Snowy Tag Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

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Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

I used Version 9 but I am reasonably sure it can be done in many other versions as well. You must have some knowledge of Paint Shop Pro

by Jane's Haven

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For what it's worth, this is my first tag tutorial.

Supplies you will need.

VDL Snowflake filter, Here.

Toadies filter, download here.

Font of your choice.

My Supplies

Install the filters where ever your filter folder may be. Unzip the supplies to a folder of your choice. Add the mask to your Paint shop Pro Mask folder.

1. Open the snow-template-Y.psd in your work space. As you can see it is has named layers.

2. High light the paper layer in the layer palette.

Open the snow scene in the work space. Go to edit , copy, click on the snow template to activate, edit paste as a new layer. Use the move tool, move it around to show a good picture in the frames. Rename this layer to picture 1.

3. When you have in place, go to the layer panel, right click and duplicate, rename, picture 2. Hide picture 1 by clicking the eye in the layer panel.

4. Use the selection tool, rectangle, mode, Add(shift). See setting below.

Make a selection around each frame

Next, make sure picture 2 layer is high lighted, got to selections, invert and hit the delete key on the keyboard. Select None.

5. In the layer panel, unhide picture 1 and high light the picture 1 layer. Nest, go to effects, plugins, find toadies filters, click on Plain Mosaic Blur and click ok. The settings below may look different than your unless you have the Toadies filters installed in Filters Unlimited.

I used the deform tool to push the picture up a bit from the bottom.

6. Still on the picture 1 layer, go to layers, Load/SaveMakd, find the yankeesmsk28a.PspMask, use settings below. Click load, in the layer panel right click and merge group.

7. Click on the top layer in the layer panel, open the element, go to edit, copy, back to your main image and paste as new layer. Move it to the top right and duplicate the element. Flip and move the duplicate down on the left bottom.

Feel free to add your own elements.

8. Open the red bird, edit, copy go back to the main image and paste as a new layer. Place the red bird on the right frame at the bottom, duplicate, mirror and move to the left frame.

9. Add your name and watermak. Next, click on the paper layer and add a mask of your choice or you can use the same one, merge group.

10. Now to add the snow. Using the selection tool, rectangle, same settings as above. Select the frames again. In the layer panel, high light the picture 2 layer, duplicate two times for a total of 3 picture 2 layers. Hide the two duplicate layers and high light the bottom picture 2 layer.

11 While on the picture 2 layer, go to plugins, VDL Snowflake filter, when open use the settings below

Hide Picture 2 layer, open copy of picture 2 layer, with the copy 2 high lighted, open the snowflake filter again. Use the setting below. You change only the very last number.

Next hide the copy of picture 2, open copy 2 of picture 2 and high light the layer.

Once again open the VDL snowflake filter and use the settings below. Change only the very last number.

Selections, selection none

12. Before I animate, I high lighted the Group-picture 1 layer, go to image, resize 80%, next high light the Group-paper layer and resize 110% and moved this layer down a bit, witht the mover tool.

13. Open Animations Shop. In PSP hide the two copies of picture 2, open the picture 2 layer and high light.

14. Next, to edit, copy merged, go to animation shop, in AS, click edit, past as a new animation. Instead of using edit I uuse this icon that is on the over heard bar.

15.Back in PSP, hde the picture 2 layer, open the Copy of Picture and high light this layer.

Again go to edit Copy Merged and back to AS, go to edit, paste, After Current Frame.

16. Back to PSP, in the layer panel, hide the Copy of Picture 2, open Copy 2 of Picture 2, high light this same layer. Go to edit, Copy Merged.

Back to AS, got to edit, paste, Afrer Current Frame.

17. Now the animations is almost finished, but first, go to edit, select all, next go to animation, in the drop down menu, find, Frame Properties. when open, place the number 20 and click ok. Now go to view, animations to take a look at your animation.

18. If you are happy with your animation, you can rezie but first going to edit, select all, next got to animation, reze animation, I used 80%, with maintain aspic ratio checked.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.

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