NorthernLass Tutorials

SLAVE FOR YOU

2009-12-14T15:21:00.010Z

Slave For You.

Supplies Needed...

Tube of choice....I have used one by Jamie Kidd which you can purchase HERE

Mask is no256 by WSL thanks Chelle HERE

Frame of choice....I have used one my new design CU4CU frames which you can purchase HERE

Plugins....

Eyecandy Impact.

Tramages.

Xero.

Font of choice.... I have used Bebas.

Metal Stud made by me HERE

Open a new transparent image 600x600

Layers/new raster layer/flodd fill black.

Layers/new raster layer/flood fill white.

Find your mask/duplicate/close he original.

On your main image/layers/new mask layer from image

Find your mask in the little drop down/invert mask data checked/ok.

Layers/merge group.

Find your frame/if you are using the same as me duplicate/close the original/resize 50% twice/90%/edit/copy.

Edit/paste your frame onto your main image and postion.

With your magic wand click inside your frame and also inside the chain links and just below the chain/selections/modify/expand by 8

Layers/new raster layer/set your foreground to black-background #880200

Click on gradients and find the foreground.

Flood fill your frame selection with the gradient/select none.

Move below your frame.

Effects/plugins/xero-soft vignette...

Horizontal-foreground-solid

-90

255

Find your tube/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste your tube onto your frame and position.

On your layers palette highlight your frame/layers/duplicate.

Move your duplicate frame layer to the top so it covers your tube.

With your eraser gently remove parts of the frame so your tube appears to be coming out of your frame.

On your layers palette hide your bottom three layers/highlight an open layer/layers/merge visible/unhide the closed layers.

Find the metal stud/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste under the top left corner of your frame/layers/duplicate/image mirror/layers/duplicate/image flip/layers/duplicate/image mirror.

On your layers palette/close off all the layers except for the four studs/highlight one of the stud layers/layers/merge visble.

I added a slight gradient glow to the frame layer and the stud layer.

Drop shadow with your own preference.

Unhide the closed the layers.

Back on your layers palette click the bottom layer.

Effects/plugins/tramages-cybermosh/ok

Add your words (see mine) and a slight gradient glow to them and drop shadow.

Add your copyright and licence.

Layers/merge all.

Save as Jpeg or PNG.

Thankyou for trying my tutorial and please free to send me your results.

Written by a Northern Lass.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2009-12-10T20:21:00.006Z

Merry Christmas.

Tubes of choice....I have used three by Keith Garvey which you can purchase HERE

Mask.... no.07 by Zuzzana thankyou, HERE

Scrapkit my PTU Christmas Gone Country HERE

Open a new transparent image 600x600

Find paper 10/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy

Edit/paste onto your new image.

Layers/new raster layer/flood fill white.

Find your mask/duplicate/close the original.

On your main image/layers/new mask layer from image/find your mask in the little drop down/invert mask data checked/ok.

Layers/merge group.

Find the Christmas tree/duplicate/close the original/resize 50%/edit/copy.

Edit/paste your tree onto your main image.

Now add any embellishements around your tree bottom/resize as needed.

Find your tubes/duplicate/close the originals./resize 80% or as you prefer.

Edit/paste and position your tubes (see mine).

Add your copyright and licence.

Layers/merge all.

Open a transparent image 600x600.

Find paper 10/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste the paper onto your new image/layers/merge all.

Effects/texture/effects-blinds-width 20/opacity-25.

Animation.

Open animation shop.

Back in psp and on your new paper image/edit/copy.

In animation shop/edit/paste as new animation.

Effects/insert image transition/find curtains in the little effects box/0k.

You now have 21 frames.

Back in psp and on your main image/edit/copy.

Back in animation shop/edit/paste as new animation.

Edit/duplicate/continue to duplicate until you have 21 frames.

On your blinds/CTRL&A/CTRL&C.

Click on the first frame of your main image.

CTRL&A/CTRL&E/ position your blinds onto your main image.

Edit/select all/edit/copy.

Click on the last frame of your main image/edit/paste after current frame.

Animation/reverse frames.

View/animation.

If yours looks like mine then you are done.

Save as GIF.

Thankyou for trying my tutorial do send me your results.

Written by a Northern Lass.

WINTER ARTIST

2009-12-07T16:56:00.005Z

Winter Artist

This is an easy tutorial and is ideal for beginners learning how to copy and paste and using animations in psp and animation shop.

Supplies Needed..

Tube of choice....I have used a beautiful Pinuptoons which you can purchase HERE

Mask is no.22 by Becky, her site is down so it is included in the supplies.

Window and swag are mine, i made the window for this tutorial.

Snow animation included in the supplies HERE

Open a transparent image 600x600/flood fill with #436798

Layers/new raster layer/flood fill with white.

Find becky's mask no.22/duplicate/close the original.

On your main image/layers/new mask layer from image/find your mask in the drop down/invert mask data checked/ok.

Layers/merge group.

Find your window/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste your window onto your main image.

Now add your tube copyright and licence and any other words.

Layers/merge all.

Open animationshop.

Find your snow.

Edit/select all/edit/copy.

Back in psp edit/paste animation as multiple images.

On your main image/take your selection tool/selectiontype-rectangle/mode-add/shift.

On your window carefully draw a selection square around each of the inside windows around the glass (see mine).

Your snow is numbered frame 1-10.

Click on frame 1/edit/copy

Back on your window/edit/paste into the selection/select none.

Edit/copy

In animation shop/edit/paste as new animation.

Back in psp/edit/undo select none/undo paste into selection.

Keeping your selections active click on frame 2 of the snow/edit/copy

Edit/paste into selection/select none.

Edit/copy/take into animationshop/edit/paste after current image.

Repeat from step 1 until you have completed 10 frames,you can delete each frame of snow as you go if it helps you to keep track of which frame you are up to.

You should now have ten frames of your window in animation shop/view/animation and if it all looks ok then your animation is complete.

Still in animation shop open the window swag.

Edit/duplicate selected/repeat until you have 10 frames if you go over click each frame you dont need and hit tdelete.

With 10 swags click on the first frame/CTRL&A/CTRL&C

Click on the first frame of your window/CTRL&A/CTRL&E move your swag into place over your window.

Now repeat for your tube.

View animation and if you are happy with your tag then you are done.

Save as GIF.

Thankyou for trying my tutorial and please do send me your results.

Written by a Northern Lass.

SHE'S A LADY

2009-12-04T18:00:00.010Z

She's A Lady

Supplies Needed...

Tubes of choice... I have used 4 gorgeous Jamie Kidd tubes which you can purchase HERE

Template and bow are mine supplied HERE

Mask is by WSL no.297 thanks Chelle HERE

Plugins...

Pentacom-Colour Dot

Open the template and delete my copyright.

On your layers palette highlight the rectangle frame.

With your magic wand click on the frame/layers/new layer/flood fill with #68b9c4

Selections/select none.

On your layers palette right click on the rectangle frame and delete.

Highlight your rectangle centre.

With your magic wand again click on the rectangle centre/layers/new raster/layer

flood fill with a colour from your tube.

Effects/plugins/Pentacom-Colour Dot

Selections/select none.

Right click on your rectangle centre layer and delete.

Repeat the above for all your circle layers.

Highlight any of your circle frames.

With your magic wand click inside the frame/selections/expand 3

Find your first tube/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy

Edit/paste your tube onto your active frame/selections/invert/hit delete.

Selections/select none.

Move your tube below your frame layer.

Repeat the above for all your circles.Layers/merge visible/edit/copy.

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Open a new transparent image 600x600

Flood fill with a colour from your tube.

Layers/new raster layer/flood fill white.

Find your mask/duplicate/close the original.

layers/new mask layer from image/find your mask in the drop down/invert mask data checked/ok.

Layers/merge group.

Edit/paste your completed template onto your new image.

Find your tube/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy

Edit/paste onto your template and postiton as you like (see mine).

Add your copyright and licence.

Now add your bow where you like.

Layers/merge flatten.

Save as PNG or Jpeg.

Thankyou for trying my tutorial,do show me your results.

Written by a Northern Lass.

Whoops!!

2009-12-02T14:33:00.010Z

Whoops!!

This is a nice easy tutorial.

Tube of choice...I have used Pinuptoons which you can purchase from HERE

Scrapkit is PTU Blue Christmas HERE (please note this kit is free for the next 24hrs)

Mask is by WSL no.286 thanks Chelle HERE

Supplies...snow animation HERE

Plugins...Murameister-Cloud.

Lets Go......

Open a new transparent image 600x600

Find a paper of your choice/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste the paper onto your new image.

Layers/new raster layer/flood fill white.

Find your mask/duplicate/close the original.

On your main image/layers/new mask layer from image/find the mask in the little drop down/invert mask data checked/ok.

Layers/merge group.

Find the Christmas wreath/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste your wreath onto your main image/image/resize 110%

With your magic wand click inside the wreath/selections/modify/expand by 8

Layers/new mask layer/flood fill with #436798

Effects/plugins/murameister-cloud

Selections/select none.

Move the layer below your wreath layer.

Find the Christmas house/duplicate/close the original/resize 50% and again 80%.

Position your house in the centre of your wreath and on your layers palette lower the opacity to your liking.

Find your main tube/duplicate/close the original/edit/copy.

Edit/paste your tube onto your image (see mine).

Find your teddybear/duplicate/close the original/resize 50% twice/edit/copy

Edit/paste under your tube (see mine).

Add your copyright and licence.

On your layers palette/close your tube and teddy bear layer.

Click on an active layer/layers/merge visible.

Animation......

Open animationshop

Find your animated snow.

Back in psp/click on the merged layer/edit/copy

Back in animationshop/edit/paste as new animation.

Your snow has 10 frames so click on your main image/edit/duplicate/repeat this until you have 10 frames/if you go over click on the last frame and delete.

Click on the first frame of your snow/CTRL&A/CTRL&C

Click on the first frame of your main image/CTRL&A/CTRL&E/position your snow towards the top.

Repeat the above again and postion your snow towards the bottom of your main image.

Back in psp.

On your layers palette/close your merged layer and reopen your tube layers.

Highlight a tube layer/layers/merge visible/edit/copy

In animationshop/edit/paste as new animation/edit/duplicate until you have 10 frames.

Click on the first of your new frames/CTRL&A/CTRL&C

On your main image click on the first frame/CTRL&A/CTRL&E

Positon on your main image.

View animation and i f all looks ok then you are done.

Save as gif.

Thankyou for trying my tutorial and please do send me your results.

Written by a Northern Lass.

THANKYOU SNAPPYSCRAPPY

2009-12-02T10:50:00.002Z

I would like to say a big thankyou to Marie aka SnappyScrappy for my stunning layout.

This lady has no end of talents so if you are looking for a beautiful layout for your blog then please visit Marie, she has a selection of premade layouts but also offers customised layouts to meet your own needs.

Thankyou very much Marie.

You can find more of these beautiful layouts HERE