For some weird reason I can't post the animated version of the sigbar. . .
Written by Gwenda on November 28th
2012
Any similarity to any other tutorial
is purely coincidental
You will need:
Font of choice – I used A&S
Christmas Script, found
Scrapkit is a lovely FTU kit from Eileen
called Christmas in Norway .
You can get this kit and more
Tube of choice. I used Cowgirl Bust
by Keith Garvey. You can purchase these beautiful tubes from Keith’s store.
Mask of choice – I used WSL119 from Wee
Scots Lass.
My Supplies –scenery & Snow
New canvas 600 x 300
Set foreground color to #8b8ea4 and
background to #2d2f2d
Make gradient 0 degrees with 1
repeat. Darker color should be at top and bottom.
Fill canvas with gradient.
Image – canvas size 615 x 315
Layers – new raster layer. Fill with
#66000d
Selections – select all. Selections
float. Selections – defloat. Selections – modify – contract 8. Hit delete.
Deselect.
Deselect.
You should be left with a red frame.
Effects – texture effects – weave
with settings 1 2 10, both colors white.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Make sure this frame is sitting as
the top layer.
Paste Winter scene as a new layer
and move to the left so it covers about halfway.
Duplicate and move to the right, so
you see the little shed.
Merge both these layers together.
Don’t worry if there is a join – it
will be hidden by the time we finish J
Apply mask WSL119
In layers palette, merge group.
Stretch mask to all edges.
Duplicate, and merge both mask
layers together.
Drop opacity to 73
Drop opacity to 73
Element 21 (snow) - Resize 80% and position to the
left as far down your tag as you can go.
Duplicate – mirror.
Remember you can always adjust
placement later.
Element 50 (pine
branch) – Resize
40%. Place on the right near the bottom.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow both.
Element 60 (berries) – Resize 30%. Position on right
near bottom.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror
Dropshadow both.
Element 43 (frame) – Resize 60% then 95%. Sharpen.
Click inside frame with magic wand.
Selections – modify – expand 6
Layers – new raster layer. Paste
Paper 4 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen paper.
Dropshadow frame.
Element 33 (leaf ring) – Resize 50%. Place under Paper 4
circle to the left.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow both.
Element 35 (flower
vine) – Flip.
Resize 40%. Position at top over leaf ring
Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Element 49 (pine cone
& branch) –
Resize 40% then 60%.
Free rotate left 50
Sharpen twice and position above the
frame on the right.
Duplicate – mirror. Dropshadow both.
Element 59 (pine cone) – Resize 30% twice.
Free rotate left 20.
Free rotate left 20.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow both.
Element 21 (snow again) – Resize 30% and position on the
left just above the other pine cone layers. Sharpen. Duplicate and merge both
snow layers together.
Duplicate again, and move to the
right. In layers palette, move this layer to sit above the other larger snow
layers.
Element 36 (gift) – Resize 40% then 60%. Sharpen.
Position just above the mask layer.
Dropshadow.
Element 13 (cinnamon
bundle) – Resize
30% then 80%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Element 50 (cookies) – Resize 60% twice. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
OK . . . now for the fun bit – the
Snow!!
Click on Element 58 (cookies).
Go to Snow 600 x 300 and copy frame
1.
Back to your tag, and paste as a new
layer. Rename SNOW1
If you don’t want
to animate, do not paste any more snow layers, but go directly to ***
Back to Snow 600 x 300 and copy
frame 2
Back to your tag and paste as a new
layer above SNOW1.
Rename this one SNOW2.
Keep doing this with all the snow
frames from Snow 600 x 300, pasting each one above the other and renaming as
you go.
You should end up with 10 snow
layers and a really messy looking tag lol.
Don’t Panic! Tidy-up time in a minute.
***
Paste tube and dropshadow.
In layers palette, go to each of the
snow layers, and click the little eye to the left to close it. Do this to all
snow layers except SNOW1.
Add any other embellishments of
choice
Add copyrights.
Shift D to copy the tag ( we are
going to use the copy soon to make the avatar). Move it out of the way for now
so you don’t get confused.
Ready to Animate??
Open Animation Shop.
In PSP make sure all snow layers are
closed off, except SNOW1
Edit – Copy Special – Copy merged.
Go to Animation shop. Edit – paste –
as new animation.
Back to PSP.
Close SNOW1 and open SNOW2.
Edit – Copy Special – Copy merged.
Go to Animation shop. Edit – paste –
after current frame.
Back to PSP.
Close SNOW2 and open SNOW3.
Edit – Copy Special – Copy merged.
Go to Animation shop. Edit – paste –
after current frame.
Repeat this last step, closing off
one snow layer and opening the next until you have 10 frames in Animation shop.
In Animation Shop.
Edit – select all
Animation – animation properties.
Check box opaque and change colour
to white. Click OK.
Edit – select all
Animation – frame properties. Change
display time to 5
Save as a gif file.
Now back to PSP to sort out the
Avatar.
Resize 63% all layers checked.
Delete the red frame.
Delete element 43 (round frame) and
the Paper 4 circle.
Crop to the size you want.
Click on top layer (which should now
be your tube).
Layers – new raster layer. Fill with
same red as before #66000d
Selections – select all. Selections
– float. Selections – defloat. Selections – modify – contract 4. Hit delete.
Deselect.
You should be left with a red frame.
Effects – texture effects – weave
with settings 1 2 10, both colors white.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Make sure this frame is sitting as
the top layer.
Sharpen all the snow layers.
Now we animate the avatar in exactly
the same way as we did the sigbar.
Open Animation Shop.
In PSP make sure all snow layers are
closed off, except SNOW1
Edit – Copy Special – Copy merged.
Go to Animation shop. Edit – paste –
as new animation.
Back to PSP.
Close SNOW1 and open SNOW2.
Edit – Copy Special – Copy merged.
Go to Animation shop. Edit – paste –
after current frame.
Back to PSP.
Close SNOW2 and open SNOW3.
Edit – Copy Special – Copy merged.
Go to Animation shop. Edit – paste –
after current frame.
Repeat this last step, closing off
one snow layer and opening the next until you have 10 frames in Animation shop.
In Animation Shop.
Edit – select all
Animation – animation properties.
Check box opaque and change colour
to white. Click OK.
Edit – select all
Animation – frame properties. Change
display time to 5
Save as a gif file.
I hope this wasn’t too confusing, as
it’s a lovely snow effect if you take the time to do it.
Thanks for trying this tutorial and
I would love to see your results!
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