Hot Summer
You will need
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Mask 174 * unknown source, please tell me if you know author and I can credit and link.
Tube of choice
Alienskin Constellation* Optional
Open a new image 500*500
Open both papers (or papers of your choice)
Duplicate one of the papers and arrange the duplicates so they make a check pattern,with the one paper as background.
I used orange as my background and arranged the yellows so just the bottom left corner was showing on the top yellow
and the top right at the bottom.
Merge visible
Load mask 174 Tick Source Luminance and Tick Fit to Canvas, all other boxes unchecked.
Merge group.
THE FRAME
Open summer_ukd frame 1 and go to Windows, duplicate.
close original image.
Click inside frame with your magic wand.
Open new layer.
Fill with paper summer_ukd_paper 8.
Bring this layer below the frame.
Open new layer so it is sandwiched between the frame and paper.
Open your tube and paste, resize and place as necessary.
Add drop shadow, V and H 5, Opacity 50, Blur 5
Repeat changing V and H to -5.
Depending on your tube, you may be happy if it is.
If you wish to fill the frame more. Duplicate twice.
Tube Layer One Blend Mode Luminance, Opacity 64
Tube Layer Two Blend Mode Screen, Opacity 64
Play around with the blend modes and opacity until you find something you like.
Move the tubes so they are filling the frame.
If you have any tube showing beyond the frame.. close all layers, bar the frame.
Using your magic wand, click outside the frame and back to the tube layers, delete.
Merge all Layers,
Copy, Paste on to your working image.
Resize by 80%. Adjust, Sharpen.
Repeat resize and sharpen.
Image rotate, free rotate,left 20 degrees.
Image resize, 95%, Adjust, Sharpen.
Open sunglasses_summerukd.
Resize to 314*122 pixels, bicubic checked.
Copy and paste to bottom right of image.
Open carnival beads. Copy paste.
Image, free rotate, left, 50 degrees.
Merge all layers.
Open sticker1_summerukd. Copy Paste.
Resize to 134*113 pixels, bicubic.
Merge these two layers.
Add text.
I used free font Advert MF Italic.
Size 72, Stroke 2.
Using two colours from your image.
Rotate text 90 degrees, sharpen.
Add Inner Bevel.
Bevel Round
Width 15
Smoothness 5
Depth 4
Ambience 5
Shininess 40
Angle 315
Intensity 30
Elevation 50
Color White
Add drop shadow, V 1, H 0, Opacity 80 Blur 1
You should now have 3 layers.
If you wish to animate, continue.
Otherwise, just add your copyright info and you are done!
Animate using Alienskin Animation.
Duplicate your middle layers of your stickers twice.
On the sticker layer1, select all, select float.
Open Alienskin Constellation
Click ok
Select None.
Sticker Layer 2.
Select all, Select Float
Apply constellation, clicking on random seed
Select None.
Apply again, on layer 3, just clicking on random seed again.
Close two of your sticker layers.
On one of the open layers, Edit, copy merged.
Open animation shop
Paste as new animation
Back to PSP
Close this sticker layer and open another
Copy merged, Paste after current frame in ani shop.
Repeat with 3rd layer.
Change Animation Frame speed to 25 Animation > Frame Properties > 25.
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