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Spirit of Christmas

Tutorial written by and © to Bits N Bobs 10th December 2010.
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Supplies needed.
Font of choice for your name and text.
I am using Santa's big secret
Tube of  choice.
I am using Dressed for Santa from MyTubedArt
Tubes are not to be used without an MTA licence
Mask of choice.
I am using GabeeChristmas6 which you can download here
Scrap kit Spirit of Christmas by Gemini Creationz
Scraps I am using from this kit are
Paper 7,  Frame5, Tree01,  Glitter02,  Stars,  Bow4
Plugins used
Eyecandy4000 - hsb noise - only needed for animation.

Note
This tutorial was written in PSP 9
Open all supplies in paintshop except the font.
Double click on your font and minimize.

1.Open a new image 500 X 500 at 72 dpi
Re-size your paper to 500 pixels wide,
Copy, paste as a new layer
Layers/ New mask layer/ from image,
Find your mask image,
Source luminance tabbed, Invert mask data untabbed.
Ok.
Layers/ merge group, Layers/ duplicate layer, Merge/ Merge visible.

2.Re-size your frame to 350 pixels wide
Copy, paste onto your image as a new layer,
Using your raster deform tool drag the top of your frame
so the shape is similar to your mask image.


3.Re-size tree01 to 4000 pixels high,
Copy, paste onto your image as a new layer,
Position to your liking.

4.Activate frame layer
Selections/ select all, float, defloat
Activate tree layer and erase the bottom part of the tree.
Selections/ select none.

5.Re-size glitter02 to 400 pixels high
Copy, paste onto your image as a new layer,
Layers/ arrange/ move down, edit/ repeat.

6.Activate your frame layer.
Re-size your stars to 250 pixels high,
copy and paste as a new layer.
Position to your liking.

7.Re-size your bow to 100 pixels high,
copy and paste as a new layer.
Position to your liking.

8.Activate your top layer.
Re-size your tube to 400 pixels high,
copy and paste as a new layer.
Position to your liking.

9.Add a drop shadow of choice to all layers
making sure you end with your tube layer.
I am using V3, H3, O100, B9, #000000
Layers/ new raster layer/ add all copyright info.

PLEASE NOTE:
If you do not wish to animate you can add your name and save your tag now.

10.Activate your mask layer.
Duplicate this layer twice so you have 3 of them.
Activate the bottom one,
Effects/ 3D effects/ eyecandy4000/ settings as below.

Close this layer and activate the middle duplicate.
Use the same settings but this time hit the random seed button once then click ok.
Close this layer and activate the last duplicate.
Repeat the effect hitting the randomize once more.

11.Edit/ copy merged.
Open up animation shop,
paste as a new animation.
Go back to psp close flame layer 1 and open flame layer 2.
Edit/ copy merged.
Back to animation shop,
paste after current frame.
Go back to psp, close the layer you are on.
Open and activate the next layer down.
Edit/ copy merged.
Back to animation shop,
paste after current animation.
Go back to psp, close the layer you are on.
Open and activate the next layer down.
Edit/ copy merged.
Back to animation shop,
paste after current animation.
View/ animation then file/save as.

12.Create your name in paintshop as normal, copy the file and paste as a new animation into animation shop.
Copy the name in animation shop, activate your animation, edit/ select all, edit/ paste into selected frame and then file/save as.