Tutorial Tag Scrap Diamonds - English

Tag Scrap Diamonds

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Tutorial written by 
©charlieonline graphics 2002-2008


 

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please feel free to print it out for your own personal use. 
But do not copy it in anyway to put on-line or re-write without permission.  

 
This tutorial was written using PSP9 and Animation Shop, 

but may be done with other versions, and assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP and its tools.


Supplies needed:
HERE e HERE  

Oceania's Scrap:  HERE


Some tubes are by
Filly
I find the other ones on the web.

 

I thank to Filly who has allowed to me to use her tubes!

And also I thank OceanoBlu too!
 

Plugins: 

MuRa' s Meister - Perspective Tiling

AlienSkin Xenofex2 /Constellation

 

 

 

Open the tubes and the scrap 

and minimize them to your Psp workspace for now.

 

Set your Foreground  color to #bba29d-  

and the Background #f9f1f5

Then set your foreground to gradient and choose Foreground-Background gradient with this settings:

 

 

Remember to save often.

Let's begin!

 

 Open a new image 390w x 300h transparent background; Raster background checked; Color depth 16 million colors

and flood fill with the gradient

 

Selections - Select all

 

Selections - Modify - Contract 20 px

Keep selected!

Invert gradient

Layers - New Raster Layer. Flood fill the selection.

Selections - Select None

 

 

Effect - Texture effects - Mosaic - Glass

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Rename this layer Sfondo

 

 

Image - Canvas size

like this:

 

 

Effects - Plugins effects - MuRa' s Meister - Perspective Tiling

as follows:

 

 

 

Now open the Oceania's scraprosa, to put on your tags some elements

 

Choose this texture:

 

 

Note: I have duplicated it after I have joined  the parts. 

If you like, you can find my result in the zip.

 

Copy (Ctrl + C), return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

With your Mover Tool place it on the left side of your image,

as the finished image.

Rename the layer  Textur1

 

 

Open again the Oceania's scrap

 

Choose this texture:

 

 

Copy (Ctrl + C), return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

Images - Reflect

With your Mover Tool, place it on the right top corner of your image,

as the finished image.

Rename the layer Textur2

 

 

Now I have added  borders to put in the right position all the tubes

and the other scrap's elements.

 

 

In the Materials Palette, change the foreground in  #8b5478

Leave the same background and set  the gradient as following:

 

 

Layers - New Raster Layer. 

Selections - Select all

Flood fill with the gradient

 

 

Selections - Modify - Contract 2 px

Press the Delete Key

 

Keep Selected!

 

Flood fill with the  Background

Selections - Modify - Contract 1 px

Press the Delete Key

 

Keep Selected!

Flood fill with the gradient

 

Selections - Modify - Contract 2 px

Press the Delete Key

Selections - Select None (Ctrl. + D)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow: 

 

 

Change Vertical and Horizontal to -2 and repeat.

Rename the layer Cornice

 

 

Open the Misted_filly___78_Tube

Copy (Ctrl + C), return on your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

With your Mover Tool place it as the finished image.

 

 

Open the prettyju_dorure81 Tube

Copy (Ctrl + C), return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

 

Image - Resize to 80%

and place it as the finished image.

 

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

with this settings:

 

Rename it  Cuori

 

 

Open the bjr_CrystalPath_single Tube

Copy (Ctrl + C), return to your working image, 

and click on the layer named Sfondo

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

Layers - Duplicate

and place them as the finished image.

 

 

Open the Misted_filly_( 1339) Flowers Tube

Copy (Ctrl + C), return to your working image, 

and click the layer named Textur1

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

Images - Reflect

Image - Resize to 75%

 

and place it as the finished image.

 

Note: I have worked out this tube a little bit: 

for example I eliminated the apple, and other parts.

 

 

Open again the Oceania's scrap, and copy the following image:

 

 

return to your working image, 

and click on the layer named Sfondo

 

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

Layers - Duplicate twice

and place them as the finished image: one at the bottom and the other at the top.

 

Layers - Duplicate again

 

Image - Rotate - Free rotate

 

 

and place it on the right side as the finished image.

 

 

Open again the Oceania's scrap, and copy the following image:

 

 

return to your working image, and click  the layer named Texture2

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L).

Image - Resize to 75%

 Duplicate 5 time and place them as the finished image.

 

 

Open again the Oceania's scrap and copy the transparent Bow:

 

 

return to your working image, and click on the layer named Texture1

Edit - Paste as New Layer and place it as the finished image.

 

 

Open again the Oceania's scrap and copy the Key

return to your working image, Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L)

Image - Resize to 40%, and place it on the Bow

 

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

as the previous settings.

 

 

Open the text Forever Tube, copy, return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer

Place it as the finished image.

 

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

 

Change Vertical and Horizontal to -1 and repeat.

 

 

Open the hearts-diamonds1 Tube, copy, return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer

Place it under the D of your text, as the finished image.

 

 

Open the hearts-diamonds2 Tube, copy, return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer (Ctrl. + L)

Place it upon the hearts-diamonds1, as the finished image.

Rename this layer Hearts

 

 

Put your watermark and save it as .jpg

 

 

BUT if you like glitter

You can do as follows: 

 

 

 

Lock the layers  Cuori and Hearts2

 

Highlight the top layer  cornice

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

Layer - Duplicate twice

you have a total of 3 layer now.

 

Rename them as: "Uniti1" "Uniti2" and "Uniti3"

and lock them.

 

 

Unlock the layers  Cuori and Hearts2

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

 

 

Layer - Duplicate twice

You also have a total of 3

Rename them as: "1" , "2" and "3".

 

Lock layers 2 and 3 

You have to sure to activate layer 1 

 

Selections - Select all - Float - Defloat

 

Effects - Plugins - AlienSkin Xenofex2 /Constellation

as following settings

now click ok.

 

 

Lock layer 1, unlock layer 2,

Repeat the Constellation, but change the  Random Seed.

click ok.

 

Lock layer 2, unlock layer 3,

Repeat the Constellation again, but change again the  Random Seed.

click ok.


Lock all the layers

 

 

You have now the following situation:

 

 

Now you have to work as follows:

Unlock and merge each  layer with number 1 

Rename it unit1 and then Lock it.

 

 

Now unlock and merge each  layer with number

Rename it unit2 and after Lock it.

 

 

Now unlock and merge each  layer with number

Rename it unit3.

 

Unlock all Layers

 

Make sure all layers are unlocked and your top layer active.

 

File - Save as a PSP (Animation shop) file

as follows:

 

 

Click ok.

 

 

Open Animation shop.

Open your .psp file.

Preview the animation.

If you think the tag is too big, resize it.

When satisfied, save as a gif

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Done!

 I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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