Ville Dark Of The Moon Extras...

Just an older set of extras I forgot I had laying about. How you like em :P

Love is forum style tag (Animated, No Scraps)

Supplies Used:

Bad Girl tube from Sky. This one was a freebie from her Facebook fan group. It's a secret group so if you wanna be invited you better go to the SATC facebook group and ask. Find it HERE. You can also buy tons of her other images from SATC.

Mask Ella 4 from the Creative Misfits which you can get HERE.

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 (Constellation)

Font is called Walnuts.


Ok so this one is super duper easy :)
Open up the mask right click background layer and convert to raster layer.
Adjust, Color Balance, Manual color correct. Source white and the target red.
C/P close up and position to the right of the tag. Change layer property to screen and opacity to about 54.
Duplicate and mirror. Change opacity to Hard Light.
C/P main tube just to the right of the word love.
Type out is all around you. Position just below Love. Change opacity to 62.
Add you copyright and watermark.
Select the mask layer. Use your lasso tool to select the parts you wand to animate. (Or animate the whole darn thing you you prefer :)
Add Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Constellation with the following settings...

Selections, Select none. Copy merged and paste into animation shop as a new image.
Back in PSP hit the back button 2 times. Repeat Constellation but hit the random seed button 1 time. Selections, Select none. Copy Merged and paste after current frame.
Back in PSP hit the back button 2 times. Repeat Constellation but hit the random seed button 1 time. Selections, Select none. Copy Merged and paste after current frame.
Select the first frame. Edit, Select all. Animation, Frame Properties, Change to 20.

Back in psp type out your text and fit it on the right side of the tube. Change the opacity to 62.
Edit, Copy, Paste into animation shop as a new image. Drag to frame 1 of your animation. (If your name blinks hit the back button and make sure propagate paste is checked.)

That's all! How easy was that!

Sunflower Extras...

So I was playing with a grab bag in a forum and decided these came out kinda pretty. Hope you like them.

Tube is by Joseph Corsentino and was purchased at MPT before they closed...

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Crimson Heart Forum Set (PTU, Animated)

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Supplies Used:

Crimson Heart Tube by Sky's Scraps available from SATC

Broken Valentine kit by Broken Dreams Scraps from SATC

Heart image which came from www.sxc.hu which I have resized. Just right click and save...

Filter used (Font only) Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow.

Font: WaterBrush ROB.

Animation Shop

Ok here goes nuthin :)

Open the heart image. Select the foreground. Go to the pattern tab. Select the drop down for current pattern and select your heart image. Set the angle to 45 and Scale to 50. Hit OK.

Open a new image size 650 by 250.

Floodfill image with the pattern.

C/P Element 63 (Feather Boa) Resize by 50%. Duplicate 2 time and position along the top of your tag.

C/P your tube into position on the right of the tag.

C/P Closeup on the left of the tag. Change the opacity to 64 and layer property to Screen.

C/P Element 69 (Bead Corner). Resize by 40%. Duplicate and mirror. Move the duplicate under your main tube. (The other will stay OVER the closeup).

C/P Element 5 (Red Wings) Resize by 50%. Flip. Center over your boa so the wings hang over the bottom. duplicate wings and move slightly upwards. (Dont worry about the top half of the wings as they will be covered anyway.)

C/P Element 39 (Black Rose). Rotate 90 Degrees. Resize by 50%. Position so the flower part comes to almost the edge of the wings. Duplicate and move slightly down and inward toward the center. Merge down. Duplicate and mirror.

C/P Element 71 (Rose Bouquet). Resize by 25%. (I used my eraser to mostly remove the green leaf but it is not necessary) Position in the center of the wings. Duplicate 2 times. move one bunch to the right of the original and the other to the left.

C/P Element 26 (Chain). Resize by 25%. Position toward the right side at the bottom of your roses. (You want it to look like it is hanging from the bottom of the roses.) Duplicate, Mirror, And Flip. Position so it matches up with the first chain. Duplicate, Mirror, And flip again so it looks like there is one chain stretching all the way across.

C/P Element 17 (Cross). Resize by 10%. Duplicate a few times and position so it looks like they are hanging from the chain.

C/P Element 62 (Bird). Resize by 25%. Position so it looks like the bird is carrying the chain. Effects, edge Effects, Enhance. Duplicate and Mirror.

C/P Element 31 (Scattered roses). Resize by 25%. Move these so they are just peeking our from under the other elements. Duplicate, Mirror, and position right next to the original. (I renamed mine right and left so they were easier to work with during animation.)

If you don't want to animate add your copyright and watermark and save now...This is what your tag will look like...

Okay now for the animation...

Copy merged and paste the entire tag into animation shop as a new image. 

Now duplicate your Roses left and right. Move each side slightly down. (You can also move each one slightly right or left each time in order to get a more realistic falling effect.) Close your original roses. Copy merged into animation shop after the current frame.

Continue repeating these steps until all the roses are off the frame. (I ended up with 10 frames.)

Click the first frame in you animation. Edit, Select all. Animation, Frame Properties to 20.

Now to add your name...

Type out text in red. Add inner Bevel with these settings...

Add gradient glow with these settings...

Add Dropshadow of choice.

C/P into animation shop as a new image. Make sure Propagate paste is checked and just drag to frame one of your tag.

For your Avi....

Open a new image size 150 by 150. 

Floodfill with the heart pattern.

Add a new raster layer.

Selections, select all. C/P element 69 into selection.

C/P main tube.

Add your initial using the same steps as you did for you name.

I really hope you enjoyed this tut. Remember any results you send me will be posted for everyone to see. Hope you have a kickass day :)

LA Woman forum style tag (FTU and simple Animation)

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Supplies used:

Awesome tube from my girl Justice Howard available at psptubes.net.

FTU Scrapkit from the amazing Tasha called Additude. Get it HERE.

Animation by Lovey at Love Shack. Get it HERE

Font is Adore

Animation Shop

Open a new image size 650 by 250

C/P paper 3. Duplicate and multiply.

C/P Cityscape. Resize by 65% and position in left corner. Duplicate and mirror.

C/P Wings 2. Resize by 50%. Use the deform tool to position on a slight angle.

Duplicate wings and use the deform tool to scale them down to fit inside the original span.

C/P Flowers. Resize by 50%. I used my eraser tool to remove the rose bud at the top. Duplicate and mirror. Position so the roses overlap in the middle.Merge down. Use your deform tool to position over the center of the wings.

C/P Flaming heart. Resize by 50%. Use the deform tool an position just under one side of the roses. Duplicate mirror and move into position.

C/P Brass Knuckles. Resize by 30%. Add dropshadow. Duplicate, Mirror, move into position.

(I added the leaf resized to 50% under the brass knuckles on the left but it may not be necessary due to positioning)

Type out your test and position as desired. Add inner bevel of choice.

Add copyright and watermark.

Close your tube, element, and cityscape layers. Copy merged and paste into animation shop as a new animation. Edit, Duplicate selected til you have a total of 12 frames. Click your first frame and select all.

Open Bars animation. Click the first frame and select all. now drag the first frame of the bars to the first frame of your background (About halfway down). View your animation to assure it is position as your like it. If not at this point you can always hit the back button on both images and try again.

Select the first frame again. Select all and change frame properties to 20.

Back in psp close your 2 background layers and open the rest. Copy merged and paste as a new image into animation shop. 

Check under edit to be sure propagate paste is clicked.

Drag to the first frame of your background.

Back in PSP type out your name. Add inner bevel of choice again. edit, Copy. Paste as a new image in animation shop. Drag to frame one of your animation. View your animation...If anything in blinking just hit the back button on both your animation and name. Just be sure you have checked the following things:

Is Propagate paste checked?

Did you click the first frame and then Edit, Select all.?

Did your drag the name to the first frame?

If so you should be all set :P