Coming Home

Coming Home

You will need

Filter Factory C Bubble Cross Waves

FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss

Simple Top Left Mirror

My zip file HERE

Please don not change the file names

1: Open a new transparent canvas 550X375.

Flood with the dmsantiquesanta gradient angel and repeats set on 0, style linear invert is not checked.

2: Open the ~Misted_Sleigh_Ride_RM tube. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy.

Back to your working image. Layers new raster layer. Selections select all. Paste into selection. Select none. Lower the opacity on this layer to about. 70%.

Effects, plugins, FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss with the default settings.

3: Open the dmscominghomewortart. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to your working image, paste as a new layer. Position where you think it looks good.

Merge all, flatten.

4: Image add borders 3 in any colour not in your graphic. Select with the magic wand and fill with gold. Selections invert.

Effects 3D effects cutout with the following settings.

Select none.

5: Image add borders 8 #bea67c.

6: Image add borders 3 in any colour not in your graphic. Select with the magic wand and fill with gold. Select none.

7: Selections select all, selections modify contract by 15. Selections invert.

8: Effects plugins Filter Factory c Bubble Cross Waves with the following settings.

Leave selected.

9: Effects edge effects enhance more.

Leave selected.

19: Effects 3D effects inner bevel with the following settings.

Leave selected.

20:Effects plugins Simple Top Left Mirror

Select none.

21: Image resize 90% bicubic making sure all layers is checked.

Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

22: Add your watermark.

Merge visible.

Duplicate this layer twice for a total of 3 layers.

X out the top 2 layers and make the bottom layer active.

23: Open the h sparkle tube. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to the working image, paste as a new layer. Image resize 60% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked. Position above the house on the left.

Adjust sharpness sharpen.

Duplicate the twinkle layer and pull above the first copy in your layer palette. X it out.

Click on one of the 2 bottom layers. Merge visible.

24: Remove the X from the copy you just made of the twinkle layer is active image resize by 85% bicubic. Adjust sharpness sharpen.

Position the sparkle right on top of the one on the bottom merged layer. You can click the twinkle layer on and off a couple of times to make sure you have it positioned correctly. When you are happy it's correct X out the bottom layer. Make a copy of the twinkle you just resized and move it to the top of the layer palette and X it out.

Take the X off the first copy of the main image which should be right above the first merged layer. Merge visible.

25: Remove the X from the copy you just made of the twinkle layer is active image resize by 85% bicubic. Adjust sharpness sharpen.

Position as you did the twinkle on the middle layer. Once you are happy with the positioning of the top twinkle X out the middle layer, take the X off the top main image and merge visible.

You should now be back to 3 layers.

Nimber the layers 1, 2 and 3.

26: Click on layer 2 which should be in the center. Layers duplicate. Drag this layer to the top. Rename layer 4.

27: Click on layer 1 and save as a PSP 7 image.

Animation

1: Open your image in animation shop. Click on the right hand side and drag out all 4 layers.

2: Edit select all.

Animation frame properties 35 (or a speed you prefer.)

3: Save as a gif image. You are all done.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on October 17, 2007.

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. No copyright infringement is intended as this is purely for the learning experience gained through creating this tag.

This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.

Thank you to Carol for testing this tutorial.