This tutorial was written by me on August 2, 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 fabulous new Kiya Designs tube called "Be Bold" You can get this beauty at Kiya's store here.  

FTU Kit:  I am using an awesome kit called "Technolime" created by Mizteeques.  You can download this kit at Mizteeques blog here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs gorgeous animation 67 from pack 22.  You can purchase her animation at her store here.

Mask:  Mask 347 by Mizteeque. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the jpg versions for this tutorial.  Open and minimize in PSP.

FTU Word art:  I am using wordart 59 by Karmalized Scraps.  Thank you for your wordart Karma.  You can download it from her blog here.

Font of choice for your name.

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.

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 16, copy and close the original.  Paste as new raster layer then go to Layers, new mask layer, from Image and locate the mask in the drop down.  Apply the mask and merge group.  Resize the mask by 110%.

Open element 24, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move up slightly.

Open Frame 3, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60% and sharpen.   Move up slightly.  Using the magic wand, click inside each of the frames.  Selections, modify, expand by 3.  Add a new raster layer and drag this under the frame.  Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 9, copy and close the original.  Select the new raster layer and paste into selections.  Select none and drop shadow the frame.

Open element 31, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, mirror and sharpen.  Move to the top right of the frame.

Open element 32, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, mirror and sharpen.  Move to the bottom left of the frame.

Open element 20, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the left frame.

Open element 6, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move over the right frame.

Open element 22, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%,  mirror, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the computer key.

Open element 21, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the computer.

Open your tube.  Select the layers you would like to use.  Edit, copy special, copy merged.  You can close the original.  Paste as a new layer and resize by 38%, sharpen and drop shadow.

Open element 17, 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 26, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the ribbon.  See mine for placement.

Open element 12, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tube by her left hand when looking at the tube.

Open Karma's wordart, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move down slightly.  See mine for placement.

Open element 5, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right of the lime slice.

Open element 16, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tube.

Open element 10, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the Radio.

Open element 16, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the Radio.

Open element 11, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom center of the Radio.

Open element 3, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom in front of the computer speakers.

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 you do not want to loose it if psp crashes.

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

Might want to grab a coffee :)

Open Kiya's animated in psp.  Shift + D to duplicate it and close the original.  Do not save any changes as a psd file will merge into one layer.  We do not want this to happen.  

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from layer 21, hold down your control key and select each layer so the next one will be 20 then 19 etc until you reach frame 2.  Standing on frame 2, click on the eyeball on the left side of the frame layer.  Hold down the Ctrl key and select frame layer 1.  Once all the layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them.  All layers selected? 

Next we need to group these layers.  Go to Layers, New layer group.  Scroll all the way to the top and you will see Group 1 with all the layers as sub layers.  

Select group 1, copy and close the original.  Select your tag layer and paste.  When you paste grouped layers it will always go to the top.  Standing on group one select the link icon to link all the layer.  Click the arrow beside the new group to hide all the sub layers.

Standing on Group 1, drag this group up the layer pallet to a spot you like.  I dragged it up to just below the tube layer.  Resize by 60%.  Select the pick tool and standing on Group 1 Move to the top of the tag.

Ok we are now finished our tag and ready to animate.

Open Animation shop and go back to psp.

With only frame 1 of the animations visible, edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to Animation shop.

Edit, paste as new animation or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V.

**Back to psp.

Hide Frame 1 by clicking on the eyeball and unhide frame 2 by clicking on the eyeball. Edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to Animation Shop.

We need to paste after current frame.  Go to edit, paste after current frame.  Keyboard shortcut  Shift+Ctrl+L**

Repeat from **to** until you have 21 frames in animation shop.  It will tell you on the bottom right corner how many frames you have.  

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.