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Spaghetti Cloud

 

 

This tutorial was written by me, VCC, on Aug 18,2025 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.

 

 

Supplies:

"My Poor Meatball" by Cuddly Rigor Mortis - tube/license currently available at CRM

(This tube was purchased when CRM was sold at CDO which is now closed)

Word Art of choice

 

FILTERS:

Mura's Meister_Copies_Wallpaper Rotate

Mura's Meister_Cloud

Vanderlee_Unplugged X

Kiwi's Oelfilter_Zig Zack

Xenofex 1_Shower Door

AAA Frames_Texture Frames

 

FONTS:

Arkitech Medium

 

  Abbreviations:

DS_Drop Shadow

ANL_Add New Layer

EC_Eye Candy

GG_Gradient Glow

AS_Animation Shop

C/P_Copy and Paste

FF_Flood Fill

Ctrl+A_Select All

Ctrl+C_Copy

Ctrl+V_Paste

Ctrl+D_De-select

Ctrl+E_Paste Into Selected Frame/s

 

Open blank 900 x 500 canvas

C/P tube

Muras Meister_Copies_Wallpaper Rotate_Default

Adjust_Blur_Gaussian 25

Duplicate

On copy_Vanderlee_Unplugged X_Defocus 4

Kiwi's Oelfilter_Zig Zack_20_19_128_128

Xenofex 1_Shower Door_50_20

Blend Mode_Soft Light

ANL

Set colors: Foreground: #eae4d8  Background: #66321e

Mura's Meister_Cloud_Default (may have to hit reset to get your colors to show)

Blend Mode_Screen

Rectangle Tool_Stroke: 5_Background Null

Draw out 2 rectangles across canvas, one towards the top and one towards middle bottom

Convert to raster

Pen Tool_Stroke 5

Draw a few random lines across canvas

Merge down

(These will be the animated waves, so draw lines as you wish)

Effects_Distortion Effects_Wave_0_10_30_100_Repeat

Blend Mode_Soft Light

Duplicate twice

Close bottom two layers

Add Noise_Uniform 40 to each layer (be sure to apply, then go back to noise each time)

Resize canvas to 600 x 300

Rectangle Tool_Stroke 0_foreground Null_Background #66321e

Draw a narrow strip across bottom of canvas

Duplicate

Using arrow buttons, click up 10 times

Blend Mode_Overlay

Original strip layer_Blend Mode Soft Light

C/P tube_resize and place as shown

Duplicate

On copy_Adjust_Blur_Gaussian 5

Blend Mode_Screen

Original tube layer_DS_0_0_50_10_Black

Then DS_-12_41_50_25_Black

C/P tube again, leaving full size

Place as shown below wave layers

Blend Mode_Soft Light

Opacity_50

Duplicate cloud layer

Bring to top

AAA Frames_Texture Frame_10_1_0_1_100

Select All_Contract 11_Delete_Select none

Blend Mode_Multiply

Add Word Art of choice

Add all correct copyright/license information

Text Tool_ Arkitech Medium_48_ #eae4d8

DS_2_5_50_5_Black

Animate as usual in AS

Save!!