Beauty Revealed

 

4/8/15

This Tag was created in PSPX5 and Animation Shop

To create this Tag you will need:

A Tube and a Closeup

I used Art by Barbara Jensen

Tubes and License available HERE

 

Filters Needed:

MuRa Meister Copies

Plugin AB 03 - Wierd Angles

AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Xero - Porcelain

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Keep in mind that this Tag will look different with every Tube

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Image

Resize to 600x600

All Layers - Lock Ratio Unchecked

MuRa Meister Copies - Tiling(Feedback) - Default Settings

Adjust - Blur - Motion Blur

Angle 45 - Strength 100% - TWICE

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Duplicate Layer - Flip Horizontal (Mirror)

Change Blend Mode to Screen or a different one you like better - Merge - Duplicate

Plugin AB 03 - Wierd Angles

If you like the Colors here, them move on to the next step

If not, then set a color you like as your FG

Paint the Layer with the Change to Target Brush

Pull the Opacity down to 75 or so

Merge Visible

 

Duplicate Layer

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave

 

 

Edge Effects - Enhance

 

AAA Frames - Foto Frame - Default Settings

Select All - Contract 40 - Delete

Expand Selection 3

Select the BG Layer - Promote Selection to Layer

Hide this Layer for now - Deselect

 

Now you should have 3 Layers

Top Frame Layer

Promoted Selection Layer in the Middle

BG Layer

 

Choose the Top Frame Layer

Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Choose the BG layer

Paste your Close-Up Tube as a New Layer

Xero - Porcelain

Default Settings

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Both Sliders to 0

Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 58 and 100

Merge Down

 

 

**If you don't want to animate, skip this step**

Hide the BG and Promoted Selection layers

Make a New Layer Between them

On this New Layer we're going to make some placement marks

They won't show in the end because they'll be under the

Top Frame Layer

Select the Paint Brush Tool

Use the +Round 05 Brush

Size 5 - Hardness 25 - Opacity 100

Make a small mark with the Brush in each of the

4 corners of the Promoted Selection

Like This:

 

Merge Down - Unhide All Layers

See? Your Dots are now invisible, but they'll be there when you need them Later

 

Let's finish our Tag

Add your Tube - Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 50 and 100

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

Crop to Merged Opaque

 

ANIMATION

Choose the Promoted Selection Layer

Select All

Edit - Copy

Fire up Animation Shop(AS)

Edit - Paste as a New Animation

Effects - Insert Image Transition

Animation Frame Checked

Hit the Customize Button

Scroll back to the First Frame - Click to Select - Delete

You should have 42 Frames

 

Go back to PSP

Choose the BG Layer

Edit - Copy

Back in AS

Paste as a New Animation

Hold down the CTRL Key and press the "L" Key until you have 42 Frames

Choose the First Animation

Edit - Select All

Edit - Copy

Choose the Second Animation

Edit - Select All

Edit - Paste Into Selection

Here's where your placement marks will help ;)

Line it up and click to place

This is your Tag

Delete the First Animation

 

On your Tag

Select All - Animation Frame - Reverse Frames - Edit - Copy

Undo - Edit Reverse Frames

Scroll to the Last Frame and Click to Select it

Edit - Paste After Current Frame

Now you should have 84 Frames

 

Back in PSP

Hide your BG and Promoted Selection Layers

Copy Merged

 

Back to AS

Paste as a New Animation

Hold down the CTRL Key and press the "L" Key until you have 84 Frames

Edit - Select All - Edit - Copy

Go to your Tag

Edit - Select All - Paste Into Selected Frame

Line it up and Click to Place

That's it, save as a Gif and you're done

 

Another Sample, also with Barbara Jensen Art

 

 

This is the Tag that Inspired this Tutorial

I couldn't remember how I made the BG or the Ani Settings , so I did it differently for this Tutorial

 

If you try this, or any of my Tutorials

I would love to see what you made

Please Post results and comments on my Fanpage