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This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Veroreves’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

I worked with PSP2020 Ultimate
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
masks
you will need a .jpeg image with nice bright colors, and a character tube (not provided)

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and mimimize to tray
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes

HINTS and 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 »has become  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Plugins needed
Filter Unlimited
Animation Shop

1 – the background
1
open your image
edit => copy

2
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
selections => select all
edit => paste into selection
keep selection active

3
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste  « _mask_vjf_cadre_etoiles_courbes » into selection
selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Screen

4
if you want to chang the color of this layer => adjust => hue and saturation => colorize
hue => the one of your favorite color
saturation => 255

2 - The Text
1
copy / paste  « texte_meilleurs_voeux » as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Screen
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 552 / position Y : 185

3 - the small stars
1
copy / paste  « mask_vjf_petites_etoiles » as new layer
blend mode of the layer : Screen

2
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 541 / position Y : 274

4 - The characer
1
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
place properly

2
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black / tick « shadow on new layer »

3
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube

5 - Animation
1
highlight the character layer
enable the selection tool =>free hand / selection type « freehand »
select around the the face of the character
selection => invert
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation

selections => select none

2
edit => copy special => copy merged
open Animation Shop
edit => paste as new animation

3
back into PSP
edit => undo TWICE

4
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation
same settings but click on « random seed » at the bottom
selections => select none

5
edit => copy special => copy merged
back into Animation Shop
edit => paste after current frame

6
back into PSP
edit => undo TWICE

7
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation
same settings but click on « random seed » at the bottom
selections => select none

8
edit => copy special => copy merged
back into Animation Shop
edit => paste after current frame

9
selections => select all
animation => image properties => 16

10
view your Animation to make sure everything is all right
file => save your work as... type .gif
selections => select none

5
file => save your work as... type .jgif

Another version with one of my tubes

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes and colors than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to me
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

created by     Birte

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