Open a new transparent image 700 x 700 - you can resize later if you like Flood fill with white Thanks for trying my tutorial - enjoy your tag!!! Open paper 11, resize to 700 width, paste as new layer Layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk with source luminance, fit to canvas and hide all mask checked Merge group Effects, plugins, Neology, Blend Mosaic, 28 tiles Effects, plugins, Neology, Vasarely Mosaic, 20 tiles Duplicate this layer Adjust blur, Gaussian Blur, 6 With your pick too pull down from the top until you have something like this  Open element 76, resize to about 265 width, move up and to the right a bit Open element 90, rotate left 30, resize to about 440 width, move to the top left Open element 58, resize to about 180 width, move up and to the left side, overlapping the bottom of the umbrella Open element 58, resize to about 240 width, move to the left side Open element 24, resize to about 425 width, move up overlapping the flowers and the umbrella Open element 43, resize to about 300 width, move to the right side Open element 65, resize to about 190 width, move to the right and down and a bit Open element 55, resize to about 275 width, move up overlapping the store and the radio Open element 102, resize to about 190 width, move up and left a bit Open element 44, resize to about 330 width, move and a bit and left overlapping the bottom of the woman Open element 36, resize to about 300 width, move down and to the left, overlapping the guitar Open element 7, resize to about 140 width, move down and left, in front of the hat Open element 79, resize to about 150 width, move down next to the lemonade Open element 33, resize to about 300 width, move to the right overlapping the radio and the basket Open element 30, resize to about 200 width, move down just a bit Open element 11, resize to about 60 width, move down to the bottom Open element 46, resize to about 350 width, move to the bottom right Open element 100, resize to about 170 width, move down to the bottom Go through your layers and add drop shadows to your elements - I used 0, 5, 17, 12, black IF YOU ARE NOT ANIMAIING If you're going to resize, do that now before adding any text Add your credits and any CR you might have For my text I used William Christmas, black background, foreground null Convert to raster layer Selections, select all Selections, float Selections, defloat Selections, modify, select selection borders, outside, 2 New raster layer Flood fill the selection with white Give it a drop shadow - I used 0, 5, 5, 5, black Select none, merge down Move to where you want it - merge visible and save as a png file IF YOU ARE ANIMATING Add your credits and text as above Starting with the beach store layer, merge down to and including the white background layer Copy this merged layer and go to AS, paste as new animation Duplicate until you have 16 frames and then minimize for now Open animation file 925 mng from Sophisticat Simone's Package 318 Edit, select all Animation, resize animation to 75% Animation, cull animation 1 in every 5 frames Repeat the cull animation You should now have 16 frames Edit, copy and close Maximize your tag frames Edit, select all Make sure your slider is all the way to the left so Frame 1 is on your screen Edit, paste into selection - position at the bottom of the store and slightly right - then click once to set in place Minimize for now Back to PSP Close the eye on the merged bottom 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, copy and then close Maximize your tag frames again Edit, paste into selected frame - again Frame 1 Position where you want it and then click once to set in place Save as a gif file Thanks for trying my tut! Enjoy your tag! |