No Scraps Forum Set - Days

 Days

This tutorial was written by me on October 23, 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:

“Clark” tube by Yuvirae – tube/license available at AIL

Forum Set 016 Template by Gaby
(I cannot find a direct link to Gaby's temps, but the download link for this template can be found in one of Gaby's tutorials HERE)

VanDerLee_Unplugged X_Compose

Visual Manipulation_Transmission

Screenworks_Hollow Dot

Xero_Fritillary

Fonts_Impact, Pixelette, CheckFontMedExt

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

When working with templates, Shift+D to duplicate, close original, then on each layer, select with magic wand (or Select All, Float, De-float), ANL, close/delete the original, do steps required in tutorial, select none.

Re-size template to 600x250

Starting at bottom:

Background: FF with a gradient using #8a1d17 and #412e27_Angle 45_Repeats 1

VanDerLee_Unplugged X_Compose_Default

Repeat

Rectangle 1 Background:

FF #412e27

Visual Manipulation_Transmission:

Using magic wand, select the light stripes

Screenworks_Hollow Dot_Default

Select none

Using magic wand, select the dark stripes

Xero_Fritillary:

Select none

Select original rectangle again

C/P tube close up and place as shown

Invert_Delete_Select none

Blend mode_Overlay

Rectangle 2 Background:

Repeat above steps, mirroring the tube close up

Rectangle Frames:

FF #8a1d17

Lines:

FF #66472e

Noise_6

Blinkie 1:

Noise 80

Blinkie 2:

Noise_85

Blinkie 3:

Noise 90

Wordart:

Delete original

Font_Impact_60_#8a1d17

Type “DAYS” stretching to fit

Convert to raster

Wordart mini:

Delete original

Font_Pixelette_8_#c0af81

Type your message

Convert to raster

Frame:

Do not delete original frame

ANL above frame

FF #8a1d17

Blend mode_Overlay

On original frame_DS

C/P tube

Place to the right beneath the frame

DS_0_0_100_35_Black

DS original frame, Rectangle Frames, Lines, Wordart_0_0_100_10_Black

Add all correct copyright/license information

Name_CheckFontMedExt_72_stroke1 #c0af81_fill #8a1d17

Repeat DS

Close Blinkie layers 2 and 3

Copy merged

AS_Paste as new layer

Back to PSP

Close Blinkie layer1

Copy merged

AS_Paste after current frame

Repeat for Blinkie layer 3

Save!!

AVATAR

You can either repeat the steps for the sig above, or use the drag and drop method (which is what I did)

*Drag and drop method;

Highlight the sig tag

Click on layer you want to drag_hold down the mouse button_move mouse to new canvas_release button and layer you drug should be there

Re-size and sharpen each layer if needed

When finished adding the layers, crop to layer opague*

Frame_Repeat the steps we used for the sig tag

Repeat the noise on the blinkie layers

Add the first letter of name

Animate as above

Save!!