette and try different modes.. I used Hard Light.. and lowered the opacity.

8. Select None now..

9. Add a new layer.. drag to the bottom on the layer palette.

I used selection tool and drew a rectangle almost to the edges of the window.. Used the same paper.. that I put in the oval.. and copy/pasted it into the selection..

10. Then applied a Mask on the paper.. I used 

WSL_Mask224 you can get it at WeeScotsLass Blog

When you've applied it merge group. I duplicated the mask layer three times and positioned it so that it would be thicker in places..and even.

Be sure NOT to have any of the mask go off the outside edges of the image... that will leave a flat line..which looks horrible and unprofessional. :)

11. Now open all the elements you want to use... copy and paste them onto your working image. Position them like you'd like..you can reference mine and go by it if you'd like.

I used the rose.. and resized it 75%. I also made it darker by going to Adjust/ Brightness & Contrast/ Gamma Correction

12. Put those elements you need to behind the frame.. and the others.. on top.. which ever elements that's below the frame layer.. goes over into the oval part...Select that oval again.. and expand the selection... invert and be on that elements layer and delete. That way the center of the oval just has the paper & composite showing.

13. I made a new layer and drug it to the very bottom of the layer palette.. and filled it with the bkg1 that I have in the zipped supplies..

14. Don't forget all your 3D drop shadows on EVERYTHING...

Copy and paste the tube of your choice.. on.. position it.. then copy and paste the word art on top of the tube..

15.  Ok.. this is how I merged what layers... the girl tube.. and word art merge just those.. name it on the layer palette TOP

16. The Middle as you see below

17.  Bottom  as you see below

18.  In the zip.. I added a seamless bkg tile made from one of the bkg papers... I flood filled a new layer.. and dragged to very bottom on layer palette.

19.  Open your animation shop , then open the .mng file of the sparkles animation.. select ALL of the frames of the animation.

In PSP have the TOP & MIDDLE layers HID on your image. Right click on the top of the image and Copy Merge

20. In AS right click on the AS desktop... then paste as a new animation. Now whatever animation you do use... you need to know how many frames it is.. so if its 35 frames.. you have to duplicate that new animation (the bkg layers from PSP ) till it has
 35 layers also. Here is the duplicate frame button

 

Select all in the new animation..make sure your looking at Frame 1... then  Click, drag and HOLD mouse button down..don't let go...move your mouse cursor over to the new animation.. position the sparkle animation frame #1 to exactly where you want it THEN let go of your mouse button...if you mess up.. just UNDO on both the sparkle animation and the new one... 

Back to PSP.. on your working image.. hide the bkg layers.. and have the top and middle visible.. top of image.. Copy Merged.. over to AS.. paste as a new image.. so the same as the other... you duplicat as many times as you have animation frames.. Click hold and drag just like the other..  When done.. save as a .gif

You're done!!!

Toodles till next time