***Majestic Beauty By JackieBeth, written on September 19, 2010***
***save as you go along***
***add drop shadows and resize/recolor when you see fit***
Items Needed
Paint Shop Pro/version PSPX was used to create this tutorial
Animation Shop
image of choice
Artist I Used: Jon Rattenbury
formerly with MPT, now with PTE, you MUST purchase a license there to use his work
font of choice/font used in this tutorial: "Whisper"
filter Xero/Porcelain
filter Xero/Radiance
filter Eye Candy 5 Nature/Smoke
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open a blank transparent canvas size 375 by 500
copy and paste image of choice to your canvas
crop entire canvas to size
apply filter Xero/Porcelain: change blue to 0
selections/select all/float/defloat/modify/contract/15 pixels
selections/invert
on layer palette right click
select promote selection to layer
selections/select none
effects/art media effects/brush strokes
select default from drop down menu
click ok
duplicate background layer
apply filter Xero/Radiance: default settings
change blend mode to soft light
merge down
now select your freehand selection tool
select a part of the image you wish to animate
(i am selecting the horizon)
once you have the portion selected..
on layer palette promote selection to layer
selections/select none
duplicate sky promoted layer twice
select the top layer
apply filter Eye Candy 5 Nature/Smoke
(Basic Tab Selected)
smoke type: wispy
smoke direction: 108
column length: 306.96
puff size: 600
expansion: 100
waver: 87
roughness: 0
overall opacity: 39
start from bottom checked
click ok
for the second layer click random seed once
hide second and third promoted layer
copy merged
paste in animation shop as new animation
do the same for the second and third sky layers too
change frame properties to 50
apply all proper credits
add names/phrases as you wish
help? comments? suggestions? questions? email me at [email protected]
***save as you go along***
***add drop shadows and resize/recolor when you see fit***
Items Needed
Paint Shop Pro/version PSPX was used to create this tutorial
Animation Shop
image of choice
Artist I Used: Jon Rattenbury
formerly with MPT, now with PTE, you MUST purchase a license there to use his work
font of choice/font used in this tutorial: "Whisper"
filter Xero/Porcelain
filter Xero/Radiance
filter Eye Candy 5 Nature/Smoke
***********************************
open a blank transparent canvas size 375 by 500
copy and paste image of choice to your canvas
crop entire canvas to size
apply filter Xero/Porcelain: change blue to 0
selections/select all/float/defloat/modify/contract/15 pixels
selections/invert
on layer palette right click
select promote selection to layer
selections/select none
effects/art media effects/brush strokes
select default from drop down menu
click ok
duplicate background layer
apply filter Xero/Radiance: default settings
change blend mode to soft light
merge down
now select your freehand selection tool
select a part of the image you wish to animate
(i am selecting the horizon)
once you have the portion selected..
on layer palette promote selection to layer
selections/select none
duplicate sky promoted layer twice
select the top layer
apply filter Eye Candy 5 Nature/Smoke
(Basic Tab Selected)
smoke type: wispy
smoke direction: 108
column length: 306.96
puff size: 600
expansion: 100
waver: 87
roughness: 0
overall opacity: 39
start from bottom checked
click ok
for the second layer click random seed once
hide second and third promoted layer
copy merged
paste in animation shop as new animation
do the same for the second and third sky layers too
change frame properties to 50
apply all proper credits
add names/phrases as you wish
help? comments? suggestions? questions? email me at [email protected]