Christmas Candy - A 3-Piece Forum Set Tutorial

To create this Set you will need:

A Tube

I used Art by Jennifer Janesko

Tubes and License Available from CDO

AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Simple - Blintz

Toadies - What Are You?

Filter Factory J - Reverb

Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Ready?

Let's Begin!

New Image - 600X400

Choose 2 Colors to compliment your Tube

One Light - One Dark

Fill your Image with the Light Color

Add Noise - Uniform 25 - Mono Checked

New Layer

Custom Selection

Fill with your Dark Color

Deselect

Edge Effects - Enhance More

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5

Duplicate Layer

On the Original

Simple - Blintz

Duplicate - Flip

Merge these two Layers Together

Duplicate Again

On the Original

Toadies - What Are You?

X 46 - Y 101

On the Duplicate

Pull the Opacity down to around 50

On the Very First Selection you Made

Pull down the Opacity to 75 and Merge Visible

AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Default Settings except Change the Opacity to 49

Selct All - Contract 40

Invert Selection - Promote Selection to Layer

Keep Selected

Duplicate this Layer Twice for a Total of Three Layers

On the First Layer

Filter Factory J - Reverb

Change the Number to 125

On the Second

Change the Number to 129

On the Third

Change the Number to 127

Then on Each

Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Hit the Random Seed Button once for each Layer

Before we Finish this Tag, let's get what we need for Forum Tag and Avi

Shift+D to Copy your Tag Twice

On the First Copy

Resize to 375X250

Sharpen each Layer

Set your Crop Tool to 150X150

Move to Center-Right

Hit the green Arrow to Apply

Set this aside for now

This is your Avi

On the Second Copy

Set your Crop Tool to 600X250

Move to Center

Hit the green Arrow to Apply

Set this aside for now

This is your Forum Tag

Let's finish up!

New Layer

Fill with your Dark Color

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer

Move into Position

Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 100 and 100

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

Finish your Forum Tag and Avi the same way

Make sure All Layers are Visible

Animation

Starting with the Tag

Edit - Copy Merged

In Animation Shop(AS)

Paste as a New Animation

In PSP - Hide the Top Constellation Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In Animation Shop(AS)

Paste as After Current Frame

In PSP - Hide the Middle Constellation Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

In Animation Shop(AS)

Paste as After Current Frame

Edit - Select All

Animation - Frame Properties

Change the Number to 25

Save as a GIF

Animate the Forum Tag and Avi the same way

Another Sample, also using Art by Jennifer Janesko

f you try any of my Tutorials

I would love to see what you made!

Please leave a link in the comments section on my Fanpage