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Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission of the authors.
MaryDesig has the permission of the creators to use their tubes, masks and decorations
Thank you to all of them for their work
Without their beautiful creations, no tutorials could be written.

translator’s note : Merydesig and I use PSPX9 to create our tags and translations
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
Merydesig uses Animation Shop to create her animations
 I use Ulead Gif Animator. I added explanations for this software with Merydesig’s kind permissions

Material
selections - tubes - decorations - pattern and gradients

open all tubes and duplicate them (window -> duplicate)
open mask and minimize it to tray
Close original tubes and work with the copies (to preserve the originals)
don’t forget to erase tubes’ watermarks before using them
copy / paste pattern « dorado » into « pattern » folder of Corel PSP folder

Plugins


use this pencil to follow the steps
hold down Left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 700 pixels
selections -> select all
copy / paste « image » into selection
selections -> select none

2
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur : 35

3
effects -> plugins -> Xero -> Sparkles / color #c0c0c0

4
effects -> user defined filter -> Emboss 3

5
adjust -> brightness and contrast -> Brightness/contrast ->-57 / 5

6
layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 80%

7
selections -> select all
selections -> float  -  selections -> defloat
copy / paste image into selection
selections -> select none

8
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the pattern « Dorado » provided

9
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

10
layers -> merge -> merge group

11
effects -> distortion effects -> wave

12
layers -> arrange -> move down

13
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers « frame 1 » and « frame 2 »
on «Frame 1 » -> adjust - > add-remove noise -> add noise

on «Frame 2 » -> adjust - > add-remove noise -> add noise

14
highlight top layer (copy of raster 1)
effects -> art media effects -> brush strokes / color #7a8763

15
copy / paste « MD cadre_dorado »
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers «1 » and «2 »
on «1 » -> adjust - > add-remove noise -> add noise

on «2 » -> adjust - > add-remove noise -> add noise

16

Decoration

copy / paste as new layer the butterfly and move it where you like
copy / paste as new layer « feuilles 2 », move it to the right
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
copy / paste the woman tube and move it as shown on final result
copy / paste « feuilles 1 » as new layer, move it to the bottom of the ta
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
copy / paste as new layer « raisin » and move it bottom right

17
apply your watermark on a new layer

18
merge together top layers, leaving the six bottom layers unchanged
(all decorations are on the same merged layer)
close the eyes of layers :  « frame 2 » and « 2 »
your layers palette looks like this

19
animation with Animation Shop
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open Animation Shop and paste as new animation
back into PSP
close the eyes of « frame 1 » and 1 » and open the eyes of « frame 2 » and « 2 »
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
open Animation Shop and paste after current frame
leave the image property set to 10
save your work type .gif

20
animation with UGA
at the end of step 18, save your work as.... type .psd
open UGA and open your work
your work looks like this

click on « duplicate frame » at the bottom

close the eyes of « frame 1 » and 1 » and open the eyes of « frame 2 » and « 2 »

save your work as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

My tag with Animabelle's Tube
background image -> Google images

if you have any problem with this translation, or notice any error, mistake or oversight
Don’t hesitate to write to me, I’ll fix the problem as quickly as I can


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