Elegant Chic

Click HERE for Animated Version. This tutorial is copyrighted to Kaye @ Kaye'z Designz. You may print out for personal use but do not post to any site or distribute as your own. Any resemblance to others online is purely coincidental.
Supplies Needed: Paint Shop Pro any version, I used X2. You can get it from COREL. Animation Shop (Optional). Tube of choice. I used one by Elias Chatzoudis which can be purchased HERE. Pattern - Blue Swirl 02 or one of choice. Eye Candy 3.1 / Swirl. FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss. Mask of choice or use mine WSL mask 238. Font of choice, I used Comic Sans MS which should be a standard font. Bel Vidotti Scrapkit Chic. Notes: Open tube and mask in PSP, minimize both for now. Open font and minimize to task bar. Save often.

Step 1 Open 500 X 500 transparent canvas. Flood Fill with white. Name this layer BG.
Step 2 Add a New Raster Layer. Fill with Blue Swirl 02 pattern or one of choice.
Step 3 Go to Eye Candy 3.1 / Swirl with Sand Painting preset. If you don’t have the preset the settings are: 101, 10, 60, 100, Warp and Smooth should have teal dots by them.
Step 4 Go to FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss with default settings.
Step 5 Go to Layers / New Mask Layer / from Image: Check Source Luminance and Invert Mask Data. Select your mask from the drop down. Merge Group. I Resized mask by 105% a couple of times to fill canvas more. Center in Canvas. Name Mask.
Step 6 If you choose Colorize the mask layer to go with your tube.
Step 7 From the Bel Vidotti Scrapkit Chic open Element 50 which is a frame. Copy and Paste as New Layer on your canvas. Rotate Right 90 Degrees. Resize by 85%. Center in Canvas. Name Frame.
Step 8 Copy and Paste tube of choice as New Layer. Resize as needed. I Resized mine by 85%. Give it a Drop Shadow of choice. Name tube.
Step 9 Activate frame layer and with Magic Wand click inside the frame. Selections / Invert. Activate tube layer and with Eraser Tool erase bottom part of tube that is hanging over the frame. Select None.
Step 10 Add any other elements from the scrapkit that you want. I added a butterfly and flower resizing them to fit on frame. Give them a Drop Shadow of choice. Name each layer.
Step 11 Add your copyright on New Layer. Name CR.
Step 12 Add your name with font of choice. I used Comic Sans MS: Vector, Size 60, Stroke 1, Bold. I used pattern for the Stroke and Fill. Add an Inner Bevel if you like. I used Bevel #2, 9, 0, 2, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30. Name layer.
Step 13 When happy with tag Save As a .pspimage to make future changes. Save As .jpg using Jpeg Optimizer to send thru your group.

If you wish to Animate open Animation Shop and continue

Step 14 Choose an element you added. With Magic Wand select part(s) of element you want to animate. Promote Selection to Layer. Duplicate layer twice for a total of 3 layers. Starting from bottom element name layers Noise1, Noise2 and Noise3.
Step 15 Select original element layer. Got to Effects / Plugins / DSB Flux / Bright Noise: Intensity 50, Mix. Move up one layer and apply Bright Noise changing Intensity to 55. Move up one more layer and apply Bright Noise changing Intensity to 60.
Step 16 Close off top 2 Noise layers. Copy Merged. Paste as New Animation in Animation Shop.
Step 17 Back to PSP. Close off Noise1 layer and open Noise2. Copy Merged. Paste after Current Frame in AS, (Ctrl + Shift + L).
Step 18 Back to PSP. Close off Noise2 layer and open Noise3. Copy Merged. Paste after Current Frame in AS.
Step 19 View Animation and if happy Save As .gif file with these settings: Slider all the way at top for Better Quality. Under Colors tab: 255 colors, Optimized Octree, Error Diffusion. Under Optimizations tab: Check Write minimal frames and Map Identical Pixels other boxes should be unchecked.

All done! I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. Remember this is just a guide. Experiment using different colors, gradients or patterns, images and settings. Any questions you can reach me at kayewinters@zoomtown.com. This tutorial was written 9/22/09 by Kaye'z Designz.