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Luck of the Irish

 

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I’m using the beautiful art of Barbara Jensen.

You can find her beautiful art at HERE.

This tutorial was entirely created by me,

any resemblances to any other tutorials are purely coincidental.

This tutorial was created on 26th of February 2009

 

Supplies needed:

I use Paintshop Pro 9,

other versions can be used too.

The scrap kit Irish Charm by BluedreamDesigns HERE

Mask_287 by WeeScotsLass HERE

Font: Anglia Script Enhancement (PTU) HERE

 

 

Open 500 x 510 white

 

Add a paper

Layers> Load/save mask > Load mask from disk

> Mask_287

Layers Palette > Merge > Merge group

 

Duplicate the layer twice so you have three of them

(Skip this if you're not animating)

Go to the first layer

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 > Constellation

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Do the same with layer 2 and 3

Click on Random Seed

 

Add a frame

Drop shadow

V&H: 1

Opacity: 77

Blur: 7

 

Add your tube

If necessary, remove excess tube at the bottom

Drop shadow

V&H: 1

Opacity: 77

Blur: 7

 

Add embellishments  

Drop shadow

V&H: 1

Opacity: 77

Blur: 7

 

  Add your name and copyright

Drop shadow on your name as above

 

Merge all layers - if you are not animating

Save as .png

 

Animation:

 

Hide (x out in the layers palette) mask layer 2 and 3

Merge > Merge invisible

Copy (CTRL + c)

 

Go to AS

Paste CTRL + v

 

Go to PSP

Undo

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Hide mask layer 1

Unhide mask layer 2

Merge > Merge invisible

Copy (CTRL + c)

Paste as Current after current

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Repeat with mask layer 3

 

Change the speed of the tag in AS

Select all (CTRL + a)

Right click

Frame properities > 25

Save as .gif

 

Thank you for doing my quicky tutorial!

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