What you need:
PSP. Download a 30
day trial here.
Materials: Download here.
Open the images from the ZIP in PSP.
Eye Candy 3.1. Download here.
Save the filter in your plugins folder in PSP.
Close and restart PSP otherwise your filter won't work.
Open the font and minimize to your taskbar.
You will see the font in your text tool.
Save often.
Let's go. Good luck.....
Open a new image 400 X 300 > Transparent.
Foreground to #4092c3.
Background to #6f478b.
Foreground to gradient.
Look for the "Fore-back" gradient.
Texture unchecked (bleu hand).
Fill the image with the gradient.
Effects > Distortion effects > Pixelate.
For PSP 7 it's in Geometric effects.
Effects > Edge > Enhance more.
Open MD-AYS-1.psp and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Put the modus for this layer to Luminance (Legacy) and the opacity to 50.
Move the hand to the left (see screen) and make it fit at the bottom.
Open MD-AYS-2.psp and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move the hand to the left and bottom until it fits.
Open MD-AYS-3.psp and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Skip this step if you want to animate the tag with a swinging painter.
See explanation below at the animation part.
Move the painter so he is painting the bleu nail.
Layers > Merge > Merge visible layers.
Open MD-AYS-4.psp and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move the brush to the left upper corner.
Lock your foreground style.
Click
and look for the opened Dayton font. It's in the ZIP.
Size 28 > Stroke 0,0 > B for Bold > Anti-alias checked or sharp.
Type all text in capitals (Caps Lock).
Begin with the word "AT".
In the Layer Palette promote to raster (PSP 7, 8 & 9).
Select (feather 0 - tolerance 20) the yellow border.
Fill with #594185.
Repeat the glass effect and the drop shadow at 2 and - 2.
You can also animate your tag like I did with the example below.
The ANIMATION
This part is only for advanced PSP-ers:
Make the tutorial with above instructions but leave the painter out.
If all is done (without the painter), duplicate the layer 6 times in
your Layer Pallet. Lock all layers except the bottom one.
You have 7 layers. Make sure you are on the bottom one (= blue).
Paste your painter and put in place. Rotate the painter 25% to the left.
You might have to replace the painter. Do so if necessary.
Layers > Merge > Merge visible layers. Rename this layer to 7.
Now open the second layer from the bottom. Paste your painter.
Rotate the painter 15% to the left. Now put the background
(copy 2 of background) the opacity to 35%.
See if the top of the swing is exact at the same place as the layer beneath
It does? Lock your bottom layer and put the opacity of the first copy layer
back to 100% and merge visible. Make sure the bottom layer is locked.
You only merge 2 layers. Rename this to 6. Open the third layer from the bottom.
Again paste your painter. Don't rotate. Again put the background to 35%
and check the top of the swing is at the same spot as the layer beneath.
It is? Make sure only your painter layer and the layer beneath are open
and your opacity is back to 100. Merge visible. Rename the layer 5.
Now you have 3 numbered layers and the layers above. Open layer 4.
Repeat the above steps to the 2 next layers but rotate your painter to the to the
rights instead of to the left. Begin with 15% and the second 25%.
Keep looking if the top of the swing lines with the previous.
Don't forget to put the opacity back to 100 before you merge visible.
Make sure all layers are locked except the 2 layers to merge.
Rename your layers 4 and 3.
Rotate the painter in your runner up layer at 15% to the right and the top layer
not rotated. Rename the layers 2 and 1. After merging the last layer visible
you have 7 merged layers where the painter swings. Check it out.
If your painter doesn't swing you can undo some steps to correct it.
Save your file as AYS.psp. Notice.... not as AYS.PSPimage (PSP 8, 9 and 10)
because
Animation Shop can't read this type of extension.
In AS put all your frames (Ctrl-A) to a speed of 40.
Your "At Your Service" Tag is done.
I hope you like this tutorial.
Thank you for trying them out.
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Translation into English with help of my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.
the hand to the left (see screen) and make it fit at the bottom.
and look for the opened Dayton font. It's in the ZIP.
(feather 0 - tolerance 20) the yellow border.
