This tutorial was written by me on May 24, 2021. 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 PS.

 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 Adobe Photoshop 2021, but this tutorial should work with any version.

 You can download the 7-day trial of PS here.

 PTU Tube:  I am using Amber's beautiful tube "Lady and Raven".  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase this tube at VM Artists here.

 PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Raven" created by Tiny Turtle Designs.  You can purchase this beautiful kit here.

 PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns awesome animation 2061 from package 686.  You can purchase her animation here.

 Mask:  879 by Rachel’s Designs. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the png versions for this tutorial.  

 Please see Rene's Animation How-to for PS here.  

 Font of choice for your name. 

Plug in: None.

 Drop shadow of choice.

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

 To open an image, I click on the element or paper in the file folder and drag it into PS.

To transfer an element or paper in PS to my tag, I left click and drag it into my working canvas.  

The other way is to left click and drag the element from the folder right onto your tag. 

 Either way you will get the same results, but the resizing will be different :).  I will be using the method for this tutorial.

 For resizing and rotating I use the CTRL +T command.

 To mirror or Flip go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal (mirror) or Flip vertical (Flip).

 Remember to save often.

 Let us get started.

Open a new 800x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.

 Go to layers, New fill layer, solid color.  When the pop-up window appears type in FFFFFF and click ok.

 Drag Rachel's mask into the tag.  Mirror and move to the top left of the canvas.  Duplicate and move to the bottom right.  Holding down the CTRL key, select each mask layer.  Right click and merge layers.

 Drag paper 24 into the tag.  Click the check mark. 

Standing on the paper layer, right click and select create a clipping mask.

 Drag paper 5 into the tag.  Click the check mark. 

Standing on the paper layer, right click and select create a clipping mask.  Change the blend mode to Linear Light.

 Drag frame 14 into the tag.  Click the checkmark and move to the top left of the mask.

 Drag element 73 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move into place.

 Drag element 8 into the tag.  Resize 50.87% and move into place.

Drag element 111 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move into place.

Drag element 20 into the tag.  Resize 36.79% and move into place.  Duplicate, flip and move into place.

 Drag element 70 into the tag.  Click the check mark, flip, and move into place.  Drag element 70 into the tag again.  Click the check mark and move to the lower right of the first element 70 layer.

 Drag element 112 into the tag.  Resize 77.63% and move into place.

 Drag element 34 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move into place.

 Select the layer under the frame.  Drag paper 28 into the tag and Click the check mark.  Move into the frame.  I moved it down slightly, so the moon is showing at the top inside of the frame.

Select the frame layer.  Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Select>Modify>expand by 3.

 Select the paper layer.  Layers>Layer Mask>Reveal selection.

 Drag element 33 into the tag.  Resize 65.39% and move into place.

 Drag element 100 into the tag.  Resize 67.68%, rotate -7.08 degrees, and move into place.

 Drag element 41 into the tag.  Resize 59.56% and move into place.  Duplicate and move to the right of the frame.

 Drag element 8 into the tag.  Resize 24.89% and move into place.

 Drag element 60 into the tag.  Resize 21.13% and move into place.

 Drag element 79 into the tag.  Resize 41.86%, rotate -27.83 degrees, and move into place.

 Drag element 18 into the tag.  Resize 15.80% and move into place.

 Drag element 71 into the tag.  Resize 56.64% and move bottom left of the frame.  Duplicate, and move to the bottom right.

 Drag element 99 into the tag.  Resize 18.04% and move into place.

 Drag element 98 into the tag.  Resize 28.64%, rotate -30 degrees, and move into place.

 Drag element 81 into the tag.  Resize 27.27% and move into place.

 Drag element 47 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move top right of the fence.  Duplicate and move to the top left of the fence.

 Drag element 109 into the tag.  Resize 44.71% and move into place.

 Drag element 94 into the tag.  Resize 40.68% and move into place.

 Drag element 82 into the tag.  Resize 26.39% and move into place.

 Drag element 106 into the tag.  Resize 32.36%, rotate -66.80 and move to the bottom of the potion bottle.

 Drag element 93 into the tag.  Resize 36.86% and move into place.

 Drag element 61 into the tag.  Resize 45.76% and move into place.

 Drag the main tube into the tag.  Resize 35% and move to the bottom right of the frame.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Resize 14.40% and move into place.

Drag element 11 into the tag.  Resize 6.56% and move into place.

 Drag element 29 into the tag.  Resize 12.31% and move into place.

Drag element 43 into the tag.  Resize 15.85% and move into place.

Drag element 108 into the tag.  Resize 252.17% and move into place.

 Drag element 44 into the tag.  Resize 12.75% and move into place.

 Drag element 101 into the tag.  Resize 15.27% and move into place.

 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.  

 Oh, almost forgot we need to drop shadow all our elements.  I do the drop shadow at the end :)

 Select the element on the bottom of your tag in the layer pallet and double click it.

 A layer style window will pop up.  Click on Drop shadow. and use the following settings.

Now right click on the layer you just applied the drop shadow.  Click copy layer style.

 Now click on the layer above and hold down the shift key, select the layer under the paper layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

 Select the frame layer, holding down the shift key, select the top layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  Drop shadow complete :)

 Add your copyright and name.

 If you do not want to animate.  Hide the white background layer and export your tag as png.

Might want to grab a coffee :)

Select the tube layer, right click, and duplicate.

 Standing on the duplicate layer, right click and clear layer style.  Go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur, and type in 3.  Click ok.  Change the blend mode to soft light.

 Open Rebel Dezigns psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 25 layers in this animation, and it does not have the group layer. 

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from layer 25, hold down your shift key and select layer 1.  This will select all the layers.

 Next, we need to group these layers.  Go to Layers, Group layers or Ctrl + G on the Keyboard.  You will see group 1 folder at the top.  Make sure Group 1 is selected.

 Select the layer you would like the animation to be placed.  I selected the paper  layer under the frame.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  CTRL + T and resize 70%.  Move to the middle of the paper.

Hold down the ALT key and click on the mask thumbnail on the paper layer.

Still holding down the ALT key, drag the mask thumbnail onto group 1.

Close the original animation and do not save changes.

Click on the little white arrow beside Group 1 to expand it.  Click on the eyeball of each layer to hide it but leave frame layer 1 visible.  Click on the arrow beside group one to hide it as we do not want to accidentally make any changes.

Next make sure your Timeline viewer is open on the bottom of PS.  I you do not see a row that has Timeline on the bottom, go to Windows, Timeline.

In the center of the Timeline viewer, you will see a drop-down box.  On the drop down select Create Frame Animations.

Next is animating.

Click on the little icon (four white lines) at the right end of the animation screen then select make frames from layers.

You are going to see a big mess in the animation window, but we are going to fix this.

Click on the first frame and click on the trash can in the animation window.  Repeat this until you reach the first frame of the animation. 

Now you should be at the first frame of the animation.  Click on frame 26 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 25 frames in the animation window.  This is the number of frames for our animation.

This next step is particularly important.  Any changes you do from here you must be on frame 1 in the Timeline viewer. It will be highlighted in white.

Go to the bottom of your tag in the layer’s pallet.  Make sure you have animation frame 1 selected.

Click on the eyeball beside each layer to make it visible.  For the white base layer, you may have to click on the eyeball a couple of times to make it visible in all the animation frames.  It is a Photoshop thing.  Do not touch the group layer.

Next, I want to slow down the animation.  With the first frame selected, hold down the shift key and click on frame 25.  This will select all the frames.

Next, click on the little black arrow beside the 0 sec as we want to change the speed.  A pop-up window will appear. 

I selected 0.2 Sec.  Now click on the play button to view the animation.  Click on it again to stop it.

Click frame 1 again so we do not accidentally make any changes.

Now to save our tag as a gif.

Go to File>Export>Save for Web (Legacy).

A new pop-up window will appear.  Change the settings to my screen shot below.  My screen shot will look different, but the settings are the same.

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