Supplies Needed:
PSP 9- should be similar in later versions
xenofex 2 constellation
SuperBlade Pro - m_coconutice preset Download
Broadway and International Palm font
tube of your choice I used the beautiful art of Carlos Cartagena which you
can buy a license to use his work HERE
Open up a 500 x 500 transparent canvas. Floodfill with black. Rename this layer background.
Open up your tube. Copy and paste as a new layer. If its too large resize. Look at mine for reference. Move it over to the left. Rename tube.
Activate the preset shapes rectangle tool. Foreground a color to compliment your tube. I used #cfa8b4- background-null, width 2. You can use whatever line style that you think looks good.
Draw a rectangle around your tube. Again, refer back to my preview for reference. Resize if necessary then convert to raster layer.
Rename this layer rectangle 1. Duplicate this layer and move over to the right.
Activate the raster deform tool and make the second rectangle a little narrower. Leave the same height. Rename this layer rectangle 2.
Activate the text tool. I used Broadway font size 72 stroke 2 foreground black and background the same color you used for your rectangles or the pink I used which is #cfa8b4.
Type out the word Glamour or whatever you want it to say. Go to image free rotate with these settings.
Resize to fit in box then convert to raser layer. Rename this layer glamour.
Go to selections/select all, selections/float, selections/defloat.
Go to effects/plugins/flamingpear/superbladepro and browse to your m_coconutice preset. Click ok.
Activate the text tool again. This time use a script type of font. I used International Palm, Size 48, foreground null/background the same color as the rectangle or the pink I used #cfa8b4.
Go to image rotate free rotate with the same settings as before. Resize as needed then convert to raster layer. Rename name layer.
In the layer palette highlight the tube layer. Select the rectangle selection tool. Select her face and shoulders.
Right click copy and then click an empty place in your workspace and hit paste as a new image.
Go to image resize. With these settings:
Now your numbers are going to be different then the ones in yellow. But notice the top number. I just added 100 to the first number and then hit ok. It will make theimage larger.
Right click copy and then activate your main image paste as a new layer. Move it over her shoulder and lower opacity to 26.
Take the eraser tool with opacity at 40 and hardness at 40. Erase anything hanging over the rectangle or overlapping on the main tube image.
Add any copyright info to the tag.
In the layer palette click the eye to the right on everything but glamour, rectangle 1 and rectangle 2. Those are the only things that should be visible.
In the layer palette right click on glamour and merge visible. Rename this layer Glamour.
Click the eye to turn this layer off.
UN-check all the other layers and right click background and merge visible. Rename this background.
Duplicate the glamour layer twice for a total of 3 layers. You should have 4 layers total.
Now turn off the copies of glamour. In the layer palette highlight glamour.
Go to effects/plugins/xenofex 2 constellation. These are the settings:
Hit ok. Turn this layer off. Then UN-check copy of glamour and go to effects/plugins/xenofex 2 constellation and hit random seed ONCE.
Turn this layer off and UN-check Copy (2) glamour and go to xenofex 2 constellation again and hit random seed ONCE.
This is what your layer palette should look like now.
Crop your pic to the size you want it. I cropped the excess out and then resized 90% with all layers checked.
The only layers that should be un-checked are glamour and background.
In the layer palette highlight background.
Go to edit/copy merged open up animation shop and click anywhere paste as a new animation.
Go back to PSP turn off glamour and UN-check copy of glamour.
Make sure background is still the one highlighted in the layer palette. Go to Edit/copy merged.
Go to animation shop and click on the first frame and right click paste after current frame.
Go to PSP turn off copy of glamour and UN-check copy (2) glamour and still make sure background is highlighted.
Go to Edit/copy merged go to animation shop and click on the second frame. Right click paste after current frame.
Click animate and see your work. Enjoy !!