Amaryllis Heart Tag
 (PSP 8, 9 and 10 - no filters)
A tutorial by Mar © 2005.

What you need:
PSP. Download a 30 day trial here.
 Materials:  Download here.
Open all images from the ZIP in PSP.
Open the font and minimize.
You will see it in your text tool now.

Save often.
Let's go. Good luck.....

Open a new image 400 X 400 > Transparent.

Fill the image with #ffffff (white).

Open the MD-Amaryllis-Heart.psp from the ZIP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Move the heart with    as much top the top left as possible.

Adjust > Blur > Motion blur.

Effects > Texture effects > Mosaic glass.

Effects > Image effects > Offset.

Image > Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Black.

Select    the black border and fill with #8bb5ff.

Effects > Reflection effects > Pattern.

Selections > Select nothing.

Again copy the MD-Amaryllis-Heart.psp.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Image > Change size > 75% > All layers unchecked.

Move the heart like in the screenshot below.

Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow > Black.

Foreground colour to #8bb5ff.
Background colour to #3962bc.

Click and look in your font tools for the opened Scriptina. It's in the ZIP.
Size 48 > Stroke 4,0 > B van Bold > Anti-alias checked.

Type the text you want to use. I took "Thank You".
Notice..... the T and the Y are capitals.
If necessary move the heart a little to the top left.

In the Layer Pallet promote to raster (PSP 8 & 9).

Image > Rotate > Free rotation > 25 Degrees to the left > All layers unchecked.

Repeat the drop shadow like before.

If all went well you mist have this now:

Open the MD-Amaryllis-flowers.psp from the ZIP and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move the flowers like on the screenshot below.

Repeat the drop shadow like before.

Now open the single MD-Amaryllis-flower.psp from the ZIP and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move the flower on top of one of the letters.

Layers > Merge > Merge visible layers.

Selections > Select all.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 5 pixels.
Selections > Invert.

For the next step you need to be very accurate.

Use your lasso selection tool.
Modus to Add > Feather 1 > Smoothing 0 > Anti-alias checked.

Select the white flowers.

We have selected to much now since we don't want
 to select the blue flower leaves and pestles.

So set your mode to remove and delete the flower hearts and
blue leaves from your selection. Zoom in close (+ key).

Duplicate this layer twice in your layer palette.

You have 3 layers. Activate the top layer (= blue).

Adjust > Add noise/.... > Add noise.

Noise to 25 (on layer 2) and 30 (on layer 3).

Save as Amaryllis-tag.psp.

Animation Shop doesn't recognize the PSP 8 and 9 extensions
*.pspimage so you have to save as PSP 6 or  7 file. Do it like this:
Save as > Click options and choose save as PSP 7 or 6 compatible file.

Open Animation Shop (AS) .
Get your file, you have 3 frames.
Click Ctrl A to select all frames.

Animation > Frame properties to 10.

Click  to play. Save as GIF.
How to: at the bottom of this tutorial.

Of course there are a lot of text variations possible.

Your Amaryllis Heart Tag is done
I hope you did like this Tag.
Thanks for trying my tutorials.
More Amaryllis tubes on my site here.

This tutorial is written and designed by Mar and therefore her property.

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This tutorial may NOT be copied in part or whole without my permission.

Translation into English by my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.



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