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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 uses PSPX9 and I use PSP2018 to create our tags
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP
according to the version you use, the results might be slightly differents
Merydesig uses Animation Shop to create her animations
 I use Ulead Gif Animator. I added explanations for this software with Merydesig’s kind permissions

Hints & Tips
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror » --> mirror -> mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> mirror -> mirror vertical

Material
selections - tubes - decorations - pattern

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

Plugins
VanDerLee / SnowScape


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 into selection the image « hiver »
selections -> select none

2
adjust -> blur -> radial blur

3
copy / paste as new layer « decor_1 »
layers -> duplicate
rename both layers « decor 1 » and « decor 2 » (from bottom to top)
highlight « decor 1 »
ajust -> add/remove noise -> add noise / 55

highlight « decor 2 » and add noise -> 65
close the eye of « decor 2 »

4
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with a color (any color)
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> selection « MD_hivernal » / tick « invert selection »

5
DELETE on your keyboard
selections -> select none

6
select each frame with the magic wand tool
copy / paste images of your choice (or the ones provided) into selection -> 6 images
selections -> select none

7
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the « silver » pattern
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> selection « MD_hivernal_2 » / tick « invert selection »

8
DELETE on your keyboard
adjust -> hue and saturation -> colorize

rename this layer « selection hivernal 1 » (or other name of your choice)

9
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow / tick « drop shadow on new layer »

10
highlight top layer (selection hivernal 1)
layers -> duplicate
highlight « selection hivernal 1 » again, and add noise as in step 3
highlight « copy of selection hivernal 1 » and add noise -> 65
selections -> select none
close the eye of  « copy of selection hivernal 1 »

11
copy / paste as new layer « cajoline_bluedreamswinter_freebie_11 » / don’t move it

12
copy / paste as new layer « decor 2 »
place it at the bottom of the tag

13
copy / paste as new layer « decor 3 »
place it at the top of the top left frame
layers -> duplicate
adjust -> mirror -> horizontal mirror
layers -> merge -> merge down

14
copy / paste as new layer « cm_el49 »
rename it « bow »
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 50%
place it as shown on final result

15
highlight « bow »
effects -> plugins -> VanDer>Lee / SnowScape

16
highlight « selection hivernal 1 »
effects -> plugins -> VanDerLee / SnowScape

17
highlight « copy of selection hivernal 1 »
effects -> plugins -> VanDerLee / SnowScape / same settings as in previous step

18
highlight top layer -> layers -> new raster layer
apply your watermark
your layers palette looks like this

19
animation with Animation Shop
copy / copy special / copy merged
open Animation shop and paste as new animation
back into PSP
close the eyes of  « selection hivernal 1 » and « decor 1 »
open the eyes of « copy of selection hivernal 1 » and « decor 2 »
copy / copy special / copy merged
open Animation shop and paste after current frame
file -> saves as... type .gif

20
animation with Ulead Gif Animation (UGA)
at the end of step 18, save your work as ... type .PSD
open UGA, and open your work
click on « duplicate frame(s) » at the bottom

in the objects column close the eyes of  « selection hivernal 1 » and « decor 1 »
open the eyes of « copy of selection hivernal 1 » and « decor 2 »

file -> saves as... type .gif

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial

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Don’t hesitate to write to me, I’ll fix the problem as quickly as I can


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