Sunday, June 28, 2015

Swim Day


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Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the adorable artwork of Sherri Baldy which can be purchased from My Tubed Art.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used New Sailor here

Mask_71 Kreations here

Plugs Ins used:
Mura’s Meister – Copies

Animation Shop

“Surf ‘n Turf” is a FTU scrap kit created by me, Bev, HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs.  You can download it from my blog here
  
This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~~ Let’s get started ~~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste 53 as a new layer.
Resize 90%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Select/Modify/Expand by 2.
Copy and paste Paper 6 as a new layer below the frame.
Move into a position you like.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Duplicate the paper layer.
Change the Properties to Multiply and lower the Opacity to about 24.

Copy, Paste below the frame and move into position the following elements:
(Don’t worry about what overhangs the frame, we’ll clean it up in a bit)
***See NOTE below about placing a drop shadow on elements that have the Opacity of them lowered -
 29: Duplicate, in layers pallet make the bottom sand layer active and on your tag move it up a little.
42:  Resize 50% (position between the sand layers)/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Mirror
6:  Resize 35%
70:  Resize 25%
64:  Resize 15%
18:  Resize 40%/Duplicate as many times as you like and resize even smaller as you like.
62:  Resize 40%/Duplicate as many times as you like.
38 & 39: Resize 10%/Mirror one of the elements
7:  Resize 25%/Duplicate as many times as you like (lower the opacity of some to about 51)
1:  Resize 25%/ Duplicate as many times as you like and resize 70% (lower the opacity of some to about 36 or lower)
11:  Resize 20%/Lower the Opacity to about 42

After you have added all the elements, highlight the paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Any elements that overhang the paper, highlight them in your layers pallet and tap the delete key.
DO NOT DESELECT.

Create a new layer at the top of your layers pallet.
Copy and paste 30 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Luminance and lower the Opacity to about 53.

***NOTE:  To add a drop shadow to any element that the Opacity has been lowered, do the following:
Add your drop shadow but be sure to check off “Shadow on New Layer” in the Drop Shadow box.
In your layers pallet highlight the element layer.
Click anywhere outside of the element with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract by 1.
Highlight the drop shadow layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Close out your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white background.

Copy and paste 84 as a new layer just about your white background.
Resize 80%
Free rotate Right 10 degrees.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Close out the merged layer and the white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen the white background.

Copy and paste 53 as a new layer.
Move it into position – see my tag for reference.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Close out your 2 merged layers and your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen all layers.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
32
31:  Free rotate Left 25 degrees
57:  Free rotate Left 80 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror
49:  Duplicate
59:  Resize 35%
60:  Resize 30%
58:  Resize 25%
65:  Resize 65%

Copy and paste 17 as a new layer.
Resize 30%
Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies
Choose Wallpaper (Prespective)
Use Default Settings
OK
Erase any starfish you don’t want.

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.
Deselect.
To each paper layer:
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Resize the tan color mask layer 110%.
Duplicate the blue mask layer and move each mask layer a little in opposite diagonal directions.

Add your copyrights.

If you’re not going to animate then add your name and save your tag.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #7ec7d0
Background: #dacca8
Stroke: 3.0
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Duplicate your name layer 2 times for a total of 3.
Rename them:
Name Layer 1
Name Layer 2
Name Layer 3

Highlight Name Layer 1.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 28%
OK

Highlight Name Layer 2.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 38%
OK

Highlight Name Layer 3.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 48%
OK

Highlight Name Layer 1.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
Add a new Raster layer below Name 1 layer.
Flood fill with #ffffff.
Highlight Name Layer 1.
Merge Down.
The glitter name should now have a white outline to it.

Repeat the above step with Name Layer 2 and Name Layer 3.
You also may need to rename each name layer after it’s been merged with it’s white name layer.

Close out Name 2 & 3 layer.
Keep open Name 1 layer.

If you’re using the same tube as I did and you’d like to animate the bubbles with glitter as I did:

Duplicate the tube 2 times for a total of 3.
Rename them Tube 1, Tube 2, Tube 3.

Highlight Tube 1 layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Circle outline each of the little bubbles.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use the same settings as you did for your name but change the Noise % back to 28.
Highlight Tube 2.
Apply the same noise effect but change the % to 38.
Highlight Tube 3.
Apply same noise effect but change the % to 48.
Deselect.
Close out Tube 2 & Tube 3 layer.

Copy Merge.

~Time to Animate~

Open up Animation Shop.
Edit/Paste as New Animation.

Back in PSP.
Close out Name 1 layer.
Open up Name 2 layer.
Close out Tube 1 layer.
Open up Tube 2 layer.
Copy Merge.

Carry into AS.
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Back in PSP.
Close out Name 2 layer.
Open up Name 3 layer.
Close out Tube 2 layer.
Open up Tube 3 layer.
Copy Merge.

Carry into AS.
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

View your animation.
If you like it then hit Ctrl + A (to highlight all frames)
Animation/Resize Animation:
Click Pixel Size:
Width: 500
OK

Save your animation.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

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