Shape of things to Come
Place the Shape in
the Preset Shapes folder in your psp program file
Preset Shape Here
Open a 400 x 400
Transparent image.
Tools / Preset shape
/ Settings: Smerfy-DecoBorders6 shape / Remain style, Anti-alias, Create as
vector all
ticked / Width 1 /Join first one / Miter limit 15.
Drag out the shape to
fill the canvas using the nodes then click pan.
Layer palette / right
click on vector and convert to raster layer.
Material palette
choose a nice gradient use your own settings.
Selections / select
all / float / defloat.
Tools / flood fill /
flood fill the shape with the gradient then click pan.
Selections / modify /
contract by 3 pixels.
Selections / invert.
Right click on the
layer and duplicate until you have 3.
Activate the top
layer / adjust / add noise 70% /Random Checked
/ monochrome checked ok.
X out top layer
activate the 2nd layer / adjust / add noise 75% / Random Checked /monochrome
checked ok.
X out 2nd layer active
the 3rd layer / adjust / add noise 80% / Random Checked /monochrome checked ok.
Selections / select
none.
Un x all layers.
Open a tube of your
choice .
Activate the bottom
layer and copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Tools / deform /
resize and position your tube
click pan
close original tube
now
Effects / 3d effects
/drop shadow add a soft drop shadow to your tube v-1 / h 1 / op 60 / b 14 /
black / ok.
Copy and paste the
copy right to the tube layer as a new layer also add your watermark.
X out the first 3
layers your shapes and activate one of the other layers.
Layers / merge
visible.
Add a new raster
layer drag it to the bottom and flood fill with a color or gradient click pan.
Merge visible the
tube layer and the bottom layer.
Duplicate the layer
you just merged until you have 3.
Then X out all the
layers.
Activate and unx the
first shape layer and unx the first tube layer (merged) and merge visible and x
it out.
Activate the next
shape layer unx and unx the next tube layer and merge visible x out the merged
layer.
Un x the last 2
layers and merge visible now unx all layers.
Activate the top
layer.
Tools / text tool /
vector / any direction / font any / size any / sw 0 or 1 / sharp.
Material palette
choose your color for your writing.
Write your name and
click apply.
Layer palette convert
the vector to raster layer and duplicate until you have 3.
X out all layers and
as before give them a partner and merge them visible leaving you with 3 merge
layers.
Un x the merged
layers and save as Animation Shop Psp or Psp 7 format.
Animation shop
Open the saved image
in animation shop
Check it works by
clicking on View Animation
Now Save As give a
name and Save Type as Gif.
Click Next, Next
until it’s saved
This Tutorial was created by ©Mally on Saturday 13 August 2006
Updated on Thursday 09 February 2012
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