To create this Set you will need A Tube and A Close-up I used Art by Jason Patterson I bought this Tube when he was with MPT MuRa's Meister - Copies
Ready? Let's Begin! New Image - 600 X 400 Paste your Tube as a New Layer MuRa's Meister - Copies Wallpaper(Rotate) - Default Settings Duplicate - Mirror and Flip Change the Blend Mode to Screen or another you like better Merge Visible Effects - Distortion Effects - Pixelate Width 13 - Height 66 Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance Adjust - Blur - Motion Blur Angle 315 - Strength 100% - Twice Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance Duplicate - Mirror Change the Blend Mode to Multiply or another you like better Merge Visible Custom Selection Promote Selection to Layer Copy your Close-up and Paste as New Layer Move where you want it Inside the Selection Selections - Invert - Delete - Deselect Change the Blend Mode to Luminance(L) Merge Down Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 50 and 20 Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Layer Move to where you want it Give it a suitable Drop Shadow Crop your Tag to 600x400
New Layer Fill with Dark Color Select All- Contract 1 - Delete - Deselect Add your Name, CR Info and License#
Let's get what we need for Forum Tag and Avatar Shift+D to copy your Tag Twice
On the first Copy We'll make the Avatar Remove Art, CR and Name Layers Crop Tool set at 150 X 150 Move to where you want it and hit the green arrow to apply Add your Initial, CR Info and Border Set this aside for Now
On the Second Copy We'll Make the Forum Tag Remove the Border Selection Tool Custom Selection Top and Left - 0 Bottom - 250 Right - 600 Move the Elements of your Tag to where you want Inside the Selection Image - Crop to Selection Add the Border Set this aside for Now
ANIMATION Starting with the Tag Highlight the Bottom Layer Edit - Copy Open Animation Shop(AS) Paste as a New Animation Effects - Insert Image Effects - Pixelate Select and Delete the First Frame Edit - Select All - Animation - Reverse Frames Edit - Copy - Edit - Undo Reverse Frames Click on the Last Frame to Select it Edit - Paste After Current Frame Now you should have 40 Frames
Go back to PSP Hide the Bottom Layer Edit - Copy Merged Back to AS Edit - Paste as a New Animation Hold down your CTRL key and repeatedly hit the "L" key to create 40 Frames Edit - Select All - Edit - Copy Select the First Animation you made Edit - Select All - Edit - Paste into Current Frame Make sure it's where you want it and Click to place View - Animation to make sure you got it right Save as a gif Repeat this for the Forum Tag and Avi And you're done!
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Tutorial Idea, Tags/Avis ©Shirley Franklin www.shirleyswebworks.com
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