To create this set you will need A Tube and a Close-up I used art by Tim Lowery Tubes and License available at PTE This will work best with a Tube that has 3 different sizes L en K - Elvida Photo Effex - Scanlines
Ready? Let's Begin!
Choose a Dark color for the BG Choose a Light color for the FG On the FG make a Radial Gradient Angle 0 - Repeats 9 Horizontal and Vertical - 50
We're going to begin with the Larger Tag New Image - 800x800 Fill with the Gradient New Layer Swap your FG/BG colors Fill with the Gradient Hide this Layer for now
On the BG Layer Adjust - Add Noise Gaussian - 71% - Mono checked Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance L en K - Elvida Move the slider to 255
Highlight the top Layer Repeat the steps in purple Unhide the Top Layer and Highlight it Crop Tool - 600x400 Move your Crop Box here:
Hit the green check mark to apply New Layer Custom Selection
Fill with your Light Color Photo Effex - Scanlines
Copy your Tubes and Paste as New Layers Position them as desired On the Close-up change the Blend Mode to Luminance Pull the opacity down a little On the Medium sized Tube Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light Pull the opacity down a little On the Main Tube Drop Shadow - 10, 20, 100 and 100 Highlight the Scanlines Layer Select All - Float - Defloat Selections - Invert On each of the Tubes Layers Hit your Delete Key Deselect Highlight the Scanlines Layer Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 100 and 100 Highlight the Top Layer New Layer Custom Selection
Selections - Invert Fill with your Dark Color Deselect Add your Word Art, Name, CR Info and License#
Shift+D to copy your Tag - TWICE
For the First Copy Set your Crop Tool to 150x150 Move the Crop Box to where you want it Hit the green check mark to apply Remove any layers you don't want showing New Layer - Bring to Top Custom Selection
Selections - Invert Fill with the Dark Color - Deselect Add your Initial, CR Info and Licence# Animate like we will for the Tag This is your Avatar
On the Second Copy Custom Selection
Move the Elements of your Tag around Where you want them INSIDE the Selection Image - Crop to Selection Animate like we will for the Tag This is your Forum Tag
Animation Fire up Animation Shop(AS) In PSP - Edit - Copy Merged In AS - Paste as a New Animation In PSP - Hide the Top BG Layer Edit - Copy Merged In AS - Paste after Current Frame Edit - Select All Animation - Frame Properties Change the number to 50 Save as a Gif and you're done! Use the same method to animate the Forum Tag and Avi
Another Sample Also with art by Tim Lowery
If you try any of my Tutorials I would love to see what you made! Please leave a link in the comments section on my Blog
Tutorial Idea, Tags/Avis ©Shirley Franklin www.shirleyswebworks.com |
