Animated Name Sig

supplies needed:

PSP any version

Animation Shop (AS)

Kingthings Pique n Meex font HERE

A smallish animation of choice, 

one with not too many frames is good to start with

HERE are a few good ones

Tutorial written by Mizteeque on 26th Jan 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

I have seen this tutorial done several times, several different ways

this is the way I do it,

OK lets begin!!

Open animation shop

Open your chosen animation 

ctrl & A to select all frames, copy

Open psp

paste animation as new image

Open blank canvas 600 x 350

floodfill white

Text Tool

Kingthings Pique n Meex font, size 140, background colour black

type your name

convert to raster

Select all, float, defloat

Floodfill tool

In your materials palette, set your foreground to pattern

click the thumbnail image and choose your animation image from the dropdown menu

angle 0, scale 100

floodfill your name

new raster layer

DO NOT DESELECT

back to your animation image

in your layer palette, click the eye to close off the top layer

now go back to your materials palette

choose the animation image again

you must choose the animation not current pattern or it wont change

floodfill your name

new raster layer

still keep it selected

back to animation image

close off the middle layer

back to your materials palette

choose your animation again

If using a different animation with more frames (layers) 

repeat the above steps as many times as necessary to ensure you 

floodfill your name with each layer from the animation (I hope that makes sense)

after the last layer has been filled

new raster layer

expand by 2

floodfill with a metallic gradient of your choice

contract by 3

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

dropshadow your gold outline 2,2,50,8, black

ok now to actually animate it

There are several ways of getting your tag into animation shop

with just a few frames this is how I do it

My example only has 3 frames

so I close off the top two floodfilled layers

copy merged

Paste as new animation in AS

back in psp

close bottom frame, 

open middle frame,

copy merged, 

paste after current frame in AS

back in psp

close middle frame,

open top frame

copy merged

paste after current frame in AS

save as gif and thats it your done!!

Here are a few more samples made with different animations

Pretty in Pink

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Acid Lullaby

Scrapkit - Taggers Inn Forum exclusive A Touch of Pink or scrapkit of choice

Font of choice - I am using Angelface

Filter - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient glow (optional)

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Note:  c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = Dropshadow

Open blank canvas 150 x 150

floodfill black

select all, contract by 10, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

copy

Open blank canvas 750 x 250

paste as new layer the black frame you just made

duplicate twice, position next to each other so you have a 

3 box frame, merge visible

c/p paper of choice under your frame

magic wand, tolerance 10, feather 0, mode add

click inside each box on the frame layer

invert and hit delete on your paper layer

deselect

* c/p tube

position to your liking in middle box

magic wand, click inside middle box on frame layer

expand 2, invert

hit delete on your tube layer

deselect *

change blend mode to luminance (legacy)

repeat above steps from * - * twice more

resize and change blend mode to your liking on each one.

add d/s to your frame

Merge visible

duplicate

image, rotate, left 5

c/p elements of  your choice

and position to your liking

d/s all elements

Add name, Angelface font, size 48, pink,

I added a white gradient glow to it, d/s

add copyright information

merge visible

save as png

Thats it your done!!

Tutorial written by Mizteeque on 10th Jan 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Dark Elf forum set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 6th January 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice I used the stunning artwork of  No Flutter

My Supplies HERE
Font of choice - I used Nightmare5

Filters:  Distort & Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow (both can be found HERE)

Muras Meister - Copies

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OK lets begin!!

Note:  c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50, 8 black

Open blank canvas 750 x 250

c/p tube

muras - copies, wallpaper rotate, default settings

effects, distort, wave, default settings

adjust, blur, motion blur

angle 45, strength 100

duplicate

on duplicate

effects, distortion effects, wave

following settings

(or whatever looks good to you)

using your freehand selection tool

make a random selection zig zagging across your tag

like my screenshot below

selections, invert

hit delete on your keyboard

Keep selected

c/p tube again a few times

and arrange inside the selection to your liking

then hit delete on each tube layer

deselect

Merge tube layers together

change blend mode to difference

hide bottom layer

merge visible 

unhide bottom layer

on shape layer

effects, eye candy 4, gradient glow

black halo, glow width 5

repeat gradient glow

but this time use Fat white settings

glow width 3

make bottom layer active

preset shapes, rectangle, using a fore/back gradient

made from two colours from your tag, draw out a 

rectangle from one side of your tag to the other

convert to raster, 

effects, penta.com, jeans, amount 62, width 7

change blend mode to overlay

Tag should now look something like this

make shape layer active

c/p some greenery as new layer, move to left

duplicate, image mirror & flip

change blend modes to what looks good to you

c/p sparkles as new layer, move to left

duplicate, image, mirror

c/p tube as new layer

d/s

New raster layer

floodfill with gradient we used earlier

select all, contract by 2

hit delete

deselect

You can leave the border as is or change the blend mode

to something you like, or add noise, its entirely upto you.

add copyright & name

merge all flatten

Save as jpg.

For Avatar

Selection tool, custom selection

top & left 0, bottom & right 200

selections, edit selection

move to a part of your tag you like

edit selection

copy merged

paste as new image

add border as we did for the tag

add name and cr

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Thats it your done!!

Cardinal

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th December 2014
written in psp9 but any version should work
Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional



Supplies Needed:

HERE
A winter image of choice
I have supplied a few in the supplies but please feel free to use your own
A nice script font of choice
I used Mon Amour which is a pay font


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Ok lets begin!!


Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer
d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,8 black


open blank canvas 800 x 800
floodfill white
new raster layer
make a red/white gradient
angle 45, repeats 3
floodfill canvas
apply mask



c/p image



c/p frame
using your magic wand
click inside the frame
expand by 20
invert
on image layer, hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
d/s red frame
merge visible
d/s



preset shape tool
rectangle, background white
draw out a small square bottom right of frame
convert to raster
select all, float, defloat, 
contract by 8
new raster layer, floodfill with red
contract by 8, delete
contract by 8, on your white square, hit delete
deslect
d/s red frame



c/p image again
drag below your square frames
using magic wand, click inside your white frame
expand by 5
back on your image
invert, delete
deselect
d/s white frame



hide circle layer
merge visible square layers
unhide circle layer

rotate square layer right 5



c/p cluster 4
resize by 80
position at bottom of tag
c/p white tree
drag below cluster and to the left
so it shows from under the cluster



c/p cluster 3
resize by 80
drag below circle layer
position to the right of tag
so the baubles are showing under the squares layer



Add name and copyright (if needed)
delete white background
merge visible, crop
save as png



thats it your done !!

Thank you for trying my tutorial x

Simple Christms Name

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th December 2014
written in psp9 but any version should work
Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional



Supplies needed

A pretty Christmas element of your choice

A nice font - I used Andes in the 1st example

and Cartographer in the 2nd example

Filters used - Eye Candy 5 - Glass

Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow

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OK lets begin!

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

copy and paste element as new layer

resize if necessary

duplicate element several times

hide the bottom one

and position the rest  on top of each other like so

Merge visible

Now add your name

Use a colour that compliments your element

make sure it is a vector so you can drag it out

using the nodes around the bounding box

so you will go from this 

to this 

convert to raster layer.

Select all, float, defloat, invert

make element layer active and hit delete

select none.

Drag your name below the element layer

merge down

At this point I used Eye Candy 5 - glass with the following settings

But if you dont have this filter you could use a nice inner bevel

I then added a white gradient glow using Eye Candy 4

If you dont have this filter 

select all, float, defloat, expand by 3

new raster layer, floodfill white

deselect

drag white layer below name, merge the two layers together

drop shadow 2,5,50,8 black

Unhide your original element layer

position above your name where you think it looks nicest

add same dropshadow we just used 

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Thats it your done!!

White Xmas

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 9th November 2014
written in psp9 but any version should work
Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

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Supplies needed:


Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Stella Felice
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
White Christmas Scrapkit from Mago_74
Its a large kit in 4 parts but well worth the download
Font of choice - I am using Close to You
Mask HERE


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Note:  c/p = copy and paste as new layer
d/s = Dropshadow 2,5,50,8, black


Ok lets begin!!

open blank canvas 800 x 800
floodfill white

c/p paper 5 
resize by 22
apply mask
merge group
resize by 80

c/p frame 1
resize by 25

c/p cluster 9
resize by 25
position so the red dotted line
is central in the frame.

there should be a snowflake right at the top of your canvas
and a few smaller ones right at the bottom
select round these using your freehand selection tool
and delete them, deselect

c/p element 97
resize by 25
position on top of the cluster

c/p tube as new layer
resize to fit inside inside frame nicely
I resized mine by 70 twice
drag below frame and position so the face shows

Using your freehand selection tool
select round the frame 
invert, and hit delete on your tube layer

dropshadow all layers except the mask layer

Add your name and copyright info
delete white background layer
merge visible, crop and save as png

Thats it your done!!

Thank you for trying my tutotrial xx

Xmas sparkle - Forum set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st November 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, preferably one with a close up

I am using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis 

which can be purchased from his store HERE

Xero, Fritillary

VM Toolbox, Zoom blur

DSB Flux, Linear transmission

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Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer

OK lets begin!!

open blank canvas 750 x 250

make a radial gradient using two contrasting colours from your tube

angle 90, repeats 10

floodfill canvas

Xero fritillary with the following settings:

granularity 7

agression 36

tesselation 13

variation 36

VM toolbox, zoom blur, amount 40, adjust 25

effects, edge effects, enhance

duplicate

select all, contract 15, hit delete

on bottom layer

dsb flux, linear transmission

slice size 4, offset 30, blend 50, vertical checked

deselect

Now you will see rectangle shapes

using your selection tool, set to rectangle, select round the 2nd one

new raster layer

floodfill selection with the same gradient, but change to 

linear, angle 45, repeats 0

deselect

duplicate and move to cover the 4th rectangle

merge down

duplicate and move to cover the 6th & 8th

and so on until every other rectangle is covered

make sure you merge all the floodfilled rectangles together

select all, float, defloat

c/p small tube, duplicate and position over  rectangles where you like

invert, delete

deslect

change blend mode to luminance legacy

c/p close up tube as new layer, resize if necessary

drag to top of layer palette

d/s

make frame layer active

d/s 2,2,50,8, black

and again but change horizontal and vertial to -1

duplicate twice

apply xenofex 2, constellation on each frame layer

with the following settings, making sure to hit random seed on each layer

add name and cr information 

close off top two frame layers

copy merged

open Animation shop

paste as new animation

back to psp, close bottom frame layer, open middle one

copy merged

paste after current frame in AS

back to psp, close middle layer, open top layer

copy merged

paste after current frame in AS

save as gif

For avatar

In psp, custom selection tool

left, top 0, right, bottom 150

selections, edit selection

repeat animation instructions as above 

dont forget to add your name and cr info to the avatar

save as gif

Thats it your done xx

Here is another example