To create this set, you will need

A Close-up Tube

I used art by Jennifer Janesko

Tubes and License available from CDO

Eye Candy 4000 - HSB Noise

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

New Image - 600x250

Fill with a light color from your Tube

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds

Set your FG to black or a dark color from your Tube

 

Pen tool - Point to Point - Solid Line Style - Width 6

Hold down your shift key and draw out a line

just a bit taller than your Tag

 

Rasterize - Crop your Tag

Duplicate twice and move side by side

Hide your BG and merge visible

Duplicate again and place as shown in the Tag

Merge visible again

Drop Shadow - 1, -1, 100 and 6

Unhide and highlight your BG Layer

Selection Tool

Rectangle - Mode - Add (Shift) - Feather and Tolerance 0

Make two Rectangular Selections

Promote Selection to Layer

Deselect

Copy your Close-up and paste as a New Layer

Send to top and give it a blurry drop shadow

Crop your Tag

New Layer - Fill with black or a dark color from your Tube

Select All - Contract 2 - Delete - Deselect

Drop Shadow - 1, -1, 100 and 6

Change your BG color to White - FG Null

Type out Your Saying - Stretch to fit

Rasterize - Drop shadow - 1, -1, 100 and 6

Change the Blend Mode to Overlay

Highlight the Top Layer

Add your Name, CR info and License# if necessary

 

Duplicate your Promoted Selection Layer twice for a total of three Layers

On each of these Layers - EC 4000 - HSB Noise

Hit the Random Seed Button once for each Layer

 

Before we continue with the Tag, lets get what we need for the Avatar

Shift+D to copy your Tag

Minimize your Tag for now

On the copy

Delete Art, Name, CR and Border Layers

Crop Tool - 150x150

Move to where you want it and hit the check mark to apply the crop

Add the same border

Highlight the Top Layer

Add your Initial

Animate like we will for the Tag

 

Back to our Tag

Fire up Animation Shop

In PSP

Hide the top two HSB Noise Layers

Edit - Copy Merged

In Animation Shop

Edit - Paste as New Animation

Back in PSP

Hide the Bottom HSB Noise Layer and Unhide the Middle one

Edit - Copy Merged

In Animation Shop

Edit - Paste after current Frame

Back in PSP

Hide the Middle HSB Noise Layer and Unhide the Top one

Edit - Copy Merged

In Animation Shop

Edit - Paste after current Frame

View - Animation to make sure it looks like you want

Save as a gif and you're Done!

 

Sample Set

 

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