Magnetic

12/08/2016

To create this set you will need:

PaintShop Pro(PSP) and Animation Shop(AS)

A Tube from one of your Favorite Artists

I used art by Jennifer Janesko

Tubes and License available HERE

This is an Intermediate Tutorial

 

Filters

MuRa's Meister - Copies

VM Experimental - Magnetic Detection

Toadies - What are You

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

 

Copy your Tube and Paste as a New Image

Resize to 700x700

Lock Unchecked - All Layers Checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask - Default Settings

 

We need to make a pattern for later

So, choose an interesting area in your Tube

Like hair or clothing and make a square selection

Copy and Paste as New Image

Image - Seamless Tiling - Default Settings

Make it your FG Pattern - Angle 0 - Scale 100

 

Now let's go back to the resized Tube

Deselect if you didn't do it before

MuRa's Meister - Copies - Hit the Reset Button

Wallpaper(Shrink) - Default Settings

Image - Seamless Tiling - Default Settings

Duplicate

On the Original

Adjust - Blur - Motion Blur

Angle 0 - Strength 100%

Enhance Edges

On the Duplicate

VM Experimental - Magnetic Detection

Move the Polarization Slider to 191

All else 0

Change the Blend Mode to Multiply or one you like better

Pull down the opacity to the 70-80 range

Merge Visible

 

Resize - 600 X 300

Lock Unchecked - All Layers Checked

 

New Layer

Custom Selection

 

 

Fill with your Pattern

Deselect

Image - Free Rotate - 90 degrees Left

All Layers and Rotate Unchecked

MuRa's Meister - Copies - Feedback(Linear)

 

Image Effects - Offset

Horizontal 275 - Vertical 0 - Transparent Checked

 

Duplicate - Mirror

Merge Down

Toadies - What are You?

X and Y both to 33

Give it a thin Drop Shadow

1, 1, 100 and 1

Rename this Layer Toadies

Duplicate this Layer Twice for a total of 3 Layers

On each of these

DSB Flux - Bright Noise

Hide the Top Two

 

Make a 2px Border

Add a Layer - Fill - Select All

Contract 2px - Delete - Deselect

 

Add your Tube

Move into Position

Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 100, 100

Crop to Merged Opaque

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

If you aren't going to Animate

Save as a jpg and call it a day

 

For the Avatar

Close out your Name, CR and Border Layers

Resize to 400X200

Use your Crop Tool set at 150X150

Move the box to the area you want showing

Hit the check mark to apply

Add your Name/Initial , CR and Border Layers

If you aren't going to Animate

Save as a jpg

 

ANIMATION

Go to your Tag

Copy Merged

Fire up Animation Shop (AS)

Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP Hide the Bottom Toadies Layer

Unhide the Middle one

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS

Paste after Current Frame

Back in PSP Hide the Middle Toadies Layer

Unhide the Top one

Edit - Copy Merged

In AS

Paste after Current Frame

View Animation to make sure it looks right

Save as a Gif and you're Done!

 

Another Example also with Jennifer Janesko art

 

If you try this, or any of my Tutorials

I would love to see what you made

Please Post results and comments on my Fanpage