Pretty In Pearls - PTU tut

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Pretty In Pearls" by Crys  @  Creative Scraps By Crys

Font I used : MeaCulpa

(this is a pay font)

Tubes © Sabines Poser Park

Filter needed : DSB Flux

(We'll be using Mosaic Ripple, Radial Warp, & Radial Noise)

My Cluster Frame

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on October 8, 2011.  

Any similarity between this tutorial and another is nothing but 

coincidence.  You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind.  

If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at tnt-aimee@live.com and I will share

them here :o) Thanks!**

First things first!!

Download and install the filter & font.

Open whatever tube you're going to use and minimize

it until we're ready.  Also download my frame, duplicate it, and close

the original.

I think we're ready!

Change the canvas size of the frame to 800 x 800 pixels

so we have PLENTY of room to work with.

Using your selection tool - Set to freehand,

and with the following settings -

Click each corner of the frame and it should select

the entire inside.

Choose a paper from the kit - Resize 75% Copy

and paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete.

KEEP SELECTED!!

Now let's copy the tube (if using the same tube I did,

resize 140%) Paste as new layer - (Still keeping

selected) - Duplicate the tube layer & hide the layer for now.

Go back to original tube layer and hit delete.

Select none.

Drop shadow this tube layer - 2, -2, 65, 10 - black

Also drop shadow the frame layer.

Now let's go back to the copied tube - Move this layer

above the frame layer.  Grab your eraser tool and erase

the parts of the tube that go beyond the frame.

See below for an example:

Merge visible.

Copy the image and then paste as new layer.

Delete the original.  This puts our image in the center.

Now comes the fun part!!!

Duplicate the image - Resize top layer by 90%.

Make the bottom copy active

Effects - Filters/Plugins - DSB Flux - Mosaic Ripple

With these settings :

Apply.

Now Effects - DSB Flux - Radial Warp

with these settings :

Apply.

Finally - Effects - DSB Flux - Radial Noise

With these settings :

Apply.
Is that not a neat effect?!

Lower the opacity of the filtered layer to 80%.

Merge visible.  Crop and resize to your liking.

Add name and all copyright info and you're done!!

Save as .png for a transparent background or

.jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

As always, I made another tag for Crys showing off more bits

of the kit.  Also made two other cluster frames, which you 

can download.  Remember... If you download any of my

cluster frames, please be sure to leave a little thank you. :o)

Download

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Happy Halloween! PTU tut

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Halloween Time" by Crys @  Creative Scraps By Crys

Font I used : Creepy

(Creepy is a pay font, so I cannot give you the link... there are

others out there like it, you'll have to search around)

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on October 4, 2011.  

Any similarity between this tutorial and another is nothing but 

coincidence.  You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind.  

If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at tnt-aimee@live.com and I will share 

them here :o) Thanks!**

Ok, let's start by downloading and installing the font

you're going to use for the tut.

In PSP - Open a new image - 700 x 700 pixels.

Open black frame from kit - Resize 90% - Copy and paste

as a new layer on the new image.

Image - Rotate - Clockwise.

Using your magic wand (Feather and tolerance set to 0)

Click inside the frame.  Selections - Modify - Expand

by 4.  Choose a paper from the kit - Copy and paste

as a new layer.  Selections - Invert - Delete.

KEEP SELECTED!!

We're now going to create a little scene.

I'll list the elements I used and how I resized them,

you can arrange them any which way you'd like.

House - 50%

Brown tree - 50% (Duplicate and arrange)

Black tree - 45%

Scarecrow - 35%

Coffin - 35%

Gate - 50% (Duplicate and arrange)

Owl - 25%

You'll notice that the brown trees and the gate go beyond the frame.

This is why we keep the selection inverted...

Go back to those 4 layers and hit delete.

Once satisfied.... select none.  Now let's add a drop shadow

of 2, -2, 70, 8 - Black to each of those layers.

Add the same drop shadow to the frame layer.

Isn't that looking awesome?!

One more step before merging them together....

Open the spider from the kit - Resize him at 35%

Copy and paste him around the top part of the frame

(look at my tag if needed).

Add a new layer and grab your paint brush.

Size - 3 - Color black, paint a line from the spider to the

top part of the frame.  Merge just those two layers

together - Apply drop shadow used before.

Make sure the spider is below the frame layer.

Now Merge visible.

Feel free to take a break now if you'd like....

If not, let's keep going!!

Now let's open all the kids (there are three) and the black

cat.  Resize each of the kids by 45% - Copy and paste as new layers.

Arrange them each to your liking.  Resize the cat by 35% -

Copy and paste as new layer and arrange to your liking.

Apply same drop shadow to each of those layers.

Merge visible again.

Open the Happy Halloween word art from the kit.

Resize 80% - Copy and paste as a new layer.

Arrange to the top of the frame.  I separated

the words and got rid of the space between them.

Select all - Float - Defloat - Modify by 4.

Copy a paper from the kit and paste as new layer.

Selections - Invert - Delete.

Move the paper layer below the word art.

Select none - Apply drop shadow to the paper

layer.  Merge visible.

Now we're going to change the canvas size to 800 x 800

pixels.  This gives us room to add a mask and the web.

Copy web from the kit - Paste as new layer

and arrange to the left side of the tag - Duplicate.

Merge just those two web layers together.

Resize the web layers by 105%.

Arrange to your liking and move to the bottom

of the tag.

Add a new layer - Select all - Choose a paper

from the kit and copy.  Paste INTO selection.  Select none.

Apply a mask of your choice to that paper.

Merge group - Make sure this mask layer is below

the web layer.

Resize and crop the image to your liking.
Add name and all copyright info.

Save as .png for a transparent background and

.jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

    I also created this cluster frame using the kit.

Feel free to download the frame HERE.

Don't forget to leave some love!!

Serenity Moments PTU Tut

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Serenity Moments" by Leigh  @  Heartfelt Perfections

Font I used : Scriptina

Tube © Igolochka

My frame

You will also need the following filters:

Filter Factory M - Motion Trail and Explosive Blur

You can get Filter Factory M HERE.

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on October 4, 3011.  

Any similarity between this tutorial and another is nothing but 

coincidence.  You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind.  

If you'd like to share your creation, you may email them to me at 

tnt-aimee@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Ok Let's get prepared, shall we?

First - Download and install the font.

Download and install the Filters before opening PSP.

Download and open my frame in PSP.

Open whatever tube you're using in PSP.

Now - Duplicate the frame - Close out the original.

Here we go.  Ready?

Let's change the canvas size to 800 x 800 pixels.

This will give us plenty of room to work in. :o)

Using your magic wand - Click inside the frame - make sure you

get the areas by the flowers!  Selections - Modify - Expand

by 12 (This will make sure we get good coverage with

our paper).  Ok.  Now let's choose a paper from the kit -

Resize 25% - Copy and paste as new layer - Arrange

to your liking.  Selections - Invert - Delete.

KEEP SELECTED!!

Now move the paper layer below the frame layer.

Ok.  Let's copy our tube - Paste as new layer.

Resize if needed.  (If you're using the same tube I am,

resize it by 45%)  Arrange the tube to your liking.

(Still keeping the selection)

Duplicate your tube layer and hide the copy for now.

Making sure you're on the bottom tube layer - Hit

delete.  Select none.  Unhide the duplicate tube layer -

Move to the top of the image, above the frame layer.

Using your eraser tool, erase the bottom parts of the 

tube that show beyond the inside of the frame - But

leave the head alone.  Once satisfied - apply a drop 

shadow of 2, -2, 80, 10 - Black to the bottom tube

layer.  Apply the same shadow to the frame layer.

Merge visible.

Almost done!!

Duplicate the image layer.

Resize the top layer by 85%.

Make the bottom image layer active.

Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory M - Motion Trail

And use the settings below:

Then Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory M - Explosive

Blur with the settings below:

Apply Explosive Blur a second time.

Now let's finish that off with a Gaussian Blur of 2.

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian - Radius of 2.

Lower the opacity of this image layer to 80%.

We're going to add one final element.

Open hpSMe10 - Resize 25% - Copy and paste as new

layer.  Make sure it's between the two image layers.

Duplicate - Mirror - Drop shadow both element layers -

Merge visible.

Now resize and crop the image to your liking.

Add your name and all copyright info.

Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg

for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)  

 Just to show off a little bit.... I also made the following two tags

from the same kit.  See the possibilities?!