Dreams












This tutorial was written by QueenBrat on 10/13/2008 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 Ronne Barton of www.ronnebarton.com. You may purchase a license to use his work from www.MyPSPtubes.com.

I am also using one of my PTU scrap kits, "Dream Princess", 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 versionhere.)
Tube of your choice.
Scrap kit of your choice.
A font of your choice. I used: Buffet Script (You can purchase it here.)



Provided supplies
WSL_Mask276.jpg (from WeeScotLass' site here.)
Word Art Tube

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 a 700x700 transparent frame. From hereafter this will be called your working graphic.

2. Open the two mask provided in the zip file...WSL_Mask206.jpg and WSL_Mask276.jpg.

3. Pick a background from the scrap kit. I used: QBD_DreamPrincess_Paper15.jpg.

4. Copy and paste QBD_DreamPrincess_Paper15.jpg into your working graphic.

5. Apply the mask WSL_Mask276.jpg to your paper by going to layers > New Mask Layer > From Image. Select the mask from the drop down menu and tic Source luminance.

6. Merge fatten.

7. Open a heart frame from the kit. I used: QBD_DreamPrincess_frame02.png.

8. Resize the frame to 60% of the original file size.

9. Copy and paste as the top layer into your working graphic. Align slightly to the lefthand side of the graphic.

10. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

11. Open the file QBD_DreamPrincess_flower8.png in your kit. Resize to 75% of the original file size.

12. Copy and paste the flowers into your working graphic as the top layer.

13. Rotate 37 degrees to the left and sharpen if needed.

14. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

15. Open the file QBD_DreamPrincess_bling01.png. Reduce the size to 50% of the original size. Sharpen as needed.

16. Copy and paste the jeweled bling into your working graphic as a new layer on top of your background layer.

17. Adjust the bling to the upper righthand corner of your graphic slightly under the frame.

18. Using your Freehand selection tool trim away any part of the bling that is inside the frame.



19. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

20. Go back to the file QBD_DreamPrincess_bling01.png. Reduce the file size by 75% more and sharpen as needed.

21. Place at the lower lefthand side near the frame. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

22. Open the tube that you picked.

23. Copy and paste it as a new layer under the frame layer.

24. Using your Freehand Selection tool trim away the excess tube on the outside of the frame.



25. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

26. Open your butterfly file. I used: QBD_DreamPrincess_butterfly01.png.

27. Resize to 35% of your original file size.

28. Copy and paste it into your working graphic. Rotate 37 degrees right. Move to the top left and use it to hide the end of the flowers. Sharpen as needed.

29. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

30. Add a second butterfly. Rotate 58 degrees left. Sharpen as needed.

31. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 57, Blur: 7.92, color: #000000.

32. Open the word art frame OR create your own. Recolor the word art to a bright color in your working graphic. To recolor click Adjust > Hue and Saturation > colorize. I used hue: 237 saturation: 204.

33. Copy and paste as your top layer in your working graphic. Position to the right near the bottom of the frame.

34. Duplicate the layer and merge down.

35. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 50, Blur: 2.00, color: #000000.

36. Using the same color you colored your word art let's add your name. I used the settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: Buffet Script
Size: 72
Stroke: 1.0
Alignment: Center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Kerning: 0
Foreground color: NULL
Background color: #ed5c97


37. Add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 50, Blur: 2.00, color: #000000.

38. Resize your working graphic to the size you desire.

39. Add your copyright information and logo/watermark.

40. Okay, let's glitter up this tag.

41. Begin by merging the name layer and the word art layer.

42. Second, merge the two butterfly layers.

43. Last, merge the two jeweled bling layers.

44. Go to the word art/name layer. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Settings: Gaussian, Monochrome, Noise=43.

45. Go to the butterflies layer. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Settings: Gaussian, Monochrome, Noise=43.

46. Go to the jeweled Bling layer. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Settings: Gaussian, Monochrome, Noise=43.

47. Copy merged and post this as a new image.

48. Undo adding the noise to the jeweled bling layer.

49. Undo adding the noise to the butterflies layer.

50. Undo adding the noise to the word art/name layer.

51. Redo steps 44 to 46.

52. Copy merged and post this as a new image.

53. Redo steps 48 to 50.

54. Redo steps 44 to 46.

55. Copy merged and post this as a new image.

56. The new three layered graphic is now your working image. Drop the old working graphic into your tray out of your way for the time being. DO NOT DISCARD IN CASE YOU NEED TO REDO SOMETHING.

57. Go to your top layer on your new working graphic.

58. Using your Freehand Selection Tool lets give the fairies hair some glitz.
Set your settings to:
Selection type: Point to Point
Mode: Add (Shift)
Feather: 5
Smoothing: 0
Anti-alias: checked


59. Pick out the lighter colored areas of her hair and follow them. (See the preview)



60. Add the wing to your highlighted area.

61. Your highlighted areas should now look something like the preview below:



62. Go to the top layer. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Settings: Gaussian, Monochrome, Noise=43.

63. Go to the second layer. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Settings: Gaussian, Monochrome, Noise=43.

64. Go to the bottom layer. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise > Settings: Gaussian, Monochrome, Noise=43.

65. Deselect the marching ants.

66. Save your working graphic to an easily located spot on your harddrive.

67. Open Animation Shop.

68. Open your working graphic in animation shop.

69. Save your new tag as a .gif image.







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