No Scraps - Wise Old Owl

Wise Old Owl

 

 

A wise old owl lived in an oak,
The more he saw, the less he spoke
The less he spoke, the more he heard,
Now, wasn't he a wise old bird?

This tutorial was written by me on June 06, 2019 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/PSPX6 but can be done in any version.

 

SUPPLIES:

"12-1" tube by Concetta Kilmer - tube/license currently available at CDO

 Template181 by Horseplay's Pasture

Wording of choice

 

Filters:

Eye Candy 5_Impact_Glass 

Eye Candy 5_Impact_Perspective Shadow

Toadies_Blur Em!

Toadies_Blast Em!

Fonts:

October Twilight

 

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

 

 

*When working with templates, I use the Manual Color Correction Tool (MCCT):

Highlight template layer

Click on the MCCT

Set top box to original layer color

Set bottom box to new color

Click OK

If you want to use the same color with different shades, simply click each template layer and apply the MCCT

WITHOUT changing the bottom color. This usually works giving each layer a different shade of the same color.

Occasionally you will find a template that this will not work on tho, so in that case simply change the colors each time.

This works great on templates with different shades of Gray and Black.*

 

There is a great mini-tut on how to use the MCCT by Justfi HERE

 

Another way to color template layers:

When working with templates, always 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

 

Try it out and see what works for you.

 

STEPS

Rotate template Right 90 degrees, all layers checked

1_#171387

2_#96693b

3_#665500

4_#eab007

5_Close/delete

6_Close/Delete

7_#eaae00

EC 5_Impact_Glass:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8_#c3a971

Effects_Texture Effects_Blinds_4_51_Light from top left checked

9_#532506

10_#c3a971

Repeat "Blinds" but check both boxes

11_#c3a971

12_#c3a971

13_#c3a971

14_#eaae00

Repeat Glass

15_#eaae00

Repeat Glass

16_#eaae00

Repeat Glass

17_#eaae00

Repeat Glass

18_Close/delete

19_#ad8052

Add Noise_Gaussian 34

20_#ad8052

Repeat Noise

21_#ad8052_

Repeat Noise

Move to bottom left

Copy Merged

Paste As New Layer

send to bottom

Toadies_Blur Em!_14_12

Toadies_Blast'Em!_20_211

C/P Tube

EC 5_Impact_Perspective Shadow:

  

 

Add wording of choice

DS each template layer (not glass layers)_0_0_75_10_Black

Name_ October Twilight_72_Stroke 2 #745600_Fill #c3a971
Save!!

 

 

 

 

 

No Scraps Forum "Kilmer's Christmas"

Kilmer's Christmas

 

This tutorial was written by me on September 11, 2016 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.

 

 

Supplies:

"Mrs. ChristmasSweets" tube by Concetta Kilmer_tube/license currently available at CDO

Animation 166 by Simone of Scrappy Bit Of Fun

 

Filters:

Unplugged Tools_Spice Dots

Transparency_Eliminate White

Mura's Meister_Copies

Eye Candy 5_Nature_Snow Drift

Penta.Com_Dot and Cross

Eye Candy 4000_Gradient Glow

 

Fonts:

Happy New One

ParkAvenue BT

 

 

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

 

Open blank 600x250 canvas

ANL

FF #5e7925

 

ANL

FF #c7e197

Unplugged Tools_Spice Dots_12_191_255_255_192_128_0

Transparency_Eliminate White

Adjust_Motion Blur_216_15

 

ANL

Custom Selection:

 

FF #760101

Mura's Meister_Copies_Tiling:

 

 

 

Repeat Motion Blur

Adjust_Sharpen More

Repeat 4 times

 

Merge line layers together

Image_Free Rotate_Right 30

Pick Tool_click on corner nodes and stretch so lines reach the top right and bottom left corners of canvas

Blend Mode_Luminance (L)

 

Custom Selection:

 

 

 

FF #5e7925

Select none

EC 5_Nature_Snow Drift_Settings - Small, First Flakes_Bsic - Drift Height 32.27_Everything else default

Move down so no green shows at bottom of canvas

DS_0_0_50_15_Black

 

C/P tube

Duplicate

Adjust_Blur_Gaussian 10

Penta.Com_Dot and Cross_72_10_2

Repeat

 

Highlight top tube

DS_0_0_50_15_Black

 

Text Tool_Happy New One_72_#a31515

Type "Merry Christmas"

Convert to raster

EC 4000_GG_3_25_100_#40ff40

DS_0_0_50_15_Black

 

Duplicate bottom layer

Bring to top

Select All_Contract 2

FF #760101

Contract 1

Delete

Select none

 

Crop to 600x250

 

Add all correct copyright/license information

 

Name_ParkAvenue BT_48_Black

DS_0_0_100_10_#40ff40

 

ANIMATING

 

Close all layers EXCEPT background, dots, and stripes

Copy Merged

 

AS

Open snow animation of choice

 

Paste your copy merged tag as new animation

CTRL+L until you have the same number of frames as your chosen snow animation

 

Select All

Copy Snow

 

Click on top of tag

Select All

Paste Into Current Frame

(depending on your chosen snow animation, you may have to paste the snow a few times to cover canvas)

 

Back to PSP

Close the oopen layers and open all the closed layers

Copy Merged

 

AS

Paste As New Animation

CTRL+C

 

Click on "Propagate Paste" button in tool bar at top of AD (looks like sheets of paper)

 

Click on top of tag

CTRL+E

Click in center of tag

(I find that enlarging the tag slightly makes this easier and as long as you do not move your mouse it will be automatically centered)

 

View Animation

If happy, Save!!!