Shell's Tutorials

Leaf

Open a new canvas

Click on the Selection tool

Set your foreground colour to #b0c063

Draw a square using the selection tool

Go to Selections > Modify > Feather and put 10 in the Number of pixels.

Flood fill the square

Go to Effects > Texture Effects > Texture and use the settings in the screenshot.

Change your foreground colour to #798919

Go to Layers > New Raster Layer

Move Raster 2 below Raster 1 and flood fill it.

Open the tube. It has 2 layers...the image and the copyright information. Click on the image layer and go to Edit > Copy. Click on your new canvas and go to Edit > Paste > As New Layer.

Go to Effects > Plugins > Simple > Pizza Slice Mirror

You will have something like this. It may not be exactly the same as mine as this plug in tends to create different effects depending on where the image is situated on the canvas, how big it is etc.

Go to the layer palette and right click on the shape layer. Click on Duplicate.

Use the mover tool to position the shapes at the top left and bottom right corners of the light green square.

Go to Edit > Paste > As New Layer. You should now have another layer with the lady image on. If you've copied something else to the clipboard since you copied the lady tube, you'll have to click on the lady tube canvas and go to Edit > Copy again. Go to Plugins > Simple > 4 Way Average

This is how your layer palette should look....

and this is how your canvas should look. Don't worry if it's not exactly the same....it's just the overall effect we're going for ;)

Go to Image > Resize and use the settings in the screenshot making sure Resize All Layers Is NOT checked.

Go to Edit > Paste As New Layer. If you've copied something else to the clipboard since you copied the lady tube, you'll have to click on the lady tube canvas and go to Edit > Copy again. This is what you should have.

Go to Image > Resize and use the settings in the screenshot, making sure Resize all layers is NOT checked.

Use the mover tool to move the lady to the bottom left hand corner of the light green square.

Click on the text tool and use the settings in the screenshot

Set your foreground colour to white and your background colour to #798919.

Click on the canvas and enter the text in the text entry box. Click OK. Use the node in the middle of the vector box to swivel your text

You can use the node in the middle of the vector box to move your text into position.

Go to the layer palette. Right click on the text layer and click on Convert To Raster Layer

Go to Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow and use the settings in the screenshot.

Now would be a good time to add the copyright information from the lady tube. Click on the lady tube and go to the layer palette. Click on the copyright information layer and go to Edit > Copy. Click back on your new canvas and go to Edit > Paste As New layer. Use the mover tool to position the copyright information where you want it. I forgot to add the copyright info in PSP so I added it in Animation Shop...this is why the copyright info isn't on the screenshots but it's on the finished product. Right click on a layer and go to Merge > Merge Visible.

Go to Image > Add borders and use the settings in the screenshot.

Use the magic wand to select the border then go to Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel and use the settings in the screenshot. Go to Selections > Select None.

Save as a PSP file.

Open the saved file in Animation Shop and click on the duplicate frames icon until you have 9 frames.

Open the Sparkles.psp image in Animation Shop. Go to Edit > Select All, then Edit > Copy or press ctrl and a then ctrl and c on your keyboard. Now click on the lady canvas and go to Edit > Select All then Edit > Paste > Into Selected or press ctrl and a then ctrl and e on your keyboard. Move the sparkle so it's in line with the top of her neck and in the centre of the dark green border. Click once to position it.

Go to Edit > Select All then Animation > Frame properties and set the speed to 25.

Go to Animation > Resize and resize by 75%.

Save and you're done :o)