Sunday, December 19, 2010

Stargazing Tutorials (PTU) Part 2

These tutorials were written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorials, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim these tutorials or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete these projects:

The Stargazing collaboration kit. This kit is available for FREE with an $8 purchase at the store, or it may be purchased outright for the same price. It is available EXCLUSIVELY at Stargazer Scraps.

Various masks by Wee Scots Lass which you can download HERE.

Font(s) choice. I am using MS Gothic which is a Windows System font. If you do not have it, you can download it HERE.

The Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is. This is a free to use alpha that you may download from Julie's blog HERE. Be sure to leave her a thank you if you download.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View -> Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise stated in the tutorial.

These tutorials assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. They were written using PSP X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Bastelgalaxy - Star Fairy tutorial

Star Fairy - Dianna


To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, floodfilled white.

Open P02-BG_stargazing. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #310. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Edit -> Copy Special -> Copy Merged and add to main canvas, centered.

Open Snowflake01-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H250, V250.

Open Snowflake03-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H600, V600.

Open Snowflake02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H450,V400.

Open Frame02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 15 degrees.

Open SM_CGUVirtfairy1-4 (from Nette's kit), and resize to 65%. Copy and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V400.

Open Ribbon02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H475, V600.

Open Bell01-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H250, V470.

Open Heart02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H225, V300.

Using font of choice add the Copyright information to your main canvas, For the Sinful Mindz tube, that information is:

©Sinful Mindz www.sinfulmindz.com

You can also add the background credits and tagged by information at this point. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, Bold, and Centered. I have the foreground color set to transparent and the background color set to #000040. I have centered by credits at H650, V400.

Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate right, 90 degrees.
Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 15 degrees.

This should line the credits up on the right hand side of the frame.

Add a drop shadow to the credits of offsets, vertical and horizontal of 3 each, opacity of 100, blur of 5, and color #ffffff. Repeat, changing the offsets to -3 each and leaving all the rest the same.

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 2 to activate. starting with Raster 2 and working upward, add a drop shadow of choice to each of the elements on the canvas.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15 and color of #404040. Do not add an additional drop shadow the credits, leave as is.

You can now save Artist's Copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using font or alpha of choice, and desired name to the tag. I am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is and have the name centered at H350, V625.

Add a mathcing drop shadow to the name.

Click on Raster 1, the paper layer to activate. Add drop shadow to paper of offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75%, blur of 15 and color white (#ffffff).

Drop the white background layer, and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.




Bunchie's Bin - Reindeer Games Tutorial

Reindeer Games - Dianna


For this tutorial you will need the additional following items:

Tube(s) of choice. I am using the Rudy tubes by JustSan. These are FTU tubes but you must have a license to use them which is available, also for free, at My Tubed Art.

The Santa's Sleigh (Full) font which can be downloaded (for free) from Free Digital Scrapbooking.

To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, floodfilled white.

Open paper of choice. I am using tb_StargazerKit_bg6. Resize to 800 x 800 pixels, and add to main canvas, centered.

Open tb-StargzerKit_frame2 and resize to 700 pixels wide (257 high). Add to main canvas, centered.

Using your magic wand, select the area outside the frame.

Selections -> Invert
Selections -> Modify Selection -> Expand -> 100 pixels
Selections -> Invert

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 1 and press delete.

Selections -> Select none.

Adjust -> Blur -> Radial Blur, Twirl, 57%

Open Tube(s) of choice, I am using Just San's Rudy.

Copy Tube 3 and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V500.

Copy Tube 2 and add to main canvas, centered at H420, V500.

Tube 1 -> Image -> Mirror. Copy and add to main canvas, centered at H150, V500.

Using a combination of your selection tool and your eraser tool, erase or delete the potions of the deer that are below the frame layer.

On the layers pallet, right click on the frame layer, raster 2, and duplicate.

Right click on the duplication layer and Arrange -> Bring to top.

With your selection tool set to rectangle, replace, select the top half of the frame copy (to about V400) and delete.

Selections -> Select None.

From Nette's kit, open nnw sg star trail and add to main canvas centered at H400, V500.

Add Copyright info to the tag. For the Rudy tubes, that information is: ©JustSan www.hutspot.eu Your MTA_License#

I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold and centered. On the layers pallet, I have my foreground color set to transparent and my background color set to #000040.

I have my copyright centered at H400, V550. You can also add the background credits and tagged by information at this point.

Starting with Raster 2 on the layers pallet, the frame layer, add drop shadow of choice to each of the elements on the main canvas, except for the frame copy, and the copyright.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75%, blur of 15, and color of #202020.

You can now save artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to #000040, and your background to a silver or steel gradient. Using font of choice, add desired name to tag.

I am using Santa's SleighFull, 24 points, bold, centered, and have the name centered at H550, V500.

Add a matching drop shadow to name.

Delete white background layer, and merge visible. Resize to 75%. Image -> Resize canvas -> 600 x 400 (centered).

Save your tag as as a .png file and you are all done!

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials. If you are planning on using any of these tags on Facebook, be sure to save them as .jpg files with white backgrounds, as those look better on Facebook.

If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

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