Blue Christmas

12/13/2016

To create this Forum Set you will need:

Paint Shop Pro - I used X9, but any version will do

Animation shop

Your Favorite Tubed art

I used art by Barbara Jensen

Tubes and License available HERE

Filters:

MuRa's Meister - Copies

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

BKG Kaleidoscope - @Blueberry Pie

Toadies - Where are You?

VM Toolbox - Blast

Zip file HERE

Choose light and dark colors for your FG and BG

(Contrasting colors should work well here too)

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Copy your tube and Paste as a New Image

Resize to 700 X 700

Lock UNhecked - All Layers Checked

MuRa's Meister - Copies

Wallpaper(shrink) - Default Settings

Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default Settings

Duplicate

On the Original

VM Toolbox - Blast - 176

On the Duplicate

Texture Effects - Weave

Gap 2 - Width 4 - Opacity 5

Fill checked - Colors from your Tube

Blend Mode - Multiply - Drop the Opacity a little

Merge Visible

 

New Layer

Custom Selection

Top 0 - Right 88

Bottom 31 - Left 0

Fill with one of your Colors

Deselect

MuRa's Meister - Copies

Tiling(feedback)

Change the Number to 1

Tile Gap to 5

BKG Kaleidoscope - @Blueberry Pie

Toadies - What are You?

X and Y - 20

 

Resize Image

600 X 300

Lock UNchecked - All Layers Checked

 

Select the Bottom Layer

Select All

Contract 5 - Invert - Promote Selection

Move to Top - Invert

Contract 5 - Fill with one of your Colors

Contract 2 - Delete

Expand Selection by 1

Invert - New Layer - Fill with the other color

Deselect - Drag this Layer down 1

Pull the Opacity down a little

Merge these Frame Layers Together

Add your Tube and move into position

Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 100 and 100

Add your Name, CR info and License#

If you have decided not to Animate

Save as a JPG and you're done!

 

For the Avatar

Shift+D to copy your Tag

Resize to 400x200

Lock and All Layers Checked

Delete the Name and Border Layers

Set your Crop Box to 150X150

Hit the check mark to apply

Add the Border

Add your Name and CR Info

Save as a JPG

 

ANIMATION

Duplicate your Bottom Layer Twice for a total of 3 Layers

On each of these Layers

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

46 - Hit Mix once for each Layer

Leave all Layers Visible

Copy Merged

Fire up Animation shop(AS)

Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP

Hide the Top BG Layer

Copy Merged

In AS - Paste After current Frame

Back in PSP

Hide the middle BG Layer

Copy Merged

In AS - Paste After current Frame

Save as a GIF and you're Done!

 

More Examples using art by Keith Garvey

 

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