Just How Good












This tutorial was written by QueenBrat on 11/08/2008 using PSP 9 and Animation Shop. Any version of PSP should work.

It is an intermediate tutorial. You will need a good working knowledge of PSP and Animation shop.

Do not copy this tutorial and post it through any group or claim it as your own. Please share a text link only to my site and not the tutorial itself when sharing. You may print it out for your own personal use ONLY.

I'm using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis of www.elias-design.gr. You may purchase a license to use his work from MyPSPTubes.com

I am also using one of my PTU scrap kits, "A Lil Christmas Romance", which can be purchased at MyPSPTubes.com.

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental.



Supplies Needed
PSP program of your choice (Free trial version PSP12 here.)
Animation Shop (Trial version here.)
A Christmas Tubes.
Scrap kit of your choice.
One or Two Fonts of your choice.



Provided supplies
WSL_Mask98.jpg(from WeeScotLass' site here.)


QBD_snow500x500.pspimage



You may download the supplies here.
(Your pop up stoppers will need to be turned off if you click the link and nothing happens.)



1. Open the file QBD_snow500x500.pspimage included in the supply zip.

2. Increase the canvas size to 700x700 pixels by adding 100 pixels to each side. This is now your working graphic.

3. Open the mask provided in the zip file. Drop to your tray to use later.

4. Add New Raster Layer named MASK and send to BOTTOM.

5. Flood fill this layer with a light color from your tube. Go to Layers > New mask layer > From image > Find the WSL_Mask98.jpg in the drop down box > Source Opacity ON > OK. Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Group.

6. Add New Raster Layer named BGD and send to BOTTOM.

7. Flood fill this layer with white.

8. Go back to the layer named MASK and merge down with the BGD layer.

9. Open one of the round frames from the kit. I used QBD_ALilChristmasRomance_Frame01.png. Resize to 550 pixels wide.

10. Copy and paste the frame into your working graphic as your top layer. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:81 , blur:8.91 , color: #000000.

11. Open one of the christmas Trees in the kit. I used QBD_ALilChristmasRomance_Tree01.png. Resize to no larger than 500 pixels in height.

12. Copy and paste the tree into your working graphic as a new layer. Position to the left on top of the frame. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:81 , blur:8.91 , color: #000000.

13. With your magic wand click the inside space of the tree to highlight the area. Be sure to get the small spaces around the bow at the top.



14. Go to SELECTIONS > MODIFIY > EXPAND 10 PIXELS.

15. Add a new raster layer. Move the layer below the Christmas Tree layer.

16. Open a paper from your kit. I used QBD_ALilChristmasRomance_Paper09.jpg.

17. Flood fill the selected area with the paper you just opened.

18. Deselect.

19. Merge the Christmas Tree to the fill layer. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:81 , blur:8.91 , color: #000000.

20. Open your tube. Copy and paste as your new top layer into your working graphic. Resize if desired. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:81 , blur:8.91 , color: #000000.

21. Open one of the tinsel ribbons from the kit. I used QBD_ALilChristmasRomance_Ribbon05.png. Resize to 600 pixels in height.

22. Copy and paste the ribbon into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Flip the ribbon and position to the right side of the frame adjusting it to give a wrapped appearance.

23. With your Freehand selection tool trim away the pieces of the ribbon in the preview below to wrap the ribbon. To trim them away use your selection tool and then click delete.



24. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:36 , blur:3 , color: #000000.

25. Trim away the upper portion of the ribbon as shown in the preview below.



26. Open one of the heart buttons from the kit. Resize to 50% of the original file size.

27. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Use your raster deformation tool to turn the heart to the proper angle. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:52 , blur:13.86 , color: #000000.

28. Open one of the round buttons from the kit. Resize to 35% of the original file size.

29. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:52 , blur:13.86 , color: #000000.

30. Open one of the heart buttons from the kit. Resize to 50% of the original file size.

31. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Use your raster deformation tool to turn the heart to the proper angle. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:52 , blur:13.86 , color: #000000.

32. Open one of the round buttons from the kit. Resize to 35% of the original file size.

33. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:52 , blur:13.86 , color: #000000.

34. Open one of the heart buttons from the kit. Resize to 50% of the original file size.

35. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Use your raster deformation tool to turn the heart to the proper angle. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:52 , blur:13.86 , color: #000000.

36. Open one of the round buttons from the kit. Resize to 35% of the original file size.

37. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your frame layer. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:52 , blur:13.86 , color: #000000.

38. Merge all of the button layers together.

39. Turn off the visibility to your tree and tube layers.

40. Add a new raster layer on top of the button layer.

41. Let's put some thread in your buttons. Using your freehand selection tool draw a rectangle from button hole to button hole on each button.



42. Flood fill the rectangles with the color of your choice. I used: #e1d8ac.

43. Go to SELECTIONS > FLOAT.

44. Go to EFFECTS > 3D EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: vertical:1 , horizontal:-1 , opacity:30 , blur:2.0 , shadow color: #000000 Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:66 , blur:10 , color: #000000.

45. Resize to 550x550 pixels.

46. Let's add your word art.

47. Type the words: "Just How Good Do I Have To Be?"
I used these settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: SP Shop-a-holic
Size: 48
Stroke: 1.5
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: Center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Leading: -0.200
Kerning: 0
Foreground color:#0d4e0c
Background color:#d61128


48. Go to SELECTIONS > FLOAT.

49. Go to EFFECTS > 3D EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: vertical:2 , horizontal:-2 , opacity:68 , blur:2.0 , shadow color: #000000

50. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:40 , blur:2 , color: #000000.

51. Add your copyright information and logo/watermark.

52. Add your name as the top layer of your working graphic.
I used these settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: SP Euroscript Pro
Size: 64
Stroke: 1.0
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: Center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Leading: -0.200
Kerning: 0
Foreground color:#0d4e0c
Background color:#d61128


53. Add a drop shadow of: vertical:1 , horizontal:1 , opacity:40 , blur:2 , color: #000000.

54. Merge together all of the top layers above the snow frames.

55. You are now ready to set it up for Animation Shop. Begin by turning on visibility to Frame 1 of the snow.

56. Copy Merged and Paste as New Image.

57. Turn off visibility of Frame 1 and turn on visibility of Frame 2.

58. Copy Merged and Paste as New LAYER into the first merged frame you just did.

59. Turn off visibility of Frame 2 and turn on visibility of Frame 3.

60. Copy Merged and Paste as New LAYER into the first merged frame you just did.

61. Continue turning off visibility of previous merged frame and turning on the next until you do all 5 snow frames.

62. You should now have a new image of 5 frames.

63. Want to make her wink? If so follow the next few steps. If not skip to step 74.

64. Begin by using your freehand selection tool to copy the eyelash area of her left eye.



65. Copy and paste as a new layer. Flip the eyelashes. Using your raster deform tool rotate to fit under the left eye.



66. Use your freehand selection tool to trace around the eye area. Add new raster layer.



67. Select the color from the tube around the eye that matches the best. I used: #c97c58. Flood file the selected area.

68. With your paintbrush tool set to 2, select two other colors from the eye area of the tube and blend the eye patch. Set your opacity to about 25.

69. When you are satisfied with the results merge the eyelashes to the eye patch.

70. Duplicate the eye patch layer.

71. Move the duplicate copy down so that it is inbetween layer one and layer two of your working graphic.

72. Merge together the first layer of the eye patch and the first layer of your working graphic.

73. Merge together the second layer of the eye patch and the second layer of your working graphic.

74. Save to an easy to find location on your harddrive.

75. Go to animation shop.

76. Open the image you just saved.

77. Go to EDIT > SELECT ALL > ANIMATION > FRAME PROPERTIES > SET TO 30FPS.

78. Save as an animation.







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