Singing in the Rain

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

2/3/2012

I do these tutorials for fun and not

for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to

help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.

Everything I use I have collected don't claim to have

made anything other then the tag.

Supplies

Mask

tubes of choice

font of choice~Black Rose

Graphic of choice

Template~

 Supplies~HERE

Plug in

Eye candy impact 5 HERE

Import preset to your eye candy impact 5 bevel.
Vanderlee plug in HERE

Open all your supplies in PSP

minimize them until needed.

 Duplicate the template and close original

Delete the top layer.

Also raster 9, and both raster 8 layers, I also decided I

didn't want raster 4 so got rid of it also.

That's up to you.

I didn't use them in this tutorial.

 What I have

Canvas size 800 X 700 we

will resize when done.

Highlight Raster 2

Magic wand and select this.

Flood fill with a color of choice.

I used one from the graphic I'm using.

Effects>texture>blinds

Deselect

Eye candy 5 impact>bevel

In case you can't import the setting here is what I used.

Effects>3D drop shadow

Repeat but change the V and H to minus -2

In layer pallet highlight raster layer 3

Add a new raster layer>copy and paste into

selection>the graphic of choice>adjust>

Deselect

Layers>merge down.

Effects>plug in eye candy 5 impact>bevel

use the same settings as above.

Layer merge>merge down.

This is what you should have now.

 

Select>raster layer 5 flood fill with a different

color of choice.

Effects>texture effects>texture> Settings I used.

Use a different effect if you wish.

Deselect

Add the same bevel>eye candy 5 impact.

Except change the bevel width to 7.59

Select>copy of raster layer 5> and flood fill

Effects>texture effects>texture, I used a different

one for this last strip.

If you use a light color as I did you can

go to effects enhance and it brightens it up better.

Deselect

Add same eye candy 5 bevel

Except in lighting change it to your background

color so it stands out better.

Highlight layer 6

Select and flood fill with color

of choice.

Effects>Weave

Add same eye candy 5 bevel

Except in lighting change it to your foreground

color so it stands out better.

Layers>merge down twice.

Give this the same drop shadow as earlier.

Open up the frame I included in supplies, or use

one of your choice.

Copy and paste as a new layer>Resize it so it

fits around layer 7, I resized by 90 percent>with

mover tool place it over layer 7

You can change the color of the frame if need be

I change the color so it would stand out more on

the green.

Add a drop shadow of choice.

Select raster layer 7 add a new raster layer>copy

and paste into the graphic of your choice. 

Deselect

This is how mine looks now.

You can now add your tubes

Copy and paste as new layer mushroom tube>resize by 55 percent

mirror and place over on the right hand side at the bottom

of the frame.

 Duplicate>resize by 50 percent>mirror and with mover tool

move how you want it to look

Add a drop shadow to them if you wish.

Copy and paste as a new layer frog or what you

want to sit on the mushrooms.

The one I used is in the supplies.

Resize them by 50 percent>with mover tool

place how you want him.

Add a drop shadow

Add the squirrel tube, or one of choice.

Resize it by 30 percent.

Add same drop shadow as

you did to the mushrooms.

Copy and paste as a new layer>a flower of choice.

I'm using one from the supplies>ast>resize it by

60 percent>take deform tool and turn it up and down

or how you want it to look. Place on the left hand

side over one of the bars.

I then duplicated this layer>mirrored and just

moved with mover tool how I wanted it.

Give them a drop shadow.

Copy and paste as a new layer>flower branch

resize by 20 percent and turn with deform tool.

You can colorize the flowers, that is what I did.

I took my easer tool and got rid of some of the stuff

on the flowers I didn't want there.

Drop shadow.

Add the bow resize by 30 percent.

Colorize the bow to go with your theme.

Give it the same drop shadow.

Open the fairy and resize her by

60 percent move her down and to the left

or how you would like her to look.

This is mine so far.

You can add any thing else you wish to at this time

Some wording. The one I used is in supplies.

 When happy with every thing click on layer 1

and flood fill with a color you want your mask.

 Layer>new mask layer>from image>

 Merge group.

Resize the mask by 90 percent and move it over some.

 If your going to add words do so now.

Highlight the top layer

and use the one of choice.

The one I did is in the supplies.

 If your happy with every thing you can start at

the top and merge down some if you like, just be

sure that nothing is hooked to raster 7, and the frame,

also the graphic. This is how I stopped.

 Add your water mark now before you do the

animation steps.

I added it down on raster 2

Close off your graphic layer>so the blue color is showing

select it with your magic wand.

Reopen the graphic layer and make sure

your on it should be raster layer 4 we will add the animation now.

To the graphic

Keep selected

Add 3 new raster layer 3, rename them rain 1, rain 2, and rain 3

Close off rain 2 and 3 make sure your on rain 1

 Plug in VanDerLee>snowflakes

 Adjust

 Deselect

 Edit copy merge

Open you animation shop

Paste as a new animation

Go back to your psp

edit undo, until your back to the ants and just the plain graphic

before

 after

Now close off rain layer 1 and open

rain layer 2 and repeat the steps we just

did except change the speed by 20

Make sure you have highlighted rain 2

 Deselect

 Edit copy merge, in animation shop

edit>paste after current layer.

 Go back to psp and undo what we just did like before.

Close off rain 2>add the snow change speed to 1050

and motion blur.

Deselect

Edit copy merge>back to animation

edit paste after current layer.

You should now have 3 layers in animation shop.

 Go to frame 1

View animation and you can see the rain.

We are going to slow it down some.

 Go to animation>frame properties, and that is where

you change the speed.

 Frame 1 leave it........frame 2 change to 20

You can leave frame 3 also if you like.

 Before I save mine I go to animation>animation

properties, and change my background to white, or

what ever color you want.

 If your happy with every thing you can resize

your tag.

File>Save as>name it>and place

it where you want it to go.

Just keep hitting next and let it do its thing.

Your now all done.

Would love to see what you do with this.

Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned

something new.

Have any questions or need help.

Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.

Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

another I did

Thank you Mary

Thank you DeLoris for my
darling tag and trying my new tutorial.

Thank you Dreams

Thank you
LadyButterfly

I'm a goddess

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

12/15/2011

I do these tutorials for fun and not

for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to

help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.

Everything I use I have collected don't claim to have

made anything other then the tag.

Notes:

All settings will remain the same unless otherwise noted

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP

Remember to save often in case your psp crashes

I did this in PSP 9 but sure any one will work.

The kit I used is called Vanilla Butter, and it is the wonderful work of

ACowgirlsCreations, and you can get it.

HERE

Be sure and stop by her blog and she what's going on there.

HERE

Plug ins

Eye candy 5 impact HERE

Filters unlimited HERE

Bkg_Kaleidoscope HERE

Install the plug ins if need be.

Supplies

Mask

Template

I used is by Babes designs its template 12

Have it in the supplies.

Font of choice>I used AL Dreamboat it's in the supplies also.

Tubes of choice

Tube I used is by © ISMAEL RAC / WWW.XERACX.COM

Please don't use unless you have a license

Right now they are having a great sale at his site HERE

It is called Summer Dress

All my supplies are

HERE

Open and duplicate the template

close the original.

Canvas size 800 X 600

Delete the top layer, I also deleted raster 2. and Raster 1

Highlight the background layer and select it with your

magic wand.

Select a paper from the kit>zAcc VB paper 2 copy

and paste as a new layer>selection>invert>delete

You can delete the background layer.

Deselect

Effects>3D inner bevel

Add a drop shadow

I deleted the inner frame part>since I wanted to use

a paper in there.

In the layer pallet start with the left frame>selection

tool and select the inside of it. Selection modify expand by 2.

New raster layer

copy and paste into selection>paper of choice>

zAcc VB paper 1, move it below the white frame.

Deselect

Do the same with the other 2 frames.

I mirrored the paper for the right hand side.

And cut a section from the paper and copied and pasted

it into the selection

Magic wand>highlight the left frame in your layer pallet

Make sure you have move the back ground part below the frame.

Copy and paste as a new layer the tube you want to use.

Resize if needed>selection invert and hit delete.

It will get rid of what you don't want.

On the right side I mirrored my tube, before I copied and pasted it

as a new layer. Then do the same with this one as you just did with

the left.

Deselect

Layers>properties>lower to 65 percent.

What I have so far.

With magic wand select the left side frame>and copy and paste a paper

of choice>Or you can just flood fill with a color of choice.

zAcc VB paper 5 is what I used, I resided it by 55% then had to

go to layer promote to background layer>image rotate left by 10%, copy and

paste as a new layer.

Deselect

Image>Plug in>eye candy 5 impact>bevel. I have included the preset

for settings I used in the supplies.

Import it to your eye candy 5 bevel.

On the right side of the frame, I mirrored the paper>

and copied and pasted as a new layer.

Moved it how I wanted it>selection invert delete

Deselect

Add same bevel

Do the center one the same way now.

Once those are done if you happy with it

you can merge those layers all together if you wish.

Make sure you close off the bar layer>and the square bars

Open up the two layers you closed off>highlight the bars layer

and select with magic wand>copy and paste as a new layer

another paper of choice> zAcc VB paper 4

I did both the bars at the same time>move with mover tool until

you get how you want it>selection>invert>delete.

Deselect

You can now give it the same bevel as the frames, or use the first one

that we gave the large bar.....it's all up to you.

Now highlight in layer pallet the small square>with magic

wand click on every other one>top and bottom

Flood fill with color of choice>Deselect

Repeat with the remaining ones, what you did but

with a different flood fill color.

Give them a bevel>I used the 3D inner bevel effect

Copy and paste as a new layer tube of choice

and place it in the middle>the one I used resized it by

75%>mirrored her and then with eraser removed the part

of her arm that was over the other picture so it looks like

she is kind of under the right hand frame.

Now lets add some accents, if your happy with every thing

you can merge all layers.

Copy and paste as a new layer>Acc VB dried leaves>resize by

50%>image mirror>move over and down on the left hand frame.

Add drop shadow

Copy and paste as a new layer>Acc VB greens

Resize by 50% with deform tool turn and move over on top

of the leaves, take eraser tool and remove some of it on the bottom

Duplicate and mirror, turn with deform tool and place it where you like it.

Add a drop shadow to both sets of leaves.

Copy and paste as a new layer>Acc VB flower 2 Resize by 50 percent

I didn't like the part on the bottom so I removed it.

Turn with deform tool and arrange so the green leaves and that

are showing, I decided I wanted the brown leave a little bigger

so took deform tool and pulled it out more.

To get the green leaves like I did I used the mess deform tool

to pull them out and around.

If you don't know what I mean......see the nodes the little squares, you can

grab them and push and pull things to shape them like you want them, just

mess around and see what you can do. Any thing you don't like you can edit undo.

when done just click on one of the tools and the little squares will go away.

This is what mine look like. When you like what you did, close

off all the other layers and merge these together, then open up the

others again.

Open>Acc VB doodle>go around with the selection tool

the top small one, copy and paste as a new layer and place it on

the top left hand corner of the small bar, add drop shadow

Duplicate>mirror>and move over to the right hand corner.

Open>Acc VB greens copy and paste and move to the right side

resize by 60% turn it with deform tool>duplicate layer mirror and move it

over by the other,

Add drop shadow but change the blur to 8

Open>Acc VB flowers doodle>image resize by 55%>image rotate free

right 90% with deform tool set to free hand>turn and pull this around

until you like how it looks.

I took and erased some of the green leave that I didn't like showing.

Open>Acc VB hat copy and paste as a new layer

resize by 30% turn and place how you want it on top of the ladies head.

Add any thing else you wish to at this time.

Merge all layers when your happy with it.

Crop off some of the extra you don't want in your tag

Layer new raster layer

Flood fill with a color you want your mask to be #e3ce7c is what I used.

Layers>new mask layer>from image

Merge group

Duplicate layer>image mirror>image flip

with mover tool move the masks around so they show on both sides,

and some at the top and bottom.

Merge all layers>new raster layer>

Flood fill with a dark color from your tag>layers arrange move down.

Add a 2 pixel border color of choice

Resize by 90%

Layers>promote background layers

Add a new raster layer arrange send to bottom.

Flood fill with a color of choice.

Merge layers

Selection tool and click on the large border you have.

Effects>plug in filters unlimited>&

Nomads Rug default setting.

Effects>plug ins filters unlimited>buttons and frames

glass frame 2 with default settings.

Deselect.

Add a new raster layer>add words if you wish.

I added the one I used in the supplies.

Just resize it to what you like or if your colors are

different then the brush was in there also.

Add any thing else you want to at this time.

Add your water mark and resize to your liking.

your now ready to save your work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.

Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned

something new.

Have any questions or need help.

Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.

Jcuttlebear01@aol.com