Of Being Human

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the gorgeous "Introducing Alice" by Jay of Heartbeat Creationz available from Stargazer Scraps and Twilight Scraps

Tube or image of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of David Desbois who is a FTU artist but requires written permission for use of his art

WSL_Mask228 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Twilight and JoeHand2 (Alice's handwriting)

Plugins: Xero Radiance, Eye Candy 4000 HSB Noise and Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (for text)

Let's begin....

Open a 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

Open a couple of papers of choice and minimise them

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to Rectangle
Activate your Materials Palette with the following:

Foreground - #000000
Background - Pattern

Stroke width - 5.00

Click on the "Pattern" and select one of your papers of choice
Set scale to around 70%

Hold your Shift key and draw out a square (holding shift enables all sides to be drawn symmetrically)
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Change your Pattern to another paper of choice
Hold shift again and draw out another square inside first one
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Effects > Plugins > Xero > Radiance with the following settings:

Paste Element55 (Purple Tree) as new layer
Resize by 85%
Position to the right

Paste Element54 (Black Tree) as new layer
Resize by 75%
Position to the right alongside purple tree
Duplicate, then move to left

Layers > Arrange > Move Down twice

Paste Element39 (Frame with bow) as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position to the left within SECOND square
Layers > Arrange > Move Down twice

Second Black Tree should now be BEHIND Frame

Paste image or tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position behind Frame

Effects > Plugins > Xero > Radiance with same settings as above

Paste Element6 (Purple Flower shrubs) as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position to the left and move behind Tube layer
Duplicate and set blend mode to Screen
Lower opacity to 70
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

Paste Element17 (Moon) as new layer
Resize by 90%
Position in upper right behind trees

Activate top layer

Paste Element47 (Silver Doodle Flower) as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position in upper left

Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

Paste Element41 (Fabric Flower - Purple) as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position over centre of Silver Flower
Duplicate, then set blend mode to Screen
Lower opacity to 55
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Paste Element42 (Fabric Flower - Black) as new layer
Resize by 25%

LEAVE IN POSITION!

Paste Element41 as new layer (Fabric Flower - Purple) as new layer
Resize by 20%

Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Position in lower left

Activate the Black Tree and duplicate
Position to the left
Move Tree to BEHIND Frame layer

Add new raster later
Selections > Select All
Paste a paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask228
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 50

Activate top layer

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Twilight
Text colour to match tag

Type out text or quote of choice
Position to your liking
Convert to raster layer

I also added "Alice Cullen" as the source of the quote in her handwriting (Joe Hand2)

Select another font of choice
I am using Joe Hand2 (Alice's handwriting)
Text colour #362041 (or one to match tag)
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply a Gradient Glow and drop shadow of choice

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark, then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate your Mask layer

Duplicate twice
Rename Mask1, Mask2 and Mask3

Activate Mask1 and hide the other two

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise with the following settings:

Hide Mask1 and activate Mask2
Repeat the HSB Noise adjusting only the Random Seed

Hide Mask2 and activate Mask3
Repeat again adjusting the Random Seed once more

Now for the animation!

Hide Mask2 and Mask3 activating Mask1
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Mask1 and activate Mask2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Mask2 and activate Mask3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Select All, and adjust Frame Properties to 20
Save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 28th June 2009
All rights reserved