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4/27/2011

postheadericon New Tut: BUTTERFLY BLUE


BUTTERFLY BLUE



SUPPLIES:


PSP-ANY VERSION:  I USED PSP X2

TUBE OF CHOICE:  I USED THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK OF ANNA LIWANAG 
YOU MUST HAVE A LICENSE FOR 
HER WORK
TO GET THE TUBE & INFO ON OBTAINING A LICENSE, PLEASE GO...HERE

SCRAP KIT OF CHOICE:  I USED AN AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL KIT CALLED BLUE MOTION BY RIENEKE DESIGNS, YOU CAN FIND HER BLOG...HERE.  WHICH I PURCHASED AT SCRAPS WITH ATTITUDE.  YOU CAN GET THERE FROM...HERE
ALSO CHECK OUT THE STORE BLOG TO SEE SOME AMAZING TUTORIALS DONE BY SWA'S CT...HERE

MASK OF CHOICE:  

EFFECTS:  XERO-->RADIANCE & EYE CANDY 4000-->HSB NOISE
YOU CAN FIND FREE TRIALS OF THESE EFFECTS IF U DO A SEARCH ONLINE

FONT OF CHOICE:  I USED AQUARELLA FOR THE NAME/WORDS & ARIAL FOR COPYRIGHT
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AQUARELLA...HERE
ARIAL IS EXTREMELY COMMON, IT SHOULD ALREADY BE IN YOUR PSP, IF NOT, YOU CAN FIND IT ANYWHERE, JUST DO A SEARCH FOR IT IF NEEDED

    ANIMATION PROGRAM:  I USE JASC ANIMATION SHOPBUT U CAN USE WHATEVER YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN MAKING AN ANIMATED TAG.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ANIMATION PROGRAM, JUST TRY A SEARCH IN GOOGLE, YAHOO, ETC...



OK LET'S GET STARTED:


OPEN A NEW RASTER IMAGE, TRANSPARENT, 700 x 700
               
OPEN ELEMENT 30, GO TO IMAGE-->ROTATE LEFT OR RIGHT  OR YOU CAN DO THE FREE ROTATE,
EITHER WAY 90 DEGREES  COPY & PASTE ONTO NEW IMAGE

OPEN YOUR TUBE, GO TO EFFECTS-->PLUGINS-->XERO-->RADIANCE & APPLY FOLLOWING SETTINGS:


NOW COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF FRAME LAYER TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE JUST A BIT.

NOW MY TUBE HAD A CLOSE UP LAYER, WHICH I ALSO ADDED THE SAME RADIANCE EFFECT TOO, BUT THIS ONE I PASTED UNDER THE FRAME LAYER.  DUPLICATE YOUR CLOSE UP TUBE, ON THE DUPLICATED LAYER, RIGHT CLICK IN YOUR LAYERS PALETTE & GO TO PROPERTIES,  CHANGE THE BLEND MODE TO OVERLAY
LEAVE THE ORIGINAL TUBE AS IT IS

OPEN PAPER OF CHOICE, I USED PAPER 2 COPY & PASTE THE PAPER UNDER YOUR FRAME
IF THERE IS NO LAYER THERE THEN GO TO LAYERS, ADD NEW RASTER LAYER THEN PASTE ONTO THAT LAYER
MAKE SURE IT IS THE BOTTOM LAYER

NOW THIS NEXT PART CAN BE TRICKY IF YOU HAVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, 
BUT IT REALLY IS EASY ONCE YOU FIGURE IT OUT

MAKE YOUR FRAME THE ACTIVE LAYER IN YOUR LAYERS PALETTE  OPEN YOUR MAGIC WAND & CLICK INSIDE THE FRAME   GO TO SELECTIONS-->MODIFY-->EXPAND & EXPAND BY 3
NOW HIGHLIGHT YOUR PAPER LAYER IN YOUR LAYER PALETTE, GO TO SELECTIONS-->INVERT
HIT DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD   GO TO SELECTIONS-->SELECT NONE

WITH YOUR PAPER LAYER STILL ACTIVE, GO TO EFFECTS-->TEXTURE EFFECTS-->BLINDS
& ADD THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS...

AFTER THIS, I ALSO ADDED THE SAME EFFECTS TO BOTH OF THE CLOSE UP TUBE LAYERS  UNDER THE FRAME
JUST TO GIVE IT A BIT OF TEXTURE
THE COLOR I PICKED TO USE ABOVE IS FROM MY TAG, WHICH IS #4c89a8
IF U ARE USING A DIFFERENT TUBE, PICK WHATEVER COLOR WILL GO BEST WITH YOUR OVER ALL TAG

OPEN ELEMENT 79 & RESIZE 50%  COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF FRAME
PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FRAME JUST BELOW THE MIDDLE, DUPLICATE & MIRROR

OPEN ELEMENT 29  RESIZE 20%  COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF THE GREENERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE
DUPLICATE & MIRROR IT

OPEN ELEMENT 89, RESIZE 50%  COPY & PASTE THIS LAYER ON TOP OF THE FRAME
I PLACED IT UNDER THE TUBE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE FRAME AT THE TOP  & USED THE PICK TOOL TO TURN IT SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT.  SEE MY TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED.  ONCE YOU HAVE IT WHERE YOU WANT IT, DUPLICATE & MIRROR
NOW MERGE SO THIS IS ONE LAYER.  DUPLICATE THE MERGED LAYER, GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP
YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE IT UP A LITTLE SO IT IS ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THE FRAME & PLACE IT SO IT IS JUST UNDER THE OTHER GREENERY

NEXT OPEN ELEMENT 23 & RESIZE 30&  COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF ALL OTHER LAYERS
I ARRANGED MINE TO THE LEFT OF THE TAG TOWARDS THE BOTTOM

I THEN OPENED ELEMENT 36 & RESIZED 40%  COPY & PASTE AGAIN ON TOP OF OTHER LAYERS
I PLACED THIS ONE TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM

OPEN ELEMENT 28 & RESIZE 30% COPY & PASTE ONTO TAG. I PLACED THIS ELEMENT ABOVE THE GREENERY ON  FRAME, BUT BELOW THE BOTTLE & JEWELRY BOX.   NOW MY TAG IS ANIMATED, I WILL EXPLAIN THE ANIMATION PART LATER, BUT FOR NOW, WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR IT, SO...

I PLACED THE FIRST SET OF HEARTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME JUST SLIGHTLY TOWARDS THE LEFT
SEE MY TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED.  THEN DUPLICATE IT & MIRROR.  THEY SHOULD BE TOUCHING & FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER.  THEN GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN

NEXT, DUPLICATE THIS LAYER 3X SO WHEN U ARE DONE U WILL HAVE 4 LAYERS TOTAL

STARTING WITH THE TOP LAYER, GO TO EFFECTS-->PLUG-INS-->EYE CANDY 4000-->HSB NOISE
LEAVE EVERYTHING AS IS, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED DEFAULT MODE, THEN CLICK RANDOM SEED ONCE & CLICK OK.  HIDE THIS LAYER & GO TO THE NEXT, DO THE SAME AGAIN, CLICKING RANDOM SEED ONCE.
CONTINUE THIS UNTIL ALL 4 LAYERS ARE COMPLETE.   FOR NOW HIDE ALL LAYERS EXCEPT TOP ONE

THE NEXT ELEMENT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME WITH.  OPEN ELEMENT 82,
GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP, THEN IMAGE-->MIRROR
COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF THE GREENERY AT THE TOP OF THE FRAME, BUT UNDER THE TUBE LAYER TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRAME.  SEE MY TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED.

NOW DUPLICATE THIS LAYER 3X, SO YOU HAVE 4 AGAIN.  DO THE EXACT SAME THING WITH EACH LAYER AS YOU DID WITH THE HEARTS LAYERS.  GO TO EFFECTS-->PLUGINS-->EYE CANDY 4000-->HSB NOISE
HIT THE RANDOM SEED BUTTON & CLICK OK  HIDE THIS LAYER & GO ON TO THE NEXT.  DO THIS WITH EACH LAYER, & DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE RANDOM SEED BUTTON EACH TIME.  WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED YOU CAN HIDE ALL THE LAYERS BUT THE TOP ONE.

NOW THIS IS ALL I ADDED TO MINE, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY ADD MORE ELEMENTS IF YOU LIKE. IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE LOOK OF YOUR TAG, NOW IS THE TIME TO ADD YOUR NAME & COPYRIGHT

ALSO, FOR SOME REASON IN ANIMATION SHOP, FOR ME ANYWAYS, WHEN I DON'T ADD A WHITE BACKGROUND IT MAKES THE TAG SEEM OFF WHEN IT IS ANIMATED, SO IF YOU HAVE THIS TROUBLE, JUST GO TO LAYERS, ADD NEW RASTER LAYER & COLOR IT WHITE, MAKE SURE THIS IS THE VERY BOTTOM LAYER



NOW, LET'S ANIMATE YOUR CREATION:

I USED JASC ANIMATION SHOP 3, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT IS FINE, BUT THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR ANIMATION SHOP AS I AM NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT IN A DIFFERENT PROGRAM WITHOUT HAVING IT IN FRONT OF ME

OPEN YOUR ANIMATION SHOP

BACK IN PSP GO TO YOUR 4 LAYERS OF THE BLUE HEARTS THAT WE ADDED THE EFFECTS TO, MAKE SURE ALL ARE HIDDEN EXCEPT FOR THE TOP LAYER.  RIGHT CLICK OVER YOUR TAG & CLICK ON COPY MERGED LAYERS

GO BACK TO ANIMATION SHOP & RIGHT CLICK & CLICK ON PASTE AS NEW ANIMATION

BACK IN PSP HIDE THE TOP LAYER OF THE BLUE HEART & UNHIDE THE NEXT LAYER RIGHT CLICK OVER YOUR TAG & CLICK ON COPY MERGED LAYERS
GO BACK TO ANIMATION SHOP & RIGHT CLICK OVER THE LAYER ALREADY THERE,
GO TO PASTE-->AFTER CURRENT FRAME

GO BACK TO PSP, HIDE THAT LAYER OF THE HEARTS & UNHIDE THE NEXT LAYER

BACK IN ANIMATION SHOP REPEAT THE ABOVE AGAIN, PASTING AFTER CURRENT FRAME

GO BACK TO PSP 1 LAST TIME, HIDE THAT HEART LAYER & UNHIDE THE LAST OF THE HEART LAYERS, COPY MERGED LAYERS

AGAIN IN ANIMATION SHOP, RIGHT CLICK & PASTE AFTER CURRENT FRAME

WHEN YOU ARE DONE YOU SHOULD HAVE 4 FRAMES TOTAL

IN ANIMATION SHOP, GO TO EDIT-->SELECT ALL

THEN GO TO ANIMATION-->FRAME PROPERTIES AND CHANGE THE NUMBER T0 25 OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT IT AS

THEN ALONG THE TOP UNDERNEATH WHERE IT SAYS FILE-EDIT-ANIMATION THERE ARE PICTURES OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DO DIFFERENT THINGS.  THE NEXT TO LAST ONE WHEN YOU JUST SET YOUR MOUSE OVER IT, IT WILL SAY VIEW ANIMATION, IT LOOKS LIKE A FILM REEL.  CLICK ON THIS TO VIEW THE ANIMATED TAG.  IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH IT, GO TO FILE-->SAVE AS & SAVE IT AS A GIF TAG.  AND THEN YOU ARE DONE

I HOPE I EXPLAINED THIS WELL ENOUGH.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING MY TUTORIAL.

♥HUGZ♥JESS♥


4/10/2011

postheadericon ♥NEW TUT: EMO CUTIE♥

HELLO AGAIN LOVELIES!  I HAVE A NEW TUT UP CALLED EMO CUTIE







THIS ONE IS MADE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A GENERAL WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF PSP

SUPPLIES:

PSP ANY VERSION:  I USED PSP X2

TUBE OF CHOICE:  I AM USING THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK OF MISTICHESKAYA  YOU MUST HAVE A LICENSE TO USE THIS ARTOWRK  YOU CAN GET BOTH THE TUBE & A LICENSE FROM...HERE

SCRAP KIT OF CHOICE:  I AM USING A GORGEOUS, PHUNKY KIT CALLED EMO CUTIE, BY KRISTEN, OF TOXIC DESIREZ.  YOU CAN GO TO HER SITE FROM...HERE  
I PURCHASED THIS KIT FROM SCRAPS WITH ATTITUDE, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM...HERE

MASK OF CHOICE: I USED MASK 328 BY CAT OF INSATIABLE DREAMS
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS MASK FROM MASKS 9...HERE

FONT OF CHOICE:  I USED SICK CAPITAL VICE, WHICH YOU CAN GET FROM...HERE


OK, LET'S GET STARTED

OPEN A NEW TRANSPARENT RASTER IMAGE, 700 x 700

OPEN FRAME 1, COPY & PASTE ONTO BLANK IMAGE

OPEN PAPER 32 & COPY

MAKE SURE YOUR FRAME IS ACTIVE IN THE LAYERS PALETTE, OPEN YOUR MAGIC WAND & CLICK INSIDE YOUR FRAME  GO TO SELECTIONS-->MODIFY-->EXPAND & EXPAND BY 6  

PASTE YOUR PAPER ONTO IMAGE, GO TO SELECTIONS-->INVERT & HIT DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD
IF YOUR PAPER IS NOT UNDER THE FRAME LAYER, MOVE IN UNDER NOW

OPEN YOUR TUBE  NOW THE TUBE I AM USING IS VERY BIG, SO I WENT TO IMAGE-->RESIZE 
MAKE SURE THE PIXEL DIMENSION IS ON PERCENT, NOT PIXELS & RESIZE 50%
NOW GO TO EFFECTS-->PLUGINS-->XERO-->RADIANCE & ADD FOLLOWING SETTINGS...

STRANGENESS:  128
CHARM:  50
TRUTH:  128
BEAUTY:  164

NOW COPY & PASTE YOUR TUBE ABOVE FRAME LAYER IN THE CENTER OR ARRANGE TO YOUR LIKING

IN YOUR LAYERS PALETTE, HIGHLIGHT THE EMPTY BOTTOM LAYER, IF THERE ISN'T ONE, GO TO LAYERS-->NEW RASTER LAYER  MOVE TO BOTTOM
OPEN PAPER 11  COPY & PASTE INTO THE BOTTOM LAYER
APPLY MASK OF CHOICE OR THE ONE I USED

IF YOU HAVE A MASK FOLDER IN YOUR PSP FILES, 
THEN GO TO LAYERS-->LOAD/SAVE MASK-->LOAD FROM IMAGE  
 
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MASK FOLDER  OPEM MASK IN PSP & SHRINK  GO TO YOUR PAPER LAYER IN THE LAYERS PALETTE & RIGHT CLICK  
GO TO NEW MASK LAYER-->FROM IMAGE  CHOOSE YOUR MASK FROM THE DROP DOWN LIST  & CLICK APPLY 

IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR MASK, GO TO MERGE-->MERGE GROUP

AFTER I MERGED THE GROUP I DUPLICATED & MIRRORED,  THEN DUPLICATED & FLIPPED,
 THEN DUPLICATED & MIRRORED 1 MORE TIME  
MERGE DOWN ALL MASK LAYERS SO YOU HAVE JUST 1 MASK LAYER INSTEAD OF 4
THEN I DUPLICATED 1 MORE TIME & MERGED DOWN

NEXT OPEN THE DOODLE ELEMENT  I RESIZED THIS 2 DIFFERENT SIZES & USED IT IN 2 DIFFERENT PLACES
THE FIRST ONE, RESIZE 60% TO DO THIS  GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE
COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF FRAME, BUT BELOW TUBE LAYER
ARRANGE IT ALONG THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE MASK, SEE MY TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED
IF HAPPY WITH PLACEMENT DUPLICATE & MIRROR , GO TO LAYER-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN
DUPLICATE AGAIN, GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP  THEN MERGE DOWN AGAIN

FOR THE 2ND PLACEMENT, WE WANT TO RESIZE 60%
THIS LAYER I ARRANGED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME, STARTING ON THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE AGAIN
IF HAPPY WITH PLACEMENT, DO THE SAME AS ABOVE  DUPLICATE, MIRROR & MERGE DOWN
DUPLICATE AGAIN, FLIP & MERGE DOWN ONE MORE TIME

GO TO LAYERS, NEW RASTER LAYER  MOVE TO BOTTOM
OPEN SPLATTER 2, RESIZE 75%  COPY & PASTE ON TO BOTTOM LAYER  YOU WANT IT BELOW EVERYTHING
ARRANGE STARTING IN TOP LEFT HAND CORNER
DUPLICATE & MIRROR, DUPLICATE AGAIN & FLIP, DUPLICATE ONE MORE TIME & MIRROR
NOW MERGE DOWN UNTIL THEY ARE ALL 1 LAYER

OPEN SPLATTER 2 & RESIZE 60%  I DID THE SAME WITH THIS ELEMENT EXCEPT I STARTED IN THE
RIGHT HAND BOTTOM CORNER 
DUPLICATE & MIRROR, DUPLICATE & FLIP & DUPLICATE 1 MORE TIME & MIRROR
GOT LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN  DO THIS UNTIL THIS SPLATTER IS ALL 1 LAYER

OPEN SUNGLASSES & RESIZE 30%  COPY & PASTE ONTO TAG
I PLACED THE SUNGLASSES JUST ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE ON THE LEFT SIDE IF THE MASK, MAYBE DOWN JUSTA HAIR FROM THE MIDDLE

THEN I OPENED THE FLAMES, RESIZED 60%  COPY & PASTE ONTO MASK JUST UNDER THE SUNGLASSES
MOVE THEM SO THE BOTTOM OF THE FLAME IS UNDER THE GLASSES SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLAMES ARE COMING UP OUT OF THEM

OPEN THE EMO WORDART, COPY & PASTE JUST UNDER THE TUBE & PLACE TOWARDS TOP OF TAG AT THE TOP OF THE MASK SO IT IS STICKING UNDER THE TUBES HEAD JUST BIT
SEE TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED

OPEN RIBBON 2 & RESIZE 50%  I PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE EMO WORDART & ERASED CERTAIN PARTS OF IT & ,ADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS WINDING THROUGH THE WORD

LAST ELEMENT I ADDED WAS THE SPARKLES  COPY & PASTE THEM & PLACE THE, ON TOP OF THE MASK TOWARDS THE TOP PART OF IT
I ERASED ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGES  THEN DUPLICATED & FLIPPED
I DUPLICATED ONE MORE TIME & MERGED DOWN

IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR TAG, ADD YOUR NAME & COPYRIGHT INFO
MERGE TOGETHER IF YOU'D LIKE

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING MY TUTORIAL

♥MUAH♥
♥HUGZ♥JESS♥

4/09/2011

postheadericon ♥JUST A QUICK NOTE LOVELIES♥

I HAVE BEEN DOING ALL MY TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS AS WELL AS ADVANCED I HAVE WANTED TO DO IT THIS WAY SO THAT BEGINNERS WHO HAVE NEVER USED PSP BEFORE CAN TAKE MY TUT & MAKE A TAG WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE.  THIS TUTORIAL, HOWEVER, IS NOT A BEGINNER TUT.  

 I HAVE DECIDED TO TRY & ROTATE BETWEEN BEGINNER, GENERAL &  ADVANCED TUTS.  
THAT BEING SAID, WHEN YOU GO TO A TUT FROM NOW ON THERE WILL BE A SMALL NOTE AT THE TOP OF THEM SAYING WHAT THEY ARE.  THIS WAY IF A BEGINNER WANTS TO TRY ONE OF MY TUTS THEY DON'T HAVE TO START ONE & THEN REALIZE THEY CAN'T DO IT.

HOWEVER, IF THERE IS A BEGINNER WHO WANTS TO DO A TUTORIAL THAT IS IN GENERAL OR ADVANCED, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO EMAIL ME & I WILL GLADLY WRITE IT OUT FOR BEGINNERS

OK, THAT IS ALL I NEEDED.  I AM IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT THIS SECOND OF TYPING UP A TUT ON MY GOOGLE TUT SITE, SO I WILL BE MAKING ANOTHER POST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES HERE WITH THAT LINK. 

THANKS!
♥MUAH♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
4/06/2011

postheadericon ♥Hello again: Quick Announcement!♥

HELLO THERE MY LOVELIES!  I HOPE THAT THIS FINDS EVERYONE WELL.  I JUST HAVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.  I HAVE ANOTHER BLOG CALLED CREATIVE DESIGNZ, WHERE I WAS POSTING MY TEMPLATES, MASKS, SCRAP KITS & ANYTHING ELSE I WAS MAKING.  AS OF NOW I ONLY HAVE 1 KIT MADE & A COUPLE MASKS & A COUPLE TEMPS.  SO I AM NOT MAKING VERY MANY. SO I HAVE DECIDED FOR NOW, TO CONSOLIDATE THESE 2 SITES & CLOSE DOWN CREATIVE DESIGNZ.  SO ANY NEW TEMPS OR ANY THING ELSE I MAKE I WILL POST HERE.  

MAYBE IF I START MAKING THEM REGULARLY AGAIN I WILL RE OPEN IT OR START A NEW ONE RATHER, BUT FOR NOW I AM JUST NOT DOING ENOUGH TO WARRANT 2 SITES.

HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I AM OPENING A NEW TUTORIAL SITE.  THIS SITE WILL STILL BE A TUT SITE AS WELL, BUT I WILL BE POSTING THE PREVIEW OF THE TUT WITH A  LINK TO THE FULL TUTORIAL.  I HAVE DECIDED TO DO THIS BECAUSE I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING TUTORIALS ON SEPARATE PAGES.  WITH BLOGGER I CAN ONLY HAVE 10 OTHER PAGES BESIDES MY HOME PAGE.   I THINK MOST KNOW HOW GOOGLE SITES WORK.  ALOT OF DESIGNERS USE THEM.  SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO CHECK OUT MY TUTORIALS.  YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE A THING.  I WILL STILL POST ALL TUTS HERE & YOU CAN STILL COME TO HERE & JUST FOLLOW THE LINK. 

ALL THE TUTS I HAVE UP NOW i WILL BE MOVING TO THE NEW TUT SITE.  HOWEVER, THE ONES ALREADY HERE I AM LEAVING AS IS.  I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH & SHORTEN THEM WITH JUST THE PREVIEW & LINK.  ALL TUTS FROM HERE ON OUT THOUGH WILL JUST BE PREVIEW & LINK.  I HOPE THAT THIS IS NOT A PAIN FOR ANYONE.  AS I SAID, YOU NEED NOT CHANGE ANYTHING.  EVERYTHING THAT IS HERE WILL STILL BE HERE.  OK, THAT'S IT I THINK. :D  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME


♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
4/05/2011

postheadericon ♥Just Saying Hello♥





HELLO MY DEAR LOVELIES!  HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU ALL TODAY.  I JUST GOT HOME FROM GOING OUT OF TOWN, 4 HOUR DRIVE ROUND TRIP...YUCK & UGH!  SO VERY TIRED, OH WELL...LOL!  ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO POP IN & SAY HI TO EVERYONE & LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE A TUT UP IN A LITTLE BIT HERE & HOPEFULLY ANOTHER BY THE END OF THE DAY, BUT NOT 100% SURE ON LAST ONE.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I KNOW MY TUTORIALS HAVE BEEN QUITE LONG.  I AM TRYING VERY HARD TO WORK ON THAT. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME I FEEL THAT I WANT TO KEEP THEM SO THAT ANYONE CAN DO THEM.  IF SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER USED PSP BEFORE WANTED TO TRY A TUT, THEY COULD GO IN & MY TUTORIAL WILL WALK THEM THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.  WHICH TENDS TO MAKE THEM RUN RATHER LONG.

SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO KNOW PSP, IT CAN BE QUITE TEDIOUS.  FOR A BEGINNER THOUGH, IT COULD WORK WELL.  SO I AM STRUGGLING WITH DECIDING WHAT TO DO.  I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING OPENING ANOTHER BLOG OR ADDING IT AS AN EXTENSION TO THIS ONE SOMEHOW TO DO A BEGINNERS TUTORIALS & ADVANCED. SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. ANY THOUGHTS ON IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.  NOT EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH BLOGGER OTHER THAN WHAT I DO, SO NOT SURE WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN OTHER THAN DOING A WHOLE NEW BLOG.  

ANYWAYS, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY MY FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS & I WILL BE BACK IN JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH A TUT TO PUT UP...MUAH!!

♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
4/01/2011

postheadericon ♥Got A New CT Tut Up For Pink Princess Scraps♥

HELLO AGAIN LOVELIES!  SORRY IT HAS BEEN SO LONG FOR A NEW TUT, I HAVE
BEEN A BIT OCCUPIED RECENTLY.  ANYWAYS, I HAVE A NEW TUT FOR YOU, THIS IS A CT TUT FOR VICKI'S BLOG, PINK PRINCESS SCRAPS.  IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO HER SITE OR SEEN HER KITS, WHICH I AM SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD CHECK IT OUT. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! :D  YOU CAN GET THERE FROM...HERE


THIS TUTORIAL WAS WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A GENERAL
WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF PSP



VENOM



SUPPLIES:

PSP:  ANY VERSION,  I USED PSP X2, IF YOU GO TO COREL.COM, YOU CAN FIND SOME TYPE OF PSP FREE TRIAL DOWNLOAD, OR CLICK...HERE

TUBE:  YOUR CHOICE,  I USED THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK OF ANA MARINE, YOU MUST HAVE A LICENSE TO USE HER WORK.  TO BOTH PURCHASE THE TUBE & GET A LICENSE GO...HERE

SCRAPKIT:  YOUR CHOICE,  I USED TASTE OF VENOM BY VICKI OF PINK PRINCESS SRAPS YOU CAN PURCHASE HER KIT...HERE

FONT:  ONE OF YOUR CHOICE,  I USED CALLIE HAND WHICH YOU CAN GET...HERE

I DID NOT USE A MASK, BUT THIS IS UP TO YOU


OK, LET'S GET STARTED

IN ALL THE RESIZING YOU DO IN THIS TUTORIAL
MAKE SURE THE ALL LAYERS BOX STAYS UNCHECKED

OPEN A NEW IMAGE-->RASTER LAYER-->TRANSPARENT, 700 x 700

OPEN ELE36,  COPY & PASTE ONTO IMAGE

THIS NEXT STEP YOU CAN SKIP IF YOU WANT & LEAVE FRAME AS IS, THIS IS JUST WHAT I DID
IF U DO DECIDE 2 SKIP, GO DOWN TILL YOU SEE BIGGER BOLD PRINT.
I MUST POINT OUT THAT JUST NOW I AM NOTICING HOW MUCH OF THE FRAME DOESN'T SHOW, SO YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO DO THIS, IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER, SO IT'S UP 2 U!

AFTER PASTING THE FRAME ON, RIGHT CLICK ON THE FRAME IN THE LAYER PALETTE
& GO TO DUPLICATE  ON DUPLICATED LAYER GO TO IMAGE-->MIRROR  MAKE SURE THIS DUPLICATED LAYER IS STILL ACTIVE IN YOUR LAYER PALETTE
& ERASE RIGHT HALF OF THE FRAME.  

HIGHLIGHT YOUR BOTTOM LAYER & ERASE THE OPPOSITE HALF OF THE FRAME.  MAKE SURE YOU DON'T ERASE TOO MUCH SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE 2 HALFS 2GETHER THEY ARE SHORT OF EACH OTHER.  

IF SATISFIED, MAKE SURE YOUR TOP FRAME IS HIGHLIGHTED & GO TO
LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN

COME TO HERE IF SKIPPED PREVIOUS STEP,
IF NOT,  THIS IS STILL THE NEXT STEP

OPEN PAPER OF CHOICE, I USED PP2, GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE 
UNDER PIXEL DIMENSIONS MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON PIXELS & NOT PERCENT & CHANGE IT TO 500 x 500 PIXELS  CLICK OK  COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF FRAME

I PASTED THE PAPER ON TOP OF FRAME FOR 2 REASONS...
1ST-I DON'T LIKE THE LIGHT GREEN PART OF THE FRAME THAT GOES AROUND THE INSIDE & 2ND-WE ARE GOING TO ADD LEAVES & THINGS AROUND THE FRAME, SO YOU WON'T SEE THE EDGES OF THE PAPER, IF YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT...LOL

OK NOW OPEN ELE 30 GO TO IMAGES-->RESIZE
CHANGE THE PIXEL BACK TO PERCENT & RESIZE 90%  GO TO IMAGE-->FREE ROTATE
ROTATE 90 DEGREES LEFT  
COPY & PASTE ABOVE PAPER LAYER ARRANGE ALONG THE TOP LEFT SIDE SO IT GOES ACROSS THE TOP & DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF FRAME I HAD TO ERASE A FEW OF THE LEAVES THAT WENT DOWN THE LEFT SIDE BECAUSE THEY STUCK OUT TOO FAR
ONCE YOU ARE HAPPY, RIGHT CLICK OVER THE LEAVES IN YOUR LAYER PALETTE,
DUPLICATE  GO TO IMAGE-->MIRROR  
IF HAPPY, MAKE SURE DUPLICATED LAYER OF LEAVES IS STILL HIGHLIGHTED,
GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN

OPEN ELE 29 NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEAVES, YOU WILL SEE A GATHERING OF 5 LEAVES THAT ARE ON EACH END, THEY ARE JUST BARELY TOUCHING THE REST OF THE GATHERING.  ERASE THAT BUNCH OF 5 LEAVES ON BOTH ENDS.
GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE 60% COPY & PASTE ONTO IMAGE.  

ARRANGE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME ON THE LEFT SIDE.  IF HAPPY WITH PLACEMENT, RIGHT CLICK IN LAYER PALETTE & DUPLICATE  GO TO IMAGE-->MIRROR  NOW AGAIN, MAKE SURE DUPLICATED LAYER IS STILL HIGHLIGHTED  
GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN

NOW OPEN YOUR TUBE  GO TO EFFECTS-->PLUGINS-->XERO-->RADIANCE
ADD THIS EFFECT WITH THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS...

STRANGENESS: 103
CHARM: 50
TRUTH: 128
BEAUTY: 176

COPY & PASTE ONTO THE IMAGE.  NOW YOU WANT HER IN BETWEEN THE 2 SETS OF LEAVES SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP HALF OF HER & HER LEGS ARE GOING UNDER THE BOTTOM LEAVES

OPEN ELE 62 GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE BY 63%  PASTE ON TOP OF PAPER LAYER
ARRANGE IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE FRAME SO THE MOON IS STICKING OUT ABOVE & BEYOND THE FRAME A BIT.  SEE MY TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED

SELECT ONE OF THE SPARKLES, ELE 52 OR ELE 60 PASTE ONTO IMAGE ABOVE PAPER LAYER
ARRANGE TO ONE SIDE, RIGHT CLICK IN LAYER PALETTE & DUPLICATE
GO TO IMAGE-->MIRROR

OPEM ELE 68  GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP  THEN IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE 80%  PASTE ON TOP OF PAPER & SPARKLE LAYERS.  ARRANGE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE PAPER.  YOU MAY HAVE TO USE YOUR PICK TOOL TO RESIZE IT JUST A BIT.  ONCE HAPPY WITH POSITION  RIGHT CLICK IN LAYER PALETTE & DUPLICATE
MAKING SURE DUPLICATED LAYER IS STILL ACTIVE
GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN

OPEN ELE 27 GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP  PASTE ON TOP OF LEAVES AT THE TOP OF THE FRAME
I ERASED A LITTLE OFF THE TOP & OFF THE RIGHT SIDE THAT STICKS OUT PASTE THE FRAME

NOW OPEN ELE 72  GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE 40%
AS U CAN SEE ON MY TAG I ARRANGED THEM TO LOOK LIKE A GROUP OF 3 ON EACH SIDE
I DID ONE SIDE FIRST THEN MERGED DOWN THEN DUPLICATED & MIRRORED
YOU CAN DO THIS TO UR LIKING WHEN DONE MERGE DOWN ANY LAYERS OF
THE SKULLS REMAINING

OPEN ELE 49 GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE 35%  NOW GO TO IMAGE-->FREE ROTATE
ROTATE TO THE RIGHT 45 DEGREES
COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, PLACE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TAG
OFF CENTER TO THE RIGHT JUST A BIT
RIGHT CLICK IN LAYER PALETTE & DUPLICATE  MOVE OVER JUST A BIT TO THE LEFT
IF HAPPY MAKE SURE DUPLICATE LAYER IS ACTIVE GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN
WITH THIS MERGED LAYER, I WENT TO ADJUST-->SHARPNESS-->SHARPEN

ALMOST DONE...LOL  JUST A FEW MORE ELEMENTS

OPEN ELE 55 GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP
IF YOU GO TO UR LAYERS PALETTE & HIGHLIGHT THE LEAVES THAT GO ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF FRAME & THEN PASTE IT WILL BE WHERE YOU WANT IT ON THE TAG
NOW MOVE IT SO THE CURLED END IS UNDER THE SKULL & YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF IT STICKING OUT.  I USED THE ERASER TOOL & ERASED ALL OF THE RIBBON THAT IS AFTER THE FLOWER TO RIGHT.  RIGHT CLICK IN LAYER PALETTE & DUPLICATE GO TO IMAGE-->MIRROR

IF HAPPY WITH THIS, MAKE SURE DUPLICATED LAYER IS ACTIVE  GO TO
LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN

OPEN ELE 16 GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE 40%  PLACE IN FRONT OF THE SKULLS ON THE RIGHT HAND BOTTOM OF THE TAG

OK, LAST ELEMENT  OPEN ELE 3  GO TO IMAGE-->RESIZE & RESIZE 25%
PASTE ONTO FLOWERS  MIRROR  & PLACE ON THE FLOWER ON THE RIGHT.  RIGHT CLICK IN LAYERS PALETTE & DUPLICATE  GO TO IMAGE-->MIRROR

WITH DUPLICATE LAYER ACTIVE GO TO IMAGE-->FREE ROTATE
ROTATE TO THE LEFT 50 DEGREES

ONCE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH WHERE THEY ARE PLACED, MAKE DUPLICATE LAYER ACTIVE GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN   
TO MAKE THEM STAND OUT A LITTLE MORE I DUPLICATED THE MERGED PAIR AGAIN
MERGE DOWN ONE MORE TIME

IF YOU ARE HAPPY ADD YOUR NAME, I USED CALLIE HAND FONT & PICKED ONE OF THE GREEN COLORS FROM THE PAPER & WHITE  ALSO ADD YOUR COPYRIGHT.
MERGE TOGETHER IF YOU WISH

AND WE ARE DONE...LOL!  I AM SORRY THAT THESE ARE STILL SO LONG.  I AM TRYING TO MAKE THEM SHORTER BUT STILL KEEP THEM SO THAT IF SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER USED PSP BEFORE COULD OPEN IT UP & FOLLOW ONE OF MY TUTS.  SO THEY CAN BE A BIT TEDIOUS FOR ADVANCED PSPERS BUT HOPEFULLY HELPFUL TO BEGINNER PSPERS.

THANKS FOR TRYING OUT MY TUT!

♥HUGZ♥JESS♥