Cracked

12/01/2016

 

To Create this Set you will need:

A Tube and a Close-Up

I'm using art by Robert Alvarado

Tubes and License available HERE

Filters:

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters - Cracked

BKG Kaleidoscope - Kaleidoscope 9

MuRa's Meister - Copies

My Selection HERE

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Choose a Bright Color from your Tube

New Image - 600 X 600

Select All

Copy your Close-Up tube and Paste INTO Selection

Deselect

MuRa's Meister - Copies - Wallpaper(rotate)

Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default Settings

Duplicate

 

On the Original - Radial Blur

 

On the Duplicate - BKG Kaleidoscope - Kaleidoscope 9

Change the Blend Mode to something you like

Drop the opacity a bit

Merge Visible

 

New Layer

Load my Selection

Fill with the Color you Chose

Deselect

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters - Cracked

Move the Slider to 255

Click Apply

Add Noise - Gaussian - 100% - Monochrome Checked

Drop Shadow - 2, 2 , 66 and 2

 

Crop Tool Set like So:

If it's not there already, move the Crop Box to the top of the Tag

Click the arrow to apply

 

Select your BG Layer

Paste your Close-Up and move into Position

Change the Blend Mode to something you like

Pull down the Opacity a little

Merge Down

Crop to Merged Opaque

 

Select the Top Layer

New layer

Fill with a color from your Tube

Select All - Contract 2px - Delete - Deselect

 

Select the Top Layer

Paste your Tube as a New layer

Move into Position

Drop Shadow - 20. 20, 50 and 20

Crop to Merged Opaque

 

Add your Name and CR Info

Set this aside for a moment

 

Shift+D to Copy your Tag

Resize the Duplicate to 400 X 200

Set your Crop Tool to 150 X 150

Move over the area you want showing

Hit the check mark to apply

Add the Border, Name and CR Info

Save as a JPG

This is your Avatar

 

Ok, you made it this far, Yay!

Now it's time to decide if you want to Anmate or not.

If you Don't, save as a JPEG and you're done

If you Do, then let's move on

 

ANIMATION

Copy your background Layer

Fire up Animation Shop(AS)

Paste as a New Animation

Insert Image Effect

Choose the Posterize Effect

 

Click the Customize button

 

Now you'll have 21 Frames

Scroll all the way over to the First Frame

Click to Select it

Delete it

Edit - Select All - Animation - Reverse Frames

Edit - Copy - Edit - Undo Reverse Frames

Scroll all the way to the last Frame

Click to Select it

Paste After Current Frame

Now you should have 40 Frames

View - Animation to make sure the Animation is smooth

If it looks right, move on

If it doesn't look right, undo and try again

 

Moving on

Go back to PSP

Hide the Bottom Layer

Copy Merged

Back in AS

Paste as a New Animation

Hold down the Shift Key and repeatedly

hit the "L" Key until you've made 40 Frames

You can see how many frames you have by watching the bottom right corner

Select All - Edit - Copy

Go back to your First Animation

Select All - Edit - Paste INTO Selected Frame

Click to Place

View - Animation again to make sure everything looks right

Save as a GIF

 

Here is another example, also with Robert Alvarado art

 

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