Silent Night

You will need

An image of your choice or the one I used in the zip file
I do not know the artist of the picture. Please forward details for credit if you are the original artist

My zip file HERE

Place the dmsbluewood and the dmsbluelace fills where you keep your patterns.

VDL Adrenalin plugin HERE
Please Note: This download gets very busy the nearer it gets to Christmas. You may need a couple of visits before you can get it.

FM Tile Tools

Filters Unlimited 2
(You can use a clear Super Blade Pro Preset if you don't have Filters Unlimited)

Sorry I can't share the corners, but you can buy them HERE
They are from the Elizabeth Collection

1: Image add borders 3. Select with the magic wand and flood with a silver fill.

Selections invert.

2: Apply the following cutout.

Select none.

3: Image add borders 14. Select. Flood with the dmsice fill. Angle 0, size 25. Adjust sharpness, sharpen. Select none.

4: Image add borders 3. Select with the magic wand and flood with a silver fill. Select none.

5: Image add borders 24. Select and flood with the dmsbluewood fill. Angle 0 size 100.

Selections float.

6: Add the same cutout as in step 2. Leave selected.

7: Effects, plugins, FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss default settings.

Select none.

8: Repeat step 4.

9: Image add borders 35. Select and fill with a light to medium colour from your graphic. Leave selected.

10: Flood with the dmsbluelace pattern. Leave selected.

11: Effects, Plugins Filters Unlimited, Buttons and frames. Glass frame 2. Select none.

12: Repeat step 4.

13: Open a corner of your choice. Click on the bar at the top of the corner, edit copy. Back to working image. Click on the top bar. Paste as new layer. Position in top left corner.

14: Effects, plugins, Simple, Top Left Mirror. Okay.

Merge visible.

15: Selections, select all. Selections modify, contract by 85.

16: Duplicate twice for a total of 3 layers.

Leave selected.

17: Make sure the bottom layer is selected. X out the other 2 layers.

Effects, plugins VDL Adrenalin Snowflakes with the following settings.

Leave selected.

18: Take the X off the middle layer and click on it to make it active.

Add the same snowflake effect, but change the random seed to 150.

19: Take the X off the top layer and click on it to make it active.

Add the same snowflake effect, but change the random seed to 300.

Select none.

20: Now is the time to resize if you wish. Remember to resize all layers.

21: Save as a PSP 7 image.

Animation

1: Open your image in Animation Shop.

2: Click on the right side and hold down while pulling out all 3 layers.

3: Edit select all.

4: Animation, frame properties 25 (or a setting of your choice.)

5: View, animation.  If you are happy with what you have then save as a gif image.

You are all done!

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on November 12, 2005. Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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

Thank you to Pat for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2005