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This tutorial is © tagcatz design 2024. It may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without my written permission This tutorial assumes a basic working knowledge of PSP and AS. I'm using X23 for this tut. Scrap kit is mine called It's Christmas, available at my stores: Tagcatz Design store HERE Scrap Designs 'n Company HERE Glamourous Designs HERE Scraps 'n Company HERE Mask of choice. I used Mask 4tlom and you can download it HERE Animation Shop which you can download HERE Free animation from Sophisticat Simone, available on her blog HERE Scroll down - its package 456-466> Unzip and install Animation Shop on your system Unzip Sophisticat Simone's animation package Load your mask to the masks folder in PSP Font is Airnon, free from DaFont.com, HERE Open a new transparent image 700 x 700 - you can resize later if you like Fill with #bdd2dc Open paper 1, resize to 700 width, paste as new layer Layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk Choose 4tlom_mask001 with source luminance, fit to canvas and hide all mask checked Merge group With your preset shapes tool, pull a circle in the middle of the tag with width set at 4 Foregound should be white, background null Switch to your Pick tool and move the circle to the middle of the tag If you want to be sure of placement, click Object, Align, Center of Canvas With your magic wand, click inside the circle Selections, modify, expand 3 New raster layer Open paper 6, copy and close Edit, paste into selection Select none Move below the circle layer Click your group layer to activate it Open element 75, resize and move to the top left Open element 72, resize and move to the top right open element 47, resize and move to the left side Click your circle layer to activate it Open element 15, resize and move to the right side Open element 52, resize and move down a bit Open element 26, resize and move down and to the right Open element 7, flip horizontal, resize and move to the bottom left Open element 5, resize and move down Add drop shadows to your elements, I used 0, 5, 17, 12, black Merge all flatten Image, add borders, 10, white Resize to 400 width, copy and save Open a new transparent image 700 x 700 Fill with white Paste as new layer click your white layer to activate it Open paper 1, resize, paste as new layer Load your mask again and then merge group Click your main image layer to activate it Image, rotate, free rotate, left 20 Duplicate this layer, then rotate it left 10 Duplicate this layer, then roate right 10 Move this last layer down just a bit Click your group layer to activate it Open element 48, paste as new layer, move to the top left Open element 68, paste as new layer, move to the top right Click your top layer to activate it Open element 53, resize and move down and to the left Open element 3, resize and move to the bottom left Add your watermark and any text you want Go through your layers and add drops shadows as before If you are not animating the tag, delete the white layer, merge visiible and save as a png file TO ANIMATE Starting with the bow layer, merge down to and including the white layer Copy and go to AS and paste as new animation Duplicate until you have 16 frames Minimize for now Open animation 458 mng file Edit, select all Edit, copy and then close Maximize your background frames Make sure your slider is all the way to the left so frame 1 is on your screen Edit, select all Edit, paste into selection Position at the top left and click once to set it in place Edit, paste into selection and position to the right of the first one and click once to set in place Edit, paste into selection and position below the first one on the left side and click once to set in place Minimize for now Back to PSP Close the eye on the merged background layer Click any other layer to activate it Edit, copy special, copy merged Go to AS and paste as new animation Duplicate until you have 16 frames Edit, select all Edit, copy and then close Maximize your frames Edit, paste into selected frame (frame 1) Position and click once to set in place Save as a gif file Thanks for trying my tut - enjoy your tag!