Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wise Snow
10:15 AM | 
Posted by
GinasGems
This tutorial was written by me on 3 October 2008. Any similarities to other tutorials is purely coincidental.
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice. I am using the ethereal artwork of Zindy Nielsen. If you wish to use her artwork, you must purchase a license here
Scrapkit. I am using the wintery wonderful scrapkit Cold and Crisp by Dezigns by Ali. If you wish to purchase this scrapkit you can here (she's got awesome templates and freebies!! check her out!!)
Wise Snow template made by me
Falling Snow animation. I receieved this animation through a yahoo group. If it belongs to you, let me know and I will credit you or take it out of my supplies
Mask by Becky. Unfortunately, her site is now closed. :-(
Font of choice. I used CAC Shishoni Brush. It can be downloaded here
Plug Ins : Alien Skin
EyeCandy 4000 Corona
EyeCandy 5 Nature Icicles (opt)
*Before we get started, I used a black and white tube which I colorized in 2 different ways. If you are using a B&W tube, make certain it does not go against the artists TOU*
Ok! Let's get started! Open up the template and delete the credits. Highlight the white background layer. Open up a paper of choice. Paste as new layer onto your canvas. Apply the Becky Mask, Fit to canvas checked. Delete the mask, answer yes and merge the group. Give the mask a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 40, Blur 6.00.
Highlight the big circle layer. Go to Selections > Select all. Selections > Float. Defloat. Open up a paper of choice from the scrapkit. Paste as a new layer onto your canvas. Go to Selections > Invert. Hit delete on your keyboard. Deselect (CTRL+D)
Open up a paper star of choice from the scrapkit. Resize by 45%, smartsize. Paste as new layer onto your canvas and position in the middle of the bigger circle.
Open up your tube. Resize as necessary, bicubic. Paste as new layer onto your canvas. Position to your liking within the paper star. Give your tube a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 45%, Blur 10.00.
Open up a winter tree of choice from the scrapkit. Resize by 47%, smartsize. Copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas. Drag the tree beneath your tube layer. Position to your liking behind your tube. Give the tree a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 40, Blur 3.00. Apply EyeCandy Nature Icicles with the following settings:
Highlight your paper star layer. Select, float, and defloat. Go to Selections > Invert. Highlight your tree layer. Grab your eraser tool, size 25, opacity 100%. Erase the parts of the tree that are hanging out the bottom of the paper star. Highlight your tube layer, and do the same. Deselect. (CTRL+D)
Highlight the big circle paper layer. Apply Eyecandy 4000 Corona with the following settings (use a color that matches your tube)
Highlight your paper star layer. Give it a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 60, Blur 8.00. Delete the gray big circle layer.
Open up a flower of choice. Resize by 15%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position to your liking. Give it a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 50, Blur 5.00. Open up a contrasting flower leaf. Resize by 20%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position beneath the flower. Give it the same drop shadow that you gave your flower.
Open up a flower stem of choice. Resize by 30%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position to your liking. Give it the same drop shadow you gave your flower leaf.
Open up a button bow of choice. Resize by 10%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position to your liking. Give it the same drop shadow you gave your flower stem.
Open up a winter bow of choice. Resize by 30%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position to your liking. Give it the same drop shadow you gave your button.
Open up a winter pendant of choice. Resize by 15%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position it so it looks as if it is hanging off of your tree. Give it the same drop shadow you gave your bow.
Add any other embellishments of your choosing. When you are satisfied, hide all of the template layers, your white background, and your mask layer. Merge your visible layers.
Highlight your small circle layer. Repeat all of the above steps EXCEPT use contrasting papers and elements, resizing everything as necessary. .
Open up a flower of choice. Resize by 15%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Position it so it looks as if it is holding the circles together. Apply Eyecandy Nature Icicles with the following settings to the flower:
Give the flower a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 50, Blur 4.00
Open up 2 Grommets of choice. Resize by 8%, smartsize. Paste onto your canvas and position behind your flower.
Position the template snowflakes to your liking. Crop and resize to your liking.
Add your copyright info, watermark and text. Merge your layers together. If you are not animating, save as PNG or JPG.
If you are animating, open up Animation Shop. Copy your tag from Paint Shop Pro. Paste as a new animation in AS. Duplicate the tag frame so you have a total of 10 frames.
Open up your falling snow animation. Select all frames (CTRL+A). Copy. Highlight your 10 frame tag animation. Select all frames (CTRL+A) Go to Edit > Paste into selected frame.
Optimize and save as gif.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions, just give me a shout or send me an email.
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