Off to Dreamland

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Dreamland" by Tracy of Soxational Scraps 

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Suzanne Woolcott which can be purchased from her store

Font of choice - I am using 2Peas Fat Frog

Plugin: Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Constellation

PSP and Animation Shop

 

**Most of the effects here were created in PSP and without the use of Plugins**

 

 

Ready? Let's go!!

 

 

Open a new 700 x 700 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Open Paper2 and minimise

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to "div39"
In your Materials Palette - set your Foreground to null and your Background to Paper2

 

On your canvas draw out shape
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

Effects > Reflections > Feedback with the following settings:

 

 

Rename Layer BACKGROUND SQUARES

 

Open Paper5 and minimise
Set your Preset Shape Tool to Rectangle
In your Materials Palette change your Background to Paper5

 

Activate your top layer
Draw out a rectangle along the edge of the inner squares

 

 

Convert to raster layer
Rename MAIN CANVAS

 

Selections > Select All
Selections > Float
Selections > Defloat

 

Add a new raster layer and name it FRAME

 

Selections > Modify > Contract by 5
Delete and deselect

 

With your Magic Wand select the FRAME
Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel with the following settings:

 

 

Deselect
Duplicate layer and set blend mode to Screen
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Paste Cloud as new layer
Resize by 40%
Duplicate and position

 

Paste StarRain2 as new layer
Resize by 58%
Position from top of MAIN CANVAS
Duplicate and set blend mode to Soft Light
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Paste Moon as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position in upper left

 

Paste Cow as new layer
Resize by 45%
Position over the Moon

 

Paste Dreamland as new layer
Resize by 75%
Position in upper right

 

Paste StarBrad1 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Duplicate several times and position each to your liking
Paste same once more and resize by 15%

 

Hide each layer but the Star Brads
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Rename YELLOW STARS
Unhide layers

 

Adjust > Brightness & Contrast > Brightness/Contrast with the following:
Brightness - 25
Contrast - 0

 

Paste StarBrad2 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Duplicate several times and position

 

Hide each layer again including the YELLOW STARS, then
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Rename BLUE STARS
Lower opacity to around 50

 

Repeat Brightness

 

You should have something like this:

 

 

Paste tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Place in position
With your Magic Wand select the inner area of your FRAME layer

 

Activate your tube again and carefully erase the excess overhanging FRAME on either side

 

 

Deselect

 

Resize

 

Activate BACKGROUND SQUARES layer
Duplicate

 

Effects > Distortion Effects > Polar Coordinantes with the following settings:

 

 

Image > Flip

 

Move layer down to a more centred position
Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Radius - 10.00

 

Effects > Texture Effects > Mosaic Antique with the following settings:

 

 

Lower opacity to 40

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using 2Peas Fat Frog
Choose a colour from your tag
Set your Material Properties to the following:
Foreground - #FFFFFF
Background - #1478d0 (or colour of choice)

 

Stroke width - 2.2 (depending on font)

 

Type out your name
Add some noise then a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 320
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #1f497f

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

**THE NEXT STEP IS FOR ANIMATION**

 

Activate BACKGROUND SQUARES AGAIN
Duplicate twice for a total of three layers
Rename layers Bling1, Bling2 and Bling3

 

Hide Bling2 and Bling3
Activate Bling1

 

Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Xenofex 2 > Constellation
Under Settings select BlingBling then use the following settings:

 

 

Edit > Copy Merged
Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

 

Hide Bling1 and activate Bling2
Repeat Constellation effect, changing the Random Seed

 

Edit > Copy Merged
Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

 

Hide Bling2 and activate Bling3
Repeat Constellation effect, again changing the Random Seed

 

Edit > Copy Merged
Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

 

Now Edit > Select All, then
Animation > Frame Properties
Set properties to 20

 

Finally save as a GIF and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

 

Here is another one I made:

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 20th April 2009
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