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Thursday, February 1, 2024
BCA 2023 - PSP
This tutorial was written by me on September 25, 2023. 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 Elias Chatzoudis's beautiful tube "59-2". Please do not use this tube without a proper license.
You can purchase this beautiful tube at CDO. CDO is now closed.
FTU Kit: I am using a gorgeous kit called "Awareness-Mini" created by Sophisticat Simone. This gorgeous previous PTU kit, now FTU, can be found at Scrappy Bit of Fun blog here.
FTU Animation: I am using Sophisticat Simone's gorgeous FTU BCA Animations 2023. You can download it from her blog here. I am using ani #3.
Mask: 0078 by Vivienne. Thank you for your awesome masks. You can download it from her blog here. I am using the png versions for this tutorial.
Font of choice for your name. I used a PTU font called Breast Cancer which you can purchase here.
Plug in: None
Drop shadow of choice.
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 :)
Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.
Remember to save often. When resizing an image don't forget to sharpen the layer.
When I state "open an element". I mean Open element ####, copy and paste as a new layer.
Open a new 800x800 transparent image. We will resize later. Flood fill with white.
Open E-046. Resize 92% and move to the upper center of the tag.
Open Vivienne's mask 0078. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize 75% and mirror it. Position it towards the bottom left. Select all>Float>Defloat and add a new raster layer. Open paper P-003, copy and close the original. Select the new raster layer. Go to Edit>paste into selections. Select none and delete Vivienne's mask.
Open E-048. Resize 31% and move to the top left. Drop shadow.
Open W-001. Resize 129% and move to the top right. Lower the Opacity to 50%.
Open W-002. Resize 92% and move to the top right over the Hope WA.
Open E-045. Resize 49% and move to the top right over the WA. Duplicate and mirror. Move to the left middle of E-046.
Open E-021. Resize 34% and move to the lower right element E-046. Drop shadow.
Open F-004. Resize W: 54% and move to the middle of element E-046. Drop shadow.
Open E-019. Resize 50% and move to the upper left side over the clock. Drop shadow.
Open F-001. Resize 62% and move to the middle of F-004. Using your magic wand, click in the center of the frame. Selections>Modify>expand by 3. Add a new raster layer and drag under the frame.
Open paper P-007. Copy and close the original. Standing on the new raster layer, Edit>Paste into selections and select none. Drop shadow the frame.
Open E-038. Resize 37% and move to the lower left of the flowers.
Duplicate, resize W: 43%. Angle 270.716 degrees. Move to the upper left of the bottom mask. Drop shadow each layer.
Open E-020b. Resize 72% and move to the middle of the frame.
Open W-003. Move to the middle of the frame over the bubbles. Drop shadow.
Open the tube. Copy and paste as a new layer. The sizes might be different as I had purchased mine at Elias's store when he had it open. Resize 67% and move to the left side of the frame. Duplicate this layer. On the duplicate go to Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur of 3. Duplicate the blur layer. On the top blur layer, change the blend mode to screen and lower the opacity to 30. Select the bottom blur layer and change the blend mode to Soft Light and lower the opacity to 50. Select the tube layer and apply a drop shadow. I do this when animating a tag as it helps prevent the tube from looking grainy.
Open E-009. Resize 32% and move to the lower middle of the tube. Drop Shadow.
Open E-012b. Resize 20% rotate 20 degrees to the left. Move to the lower left of the tube. Drop shadow.
Open E-001. Resize 12% and move to the lower left of the folder.
Duplicate move to the right of the folder. Drop shadow each layer.
Open E-050. Resize 21% and move to the lower left of the folder.
Duplicate, mirror and move to the right of the tube. See mine for placement. Drop shadow each layer.
Open E-037. Resize 25% and move to the lower middle of the flowers. See mine for placement. Drop shadow.
Open E-034. Resize 22% and move to the lower left of E-037. See mine for placement. Drop shadow.
Open E-003. Resize 22% and move to the lower left of the file. See mine for placement. Drop shadow.
Open E-008. Resize 18% and move to the top left over the clock. Drop shadow.
Open E-002. Resize 18% and move to the lower right of the leaves. Drop shadow.
Open E-027. Resize W: 22% and move to the lower left of the mask. Drop shadow.
Open E-005. Resize 25% and move to the lower right of the tube. Drop shadow.
Open E-035. Resize 25% and move to the lower right of the phone. Drop shadow.
Open E-039. Resize 18% and move to the lower right of the phone. Drop shadow.
Open E-001. Resize 8% and move to the lower right of the hat. Drop shadow.
Open W-004. Resize 65% and move to the over the lower part of the tube and elements. Drop shadow.
Open E-015. Resize 27% and move to the bottom center of the wordart. Drop shadow.
Open E-024. Resize 13% and move to the lower left of the wordart. Drop shadow.
Open E-025. Resize 20% and move to the right of element E-024. Drop shadow.
Add any other elements you like and make any adjustments to the layers.
Crop away any extra space.
Image, Image Size and resize 650 on the longest side.
Add your copyright and name.
If you do not want to animate, hide the white background layer and export as png.
Animation:
Merge all layers from the frame down. Hide this layer. Select the all of the top layer and merge visible. You should now have two layers visible in your layer pallet. The frame and the layer above the frame.
Open Animation Shop.
Open SimoneAni-BCA-2023_03.mng in animation shop.
Select all layers of the animation.
Go to Animation>cull animation. When the window pops up type 2 as we want to remove every second frame which will leave you with 13 frames. Click ok.
Go to Animation>Resize animation by 56% and click ok.
Go back to PSP. Copy your bottom layer (frame layer).
Back to AS.
Paste as a new animation. Now we need 13 frames so holding down the Shift+Ctrl tap the L on your keyboard 12 times. This should give you 13 frames. Select all the frames. Ctrl + A.
Back to Simone's animation. Select all the frames. Ctrl + A and copy the animation Ctrl + C.
Back to your frame animation. All frames selected. Now we need to paste the animation into the selected frames. Ctrl + E and place it in the center of the frame. If you don't like the placement you can always undo by using Ctrl +Z and then retry with Ctrl + E. Once you are happy with the placement of the ani, close Simone's animation but do not save changes.
Back to PSP and copy the top merged layer.
Paste as a new animation. Now we need 13 frames so holding down the Shift+Ctrl tap the L on your keyboard 12 times. This should give you 13 frames. Select all the frames. Ctrl + A.
Back to your frame animation. All frames selected. Now we need to paste the tube layers onto the selected frames. Ctrl + E and place it in the center of the frame. If you don't like the placement you can always undo by using Ctrl +Z and then retry with Ctrl + E.
Select all the frames in animation shop. Go to animation>Frame properties and set it to 15.
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.
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