You will need
Eye Candy 4000
Xero Porcelain
My zip file HERE
Please respect those who made the contents and do not change file names
1: Open the dmsreasonbg. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original. This will be our working background
2: Open the wisemen tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Image mirror. Position as in the main graphic.
Adjust hue and saturation, colorize with the following settings.
Lower the opacity to around 80%.
3: Open the DaisyWeb_Innocence tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Image resize 90% making sure all layers is not checked. Position as in the main graphic.
Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.
4: Open the dmsreasontext. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Note: I have added the font I used if you would prefer to use text of your own choice.
Add the following drop shadow.
5: When you are happy how everything is positioned. Layers, merge visible.
6: Selections, select all, selections modify, contract by 2. Selections invert. Fill with #805781.
Select none
7: Image add borders 10 white.
8: Open the dmsreasonframe. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Add your watermark.
9: Merge all. Flatten.
10: Image add borders 2 #805781.
11: Right click on the background layer. Promote background layer.
Rename background
12: Effects, plugins, Xero Porcelain with the default settings.
13: Open the starwhitezx tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Position as in the main graphic.
Rename star.
14: Duplicate the background layer twice and the star layer twice so as you have 3 copies of each layer.
15: X out both of the copies of the background and both copies of the star making sure the original background layer is still open and the original star layer is open.
16: Click on the original star layer to make it active.
17: Effects, plugins, Eye Candy 4000, Corona with the following settings.
Click on the background layer. Merge visible.
Rename 1.
X out this layer.
18: Open up the first copy of the background and the first copy of the star.
Click on the first copy of the star layer to make it active.
Effects, plugins, Eye Candy 4000, Corona with the same settings as in 17, but increase the overall opacity to 75.
Merge visible.
Rename 2.
19: Open up the second copy of the background and the second copy of the star.
Click on the second copy of the star layer to make it active.
Effects, plugins, Eye Candy 4000, Corona with the same settings as in 17, but increase the overall opacity to 100.
Merge visible.
Rename 3.
20: Duplicate layer 2 and pull it above layer 3.
21: If all went well your layer palette will look like this.
Save as a PSP 7 image.
Animation
1: Open your image in Animation Shop. Right click on the right side of your image and pull out the 4 layers.
2: Edit select all.
3: Animation, frame properties, 45 or a speed of your choice.
4: Save as a gif and you are all done.
This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on November 20, 2009
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 Sherri for testing this tutorial.
© D.M.S Creations 2009