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Once Upon A Time…

This tutorial was written by me on August 14, 2013, 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 PSPX.

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/license 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:

“Story Time” tube by Izabela Bzymek – license/tube available at ADI

Eye Candy 4000_Gradient Glow

Xero_Fritillary

Fonts Fleurie, Good Vibrations ROB, and Frames And Borders II Ding Font

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

This is a very quick, easy tag and works best with an image.

Adjust the colors to suit your tube/image

Open blank 600x250 canvas

Frames And Borders II Ding Font_500_Stroke1 #000040_Fill #000040_type a lower case “Y”

Free rotate_right_90 degrees

Stretch to cover canvas leaving small space around edges

Convert to raster

Using magic wand and selection tool, select the inside of the frame (NOT the sun part)_Expand by 2

C/P your image ANL below frame, positioning so parts you like are showing in frame

Invert_Delete

Select none

Select inside of sun making sure to select all parts_expand by 2

ANL below frame_FF with gradient of choice

Select none

Merge this layer with the image layer

Highlight frame_EC 4000_GG_3_25_100_ #ecd15b

Duplicate

On original, DS_0_0_75_15_Black

Repeat DS changing color to #fdfacd

Highlight image layer_Duplicate

On duplicate_Blend Mode_Screen

On original_Xero_Fritillary_5_30_10_24

Good Vibrations ROB_24_#000040_type out a short message and position (I typed "Once upon a time...")

Convert to raster

Add all correct copyright/license information

Name/Wording_Fleurie_72_#000040

Convert to raster

EC 4000_GG_3_25_100_ #ecd15b

DS_0_0_60_25_Black

Save!!