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Thursday, 30 August 2018

Queen of Spades


Supplies needed: 
Tube of choice -  I am using the fabulous artwork of Misticheskaya
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
My Template HERE
Font of choice 
Filters - Penta.com, Xenofex2

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th August 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Open template

Frame layer active
magic wand, feather 0, mode add
select inside numbers 1, 3, 5 & 7
expand by 1
new raster layer
floodfill with a gradient made from 2 colors from your tube
linear, angle 45, repeats 2
deselect
drag below the frame layer
name this layer 1

Back to frame layer
this time select inside numbers 2, 4 & 6
expand by 1
floodfill with same gradient but change the angle to 0
deselect
drag below frame layer
name this layer dots

Effects - Penta.com - color dot
default settings but change distance to 4

back to frame layer
magic wand, same settings as before, click inside 
all the border parts 
expand by 1
new raster layer
floodfill with a very dark color that matches your tag
deselect
drag below frame layer
name this layer border

now you can delete the numbers layer

copy and paste tube as new layer
duplicate
make sure one is just above layer 1
and the other is just above the dots layer

make layer 1 active
select all, float, defloat, invert
hit delete on 1st tube layer
deselect
dropshadow tube

make dots layer active
select all, float, defloat, invert
hit delete on 2nd tube layer
deselect
change the blend mode to screen

Frame layer
select all, float, defloat,
new raster layer, 
floodfill with a light color that matches your tag
deselect
delete original frame layer

Border Layer
duplicate twice
on bottom one, select all, float, defloat
effects - xenofex2 - constellation
star size 2
star variation 3
edge density 1
overall density 1
overdrive 100
twinkle 100
rotation 45
keep original image

repeat constellation on the other two border layers
ensure you hit random seed on each one
deselect

add name, copyright & license information
hide top 2 border layers
copy merged

Open Animation Shop (AS)
paste as new animation

back to psp
close bottom border layer
open middle border layer
copy merged

back in AS
paste after current frame

repeat for 3rd border layer

save as gif




Wednesday, 22 August 2018

Moonlight Dream



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 22nd August 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Vadis
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
My supplies HERE
Mask HERE
Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

copy and paste moonlight image as new layer
apply mask
merge group

copy and paste tube as new layer
mirror & position to the right of the mask layer
change blend mode to screen

freehand selection tool, feather 25-30
starting at the top middle of the mask layer
select around the right edge of the mask layer
and around to the middle bottom, then back around
the right edge of the canvas.
Hit delete 2 or 3 times on the tube layer
deselect

custom selection
left 130, top 157, right 160, bottom 560
new raster layer
floodfill with a color of choice from your tag
deselect

effects, texture effects, blinds
width 2, opacity 35, color a darker shade of the
color of the rectangle, horizontal & light from
both checked.
Change blend mode to multiply

copy and paste Dream wordart as new layer
postion bottom left of tag
change blend mode to overlay

add name, copyright and license information
delete white background layer
merge visible
crop and save as png