Magic Winter

Original tutorial can be found HERE

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Material
tubes
1 mask
1 colors palette
 1 alpha layer-selections (alpha_magie hiver)

Filters Used
Unlimited 2/BKG Kaleidoscope/Blue Berry Pie
Mirror RAve/Quadrant Flip
AP 01 Innovations/Lines Silverlining/Dotty Grid
Toadies/Weaver
AP 01 Innovations/Lines Silverlining/Arrow
AAA Frame/Foto Frame
Richerd Rosenman/Solid Border
Alien Skin/Impact/Nature/Snow Drift
Alien Skin Xenofex /Constellation

Colors
foreground color → color 1 → #f5f5f5
background color → color 2 →#66737b

Use the paint brush to follow the steps
left click to grab it

Realization
Step 1
activate the alpha layer_selections « alpha_magie hiver »
window/duplicate
we will work with the copy

Step 2
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient  45/5 (uncheck “invert”)
paint the layer with this gradient

Step 3
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 1
adjust/add-remove noise/add noise

Step 4
activate the mask “WSL mask”, and minimize itlayers/new mask layer/from image

effects/edge effects/enhance
layers/merge/merge group

Step 5
layers/duplicate (group-raster 1)
effects/distortion effects/polar coordinates/rectangular to polar

Step 6
layers/duplicate
iamge/flip
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow  → 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

Step 7
layers/arrange/move down

Step 8
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
layers/merge/merge down

Step 9
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack (alpha layer)
adjust/add-remove noise/add noise as on step 3

Step 10
in the layers palette, keep that layer active
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/BKG Kaleidoscope/@BlueBerry Pie

Step 11
effects/plugins/Mirror Rave/Quadrant Flip

Step 12
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
selections/promote selection to layereffects/plugins/AP 01 Innovations/Lines Silverlining/Dotty Grid

effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
selections/select none

Step 13
layers/duplicate
iamge/mirror
layers/merge/merge down

Step 14
in the layers palette, activate the layer at the bottom of the stack (alpha layer)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #2
selections/promote selection to layer
selections/select none

Step 15
effects/plugins/Toadies/Weaver

effects/3D effects/drop shadow → 0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / black

Step 16
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selections/#3
layers/new raster layer

Step 17
activate the tube “paysage loups”
edit/copy - back to  your work - edit/paste as a new layer
move it correctly into selection (see final result)
selections/invert, and press the delete key of your keyboard

Step 18
selections/invert once more
layers/new raster layer, fill with color 2
selections/modify/contract/1 pixel, and press the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 19
layers/merge/merge down : 3 times

Step 20
your layers palette must be like this

Step 21
in the layers palette, activate the promoted selection layer (second from the top)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
layers/new raster layer
paint with the linear gradient of the begining (45/0)

Step 22
acitvate the tube “paysage 2”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste into selection
effects/edge effects/enhance
selections/select none

Step 23
layers/duplicate
iamge/mirror
layers/merge/merge down

Step 24
effects/geometric effects/spherize

layers/arrange/move up

Step 25
effects/distortion effects/punch

effects/3D effects/drop shadow → 0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / black

Step 26
activate the tube “deco 1”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as a new layer
effects/image effects/offset

effects/3D effets/drop shadow → 1 / 1 / 50 / 5 / black

Step 27
layer/merge/merge visible

Step 28
image/add borders/check “symmetric”
50 pixels color 1
with the magic wand tool (default settings) select the border
effects/reflection effects/kaleidoscope

adjust/blur/gaussian blur/10
selections/promote selection to layer

Step 29
effects/plugins/AP 01 Innovations/Lines Silverlining/Arrow

in the layers palette set the blend mode on “screen” (or other according to your colors)
layers/merge/merge down

Step 30
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow → 0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black

Step 31
selections/invert once more
effects/plugins/AAA Foto Frame

selections/select none

Step 32
effects/plugins/Richard Rosenman/Solid Color
color 1

Step 33
activate all the different decoration tubes ( doe and white wolf)
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste new layers
place them correctly, and drop light shadows
you can decorate the way you like  of course, and choose other tubes

Step 34
layers/merge/merge visible

Step 35
layers/new raster layer
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5Nature/Snow Drift

Step 36
layers/merge/merge visible

Step 37
acitvate the tube “”glaçons”
edit/copy - back to your worl - edit/paste as a new layer
place it on top of the tag (see example)

Step 38
activate the tube “sapin”
edit/copy - back to your worl - edit/paste as a new layer
place to the lsft of the tag (see example)

Step 39
in the layers palette, close the visibility toggle of the layer at the bottom of the stack

Step 40
in the layers palette, activate the layer at the top of the stack
layers/merge/merge visible (ice cubes and tree)

Step 41
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 2
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/4 pixels
press the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select all
in the layers palette, open the visibility toggle of the background layer

Step 42
layers/new raster layer for your signature

Step 43
image/resize/900 pixels width (check “resize all layers”)

Step 44
your layers palette must be like this

if you do not want to animate your tag, you can merge all layers,
and save as... type .jpeg

If you want to animate your tag
Animation
Step 1
in the layers palette, activate the merged layer (second from the bottom, the tree and the ice cubes)

Step 2
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Xenofex 2/Constellation
click on the “settings” tab, and choose the preset Bling-Bling

Step 3
place these settings

Step 4
edit/copy special/copy merged

Step 5
open Animation Shop
edit/paste as a new animation

Step 6
back in PSP, and undo last command

Step 7
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Xenofex 2/Constellation
keep all settings unchanged, and set « random seed » on 620

Step 8
edit/copy special/copy merged

Step 9
back in animation Shop
edit/paste after current frame

Step 10
edit/select all

Step 11
animation/frame property/20
view/animation

if your are satisfied,
file/save as... type .gif

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