~Happy Valentine's Day~ I used Kit Caro Cuore by Alicia Mujica, it can be found Here Also, the tube is by Alicia Mujica, it can be found Here Template and animation were created by me. They can be found Here DO NOT claim them as your own or alter the animation in any way! Let's begin! There are two templates in the supplies folder, they are the same template but different formats...PSD and PSPImage. Chose the one you want to work with Note: PSD formats can be use in PSP and Photoshop but PSPImage format can only be used in PSP! Dimension are 900 x 900 not to worry, the finished image will be resized when done. Let's begin.... Open chosen template "Shift+D" to duplicate the orginal, so you will always have it for something else. Hide or delete the copyright layer. The background layer will be for another color or pattern for stationery or web page. This is usually the last change made at the end. Highlight "Rectangle" layer Select "Magic Wand" tool Select the gray fill inside the rectangle using below settings Open "Paper 4c" Resize 63% Drag paper 4c over to template Selections - Invert Hit the "delete" on keyboard Selections - Select None Highlight rectangle layer Magic Wand tool select "Stroke" around rectangle Highlight paper 4c layer Layers - New Raster Layer Flood fill with color #8c0000 Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise Use setting below Should look like below Selections - Select None Layers - Merge - Merge Down Highlight - "Big Swirly Curls" layer Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat Layers - New Raster Layer Flood Fill with color #788e39 Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat Selections - Modify - Expand by 2 Effects - 3d Effect - Inner Bevel Use setting below Selections - Select None Highlight "Sm Swirly Curls" Follow same steps as before When finished should appear like below Highlight "Flower Stems" layer Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat Layers - New Raster Layer Flood Fill with color #455f00 Selections - Modify- Expand by 2 Effects - 3d Effect - Inner Bevel..same settings Selections - Select None Highlight "Flower 1" layer NOTE: These flowers layers can be merged together if wanting to use the same pattern or color but in this tutorial I will be using different patterns so I will only explain for the first one...then do the same for the others Magic Wand tool - change setting as follows Mode: Add (Shift), Match Mode: Color, Tolerance: 10 Select each one of the petals Open "Paper 5" - Resize 25% Drag over to template...with "Move" tool position where selection is and to your liking Selections - Invert Hit "Delete" on keyboard Selelctions - Invert Selections - Float Effects - 3d Effect - CutOut Offset, V-H (0), Attributes, Opacity (50) - Blur (8), Color #000000 Selections - Select None Highlight "Flower 3" again Magic Wand tool, same settings Select the "Stroke" around the flower Highlight - Raster 5 (the new layer for the pattern before) Layers - New Raster Layer Flood fill with color #4ea7b5 Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise, same setting Selections - Select None Highlight - Flower 3 layer Magic Wand - Select the "Bud" of the flower Highlight layer that has pattern Layers - New Raster Layer Flood Fill with same color as before Selections - Modify - Expand by 2 Effect - 3d Effect - Inner Bevel, change width to (31) Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise Selections - Select None Highlight the finished "Stroke" layer and merge down Merge down one more time so that the stroke, bud, pattern are one layer NOTE: Now finish the rest of your Flower's and Heart's as I have done above to finish those parts of the template Now that the flowers and hearts are finished The "Squares", I am putting in image for the animation these were found online...you can put what you want in those square boxes to animate or to have as stills Once the pictures are done do the borders just like they were done on the flowers and hearts Here is a preview of what has been done so far Highlight the "Top" layer Open tube "Valentina" Image "Flip" Hortizonal Image "Resize" 35% and Drag over to working image Position like in the main image Drop Shadow, Offset V(-2), H (-2), Attributes Opacity (45), Blur (3), color: Black Check "Shadow on new layer" Highlight the "Shadow" layer Erase the bottom part of the shadow for the tube Highlight the tube and merge down Open element "Deco" resize 80% Drag-Drop on working image..drag below tube Position like in main image Effects -3d Effect -Drop Shadow, same settings Apply "Drop Shadow" to all the template elements Highlight and Fill background layer with "White" Open "Paper 1b" Resize 75% and Drag to working image Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Disk Merge the "Mask Group" Using the "Pick" tool expand the mask out without going outside of the image Highlight top layer and add a new layer Add copyright information Open Hard Choices Title - Resize 15% What image should look like before going into AS Notice the layer's palette and names I moved the big rectangle down some and the "Swirly Curls", the top swirly curl will need to be erase some where it will cover the bottom pictue ~Let's Animate~ Open Animation Shop Open "LBD_Cupids-BullsEye-021116.mng" Delete first frame Back in PSP - Close "Title" and "Border Element" layer's On the top of the working image window right click and Copy Merge Back in Animation Shop right click in the workspace Paste as New Animation Using the "Duplicate" icon create 31 frames Delete any unnecessary frames that will not be needed Click on 1st frame Edit - Select All Do same for the BullsEye animaiton Drag-Drop onto the tag animation Position like in the image below Back in PSP - Layers - View - Invert Making sure the "Title" and "Border" element are visible Right click on top of the window copy merge Back in Animation Shop - select "Propagate Paste" icon Edit - Paste - Into Selected Frame Position like in the main image Animation - Frame Properties Change from 10 to 2 Select 3rd Frame change frame properties to 25 Select last frame change frame properties to 100 Animation - Resize Animation 85% View animation if all looks good SAVE!! Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and maybe learned something new, it has been fun!! If you need help, email me at ladybydesign8@aol.com Till next time LadybyDesign 2015 All Rights Reserved Designed and Maintained by LadybyDesign