Friday, January 12, 2024

Falling Valentine ~ CT PTU Tutorial

 
*click on image to see full size* 

Gorgeous PTU Valentine Scrapkit by
Kathy's PSP Designs
called 'Falling' found HERE
Thank you Kathy ♥ 
Please check out her entire blog Here
Steampunk 49 Tube by Very Many Tubes HERE
Plugin:  Xero ~ Radiance
Mask 26 by Allison's Addictions HERE (second mask)
Drop shadow of choice
Font 'Lymbo' HERE
Animated heart ani HERE
*this animation was not created by myself
Please do not change file name. If you are creator, please let me know
so I can give proper credit.*

Remember when resizing elements to Sharpen once only
[Shortcuts:  d/s ~ deselect; D/S ~ Drop shadow; NRL ~ new raster layer]
Add D/S as you go.


1. Open 700 x 675 px new transparent image
Flood fill white.
Add NRL, selections ~ select all
Open paper5, Copy/Paste-into-the-selection. d/s
Open Allison's Mask 26, minimize
Apply mask to paper layer. Merge group. 
Resize this masked layer 110%.
duplicate this layer, change blend mode to 'screen'

2. C/P el 29
el 37 ~ blend mode 'hard light'
el 12 ~ 40%, place top left, duplicate & mirror, place bottom right

Make a small cluster with these 3 flowers:
el 35 ~ 35%, el 36 ~ 30%, el 94 ~ 30%, 
D/S el 35 & el 36 flowers
then merge down together onto el 94
Cluster should look something like this:


C/P this cluster on lower left, duplicate & mirror, place mid-right
el 78 ~ 50%, duplicate, mirror

3.  C/P el 30 ~ 50%
Using magic wand, click inside of this el, expand by 7 px
NRL, paste paper 9 into the selection. d/s
move paper below heart frame
repeat this step by duplicating el 30, mirror
moving to upper right, fill with paper as above.

Open main tube of choice, resize as necessary
C/P over paper layer of heart el 30 on left.
arrange face in heart shape
using magic wand, select paper layer, click on outer side
select tube layer to 'delete' excess. d/s
Duplicate tube, change blend mode to screen.
Apply Xero plugin ~ Radiance 
setting:  128, 50, 128, 255
Do same with tube for right heart frame.
el 81 ~ 50%
C/P above tube layer on right but below heart frame
erase top portion of chain.
Duplicate, mirror, place over tube of left heart frame (below frame).
C/P el 27 ~ 50% 
place on top of heart frame on left, duplicate, mirror, move on top of heart frame on right

4.  C/P main tube in center, resize to your liking
duplicate, apply Xero ~ Radiance
change blend mode to 'screen' and drop opacity to '34'
Drop shadow original tube layer only

el 33 ~ 25%, rotate 25 deg to right, sharpen, dup & mirror
*see reference tag for placement
el 18 ~ 40%, dup & mirror
el 91 ~ 55%, place along left bottom of tube
dup & mirror
Add elements to create a cluster around the flowers above
ie. el 46 ~ 50%, dup, mirror
el 62 ~ 55%
el 52 ~ 25%
el 67% ~ 30%, dup & mirror
el 67 ~ 25%, flip, dup & mirror


5.  Add copyright, url, license

If you wish to animate,
close white background, add new raster layer as bottom layer
Copy Merged

Paste in A/S as new animation, duplicate frames to equal 22 frames
select all,  propogate paste
Open heart animation, select all, copy
Place first frame of heart ani
over top of first frame of working image

Select heart animation ~ undo, repeat placement 3 more times
on working image.

View animation, if happy, save as a MNG as blank (without name)
To add name, in PSP
Type out Name, copy
Paste in A/S
duplicate frames to 22, copy first frame over top working image.

View animation, optimize & save as a GIF.

xoxo




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