Winter Forum Set

11/30/2016

To create this Forum Set you will need:

A Tube

I used art by Jennifer Janesko

Tubes and License Available HERE

 

MuRa's Meister - Copies

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Texture Noise

Filters Unlimited - Special Effects 1 - Shiver

Filter Factory Gallery N - Flip Chop Radial

My Selections HERE

 

Ready?

Let's Begin!

Open a New Image - 600 X 600 - Transparent

Select All

Copy your Tube and Paste INTO Selection

Deselect

MuRa's Meister Copies - Wallpaper - Default Settings

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default Settings

Filters Unlimited - Special Effects 1 - Shiver - Default Settings

 

New Layer

Load Selection SWWFS16FS1Sel

Fill with a color from your Tube

Deselect - Rename this FCR1

MuRa's Meister Copies - Line Preset - Default

(Hit the reset Button then choose the Line preset)

Filter Factory Gallery N - Flip Chop Radial - Default

Duplicate - Rename this FCR2

Free Rotate 90 degrees Right - All Layers Unchecked

On both of these Layers - Texture Effects - Weave

Make your Weave and Gap colors something just lighter than the Element you're applying it to

Select the FCR1 layer

Change your FG color to a different color from your Tube

Get out your Color Changer Tool - Tolerance 25 - Edge Softness 20

Click Somewhere on the Element to change the color

Give each of these layers a drop shadow - 1, 1, 100 and 3

 

Now that we have our Background done, we can get on with making our Set!

 

 

Take your Crop Tool Set to 600 X 300

Move the Crop Box all the way to the top of the Tag.

Click the Check mark to Apply the Crop

 

Paste the Tube and move into Position

Give it a suitable drop shadow

Add your Name, CR Info and License#

Add a 1px border

This is your Tag

Shift+D to Copy the Tag for Later

 

If you've decide to not animate, then you're done!

 

ANIMATION

Select the Bottom Layer

Duplicate it 3 times for a total of 4 layers

On each of these Layers

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Textures - Texture Noise

 

 

Hit the Random Seed button once for each of these Layers

Make sure that ALL of your Layers are visible

Copy Merged and Open Animation Shop

Open Animation Shop(AS)

Paste as a New Animation

Back in PSP

Hide your Top Background Layer

Copy Merged - In AS - Paste After Current Frame

Hide The Second from the top Background Layer

Copy Merged - In AS - Paste After Current Frame

Hide The Third from the top Background Layer

Copy Merged - In AS - Paste After Current Frame

View Animation to make sure you like how it looks

Save as a Gif

 

To make the Avatar

In PSP Go to the Copy of your Tag

Rezise it to 395px X 200px

Take your Crop Tool set to 150px X 150px

Move over the area you want for your Avi

Hit the Check Mark to Apply

Add your Border, Name, CR Info and License

Animate same as the Tag

 

Here's another example:

 

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