Stained Glass

4/5/15

This Tag was created in PSPX5 and Animation Shop

To create this Tag you will need:

A Tube and a Closeup

I used Art by Barbara Jensen

Tubes and License available HERE

 

Filters Needed:

MuRa Meister Copies

BKG Designer 101 - 4 Way Average - HERE

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Open a new image 600x900

Paste your Closeup Tube

MuRa Meister Copies - Line Preset - Default Settings

Effects - Image effects - Offset 150

Duplicate - Flip Vertical - Offset -300

(If you have an older version of PSP, you can just do Image-Flip)

Change the Blend Mode to Overlay

Merge Visible - The whole background should be covered now

BKG Designer 101 - 4 Way Average - Default Settings

Edge Effects - Enhance

 

Crop Tool - Set to 600 x 600 - Move to the Center

Hit the check mark to apply

Custom Selection

Top: 149

Right: 600

Bottom: 447

Left: 0

Promote Selection to Layer

Keep Selected

Paste your Closeup - Move into position - Invert - delete - Deselect

Change the Blend Mode to Luminance

Merge Down - Drop Shadow - 0,0,100 and 10

 

New Layer

Fill with a color from your Tube

Select All - Contract 5 - Delete - Deselect

 

Paste your Tube as a New Layer

Drop Shadow - 20, 20, 100 and 100

 

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

If you don't want to animate, save as a jpeg and you're done!

 

ANIMATION

Hide the Background Layer

Merge Visible

Unhide Background Layer - Edit - Copy

Open Animation Shop(AS)

Paste as a New Animation

Effects - Insert Image Effect

Animation Frame Checked

Hit the Customize Button

Scroll to the First Frame - Delete it

Edit - Select All

Animation - Reverse Frames - Edit - Copy

Undo Edit Reverse Frames

Scroll to the Last Frame

Click to Select it

Edit - Paste after Current Frame

You should now have 82 Frames

This is your Tag

 

Back in PSP - Hide the Background Layer

Edit - Copy Merged

Back in AS - Paste as a New Image

Hold down the CTRL key and Hit the "L" Key repeatedly until you have 82 Frames

Edit - Select All - Edit - Copy

 

Select your Tag

Select All - Paste INTO Current Frame

Make sure it's lined up correctly

Click to place

View Animation to make sure it's like you want it

Save as a Gif and you're done!

 

Here's another Sample

Also with art by Barbara Jensen

 

This one is not exactly the same because it was the first

Also with Barbara Jensen 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