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Cupid's Valentine
I’m using the beautiful art of Armando Huerta.
You can find his beautiful art at MPT.
This tutorial was entirely created by me,
any resemblances to any other tutorials are purely coincidental.
This tutorial was created on 12th of January 2009
Supplies needed:
I use Paintshop Pro 9,
other versions can be used too.
Lokas Software - 3D shadow HERE
Alien Skin Xenofex2 - Constellation HERE
The scrap kit Valentine by Bluedream Designs HERE
My word art
Font: Carpenter HERE
Supplies HERE
Open frame 4 in your PSP
Copy the frame by SHIFT + d
Close the original frame
Resize the frame
Image > Resize > 80%
Drop shadow
V&H: 1
Opacity: 70
Blur: 5
Add a new layer
Move it to the bottom
Floodfill with white,
so you can see what you are making
Add a paper below the frame
Use the Eraser tool to remove excess paper
Duplicate the frame layer in the Layer's palette
Move it towards the bottom
Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 20
Add embellishments and my word art
Drop shadow
V&H: 1
Opacity: 70
Blur: 5
Add a tube
Lokas 3D drop shadow x 2
Add your name and copyright
Drop shadow on your name as above
Merge all layers - if you are not animating
Save as .png
Animation:
Duplicate the tube so you have three of them
Use the Freehand Selection tool
and draw around the wings
Constellation on tube layer 1
Repeat on tube layer 2 and 3
Click on Random seed each time
Hide (x out in the layers palette) all tube layers except tube 1
Merge > Merge invisible
Copy (CTRL + c)
Go to AS
Paste CTRL + v
Go to PSP
Undo
Hide tube layer 1
Unhide tube layer 2
Merge > Merge invisible
Copy (CTRL + c)
Paste as Current after current
Go back to PSP and repeat with tube layer 3
Change the speed of the tag in AS
CTRL + a
Right click
Frame properities > 20
Save as .gif
Thank you for doing my tutorial!
Copyright MayK’s Creations
The tutorial is registered with TWI
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