January 28, 2013 To create this Set you will need: A Tube and a Close-up I used Art by Barbara Jensen Tubes and License to use Barbara's Art available HERE
VM Distortion - Mosaic Ripple VM Extravaganza - Vasarelly DSB Flux - Bright Noise Xero - Radiance
Ready? Let's Begin! New Image - 600x600 Choose a Medium-Dark color for your FG Choose a Light Shade of you FG color for your BG Make this Gradient on the FG: Fill with this Gradient
Resize to 600x400
VM Distortion - Mosaic Ripple Size 22 - Amount 176
Duplicate this Layer Twice On the Top Layer Magic Wand Tool Click in each of the 4 Corners until you have something like this: Selections - Invert Delete - Deselect Drop Shadow - 0, 0, 60 and 20
Highlight your Middle Layer VM Extravaganza - Vasarelly From the Top 87 128 0 0 0 0
Magic Wand Tool Same Settings as Before Click in a Black area Delete - Deselect
Custom Selection Invert Selection Delete - Deselect Drop Shadow - 5, -5, 30 and 5 Duplicate this Layer Twice for a Total of Three Layers On each of these: DSB Flux - Bright Noise 43 - Mix Checked Hit the Mix button once for each Layer Hide the Top Two of these Layers
Select your Bottom Layer Copy your Close-up and Paste as a New Layer Move into Position Xero - Radiance - Default Settings Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light or one you like better Pull the Opacity down to around 50
Let's get what we need for the Forum Tag and Avatar Shift+D to duplicate your Tag Twice
On the First Copy Delete the Art Layers Resize to 400x300 Sharpen the Bright Noise Layers Set your Crop Tool to 150x150 Move the Crop Box to where you want it Hit the Arrow to Apply Set this aside for now This is your Avatar
On the Second Copy Custom Selection Move the Tubes so they're where you want them INSIDE the Selection Image - Crop to Selection Set this aside for now This is your Forum Tag
Let's finish the Tag now Select the Layer just below the Main Tube Add a New Raster Layer Fill with your Light Color Select All - Contract 6 - Delete Keep Selected Expand 1 - Invert Fill with your Dark Color Invert Keep Selected Expand 1 - Invert Fill with your Light Color Invert Expand 1 - Invert Fill with your Dark Color Deselect Drop Shadow - 2, 2, 100 and 5 then -2, -2, 100 and 5 Add your Name, CR Info and License#
ANIMATION Start with the Tag The Top two Noise Layers should be Hidden Edit - Copy Merged Open Animation Shop(AS) Paste as a New Animation Back in PSP Hide the Bottom Noise Layer Un-hide the Middle one Edit - Copy Merged Open Animation Shop(AS) Paste as After Current Frame Back in PSP Hide the Middle Noise Layer Un-hide the Top one Edit - Copy Merged Open Animation Shop(AS) Paste as After Current Frame Same as a Gif
To Finish the Forum Tag and Avatar Add the Border Add your Name/Initial, CR Info and License Animate like we did the Tag
Another Sample 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 Fanpage
Tutorial Idea, Tags/Avis ©Shirley Franklin www.shirleyswebworks.com
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