Broken Hearted Memories Tag Tutorial

Broken Hearted Memories Tag Tutorial

Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

I used Version X but I am reasonably sure it can be done in many other versions as well.

Files Needed

Plugins, Mura Meister Perspective, download Here Alien skin, Xenofex for the sky. I have included in the zip my sky file, if you don't have this filter.

My Brush Tip, You impost to your brush folder, a tube, I have supplied the art of Zindy S.D. Nielsen, it was a free tube, you can find her site here, included in the zip. You have to use her copyright on the tag.

Here is a tutorial on how to import brushes.

All the supplies can be found HERE.

1.Open new transparent image size, 600X60 pixels, flood fill with white.

2. In the layer palette, add a new layer, flood fill with t The Metallic Gradient using the settings below.

3, Go to effects, plugins, find the Mura Meister perspective, when open use the settings below

4. Add a new layer, flood fill with white, go to layer palette, arrange, move down. ** If you are using the sky background included in the zip, do not add a new layer, just copy and paste as a new layer and move down.** Skip the instructions or the Xenoflex filter.

5. Open the Alien Skin Xenofex filter, Little Fluffy Clouds, use the settings below.

6. In the layer palette, click on the very top layer and add a new layer, we are going to use the brush tool, click on the paint brush too. Next, look at the bar on the bar at the top of your psp, not open it and find the, JH-music3 brush, see below. In the Material Palette, make sure the top color is white, than click on the left top of your image. You should have what looks like music notes.

7. Open the car provided, copy and paste into the tag image, place it center and push it all the way to the edge of the gradient perceptive tile.

8, Open the broken heart shape, copy and paste it as a new layer on the tag image. Place it down in the right corner. Add a drop shadow, with the following settings.

H & V=2

Opacity=40

Blur=5.00

Color=Black

9. Open the tube included in the zip or use one of your own. Copy, got to the tag and paste as a new layer, go to image, mirror. Image, resize, 80%%, all layers, not checked. Place it to the left . Add the same drop shadow.

So Far

10. Open the disc and copy and paste as a new layer, place it in the upper right corner. Now, duplicate it, high light the duplicated layer by clicking on it. Go to image, Free Rotate, use the settings below. Repeat these steps, duplicate, highlight the one you just duplicated and rotate. Until you have 12 layers of the disc, do not rotate the first one.

11. Below is an image of the layer palette with the duplicated, rotated discs, in two screen shots.

12. Before we animate, lets add a mask, in the layer palette merge down the sky and the gradient. Use the mask included in the zip or one of your own. Open the JH-mask.jpg and Minimize, make sure you have the merged down layer active. Go to layers in the tool bar, find New Mask Layer, from image, when it opens use the setting below, merge group.

13. Add the copy right if required and your name. We are ready to animate, open Animation Shop.

14. In the layer palette, close all layers of the disc, except the disc 1, got to edit, copy merged, go to animation shop,edit click paste as new animation., back to psp, close the layer disc 1, open the next disc layer going up the palette. Go to edit, copy merged and back to animation shop, now go to edit, click the Paste After current frame. Repeat these steps for each disc layer.

15. You should have 12 frames in animation shop, go to edit select all, next go to animation, click on frame properties, set the display time to 15. If you wish to resize the animation, got to edit select all, go to animation, Resize animation, make sure Maintain aspect ratio is checked. Save as a gif.

I hope you have enjoyed your self, and thanks for trying my tutorial.