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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
FTU: A Taste of Halloween
This tutorial was written by me on September 22, 2018. 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.
PTU Tube: I am using Halloween Witch by Alex Prihodko. Please do not use this tubes without a proper license.
You can purchase it at Pics for Design here.
FTU Kit: I am using an awesome kit called "A Taste of Halloween" created by MizTeeques . You can download the kit from her blog here.
Mask: Hw18fecnikek. Created by Fecnikek. You can download it here. Open and minimize in PSP.
FTU Font: Spooky Wooky. You can download it from Dafont here.
Plug in: None
I am using a drop shadow (D/S) of V 0 H 5, Opacity 75, blur 10, color black throughout the tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Let's get started.
Open a new 750x750 transparent image. We will resize later.
Copy the mask and paste as a new layer. Resize 23%. Select all, float, defloat and add a new raster layer.
Open paper of choice. I am using paper 12, copy and close the original. Standing on the new raster layer, edit, paste into selections. Select none and delete the original mask layer. Duplicate and merge down.
Open element 26, copy and close the original. Select the mask layer and paste. Resize 45% and move to the top center. Duplicate and move to the lower right side of the original frame. Duplicate again and move to the bottom left a little lower then the right side. Merge down the three frames. Using your magic wand, click in the center of each frame. Selections, modify, expand by 10. Add a new raster layer and move it under the frame. Open Paper of choice. I used paper 8, copy and close the original. Select the new raster layer, edit, paste into selections. Deselect.
Using your magic wand, click in the lower left frame. Selections, modify, expand by 10. Mirror your tube and copy it. Select the paper layer and paste. Move the tube until you see the face in the selection. Once happy with placement, selections, invert and hit delete on the keyboard. Select none. Duplicate the tubes face. Change the blend mode on the bottom tube to soft light and change the blend mode on the top tube to multiply. Drop shadow the frame and undo the mirror on the original tube.
Open element 69, copy and close the original. Select the mask layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the upper right side of the frame. Duplicate and merge down.
Open element 61, copy and close the original. Select the ghost layer and paste. Resize 50% and move to the upper left corner of the mask. Drop shadow.
Open element 51, copy and close the original. Select the frame layer and paste.
Open element 54, copy and close the original. Select the mask layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the upper right of the top frame. Duplicate and mirror. Move to the far left just above the bottom frame. Drop shadow each layer.
Copy merge your main tube, select the sparkle layer and paste. Resize 40% and move up slightly. Duplicate. On the bottom layer, adjust, blur, Gaussian blur set to 5 and click ok. Change the blend mode to screen. Drop shadow the top tube.
Open element 48, copy and close the original. Select the sparkle layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the frame. Drop shadow.
Open element 21, copy and close the original. Select the cauldron layer and paste. Resize 30% and again by 80%. Move to the bottom center. Drop shadow.
Open element 4, copy and close the original. Select the cauldron layer and paste. Resize 35% and move to the bottom left of the frame. Duplicate and mirror. Move to the bottom right of the cauldron. Drop shadow each layer.
Open element 16, copy and close the original. Select the top pumpkin layer and paste. Resize 25% and move to the top of the left bottom frame so it looks like he is sitting on it. Duplicate and change the blend mode to hard light. Merge down and drop shadow.
Open element 31, copy and close the original. Select the cauldron layer and paste. Resize 35% and move to the bottom right so it sits behind the pumpkin. Duplicate and mirror. Move up and to the right slightly. Drop shadow each layer.
Open element 33, copy and close the original. Select the top layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom right so it sits slightly to the left of the pumpkin. Drop shadow.
Open element 27, copy and close the original. Select the top pumpkin layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom left so it slightly overlaps the pumpkin. Drop shadow.
Open element 23, copy and close the original. Select the top pumpkin layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom left so it is between the sack and heel of the tube. Drop shadow.
Open element 3, copy and close the original. Select the sparkle layer and paste. Resize 25% and move to the bottom right of the frame, duplicate and mirror. Move up slightly. Duplicate again and image free rotate to the left 90 degrees. Move the layer just above the top pumpkin layer. Move to the bottom left. Duplicate and mirror. Move slightly to the right. Drop shadow each layer.
Open element 11, copy and close the original. Select the top vine layer and paste. Resize 25% and move to the bottom center so it covers the bottom of the books. Drop shadow.
Open element 22, copy and close the original. Select the cat layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom right. Drop shadow.
Open element 28, copy and close the original. Select the poison bottle layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom left just in front of the pumpkin. Drop shadow.
Open element 34, copy and close the original. Select the sack layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom left so it is in front of the sack and poison bottle. Drop shadow.
Open element 81, copy and close the original. Select the open book layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom right just to the left of the book. Drop shadow.
Open element 25, copy and close the original. Select the top layer and paste. Resize 20% and move to to the bottom center. Drop shadow.
Add any other elements you like.
Merge visible.
Image, resize by 600 pixels on the longest side, all layers checked.
Adjust sharpness, Unsharpen mask, radius and clipping set to 5 and strength set to 30. Click ok.
Add your copyright and name.
Save as png.
I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. I would love to see your results.
FTU: Recover
This tutorial was written by me on April 18, 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.
PTU Tube: I am using a beautiful tube by Nocturne called "Earthday". Please do not use this tubes without a proper license.
You can purchase this tube at PFD here.
FTU Kit: I am using a beautiful kit called "Recover" created by Karmalized Scraps. You can download the kit from her blog here. Thank you Ashley for this gorgeous kit.
Masks: Mask 324 by Mizteeques. You can grab them here. You will need the png version for this tutorial. Open and minimize in psp.
FTU Font Historic Seattle. You can download it from dafont here.
Plug in: Eyecandy 4000 - Gradient glow.
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 :)
Let's get started.
Open a new 800x800 transparent image. We will resize later.
Add a new layer and flood fill with white.
Select raster 1, copy Misteeque's mask, edit>paste as a new layer. Select all, float, defloat and and a new raster layer. You can close the mask now as we no longer need it.
Open paper of choice. I am using paper 6, copy, back to the new raster layer, edit, paste into selections. Select none and delete the original mask layer.
Copy your tube and paste as a new layer. Image, resize 35%, all layers not checked and move to the lower right corner of the mask. Drop shadow.
Open element 44, copy and close the original. Select the mask layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the upper left of the mask. Drop shadow.
Open element 31, copy and close the original. Select the mask layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the middle right. Duplicate and mirror. Move this layer to the upper left. Drop shadow each layer.
Open element 27, copy and close the original. Select the stair way layer and paste. Resize 40% and move behind the tube to the left.
Drop shadow.
Open element 37, copy and close the original. Select the pillar layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the bottom left so it covers the bottom of the pillar. Drop shadow.
Open element 47, copy and close the original. Select the top tree layer and paste. Resize 15% and move up so it is in the middle of the arch. Drop shadow.
Open element 12, copy and close the original. Select the owl layer and paste. Resize 20% and move to the bottom of the archway. Drop shadow.
Open element 15, copy and close the original. Select the stairway layer and paste. Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of the stairway. Drop shadow.
Open element 26, copy and close the original. Select the stone angel layer and paste. Resize 15% and mirror. Move to the upper right corner of the mask and drop shadow.
Open element 50, copy and close the original. Select the bottom tree layer and paste. Resize 40% and move to the far upper left of the tag. Drop shadow.
Open element 37 again, copy and close the original. Select the clock layer and paste. Resize 40% and again by 90%. Mirror and move to the bottom of the clock. Drop shadow.
Open element 33, copy and close the original. Select the clock layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of the clock. Drop shadow.
Open element 34, copy and close the original. Select the leaf layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of the clock. Drop shadow.
Open element 21, copy and close the original. Select the top leaf layer and paste. Resize 20% and move to the left so it is over the clock. Drop shadow.
Open element 22, copy and close the original. Select the top angel and paste. Resize 30% and move to the bottom left. Drop shadow.
Open element 20, copy and close the original. Select the tube layer and paste. Resize 20%, image, free rotate to the right by 20 degrees. Move to the bottom left corner of the tube and drop shadow.
Open element 17, copy and close the original. Select the heart layer and paste. Resize 20% and move to the bottom so it is in front of the heart. Drop shadow.
Open element 24, copy and close the original. Select the heart layer and paste. Resize 15% and resize again by 80 mirror. Move to the far bottom left of the heart. Drop shadow.
Open element 23, copy and close the original. Select the mask layer and paste. Resize 15% and move to the bottom left so it is slightly over the mask. Drop shadow.
Open element 25, copy and close the original. Select the top clock layer and paste. Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the clock. Drop shadow.
Open element 53, copy and close the original. Select the heart layer and paste. Resize 30% and move to the bottom center of the tube. Drop shadow.
Open element 38, copy and close the original. Select the heart layer and paste. Resize 30% and move to the bottom left just over the heart. Drop shadow.
Open element 39, copy and close the original. Select the heart layer and paste. Resize 25% and mirror. Move to the bottom left of the tube. Drop shadow.
Open Spray 2, copy and close the original. Select the tube layer and paste. Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the tube and slightly to the right. Drop shadow.
Open wordart 2, copy and close the original. Select the bubble layer and paste. Resize 20% and again by 70%. Move to the middle left.
Duplicate this layer. One the bottom layer, using your manual color correction change the source to white and target color #d2b1bb. Click o and repeat. Using your pick tool, click the left arrow on your keyboard x3 and up x3. Add a gradient glow, basic tab 5, color tab click on medium. click ok. Click on the top word art layer and apply the following drop shadow. V 0, H -2, Opacity 50, blur 2 color black. While standing on the top wordart layer, merge down. Repeat the gradient glow but change the color to #dfc7cc. Resize the wordart by another 80%.
Add any other elements you like.
Hide the white layer and merge visable.
Image, resize by 600 pixels on the longest side, all layers checked.
Adjust sharpness, Unsharpen mask, radius and clipping set to 5 and strength set to 30. Click ok.
Add your copyright and name.
Save as png.
I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. I would love to see your results.
Have Fun!!
FTU: Romantic Steampunk
Sunday, February 4, 2024
The Unveiling
This tutorial was written by me on March 12, 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 Nocturne's beautiful tube "Shalott". Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase her at PFD here.
PTU Kit: I am using a gorgeous kit called "The Unveiling" created by Doodle by Design. You can purchase her kit here.
PTU Animation: I am using Rebel Dezigns awesome animation 1673 from pack 556. You can purchase her awesome animations here.
Mask: 161 by Millie's PSP Madness. You can download it from her blog here. Thank you for your awesome masks. I'm using the jpg version for this tutorial.
Please see Rene's Animation How-to for PS here.
Font of choice for your name.
Plug in:
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 both 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's get started.
I will tell you which kit to pull the element from. Because we are working with a Collab, I am using elements from both kits.
The abbreviations are below for which kit to use.
DD = Deedles Dun It
DBD = Doodles by Designs
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 paper 17 from DD's kit into the tag. Click the check mark.
Drag Millie's mask into your tag. Click the check mark.
Now we need to apply the mask to the paper layer.
Standing on the mask layer. In the layers pallet, click on the Channels tab.
You will see 4 layers. We are going to work with the RGB layer.
Holding down the Ctrl key, click on the RGB thumbnail. You should see marching ants.
Select the Layers tab. Select the paper layer then go to Layers, Layer Mask, Reveal selection.
You can now delete Millie's mask as we no longer need it.
Drag DD element 57 into the tag. Resize 21% and move to the top center of the mask.
Drag DD Spray 16 into the tag. Resize 40% and move to the top center of the mask.
Drag DBD element 155 into the tag. Resize 21% and move to the top left of the mask.
Drag DD element 38 into the tag. Resize 12% and move to the lower right of the moon.
Drag DBD element 153 into the tag. Resize 17% and move just below the moon.
Drag DD element 75 into the tag. Resize 14% and move to the right of the first tree.
Drag DD element 5B into the tag. Resize 9% and move to the bottom of the dead tree.
Drag DBD element 28 into the tag. Resize 68% and move to the far right of the mask.
Drag DD element 7a into the tag. Resize 20% and move to the bottom of the rocks. Duplicate and move slightly down and to the right of the mask.
Drag DBD element 83 into the tag. Resize 60% and move to the top left of the mask just right of the rocks.
Drag DBD element 84 into the tag. Resize 34% and move to the left side of the church.
Drag DD cluster 2 into the tag. Resize 10%, mirror and move to the bottom left of the church.
Drag DBD element 152 into the tag. Resize 9% and move to the right side of the right spray. See mine for placement.
Drag DD element 18 into the tag. Resize 9% and move to the bottom right of the hill.
Drag DD element 32 into the tag. Resize 8% and move to the bottom left of the left spray.
Drag DD cluster 2 into the tag. Resize 11% and move to the top right of the stone path.
Drag DD element 20 into the tag. Resize 16% and move to the bottom of the headstone.
Drag DD element 10b into the tag. Resize 11% and move to the bottom of the church steps.
Drag DBD element 118 into the tag. Resize 4% and move to the lower right of the right spray.
Drag DD Spray 20 into the tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the sprays. See mine for placement
Drag DD element 8 into the tag. Resize 17% and move to the bottom center of the log.
Drag the main tube into the tag. Resize 30% and move to the center of the mask.
Drag DD element 71 into the tag. Resize 13% and move to the bottom left of the tube.
Drag DD element 72 into the tag. Resize 12% and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag DD Spray 14 into the tag. Resize 27% and move to the bottom center of the tube.
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 of our elements. I actually 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 top layer. Right click and paste layer styles.
Drop shadow complete :)
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.
Add your copyright and name.
If you do not want to animate. Hide the white background layer Save your tag and export as png.
Might want to grab a coffee :)
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 odd the layers. Starting from layer 25, hold down your control key and select each odd layer so the next one will be 23 then 21 etc. Once all the odd layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them. All odd layers selected?
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 moon layer.
Back to the animation. Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag. Ctrl+T and resize 60%. Move to the upper portion of the mask.
Close the original animation and don't save changes.
Now, hold down the Ctrl key and click on the Moon thumbnail. Now right click on the mask thumbnail and select add mask to selection.
Standing on Group 1 layer, go to Layers>Layer Mask>Reveal selection.
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 14 and hit the trash can. Repeat for all the remaining frames. You should be left with 13 frames in the animation window. This is the amount of frames for our animation.
This next step is very important. Any changes you do from here you must be on frame 1 in the Timeline viewer.
Go to the bottom of your tag in the layers 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's 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 13. 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 don't 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. Click on the image to enlarge it if needed. Click save. 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.
Taste of Halloween
This tutorial was written by me on October 16, 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 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 CS5 but this tutorial should work with any version.
You can download the 7 day trial of PS here.
PTU Tube: I am using Nocturne's beautiful new tube "Witches". Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase this beautiful tube at PFD here.
FTU Kit: I am using a gorgeous kit called "A Taste of Halloween" created by Mizteeques Digital Designs. You can download the kit from her blog here. Thank you for your awesome kits.
FTU Animation: I am using Sophisticat Simone's awesome bats animation. You can download it here.
Thank you for your awesome animation.
Mask: I am using the mask 365 by Mizteeques. You can get it here.
Mask 86 by Vivienne's Paintbox. You can get it here.
Thank you for your awesome masks.
Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.
Font of choice for your name.
Plug in: None
Drop shadow of choice.
Let's get started.
Remember to save your tag often in case PS crashes. I always save my tags as a psd image. It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.
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 :). I will be using the both method for this tutorial.
For resizing and rotating I use the Ctrl+T command.
To mirror or Flip go to Image, Image rotation, Flip Canvas Horizontal (mirror) or Flip canvas vertical (Flip).
Let's 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 Mizteeques mask into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the top left of the canvas.
Drag Vivienne's mask into your tag. Resize 30% and move slightly down and to the right.
Holding down the ctrl key, select Mizteeques mask in the layer pallet. Right click and merge layers.
Drag paper 11 into your tag. Holding down the shift key, drag the top left and bottom right corners of the paper until it fits the canvas. Standing on the paper layer, right click and create a clipping mask.
Drag element 78 into your tag. Resize 80% and move to the top left of the mask.
Select the layer under the frame.
Drag paper 4 into your tag. Resize 60% and move it into a spot you like within the frame.
Select the frame layer. Using the magic wand, click inside the frame. Select, modify, expand by 5.
Select the paper layer. Layers, Layer mask, reveal selections.
Select the frame layer.
Drag element 40 into your tag. Resize 70% and move to the top left of the frame.
Drag element 46 into your tag. Click the check mark and move to the top left of the frame. Lower the opacity to 85%.
Drag element 54 into your tag. Click the check mark and move to the left side of the frame.
Drag element 69 into your tag. Resize 60% and move it over the tree.
Drag element 48 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the bottom right of the tree.
Drag element 31 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom of the cauldron.
Drag element 55 into your tag. Resize 70% and move to the top right of the frame.
Drag element 64 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the right of the mask.
Drag element 25 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the right of the head stone.
Drag element 7 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the head stone.
Drag element 4 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom of the flowers.
Select the tube layer you would like to use and drag it into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the right of the frame. See mine for placement.
Drag element 42 into your tag. Click the check mark and move to the bottom left of the tube.
Drag element 51 into your tag. Resize 80% and move to the bottom left of the tube.
Drag element 43 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag element 5 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag element 38 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the bottom right of the tube by the pumpkin.
Drag element 56 into your tag. Resize 20% and move to the bottom right of the tube by the pumpkin.
Drag element 12 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom right of the light.
Drag element 18 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the tube. See mine for placement.
Drag element 21 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of the tube.
Drag element 60 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom right of the pail.
Drag element 23 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of the skulls.
Drag element 33 into your tag. Resize 25% and move to the bottom of the potion.
Drag element 11 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the books.
Drag element 16 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the books.
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. See my settings below.
Oh almost forgot we need to drop shadow all of our elements. I actually 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 top layer. Right click and paste layer styles. Drop shadow complete :)
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. Lower the opacity to 80%
Repeat the above step for the cat layer.
Add your copyright and name.
If you do not want to animate. Hide the white background layer Save your tag and export as png.
Might want to grab a coffee :)
Open Simone's bat 2 psd file in PS. You will notice that there is 16 layers in this animation and it does not have the group layer. That is ok as we are going to learn how to do this so it matches the animation layers of the tube.
We need to group all the layers. Starting from layer 16, hold down your shift key and select layer 1. Once all the layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them.
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 cloud layer above the frame.
Back to the animation. Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag. Ctrl+T and resize 40%. Move to a spot you like best. I moved it to the center of the frame.
Close the original animation and don't 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 animation viewer is open on the bottom of PS. I you do not see a row that has Animation (Frames) on the bottom, go to Windows, Animation.
Next is animating.
Click on the little icon at the right end of the animation screen then select make frames from layers.
When the pop up shows 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 17 and hit the trash can. Repeat for all the remaining frames. You should be left with 16 frames in the animation window. This is the amount of frames for our animation.
This next step is very important. Any changes you do from here you must be on frame 1 in the animation window. It will be highlighted in blue.
Go to the bottom of your tag in the layers 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's 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 16. 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 don't accidentally make any changes.
Now to save our tag as a gif.
Go to File, save for web device.
A new pop up window will appear. Change the settings to my screen shot below. Click on the image to enlarge it if needed. Click save. 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.
Little Tree
This tutorial was written by me on November 22, 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 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 CS5 but this tutorial should work with any version.
You can download the 7 day trial of PS here.
PTU Tube: I am using Nocturne's beautiful new tube "Little Tree". Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase this beautiful tube at PFD here.
FTU Kit: I am using a gorgeous kit called "Vintage Winter" created by Graphics of Fantasy. This gorgeous free kit can be found here. You will need to register to download the kits.
Mask: I am using mast 887 by Rachel Designs. Thank you for your awesome masks. You can get it here.
Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.
Font of choice for your name.
Plug in: None
Drop shadow of choice.
Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.
Let's get started.
Remember to save your tag often in case PS crashes. I always save my tags as a psd image. It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.
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 :). I will be using the both method for this tutorial.
For resizing and rotating I use the Ctrl+T command.
To mirror or Flip go to Image, Image rotation, Flip Canvas Horizontal (mirror) or Flip canvas vertical (Flip).
Let's 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 your tag. Holding down the shift key, pull up on the left corner and down on the right corner until you find a size you like.
Drag paper 6 into your tag. Holding down the shift key, pull up on the left corner and down on the right corner until it fits the canvas. Standing on the paper layer, right click and create a clipping mask.
Drag element 108 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the top of the mask.
Drag element 131 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the top right of the mask.
Drag element 130 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the top left of the mask.
Drag frame 3 into your tag. Click the check mark and move to the top left of the mask.
Select the layer under the frame and drag paper of choice into the tag. I am using paper 3. Click the check mark and move under the frame.
Select the frame layer. Using the magic wand, click inside the frame. Select, modify, expand by 5.
Select the paper layer under the frame. Layers, Layer mask, Reveal selection.
Drag element 57 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the top center of the frame. Holding down the alt key, select the mask icon on the paper layer, and drag it onto the icicle layer. You should not have two mask layers. One on the paper layer and one on the icicle layer.
Select the frame layer.
Drag element 97 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of the frame. Duplicate and mirror. Move to the left side of the frame by the point of the star. See mine for placement.
Drag element 119 into your tag. Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of the frame.
Drag element 104 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of the lower branch.
Drag element 89 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the bottom of element 119.
Drag element 106 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the bottom of the tree on the right.
Drag element 39 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the clock.
Drag element 24 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom of the clock.
Drag element 6 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom right of the right tree. See mine for placement.
Drag element 3 into your tag. Resize 45% and move to the bottom left of the clock.
Drag element 109 into your tag. Resize 15% and move to the center right of the white tree on the right side.
Select the layers you would like to use on your tube by clicking on the eyeball to make the layers visible. Click on the eyeball of a visible layer to hide it. Holding down the Ctrl key, Select each visible layer. Once all layers are selected hit Ctrl+G on your keyboard to group the layer. Select your move tool and select group 1. Drag this into your tag. You can close the original and do not save the changes. Standing on group 1 in the layer pallet, right click and convert to smart object. Your group layers are now one single layer. Hit Ctrl+T on the keyboard and click on the link between the H & W. Resize 35% and move to the center of the mask. See mine for placement.
Drag element 11 into your tag. Resize 70% and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag element 128 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom left of the tube.
Drag element 45 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom center of the tube.
Drag element 90 into your tag. Resize 35% and move to the bottom left of the the red flower.
Drag element 67 into your tag. Resize 60% and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag element 26 into your tag. Resize 60% and move over the white branch.
Drag element 21 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the left side of the tube.
Drag element 16 into your tag. Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the mailbox.
Drag element 141 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the bottom left of the mailbox.
Drag element 38 into your tag. Holding down the shift key, pull up on the left corner until you find a size you like. Move to the bottom of element 141.
Drag element 71 into your tag. Resize 25% and move to the bottom in front of the red leaves.
Drag element 31 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom left of element 71.
Drag element 27 into your tag. Resize 30% and move to the bottom right of the horse.
Drag element 72 into your tag. Resize 50% and move to the bottom left of the red ball.
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. See my settings below.
Oh almost forgot we need to drop shadow all of our elements. I actually 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 up to but do not include the paper layer under the frame. Right click and paste layer styles.
Now select the frame layer. Holding down the shift key, select the top layer. Right click and paste layer style.
Drop shadow complete :)
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.
Add your copyright and name.
Hide the white background layer. Save your tag and as png.
I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. I would love to see your results.
Liquid Diamond
This tutorial was written by me on March 23, 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 Nocturne's beautiful tube "Liquid Diamond". Please do not use this tube without a proper license.
You can purchase this beautiful tube at PFD here.
FTU Kit: I am using a gorgeous kit called "Lilac Melody" created by Tiny Turtle Designs. This gorgeous free kit can be found at Tiny Turtle Designs store here.
You will need to register with the store to download the free kit.
PTU Animation: I am using Rebel Dezigns awesome animation 1003 from pack 334. You can purchase her awesome animations here.
Mask: 366 by Mizteeques. 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.
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 :). I will be using the both 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).
Let's get started.
Remember to save your tag often in case PS crashes. I always save my tags as a psd image. It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.
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 Mizteeque's mask into the tag. Click the check mark and move up slightly to the left.
Drag paper 1 into the tag. Click the check mark. Right click on the paper layer and select "Create a clipping mask"
Drag paper 15 into the tag. Click the check mark. Right click on the paper layer and select "Create a clipping mask". Change the blend mode to Linear Burn.
Drag element 124 into the tag. Resize 43% and move to the upper left of the mask.
Select the layer under the frame and drag paper 7 into the tag. Resize 27% and move under the frame into a spot you like best.
Standing on the frame layer. Using the magic wand, hold down the shift key and click in each opening of the frame. Go to Select>Modify>Expand by 3.
Select the paper layer. Go to Layers>Layer Mask>Reveal selection.
Standing on the paper layer, drag the tube into the tag. Move into the frame. I used the bottle portion with the liquid diamonds.
Once happy with placement, hold down the Alt key and select the mask thumbnail on the paper layer. Still holding down the Alt key, drag the mask onto the tube layer.
You should now have two mask layers. One on the paper and one on the tube. Change the blend mode to hard light.
Select the layer under the paper layer of the frame. We are going to work under the frame.
Drag element 96 into the tag. Resize 23% and move to the top left of the frame.
Drag element 26 into the tag. Resize 14% and move to the lower left of the music paper.
Drag element 86 into the tag. Resize 24% and move to the top of the frame.
Drag element 88 into the tag. Resize 16% and move to the right of the frame just slightly down from the top.
Drag element 110 into the tag. Resize 19% and move to the top left of the frame.
Drag element 12 into the tag. Resize 16% and move to the bottom of the music paper.
Drag element 10 into the tag. Click the check mark, mirror and move slightly up and to the left.
Drag element 14 into the tag. Resize 18%, mirror and move to the bottom of element 12.
Select the frame layer.
Drag element 58 into the tag. Resize 46% and move to the bottom right of the mask.
Drag element 68 into the tag. Resize 21% and move to the bottom of the frame.
Drag element 104 into the tag. Resize 13% and move to the bottom left of the frame.
Drag element 101 into the tag. Resize 14% and move to the bottom right of the frame.
Drag element 69 into the tag. Resize 14% and move to the bottom of the frame.
Drag tube of choice into the tag. Resize 35%, mirror and move to the center of the tag. Note: If you want to use the wings you will need to group the tube layer and wing layer first
before dragging into the tag. To do this, hold down the ctrl key and select each layer you would like to use. Hit Ctrl + G on the keyboard. Drag Group 1 into the tag. Right
click on Group 1 and convert to a smart object. This will merge your group.
Drag element 76 into the tag. Resize 33%, mirror and move to the bottom of the tube.
Drag element 30 into the tag. Resize 13% and move to the bottom center of the tube.
Drag element 116 into the tag. Resize 27%, rotate -90 degrees and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag element 23 into the tag. Resize 7% and move to the top left of the frame.
Drag element 45 into the tag. Resize 13% and move to the bottom right of the purple flower.
Drag element 112 into the tag. Resize 21% and move to the right of the mask.
Drag element 114 into the tag. Resize 9% and move to the bottom right of the mask.
Drag element 80 into the tag. Resize 27%, mirror and move to the bottom right of the tube.
Drag element 73 into the tag. Resize 21% and move to the bottom of the mask.
Drag element 84 into the tag. Resize 11% and move to the bottom left of the tube.
Drag element 92 into the tag. Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of the leaf.
Drag element 40 into the tag. Resize 15% and move to the bottom of the leaf.
Drag element 85 into the tag. Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the foot stool.
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 of our elements.
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, and select the layer under the paper layer. Right click and paste layer style. Select the frame layer, holding down the shift key, select the top layer. Right click and paste layer style. Drop shadow complete :)
Add your copyright and name.
If you do not want to animate. Hide the white background layer Save your tag and export as png.
Might want to grab a coffee :)
Select the tube layer. Right click and duplicate. On the duplicate, right click and clear layer style. Go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian blur set to 3 and 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 odd the layers. Starting from layer 25, hold down your control key and select each odd layer so the next one will be 23 then 21 etc. Once all the odd layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them. All odd layers selected?
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 close up tube layer under the frame.
Back to the animation. Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag. Ctrl+T and resize 30%. Move move the animation into the frame. Holding down the Alt key,
click on the mask thumbnail on the close up tube. Still holding down the Alt key, drag the mask onto the Group 1 animation. You should now have a copy of the mask on the group.
Close the original animation and don't 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 14 and hit the trash can. Repeat for all the remaining frames. You should be left with 13 frames in the animation window. This is the amount of frames for our animation.
This next step is very important. Any changes you do from here you must be on frame 1 in the Timeline viewer.
Go to the bottom of your tag in the layers 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's 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 13. 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 don't 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. Click on the image to enlarge it if needed. Click save. 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.
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