This tutorial was written by me on August 7, 2020. The results are of my own imagination.  Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental.  

Please DO NOT claim this tutorial as your own.

This was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

Please keep in mind that I write the tutorial as I am creating it.

Sometimes I may not explain properly where to place things so please see my example if you are ever in doubt :)

Supplies needed

I am using PSP 2018 but this tutorial should work with any version.

Animation shop (optional)

PTU Tube:  I am using a beautiful tube called "Hitchhiking 2" created by Alex Prihodko.  Please do not use this tube without a proper license.  

You can purchase this tube at VM Artists's store here. 

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous matching kit called "Headed Down the Highway" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase the kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs animation 80 from new package 26.  You can purchase her fun animation at her store here.

Mask:  11 by Vivienne's Paintbox. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the jpg versions for this tutorial.  

Font of choice for your name.

Plug in: None

Drop shadow of choice.

Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.

Vivienne's Paintbox has awesome drop shadow settings that I use a lot.  You can find the settings here and check out her awesome tutorials :)

Anytime you resize an element or tube you should sharpen it.  Go to adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Let's get started.

Remember to save your tag often in case psp crashes.  I always save my tags as a pspimage.  It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.

Open a new 750x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.

Add a new layer and flood fill with white.

Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 3, copy and close the original.  Paste as a new layer.  Layers, new mask layer, from image and find Vivienne's mask in the drop down.  Click ok and merge group. You can close the mask as we no longer need it.  Resize 95%.

Open element 119, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  

Open element 42, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the mask.

Open element 28, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the city.

Open element 60, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the sign.

Open element 21, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the map.

Open element 58, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the sign over the Train word.

Open element 49, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the route 66 sign.

Open element 53, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the route 66 sign.

Open element 97, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the gas pump.

Open element 61, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Drop shadow.  Select the mask layer, select all, float, defloat and invert.  Select the road layer, using the eraser tool, erase the sharp edges on the bottom of the road.  Select none.

Open element 43, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the road.

Open element 1, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left about the middle of the road.

Open element 44, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, free rotate to the right by 15 degrees, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right just over the city.

Open element 41, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the photos.

Open element 34, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the car.

Open element 56, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen, free rotate to the right by 15 degrees, and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the tires.

Open element 107, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tires.

Open element 89, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the ivy.

Open element 46, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the road so it covers the edge.

Open element 5, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the suite case.

Open element 32, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the left of the clock.

Open element 47, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the passport and clock.

Copy your tube.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow. Move slightly up and to the left.

Open element 26, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tube slightly to the right.

Open element 81, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tube's left hip.

Open element 30, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom center of the tube.

Open element 95, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the direction sign.

Open element 29, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of left of the tube.

Open element 24, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of right of the blue suite cases.

Open element 94, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of left of the blue suite cases.

Open element 4, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of right of the camera.

Open element 23, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the blue suite cases.

Open element 17, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the car.

Add any other elements you like and make any adjustments to the layers.

Crop away any extra space.  Resize 650 on the longest side, all layers checked.

Add your copyright and name.

Make sure your tag is saved as a psp image file as you do not want to loose it if psp crashes.

Might want to grab a coffee :)

If you do not want to animate, hide the white background layer and export as png.

Open Kiya's animated 80 in animation shop.  

Go to animation, resize by 45%.

Back to psp.

We need to prepare our tag to take into animation shop.

Starting from the bottom, hold down your ctrl key and click all the layers up to and including the City layer.  Layer, new layer group.

ok we are now ready to start to animate.  

Select group 1 and go to edit, copy.

Back to animation shop.

Edit, paste as new animation or Ctrl + V.

There are 16 frames in Kiya's animation so we will need 16 frames for our tag.

Holding down the Shift + Ctrl tap the L on your keyboard 15 times.  We now have 16 frames.  It will show you how many frames you have in the bottom right corner of AS.

Go to edit, select all.

Back to Kiya's animation, select all, edit, copy.

Back to the base tag.  

Go to edit, paste into selected frames.  

The animation will be handing off your mouse pointer.  Move to the bottom of the City.

View your animation by going to view, animation.  If you are happy with placement continue to the next step.  If you do not like the animation placement, hit ctrl + Z on your keyboard to undo the last step then ctrl + E to paste into selected frames.

You can close Kiya's animation as we no long need it.  Do not save changes.

Back to psp.

Select the group 1 layer and click on the eyeball to hide the group.  Now we will only have the top of the tag visible.  Go to Edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to animation shop.

Edit, paste as new animation or Ctrl + V.

Holding down the Shift + Ctrl tap the L on your keyboard 15 times.  We now have 16 frames.  It will show you how many frames you have in the bottom right corner of AS.

Go to edit, select all, edit, copy.

Back to the base tag.  

Go to edit, paste into selected frames.

I lined the copyright to the corner of the skyline.

View your animation by going to view, animation.  If you are happy with placement continue to the next step.  If you do not like the animation placement, hit ctrl + Z on your keyboard to undo the last step then ctrl + E to paste into selected frames.

Go to file Save as, gif and click next and next until you hit finished.  I use the default settings.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.  I would love to see your results.