To create this Set you will Need: PSP and Animation Shop Both available Here A Tube I used art by Barbara Jensen Tubes and License available Here
No Outside Filters will be needed
Ready? Let's Begin! Choose two colors from your Tube for your FG/BG On the FG make a Linear Gradient Angle 90 - Repeats 8 New Image - 600x400 Fill with your Gradient Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance Duplicate - Mirror
New Layer Custom Selection Fill with one of your Colors Deselect Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance Effects - Texture Effects - Weave 1, 4, 1 - Weave and Gap your Other Color Fill Gaps Checked Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5 Pull the Opacity down to 75
New Layer Custom Selection Fill with your Gradient - Deselect Effects - Distortion Effects - Pixelate Width 12 - Height 66 - Symmetric unchecked Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer Move left Duplicate and Mirror Merge the Tubes Layers together Highlight the Fourth Layer from the Bottom Select All - Float - Defloat Selections - Invert Highlight the Tubes Layer Delete - Deselect Change the Blend Mode to Luminance(L) Crop to 600x400 Highlight the Fourth Layer from the Bottom Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5
Hide the Bottom Two Layers Merge Visible Unhide All Layers Highlight the Top Layer Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer Apply a suitable Drop Shadow Crop to 600x400
New Layer Fill with White or one of your Colors Select All - Contract 2 - Delete Expand 1 - Invert Selection Fill with Black or the other one of your Colors Deselect Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 100 and 5 Time to add your Name, CR info and License #
Now Let's get what we need for the Forum Tag and Avatar Shift+D to copy your Tag - TWICE
First we will make the Avatar On the First Copy Delete Border, Tube, Name and CR Layers You will still have art on one of the Layers Crop Tool - 150x150 Move it to the Top Center of the Tag Hit the Green Check Mark to Apply
Add the Border and your Name Set aside for now
Now for the Forum Tag On the Second Copy Delete the Border Make a Custom Selection
Move the Elements of your Tag around INSIDE the Selection until you're Satisfied
Crop to Selection Add the Border Set this aside for now
ANIMATION Start with the Tag Make sure all Layers are Visible Fire up Animation Shop (AS) In PSP Edit - Copy Merged In AS Edit - Paste as New Animation In PSP - Hide the Top BG Layer Edit - Copy Merged In AS Edit - Paste After Current Frame Edit - Select All - Animation - Frame Properties Change the Number to 25 View Animation to make sure it's right Save as a Gif
Animate the Avatar and Forum Tag the same way
Here's another Set Also using Art by Barbara Jensen 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
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