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Forum Set Tutorials / Xaggerate Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 04:08:00 pm »

I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should be able to create this tag in all versions.
I am assuming you have some knowledge of how PSP and Animation Shop work.

Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I’m using one by Jo Lynch, which I purchased an Unlimited License through CILM.
She has also been licensed through My Tag Art. You may now purchase her artwork directly from her here
Please do not use unless you have the appropriate license and/or permission.
Font of choice. I've used Miss Blaker, a pay font

Plugins:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Filter Factory G – Xaggerate
AlienSkin Xenofex 2 – Constellation

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

2. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Duplicate your tube and close the duplicate.

3. On the original tube layer, apply Mura Meister Copies with the following settings:

4. Adjust – Blur – Radial Blur on the following settings:

5. Apply Filter Factory G – Xaggerate with the following settings:

And no, I have no idea why there’s all that messy code on my Xaggerate, LOL. Just ignore it – I did, haha.

6. Unhide your duplicated tube and place it to you liking. Add a drop shadow of choice – I’ve used 2, 2, 80, 7.

7. Duplicate your Xaggerate layer twice, giving a total of three layers.

8. On your top Xaggerate layer, apply Xenofex 2 – Constellation with the following settings:

9. Repeat Xenofex 2 – Constellation on your other two Xaggerate layers, pressing random seed each time.

10. Add a new raster layer and move it above all your other layers.

11. Selections – Select all. Selections – Modify – Select Selection Borders with the following settings:

12. Flood fill with a dark colour from your tube. Select none. Add a dropshadow 2, 2, 41, 7. Repeat, changing vertical and horizontal to –2.

13. Add your name, using the same colour you used for the border.

14. Add the copyright and any license numbers necessary.

15. Copy merge and paste as new animation in Animation Shop

16. Close the first Xaggerate layer and ensure the second Xaggerate layer is open. Copy merged and paste after the first frame.

17. Close the second Xaggerate layer and ensure the third Xaggerate layer is open. Copy merged and paster after the second frame.

18. Select all frames and change the frame properties to 18 (or to your liking)

19. Optimize your animation and save as a gif.
And you're done

Another example:

Forum Set Tutorials / Summer Days Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:52:46 pm »

I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should be able to create this tag in all versions.

Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I’m using one by Psyco, which you must gain a FTU license from My Tubed Art to use.
Please do not use unless you have the appropriate license.
Image of choice. I’m using one I downloaded from www.sxc.hu
Fonts of choice. You’ll need a bold font and a script font. I’m using Pussycat and Affalite.

Plugins:
Fantastic Machine – Paint Engine
Graphics Plus – Pinwheel

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

2. Set your foreground and background to two bright colours from your tube.
Create a foreground-background gradient, angle on 45, repeats on 3. Flood fill your canvas.

3. Apply Graphics Plus – Pinwheel with the following settings:

4. Copy and paste your image as a new layer. Resize it and move it until you are happy with the image that is showing.
Crop your image to 600 x 250 pixels.

5. Apply Fantastic Machine Paint Engine with the following settings:

6. Select your preset shapes tool, set to Eclipse. Set your foreground to null, your background to a colour of choice. It doesn’t matter what colour, as you will be deleting this layer later. Draw out a circle, holding down the shift key to keep it even. When you are happy with the circle, convert it to a raster layer. Duplicate this layer. Mirror the duplicate circle. Make sure your two circles overlap slightly in the centre. See my screenshot below:

7. Merge your two circle layers. Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat. Highlight your image layer. Selections – Invert. Press the delete button. Selections – Select None.

8. Delete your circles layer. Highlight your image layer. Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat. Selections – Modify – Expand by 10 pixels. Add a new raster layer and floodfill the selected area with black. Selections – Select None. Move this layer under your image layer and merge them together. Add a drop shadow of choice (I’ve used 2, 2, 70, 15). Move it over to the right of your canvas.

9. Paste your tube as a new layer and move it to the left of your canvas. Add a drop shadow of choice (I’ve used 2, 2, 70, 15).

10. Add a new raster layer. Selections – Select All. Selections – Modify – Contract by 4. Selections – Invert. Floodfill with colour of choice (I’ve used black).

11. Add your saying (I’ve used Summer Days) in your bold font, using white or colour of choice. Add a drop shadow (I’ve used 2, 2, 70, 7). Change your blend mode to soft light. Add your name using the script font, using black or other colour of choice.

12. Add copyright and license number (if necessary). Don’t forget to credit your background photo.
And you’re done

To create the avatar:
1. Select the background layer of your tag and copy it.

2. Paste as a new image and crop to 150 x 150 pixels. You can do this with a custom crop:

3. Add a new raster layer. Selections – Select All. Selections – Modify – Contract by 4. Selections – Invert. Floodfill with colour of choice (I’ve used black).

4. Add your name or initial using your script font.

Remember: No copyright is necessary on your avatar because you created the background using a gradient.
And you’re done

Forum Set Tutorials / Rock On Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:36:41 pm »

I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should be able to create this tag in all versions.
I am assuming you have some knowledge of how PSP and Animation Shop work.

Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I’m using one by Garrett Blair, which I purchased through CILM. His tubes are now available through CDO.
Please do not use unless you have the appropriate license.
Fonts of choice. I've used Windsong and Showcard Gothic. You’ll need a bold font and a script font.

Plugins:
Andrew’s Filters 56 – Blurred Bits and Pieces
AAA Frames – Foto Frame
Eye Candy Impact – Gradient Glow (optional)
Mura’s Meister – Copies

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

2. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Duplicate your tube and close the duplicate.

3. On the original tube layer, apply Mura Meister Copies with the following settings:

4. Adjust – Blur – Gaussian Blur with the following settings:

5. Apply Andrew’s Filters 56 – Blurred Bits and Pieces with the default settings:

If you cannot get this filter to show in your PSP, close PSP and navigate to your plugins folder using Windows Explorer (or equivalent). Search for the plugin named “BluBiPe.8bf” Once you have found it, rename it by added a couple of numbers to the end of it – I renamed it to “BluBiPe56.8bf” It should then show up in your plugins list.

6. Unhide your duplicated tube and place it to the left of your canvas.
Add a drop shadow of choice – I’ve used 3,3, 80, 15.
Merge layers visible. Crop canvas to 600 x 250 pixels.

7. Apply AAA Frames – Foto Frame with the following settings:

8. Select two colours from your tube and create a foreground-background gradient:

9. Select your Preset Shapes tool, set to Ellipse. Set your gradient as the background and close off the foreground.
Draw a circle on the right-hand side of your tag. When happy with the placement of your circle, convert to raster.

10. Duplicate your circle twice, giving a total of three circle layers.

11. On the first circle layer, apply Effects – Artistic Effects – Contours with the following settings:

If you don’t like the way the contours show on your circle, play with the settings until you find something you like.

12. On the second circle layer:

13. On the third circle layer:

14. Add the same drop shadow you used on the tube to the three circle layers. Close off the second and third circle layers.

15. Type your saying of choice (I’ve used Rock On!) using your bold font. I also added a gradient glow. You may not need this, depending on your choice of colours. I then added a small drop shadow: 2,2,80,5.

16. Using your script font, add your name. I also added the same drop shadow I applied to my saying.

17. Add the copyright and any license numbers necessary.

18. Copy merged and paste as new animation in Animation Shop.

19. Close the first circle layer and open the second circle layer. Copy merged and paste after the first frame.

20. Close the second circle layer and open the third circle layer. Copy merged and paste after the second frame.

21. Select all frames and change the frame properties to 28.

22. Optimise your animation and save as a gif.
And you're done

Another version created by tumbleweed from The Zone Groups:

And one created by Lithium Flower from The Zone Groups:

Forum Set Tutorials / AC Diamond Circle Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:00:02 pm »

I created this in PSP9, but I assume it can be created in all versions.

Supplies needed:
Tube of choice: I'm using a limited edition tube by Jose Cano, which I received while he was licensed through MPT. His other tubes are now available from PTE. Please do not use without the appropriate license.
Note regarding URL: As this tutorial was originally written in 2010, my tag and screenshots have an old URL on them - please use the new URL if using his artwork to create this set.
Font of choice: I'm using Ephesis, a pay font

Supplies: My Diamond Circle, my Diamond Fill, Doodle by Graphics Funhouse (thank you so much Saskia!)
You will find these supplies attached to this post. Please do not share without checking with me first.
If you are not registered here, you will not see these supplies. If you don't want to join up, you can download them from my 4shared account here

Filters:
Penta Color Dot
Xero Porcelain
Alienskin Xenofex 2 Constellation

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

2. Flood fill with a foreground-background gradient (angle at 45, no repeats) using two colours from your tube.

3. Copy and paste your doodle as many times as you like over your background and set it to Soft Light.

4. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

5. Duplicate your tube three times (total of four tube layers) and close off the top layer.

6. Move your three other tube layers to cover the whole canvas (see my example).

7. Drop the opactiy on the left tube to 80. Drop the opacity on the center tube to 60. Drop the opacity of the right tube to 40.

8. Merge these three tube layer with your background and doodle layers.

9. Apply Penta Color Dot using the following settings:

10. Make a freehand or point-to-point selection like mine in the screenshot below.

Make sure the background layer is selected and apply Alienskin Xenofex 2 Constellation with the following settings:

Deselect.

11. Unhide your tube and move it slightly to the right. Add a drop shadow of choice (I used 2,2,70,15)

12. Apply Xero Porcelain using the following settings:

(I appear to have a different version of this filter compared to other tutorial writers. If using a different version to mine, use the default settings, but change the three colour channels to 0)

13. Copy and paste the diamond circle and move it over the left background tube. If you like, you can colourise to match your tube. Add a small dropshadow (I used 2,2,40,7)

14. Add a new raster layer. Selections -> Select All. Selections -> Modifiy -> Contract by 7 pixels. Selections -> Invert. Flood fill with white. Select none.

15. On the same layer, Selections -> Select All. Selections -> Modifiy -> Contract by 5 pixels. Selections -> Invert. Flood fill with black. Select none.

16. On the same layer, Selections -> Select All. Selections -> Modifiy -> Contract by 3 pixels. Selections -> Invert. Flood fill with supplied diamond fill. Colourise to match your tube, if necessary. Select none.

17. Add a drop shadow to this layer. I've applied 2,2,40,7 and then -2,-2-,40,7.

18. Add the copyright and license number if appropriate.

19. Add your name in a font of choice. I also added a gradient glow and drop shadow.
And you're done

Here's another example created by Angie from The Zone Groups:

And another one created by RavenFeather from The Zone Groups:

Forum Set Tutorials / Dancer Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 02:38:03 pm »

I've created this in PSP9 and I would assume it can be created in all versions.

Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I'm using one by Joanne Schempp, that I purchased while she was licensed through My Tag Art.
You may now purchase her tubes from CDO.
Do not use the same tube without the appropriate license.
Font of choice. I'm using Windsong.

Plugins:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Disort - Turn Your Inside Out (you may find this under Toadies, as it is actually part of the Toadies filter set)
Roshack Filters - Ripleyer
AAA Frames – Foto Frame
Eye Candy Impact – Gradient Glow (optional)

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels. Floodfill with white.

2. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

3. Apply Mura Meister Copies with the default settings for Wallpaper (Rotate)

4. Adjust – Blur – Radial Blur with the following settings:

5. Duplicate this layer. Image - Mirror. Lower opacity to 70%.

6. Merge visible.

7. Duplicate this layer. Apply Distort Turn Your Inside Out with the following settings:

8. Change the blend mode on your Distort layer to Soft Light (or one that suits your tag). Merge visible.

9. Duplicate this layer. Apply Rorshack Filters Ripleyer with the following settings:

Drop the opacity down to 40% (or whatever suits your tag)

10. Paste your tube as a new layer and add a blurry drop shadow of choice (I've used 2, 2, 50, 15)

11. Merge visible and apply AAA Foto Frame with the following settings:

12. Add your name, applying Gradient Glow if necessary. Add a drop shadow of choice.

13. Add copyright and license number (if necessary).
And you’re done

Here's another example created by kasha over at The Zone Groups:

And another example by SherriBabe, also from The Zone Groups

Forum Set Tutorials / Bouncing Light Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 02:22:48 pm »

I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should be able to create this tag in all versions.

Supplies needed:
An image of choice. I'm using one by Cris Ortega. You may also use a tube if you like.
Font of choice. I've used Oxida.

Plugins:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Filter Factory N – Bulging Edge Average
Andrew’s Filters 42 - Bouncing Light Show
AAA Frames – Foto Frame

1. Open your image or tube of choice.

If using an image:
2. Crop the image to the area you would like to use for your tag

3. Resize your cropped image to 400 pixels high (the width doesn't matter)

4. Apply AAA Frames - Foto Frame with the following settings:

5. Add a new layer above your image and flood fill black.

6. Selections - Select All. Selections - Modify - Contract by 1 pixel.
Press Delete on your keyboard. Deselect.

7. Merge your layers together.

If using a tube:
8. Add a layer below your tube and flood fill with a colour of your choice. Merge visible.

9. Crop to the area of your tube you would like to use, ensuring it remains 400 pixels high (width doesn't matter)

10. Follow steps 4 to 7 of the Image directions.

Now that you have your image ready, lets continue with the rest of the tag
11. Select two colours from your image, a lighter and a darker one, and set them as your foreground and background.
It doesn't matter which one is which.

12. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

13. Create a foreground-background gradient, with the following settings:

14. Floodfill with your gradient. Duplicate this layer.

15. On the duplicate, apply Andrew's Filters 42 - Bouncing Light Show with the following settings:

16. Change the blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) or use one of choice.

17. Copy your framed image and paste as a new layer.

18. Image - Rotate - Free Rotate with direction as Left and angle set to 25°

19. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen if needed.

20. Move your image to the right side of your canvas.

21. Apply Mura's Meister - Copies using the following settings:

22. Repeat Mura's effect again

23. Merge visible. Apply the same AAA Frame and black frame you applied to the image initially.

24. Add your name in font of choice. Add a drop shadow of choice. Add all appropriate copyrights and license numbers.
And you're done

Here's another example created by the wonderful Rich

Forum Set Tutorials / AC Angel Wings Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 02:05:26 pm »

I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should be able to create this tag in all versions.

Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I'm using one by Lorenzo Sperlonga which I purchased from CDO.
Please do not use the same tube without the appropriate license.
Font of choice. I've used AL Sandra.

Plugins:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Filter Factory N – Bulging Edge Average
Andrew’s Filters 25 – A Right Dolly Mixture
AAA Frames – Foto Frame

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

2. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

3. Apply Mura Meister Copies with the following settings:

4. Adjust – Blur – Radial Blur with the following settings:

5. Effects – Edge Effects – Enhance. Apply this once or twice, depending on your tube.
I’ve applied mine twice – see screenshot below for how mine looks.

6. Crop your tag to 600x250 pixels

7. Apply Filter Factory N – Bulging Edge Average with the following settings:

8. Apply Andrew’s Filters 25 – A Right Dolly Mixture with the following settings:
If these don't suit your tag, play with the colours until you get something suitable for your tube.

9. Using your preset shapes tool, draw a thin rectangle across your canvas and convert it to a raster layer.
I’ve used the Metal Steel gradient. See screenshot below.

10. Rotate to the left 45º and move it into position as below:

Duplicate this layer and mirror it, moving it into position, as seen below:

11. Merge these two rectangle layers together. Apply Muras Meister Copies with the following settings:
You may need to change the top number to suit your tag.

12. Apply Muras Meister Copies with the following settings:

Change the blend mode of this layer to Luminance (Legacy), or one of your choice.

12. Paste your tube as a new layer and move to the left of your canvas. Add a drop shadow of choice (I actually didn’t use one for this set).

13. Merge all layers visible. Apply AAA Frames – Foto Frame with the following settings:

14. Add your name in font of choice. Add a drop shadow, if required. Add your copyright and license number (if necessary).
And you’re done

Forum Set Tutorials / 4-way Forum Set

« on: February 19, 2012, 01:19:03 pm »

I've used PSP9 for this tutorial, however you should be able to create this tag in all versions.

Supplies needed:
A tube of choice. I’m using one by Heather Martin, which I received while she was at MPT.
I do not know where she is now selling, if she still is. Please do not use unless you have the appropriate license number and/or permission.
Font of choice. I've used A&S Speedway.

Plugins:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Simple – 4 Way Average
AAA Frames – Foto Frame
Eye Candy Impact – Gradient Glow (optional)

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 pixels

2. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

3. Apply Mura Meister Copies with the following settings:

4. Adjust – Blur – Motion Blur settings at 45 degrees and 95%

5. Effects – Texture Effects – Mosaic Glass with the following settings:

6. Crop your tag to 600x250 pixels

7. Apply Simple – 4 Way Average

8. Apply AAA Frames – Foto Frame with the following settings:

9. Paste your tube as a new layer and move it to the right of your canvas.
Add a drop shadow of choice (I’ve used 2, 2, 80, 15).

10. Add a new raster layer. Selections – Select All. Selections – Modify – Contract by 5. Selections – Invert.
Floodfill with colour of choice (I’ve used black). Add a drop shadow of choice (I’ve used 2, 2, 58, 5 then -2, -2, 58,5)

11. Add your name, applying Gradient Glow if necessary. Add a drop shadow of choice.

12. Add copyright and license number (if necessary).

And you’re done

Another example:

General Discussion / RULES

« on: February 19, 2012, 08:36:55 am »

I don't have many rules, but please follow these:

1. No abuse or putting down of other members - we were all learning once.

2. If you have a problem with another member, please contact me directly via message and I will deal with the problem.

3. Ensure everything is appropriately credited, including photographs and scrap kits. Please use only General Permission artists or Licensed artists - no Group or Personal Permission artists. Anything not complying to this rule will be deleted.

4. No blank tags - everything must have either a name or a 'snag tag' phrase on it.

5. There is no maximum size for tags, however signatures must be no higher than 250 pixels and avatars no larger than 150x150 pixels

General Discussion / WELCOME

« on: February 19, 2012, 06:53:48 am »

Welcome to my little corner of the web!!

Here is where you'll find my tag and forum set tutorials.
I'll also be uploading my Word Art that I create.

For those who don't know me, my name's Sezy. I currently work as a scientist. I recently got married in 2011 to my darling Ben after 11 years of dating. We have one furbaby, my cat Bob, and we're hoping to add a human baby to our family soon.
I've been using PSP for around 8 years, although I've only recently ventured into tut writing.

I hope you'll enjoy my tutorials - please feel free to join the forum and post your results...I'd love to see what you can do