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7/14/2011
New Tut: Sunrise
THIS TUTORIAL WAS WRITTEN FOR THOSE WITH A GENERAL WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF PSP
SUPPLIES:
PSP-ANY VERSION : I USED PSP X2
TUBE OF CHOICE : I USED THE BEAUTIFUL WORK OF JENNIFER JANESKO YOU MUST HAVE A LICENSE TO USE THIS WORK TO GET THE TUBE & INFO ON OBTAINING A LICENSE, GO...HERE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, THIS TUBE COULD BE FOUND AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF PAGE 8, BUT DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT
SCRAP KIT OF CHOICE : I USED A GORGEOUS KIT CALLED SUNRISE BY RIENEKE DESIGNS, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN HER KITS OR BEEN TO HER BLOG, YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST CHECK IT OUT YOU CAN GET TO HER BLOG...HERE TO PURCHASE THIS KIT, YOU CAN DO THAT EITHER. @ SCRAPS WITH ATTITUDE...HERE
OR TWILIGHT SCRAPS...HERE
OR TWILIGHT SCRAPS...HERE
MASK OF CHOICE: I USED A BEAUTIFUL MASK BY BUTTERFLY FLUTTERBY CREATIONS, WHICH YOU CAN GET...HERE I USED MASK #86, WHEN YOU GO TO HER SITE THROUGH MY LINK, IT SHOULD BE THE 3RD POST DOWN CAL;LED NEW MASKS 84-88
EFFECTS: I USED XERO-->RADIANCE
OK, LET'S GET STARTED:
OPEN A NEW RASTER IMAGE, TRANSPARENT, 700 x 700
OPEN ELEMENT 101 COPY & PASTE ONTO IMAGE
OPEN PAPER 3 & RESIZE TO 500 x 500 PIXELS
GO BACK TO YOUR IMAGE, MAKING SURE THE FRAME IS HIGHLIGHTED, USING YOUR MAGIC WAND, CLICK INSIDE IT, GO TO SELECTIONS-->MODIFY-->EXPAND & EXPAND BY 6
GO BACK TO THE PAPER & COPY NOW PASTE THE PAPER ONTO YOUR IMAGE BENEATH THE FRAME
OPEN PAPER 3 & RESIZE TO 500 x 500 PIXELS
GO BACK TO YOUR IMAGE, MAKING SURE THE FRAME IS HIGHLIGHTED, USING YOUR MAGIC WAND, CLICK INSIDE IT, GO TO SELECTIONS-->MODIFY-->EXPAND & EXPAND BY 6
GO BACK TO THE PAPER & COPY NOW PASTE THE PAPER ONTO YOUR IMAGE BENEATH THE FRAME
GO BACK TO SELECTIONS-->INVERT & HIT DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD GO TO SELECTIONS-->SELECT NONE
NOW OPEN PAPER 6 & RESIZE IT TO 700 x 700 PIXELS
GO TO YOUR TAG & IN THE LAYERS PALETTE, HIGHLIGHT THE BOTTOM LAYER, IT SHOULD BE BLANK IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BLANK BOTTOM LAYER, GO TO LAYERS-->NEW RASTER LAYER THEN MOVE TO BOTTOM IF NOT ALREADY THERE
NOW THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO ADD A MASK & I WILL EXPLAIN BOTH...
NOW THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO ADD A MASK & I WILL EXPLAIN BOTH...
1ST: IF YOU HAVE A MASKS FOLDER IN YOUR PSP FILES, DOWNLOAD THE MASKS SET & EXTRACT THEM INTO THAT FOLDER IN PSP GO TO LAYERS-->LOAD/SAVE MASK-->LOAD FROM DISK & FIND THE MASK IN YOUR FOLDER
2ND: IF YOU HAVE NO FOLDER, WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD THE MASK, & OPEN IT TO EXTRACT THEM, OPEN THE FOLDER UP & HAVE YOUR PSP OPEN IN THE BACKGROUND, GRAB MASK 86 & SLIDE IT INTO PSP & IT WILL OPEN IN THERE, SHRINK IT IN THE BACKGROUND, REMEMBERING THE NAME OF IT
GO TO YOUR LAYERS PANEL & RIGHT CLICK YOUR MOUSE OVER THE PAPER LAYER & GO TO NEW MASK LAYER-->FROM IMAGE IN THE PULL DOWN MENU FIND THAT MASK LAYER & APPLY IT.
NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU APPLY THE MASK, WHEN YOU ARE DONE, MAKING SURE THE MASK IS YOUR ACTIVE LAYER IN LAYERS PALETTE, GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE GROUP AFTER THIS I DUPLICATED MY MASK LAYER TO MAKE IT A BIT DARKER, THEN MERGED THE 2 LAYERS TOGETHER
NOW OPEN ELEMENT 94 & RESIZE BY 75% & MIRROR COPY & PASTE ONTO YOUR TAG ABOVE THE FRAME LAYER USING THE PICK TOOL ROTATE IT A BIT TO THE LEFT SO IT CAN LAY IN THE LEFT HAND TOP CORNER OF THE FRAME, SEE MY TAG FOR REFERENCE IF NEEDED I ERASED A FEW OF THE LEAVES & TINY FLOWERS THAT HUNG OUT OVER IT TOO MUCH ONCE SATISFIED WITH PLACEMENT, DUPLICATE, MIRROR & FLIP YOU WILL NOW HAVE ONE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER
WHICHEVER FLOWER LAYER IS ON TOP IN YOUR LAYERS PALETTE, HIGHLIGHT IT
GO TO LAYERS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN
NOW LET'S ADD THE TUBE
COPY & PASTE THE TUBE ON TOP OF THE FRAME, ADJUST TO YOUR LIKING. WITH MINE, I PLACED HER IN THE CENTER OF THE FRAME, I THEN MADE MY FRAME THE ACTIVE LAYER, USING THE MAGIC WAND CLICKED IN SIDE IT WENT TO SELECTIONS-->MODIFY-->EXPAND & EXPANDED BY 1 GO TO SELECTIONS-->INVERT NOW MAKE YOUR TUBE THE ACTIVE LAYER & GO TO YOUR ERASER & ERASE THE BIT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME THAT IS STICKING OUT OVER THE EDGE OF THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME. SO IT LOOKS LIKE HER BOTTOM 1/2 IS UNDER THE FRAME BUT HER TOP 1/2 IS NOT
AFTER YOU ARE DONE WITH THAT, MAKE YOUR TUBE ACTIVE & GO TO EFFECTS-->XERO-->RADIANCE & APPLY I LEFT THE SETTINGS AS ARE WHEN OPENED THEN I ADDED A DROP SHADOW TO HER WITH THE SETTINGS 0, 0, 40, 9.00 WITH BLACK AS THE COLOR
OPEN ELEMENT 96 & PASTE ON TOP OF FRAME, I TURNED MINE, AGAIN WITH THE PICK TOOL, JUST A TOUCH TO THE LEFT TO MAKE IT RUN STRAIGHT DOWN THE ONE SIDE OF THE FRAME I ALSO MOVED THIS UNDER THE FLOWER LAYER ONCE SATISFIED, DUPLICATE, GO TO IMAGE-->FLIP THEN IMAGE-->MIRROR
OPEN ELEMENT 89 & FLIP IT COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF ALL LAYERS FOR MINE I PLACED IT IN THE TOP RIGHTISH HAND CORNER, MAKING THE LARGER SPARKLE PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE SMALLER FLOWER BUT PLACE WERE YOU WISH I THEN DUPLICATED, MIRRORED & FLIPPED I PUT THE BOTTOM SPARKLES ABOVE THE TUBE, LEAVING THE TOP ONE UNDER IT
OPEN ELEMENT 82 COPY & PASTE ONTO THE PAPER BELOW THE FRAME I LEFT IT JUST AS IT WAS IT SHOULD BE UNDER THE FRAME LAYER BUT ABOVE THE PAPER ONE , I ALSO DECIDED, AFTER MUCH CONTEMPLATION...LOL TO ADD ELEMENT 73 AS WELL,, UNDER THE ELEMENT YOU JUST ADDED
IT GAVE IT A BIT BRIGHTER LOOK UNDER THE SPARKLES, BUT THIS IS OPTIONAL, SOME MAY THINK IT TOO BRIGHT FOR BOTH
OPEN ELEMENT 46 COPY & PASTE ON TO FRAME I PLACED IT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER ON TOP OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS BUT UNDER THE TUBE I THEN DUPLICATED, MIRRORED & FLIPPED THEN MERGED DOWN TO MAKE THEM 1 LAYER
NOW OPEN ELEMENT 38 & RESIZE 25% I PASTED MINE ON TOP OF THE FLOWERS IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER I KNOW IT COVERS MOST OF THE FLOWERS, BUT I THOUGHT IT \LOOKED REALLY NICE WITH PARTS OF THE FLOWERS BENEATH IT STICKING OUT A BIT I THEN DUPLICATED & MIRRORED IT THEN MOVED IT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER I ALSO ADDED A SMALL XERO-->GRADIENT GLOW EFFECT AROUND EACH OF THE FLOWERS SO THEY STUCK OUT A BIT & DIDN'T GET LOST WITH THE OTHER ELEMENTS ALL AROUND IT. I KNOW IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BUSY, BUT I THOUGHT THAT EACH ELEMENT COMPLIMENTED TO OTHERS, SO ONLY ADD WHAT YOU LIKE
OPEN ELEMENT 14 COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF THE PAPER BACKGROUND LAYER BENEATH YOUR FRAME. I PASTED MINE JUST UNDER THE FRAME LAYER BUT ABOVE THE SPARKLES & SUN LAYERS ALREADY THERE. THEN I USED MY PICK TOOL TO MAKE IT SMALLER SO YOU COULD SEE IT BETTER
OPEN ELEMENT 15 & PASTE ABOVE THE FRAME LAYER I PLACED MINE TOWARDS THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, DUPLICATED, MIRRORED & FLIPPED
I USED ELEMENT 32, RESIZED BY 25% & PLACED A COUPLE BEHIND EACH FLOWER AT THE 2 CORNERS
NOW IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH YOUR TAG, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ADD YOUR COPYRIGHT INFO & YOUR NAME THEN SAVE AS A PNG
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR TRYING MY TUT. AGAIN, THIS ONE WAS STILL TOO LONG & I ABSOLUTELY HATE MAKING THEM SO,. I JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO CUT THEM BACK YET...LOL!
♥MUAH♥
♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
7/11/2011
Behind Blue Eyes
THIS TUTORIAL WAS WRITTEN FOR THOSE WITH A GENERAL WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF PSP
SUPPLIES:
PSP-ANY VERSION : I USED PSP X2
TUBE OF CHOICE : I USED THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK OF ZINDY S.D. NIELSEN YOU MUST HAVE A LICENSE TO USE HER WORK YOU CAN GET BOTH THE TUBE & INFO TO OBTAIN A LICENSE...HERE
SCRAP KIT OF CHOICE : I AM USING A GORGEOUS KIT CALLED "BEHIND BLUE EYES" MADE BY VICKI OF PINK PRINCESS SCRAPS YOU CAN GET TO HER BLOG...HERE YOU CAN PURCHASE THIS KIT AT HER STORE, PINKPRINCESS-SCRAPS, TO GET THERE GO...HERE
EFFECTS: I USED XERO-RADIANCE PLUG-IN, NOW YOU CAN GO...HERE TO DOWNLOAD JUST THE RADIANCE PLUG-IN OR FOR THE FULL XERO PACK, GO...HERE & LOOK UNDER
FREEWARE PLUG-INS & THE XERO: FREEWARE FILTERS
FREEWARE PLUG-INS & THE XERO: FREEWARE FILTERS
OK, LET'S GET STARTED:
GO TO FILE-->NEW & OPEN RASTER BACKGROUND, TRANSPARENT, 700 x 700
OPEN ELE44, RESIZE 80% COPY & PASTE ONTO IMAGE
WITH YOUR MAGIC WAND & HOLDING DOWN THE SHIFT BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD, CLICK INSIDE BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME YOU SHOULD HAVE MARCHING ANTS AROUND EACH SIDE WHEN YOU ARE DONE
OPEN PP2 & COPY IN THE LAYERS PALETTE HIGHLIGHT THE LAYER BELOW YOUR FRAME LAYER. IF THERE IS NOT ONE THERE, GO TO LAYERS-->NEW RASTER LAYER. IF IT IS NOT UNDER THE FRAME, MOVE IT NOW PASTE THE PAPER ON TO THAT LAYER GO TO SELECTIONS-->INVERT & DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD GO TO SELECTIONS-->SELECT NONE
OPEN YOUR TUBE OF CHOICE THE TUBE I USED CAME WITH 2 SELECTIONS, ONE WITH A MOON & ONE WITHOUT. I USED THE ONE WITHOUT & USING MY PICK TOOL I MADE HER BIGGER THAN THE ORIGINAL SIZE, WHICH DOES TEND TO GET BLURRY JUST TO LET YOU KNOW., WHICH IS WHY I WENT TO ADJUST-->SHARPNESS-->SHARPEN WHEN YOU HAVE IT HOW YOU WANT IT, MAKE SURE THE FRAME IS HIGHLIGHTED IN LAYERS PALETTE AGAIN GET OUT YOUR MAGIC WAND & CLICK INSIDE JUST THE LEFT FRAME THIS TIME GO TO SELECTIONS-->MODIFY-->EXPAND & EXPAND BY 4 GO BACK TO LAYERS PAPER & HIGHLIGHT THE TUBE NOW GO TO SELECTIONS-->INVERT & HIT DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD GO TO SELECTIONS-->SELECT NONE I THEN CHANGED THE BLEND MODE ON MINE TO LUMINANCE
OPEN ELE18 & RESIZE 35% COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF FRAME WITH THIS WE ARE GOING TO PLACE IT ALL AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME AS WELL AS THE IN THE MIDDLE DOWN THE 2 PIECES. PLACE THE 1ST TO YOUR LIKING THEN DUPLICATE & MIRROR & MOVE AROUND UNTIL THE ENTIRE FRAME IS COVERED FOR A COUPLE OF THEM YOU WILL HAVE TO ROTATE THE, TO DO THIS GO TO IMAGE-->FREE ROTATE & SET YOUR SETTINGS & CLICK OK NOW IF YOU WANT, THIS MAY BE EASIER, HIGHLIGHT THE TOP MOST LEAVES LAYER IN YOUR LAYERS PALETTE, GO TO SELECTIONS-->MERGE-->MERGE DOWN REPEAT THIS UNTIL YOUR LEAVES ARE ALL ONE LAYER
THIS JUST SEEMS EASIER THAN HAVING A BUNCH OF LAYERS OF LEAVES
THIS JUST SEEMS EASIER THAN HAVING A BUNCH OF LAYERS OF LEAVES
OPEN ELE33 & RESIZE 28% COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF YOUR LEAVES LAYER & PLACE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER
OPEN ELE54 & RESIZE 20% COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF LEAVES IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER GO TO SELECTIONS-->FREE ROTATE--ROTATE RIGHT 20 DEGREES
OPEN ELE55 & RESIZE 40% COPY & PASTE ON TOP OF MUSIC PAPER & ARRANGE IT RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT
OPEN ELE53 & RESIZE 40% COPY & PASTE ONTO TAG PLACE AT YOUR DISCRETION I JUST PASTED MINE IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT SPOTS AROUND THE TAG
OPEN ELE 57 & 58 & RESIZE 15% COPY & PASTE ARRANGE TO YOUR LIKING
GO BACK TO YOUR OPEN TUBE & IF THERE IS MORE THAN 1 SIZE, DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT GO TO EFFECTS-->PLUG-INS-->XERO-->RADIANCE & ADD THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS...
I DID NOT USE A MASK ON MINE, BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN ADD WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OTHER ELEMENTS, TUBES...ETC. MAKE IT PERSONAL & MAKE IT YOUR OWN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE TUT EXACTLY.
OK, THAT IS IT EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING MY TUTORIAL & I WILL BE TALKING WITH YOU ALL AGAIUN REAL SOON!
♥MUAH♥
♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
7/07/2011
♥MY 1st AWARD♥
YAY!! I got my very 1st blog award. I am receiving it a bit late because I had not noticed it, my fault completely for not checking my shout box. I received it from Vicki of Pink Princess Scraps, whom is absolutely AWESOME!! She RAWKS!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Vicki, for not only the award, but for everything. For being here & allowing me to be a part of you creative team, even through my ups & downs. This goes to the other creative teams I belong to as well.
There are no rules to this award
only that you send it to 5 people that you think deserve this award.
Make sure you leave them a message.
The 5 blogs I picked are listed below.....
Make sure you leave them a message.
The 5 blogs I picked are listed below.....
1. Xoiya Creations
2. Pink Princess Scraps
3. Addictive Pleasures
4. Rieneke Designs
5. Divine Intentionz
Thanks again & have a wonderful day!
♥HUGZ♥JESS♥
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