June 13, 2011

To create this Set, you will need

A Tube and a Close-up

I used art by Jose Cano

Tubes and license availible from PTE

 

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

Xero - Porcelain

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

This is an easy one

Choose Light and Dark Colors for your FG/BG

New Image - 600x250

Fill with your Light Color

New Layer - Fill with your Dark Color

Be sure you're on your Dark Color Layer

Select All - Contract 10 - Invert - Delete -Deselect

 

Effects - Distortion Effects - Displacement Map

You'll have to use the little drop down arrow to choose the correct map

I used the one called Grid - It's a pattern included in PSP X2

Paste your close-up and position where you like it

Highlight your Displacement Map Layer

Select All - Float - Defloat - Invert

Highlight your close-up Layer - Delete - Deselect

Give this tube a drop shadow 

Play with the Blend Modes and Opacity til you get what you like

Hide the BG and Merge Visible

Xero - Porcelain - Blue to 0

Drop Shadow 0, 0, 70 and 5

 

Paste your Tube as New Layer - Position as desired

You can run the Porcelain on this too if you want to

Crop your Tag

New Layer - Send to Top

Fill with your Dark Color

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Drop Shadow 0, 0, 70 and 5

Add your Name, CR info and License # if necessary

Hide your BG Layer - Merge Visible

Unhide your BG Layer and Duplicate it Twice for a Total of Three Layers

On each of these - DSB Flux - Bright Noise

18 - Mix Checked - Hit the Mix Button once for each Layer

 

ANIMATION

Hide the top two BG Layers - Copy Merged

Open Ani Shop - Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP - Hide the bottom BG Layer

Un-Hide the middle one - Copy Merged

In Ani Shop Paste after Current Frame

Back in PSP - Hide the middle BG Layer

Un-Hide the Top one - Copy Merged

In Ani Shop Paste after Current Frame

View Animation

If it looks right, save as a Gif

 

AVATAR

New Image - 150x150

Fill with your Light Color

New Layer - Fill with your Dark Color

Be sure you're on your Dark Color Layer

Select All - Contract 10 - Invert - Delete -Deselect

 

Effects - Distortion Effects - Displacement Map

Same Settings as before

Xero - Porcelain - Blue 0

Drop Shadow like for the Tag

Make a 2 px border like for the Tag

Same Drop Shadow

Duplicate the BG Twice for a Total of Three Layers

On each of these - DSB Flux - Bright Noise

18 - Mix Checked - Hit the Mix Button once for each Layer

Add your Initial

Animate like you did for the Tag

 

Sample Set:

 

If you try my tutorials, I would love to see your results

Please post a link in the comments section on my Blog

 

 

 

Tutorial idea Tags/Avis ©Shirley Franklin

http://www.shirleyswebworks.com