You will need
VDL Adrenaline Snowflakes
FM Tile Tools
Animation Shop
My zip file HERE
Please respect those who made the contents and do not change file names
1: Place the dmsice gradient in your gradients folder. Angle 0, repeats 0, style linear. Invert is not checked.
2: Open the dmscoldalpha. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original.
Fill with the gradient.
3: Layers, new raster layer. Fill again with the gradient same settings.
4: Open the zuzzanna_mask43 and minimize.
Back to your working canvas. Layers, new mask layer, from image. Locate the zuzzanna_mask43 and apply with these settings.
Layers, merge, merge group.
Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.
Effects, 3D effects, drop shadow with the following settings.
5: Layers, new raster layer.
Selections, load/save selections, load selection from alpha channel. Apply selection #1.
6: Open the Annytubes_rostro 27_29_09_2011. Image mirror. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Selections, select none.
7: Layers new raster layer. Selections, load/save selections, load selection from alpha channel. Apply selection #2.
Open the Misted_Moonlight_RM tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Select none. Image, resize 110% making sure all layers is not checked.
Change the blend mode to luminance legacy. Lower the opacity to 50%. Effects, plugins, FM Tile Tools blend emboss. Edit, repeat Blend Emboss.
8: Layers new raster layer. Selections, load/save selections, load selection from alpha channel. Apply selection #3.
9: Open the femc25tubnov21. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Selections, select none. Change the blend mode to multiply.
10: Add any text you may require and your watermark, but make sure it does not cover the 3 images within the mask.
11:Merge all, flatten.
12: Image add borders 2 #adc1c4.
13: Image, add borders 20 white. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient changing the angle to 45 and the repeats to 5.
Leave selected.
14: Effects, Artistic effects, Topography with the following settings.
Selections, select none.
15: Repeat step 12.
If you don't wish to animate resize as you wish and save as a Jpg.
NOTE DO NOT resize if you wish to animate at this point.
Animation
1: Right click on the merge background layer. Promote background layer.
Layers new raster layer.
Selections, load/save selection, load selection from alpha channel. Load selection #4.
Effects, plugins VDL Adrenaline, Snowflakes with the following settings.
Selections, select none.
Edit, copy merged. DO NOT close this image.
Open animation shop. Edit, paste as new animation.
2: Back into PSP.
Edit, undo select none.
Edit undo snowflakes.
Effects, plugins VDL Adrenaline, Snowflakes with the same settings but change the random see to 250.
Edit, copy merged. DO NOT close this image.
Open animation shop. Edit, paste after current frame.
3: Back into PSP.
Edit, undo select none.
Edit undo snowflakes.
Effects, plugins VDL Adrenaline, Snowflakes with the same settings but change the random see to 400.
Edit, copy merged.
Open animation shop. Edit, paste after current frame.
4: Still in Animation Shop, edit, select all.
Animation, frame properties 30 or a settings of your choice.
View animation to see if you like the speed.
Animation, resize animation size your choice. I resized mine to 75%.
5: Save as a gif. You are all done.
This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on October 12, 2011 Copyright of the graphics used always remain with the original artist.
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 Gail for testing this tutorial.
© D.M.S Creations 2011