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Dragon Tales

This tutorial was written by me on January 02,2015, using my own ideas. Any resemblance to others is coincidental and accidental. This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of psp and is written in PSPX6.

Please leave some love when downloading supplies. The artists/creators work hard to make/share their work with us, so let's be appreciative. Please use all correct copyright information and follow all TOU’s. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

As always, tutorials are only a guideline. If you don't have the exact supplies, use ones you have or ones you choose.

Supplies:

"Father's Day" tube by KyraWilson - tube/license available at ADI

Pre-set Shape_Star

Flare or Sparkle Picture tube (usually comes with psp)

Quote/Saying of choice

Animation Shop

Filters:

Xero_Fritillary

Eye Candy 4000_Motion Trail and Gradient Glow

Fonts:

Canker Sore

Cricket

Abbreviations:

EC = Eye Candy

GG = Gradient Glow

DS = Drop Shadow

C/P = Copy and Paste

FF = Flood Fill

ANL = Add New Layer

AS = Animation Shop

Open a blank 600x250 canvas

ANL_FF Black

ANL

Duplicate for 3 blank layers

Highlight top blank layer

Picture Tube Tool_Flare/Sparkle_Scale 65_Step 35_Random_Random

Click on image several times placing random Flares/Sparkles

Opacity_40

Highlight 2nd blank layer down

Repeat Picture Tube Tool_ Flare/Sparkle _Scale 55

Carefully place each new Flare/Sparkle in center of previous layers Flare/Sparkle

Opacity_40

Highlight 3rd blank layer down

Repeat Picture Tube Tool_ Flare/Sparkle _Scale 45

Carefully place each new Flare/Sparkle in center of previous layers Flare/Sparkle

Opacity_40

Close layers 2 and 3 for now

C/P tube

Re-size and place to the right

Duplicate

On original tube layer_Gaussian Blur_20

Xero_Fritillary_5_30_10_30

DS duplicate tube_0_0_100_10_Black

Pre-set Shape_Star_#f4ae5e

Draw a star in top left corner

Inner Bevel:

Duplicate for a total of 4 stars

Re-size each once or twice

Place as shown

Merge stars together

Noise_40

Duplicate

Highlight original star layer

EC 4000_Motion Trail:

Opacity 50

ANL to top

FF Black

Select All_Contract 3_Delete_Select None

EC 4000_GG_3_25_100_ #ffdcaf

Add saying of choice

Canker Sore_26_ #f4ae5e

Add all correct copyright/license information

Name_ Cricket_36_White

Animating:

Highlight top layer

Copy Merged

AS_Paste As New Animation

Back to PSP

Close 1st flare layer

Open 2nd flare layer

Copy Merged

AS_Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP

Close 2nd flare layer

Open 3rd flare layer

Copy Merged

AS_Paste After Current Frame

Edit_Select All

Animation_Animation Properties_15

If happy with animation, save!!!