Dream Tag Paint Shop Pro

 

Created in Version X, I am reasonably sure it can be done in other versions as will.

Supplies

I have included all the files you need in this ZIP

Place the gradient in the PSP gradient folder. In Step 8, have have explained how to import brushes.

Feel free to use your own.

Filter- Alien Skin Xenofex 2. You can download a trail version here

Questions?

1. Open a new transparent image, size 700X600 pixels.

2. Flood fill with the gradient provided, sunset, angle, 0, repeats, 0, style, linear.
3. Find the presets shapes tool, rectangle, using the settings below. Set the foreground to the same gradient, background, null, draw a rectangle large enough to hold your tube and another duplicate. Center the frame, move it up a bit. In the layer palette, right click, promote to raster layer.

4, Activate the tube you are going to use, copy, and paste inside the frame, resize if you must. Duplicate and mirror, place them side by side in the frame.

 

5. Duplicate the frame, place it on the right and down a bit. resize it to place another tube into the frame, I used a man tube included in the zip. Copy and paste the man tube in the frame.
6. Using the preset shape tool set on rectangle, in the material palette, make sure the foreground color is null, background color is set with the sunset gradient, open the properties and set the angle to 90. Now draw a rectangle over the man tube just inside the frame. In the layer palette, push the opacity to around 63 

    

7.In the layer palette, close all the layers by clicking on the eye, except leave the man tube, his frame and overlay. Merge visible. duplicate and mirror, line this up on the left. Add a drop shadow with the settings below. Repeat the drop shadow changing the V and H to minus 2. Drop shadow the other two frames also.

8. Included in the zip are custom brushes, Unzip them. go to file, import, import custom brushes. When you click on custom brushes another window will open, see illustration 2. Click the open button, bourse to the folder where you saved the brushes, click on them while holding down the control key. click ok, your will see them on the left window. Again hole down the control key, click on both of them, click on add all and click ok. They should be in your brushes folder and ready to use.

9. Add a new layer above the bottom layer in the layer palette. Click on the paint brush tool. Go to the material palette, foreground set to #64422e. Go to the top bar, open the brush window and find the JH-dream brush. Set the size to; 500, click on the image to the right, duplicate and mirror.. Add a new layer, got to paint brush and find JH-eyes size; 200 and click on the left side of the image at the top. duplicate and mirror.

10, Make sure you are on the top layer. Open the gold frame, click copy, on the main image, click paste as a new layer, center the frame. You will have to use the  resize tool to make it larger.
11. Go to selections, select all, got to selections, modify, contract by 5, invert add a new layer flood fill with the gold pattern enclosed in the zip, select none.

12. Add your name and copyright, we are going to use the Alien Skin Xenofex, constellation filter.

13.In the layer palette, duplicate the frame layer until you have 3 duplicates, four in all. Click on the eye to hide all the frame layers except the very last one down, high-light that layer.

14.Go to effects, find the xenofex filter, when you have it opened change the setting to the illustration below. Click OK>

15. Close the eye in frame 1, open the eye on frame 2.  Make sure you are on the frame 2 laye the constellation filter, just click the Random Seed once, leave the other settings where they are.
17. Repeat these steps until you have all four frame layers with the constellation effects. Clicking the Random Seed once on each layer..

18. Having done that, hide frame 2 3 and 4, leave frame 1 open go to. Go to Edit, copy merged, open animation shop and go to edit, paste as new animations. Nest, go back to psp, hide frame 1, open frame 2, go to edit, copy merged, go back to animation shop, go to edit, paste after current frame. Back to psp. hide frame 2, unhide frame 3, go to edit, copy merged, back to Animation shop, edit, paste after current frame. Back to psp, hide frame 3, unhide frame 4, edit, copy merged, back to AS, edit, past after current frame. Go to view, animations, if you are happy with your tag, Save as a gif. I resized mine by going to edit, select all, next go to animation, resize animation, when the window open, I used 80%, check the maintain aspect ratio.

 

19. Go to view, animations, if you are happy with your tag, Save as a gif. I resized mine by going to edit, select all, next go to animation, resize animation, when the window open, I used 80%, check the maintain aspect ratio.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.

 

 

 

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