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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Weirdo - Sig Tutorial

7:36 AM | Edit Post

This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 4/21/25
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Kit used: Gothic Masquerade by CCD HERE
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 5 Impact

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

Open a new canvas 600x400

select your text tool and select the font pussycat size 200
type out your word of choice mine is "weirdo"
use a color from your tag I used #470177
convert to raster layer 
rename main text

selections-select all
selections-float
selections-modify-expand by a 2
add a new raster layer and flood fill with color of choice
move this below your original text layer
add noise - uniform - 80% - monochrome checked
then sharpen, rename glitter border, Add DS

activate your main text layer
selections-select all
selections-float
selections-defloat
add new raster layer
eye candy 5 impact with these settings: 



rename glass layer
**note if you ever did Allisons tutorial these are the same settings!**
**her tutorial is HERE**

drag element 50 onto your canvas and RS 25% place beneath your glitter border 
up to the right as shown in my tag

drag element 52 onto your canvas and RS 30% place below element 50 all the way to the left side of your tag

drag element 74 onto your canvas and RS 30% place below your 52 elements
move all the way to the left top side of your tag as shown in mine
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal

drag element 62 onto your canvas and RS 30% place below your 74 elements
move this towards the upper center of your tag as shown in mine

drag element 38 onto your canvas and RS 15% place this above your glass layer right
between the r and the d 

drag element 43 onto your canvas and RS 30% place this below your 52 elements and align it in the center

drag element 46 onto your canvas and RS 25% place this below element 62 to the left side
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal

drag element 75 onto your canvas and RS 30% place this below your 46 elements move to the bottom left side as shown in my tag
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal

crop, add your copyrights and add your name(s) and we are done! 





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Weirdo - Tag Tutorial

7:28 AM | Edit Post


This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 4/21/25
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Kit used: Gothic Masquerade by CCD HERE
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000
I used mask - Suz cmbbmask12 (it's my favorite mask lol)

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

Open a new canvas 800x800
Drag element 59 onto your canvas and RS 70% , 
objects - align center in canvas
sharpen , then duplicate element 59
adjust-blur-gaussian blur- 3.00 , 
blend mode - overlay
right click and merge down into the original tube 
add DS V:0, H:5, Opacity:50, Blur:5
also remember to sharpen and add this DS to ALL of your elements!

Drag element 75 onto your canvas and RS 50% place below element 59 to the left, rename SF left
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal, rename SF right

Drag element 43 onto your canvas and RS 40% place below SF right
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal place below SF left

Drag element 38 onto your canvas and RS 35% place above element 59 bottom center

Drag element 50 onto your canvas and RS 25% place above element 48 slightly to the left

Drag element 100 onto your canvas and RS 25% place below element 49 slightly to the left

Drag element 110 onto your canvas and RS 25% place above element 59 to the right 

Drag element 62 onto your canvas, Image-Free Rotate-Left-Free 25.00 and RS 30%, watch the video below on where to place


Drag element 2 onto your canvas and RS 30% move this right above your blank canvas layer
drag it over to the right on your canvas as shown in my tag
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal

Drag element 7 onto your canvas and RS 30% place this below both of your element 2 layers
move to the left side as shown in my tag
duplicate-mirror-mirror horizontal

Drag element 40 onto your canvas and RS 20% place above element 110 slightly to the right

Drag element 42 onto your canvas and RS 20% place below element 100 slightly to the left

Drag element 69 onto your canvas and RS 15% place below element 40 slightly to the right

add your mask layer
crop your tag
add your copyrights and name(s) and we are done! 



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Choc Hammy - Tag and Sig Tutorial

7:21 AM | Edit Post

This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 4/21/25
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Kit used: Chocolate Bunnies by CCD HERE
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000
Mask used was Vix_BigMask019

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

I had to make a tutorial for Stu dude!
I have been pushing this off as long as possible LOL!
It has been forever since I made a set but let's try to do this! 
Make sure to sharpen and add a DS to all of your elements!!
I forgot what DS I used lmfao! So, pick whatever works for you!


Open a new canvas 800x800
For our tube we are using Element 9! 
So, drag that onto your canvas from your organizer
RS 65% and align center in canvas
We are working behind our tube aka Element 9!

Drag element 84 onto your canvas and RS 45%
move this to the left side of your tube
we are going to duplicate element 84, Image-Mirror-Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 45 onto your canvas and RS 45%
place this behind element 84 on the right side

Drag element 15 onto your canvas and RS 40% place this below element 45 
slightly to the left as shown in my tag

Drag element 5 onto your canvas and RS 40% place below element 15 to the left
as shown in my tag

Drag element 96 onto your canvas and RS 35% place this above element 5
as shown in my tag

Drag element 4 onto your canvas and RS 25% place above element 96 slightly to the left
as shown in my tag

Drag element 77 onto your canvas and RS 35% place below element 5 slightly to the left
as shown in my tag

Drag element 74 onto your canvas and RS 45% place below element 15 slightly to the right 
as shown in my tag

Drag element 58 onto your canvas and RS 25% place this above element 45 slightly to the right
as shown in my tag

Drag element 33 onto your canvas and RS 30% 
place this at the bottom of your layer palette right above 
your blank canvas layer, to the right as shown in my tag
we are going to duplicate element 33, Image-Mirror-Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 72 onto your canvas and RS 25% place this above element 77 as shown in my tag

Drag element 73 onto your canvas and RS 25% place this above element 74 to the right

Drag element 80 onto your canvas and RS 20% place this below element 77 towards the top as shown in my tag

Drag element 86 onto your canvas and RS 40% place it below element 33 in your layer palette
move towards the left side of your canvas as shown in my tag
we are going to duplicate element 86, Image-Mirror-Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 40 onto your canvas and RS 15% place this above element 96

Drag element 100 onto your canvas and RS 15% place above element 84 slightly to the left as shown in my tag

Drag element 92 onto your canvas and RS 25% place above element 9 to the right

Drag element 51 onto your canvas and RS 20% place above element 92 slightly to the left

Highlight all your elements in your layer palette 
Right Click - Merge - Merge Selected
Objects align center in canvas
Crop, add your Copyrights and name and we are done! 





Sig Tag Tut
Keep your original tag opened!

Open new canvas 400x500
Go to your original tag and Copy Element 84 (the one on the left side!)

Back to your new canvas , 
Edit - Paste as new layer, align center in canvas
Rename Center Eggs

Back to Original Tag , copy Element 15

Back to your new canvas, Edit - Paste as new layer place below Center Eggs to the left
rename Heart Eggs

Back to your original tag, copy element 5

Back to your new canvas, Edit - Paste as new layer place below Heart Eggs to the upper right side
duplicate and place down towards the bottom left

Back to your original tag, copy element 51

Back to your new canvas, Edit - Paste as new layer, place above Center Eggs at the bottom center as shown in my tag

Highlight all your elements in your layer palette 
Right Click - Merge - Merge Selected
Objects align center in canvas
Crop, add your Copyrights and name and we are done! 






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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Entry To Evil Animated Sig-Tutorial Written

8:26 AM | Edit Post


This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 8/6/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tube of Choice- Enamorte 84-2
Font of Choice - I used The maria story
I used a mask by me - Summermask-01-KK24 HERE
and also used a 2nd mask - Suz cmbbmask12
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000 Glass, Xero-Bad Dream
I Used Stus kit Entry To Evil HERE
I Used 2 FTU Animations from Simone:
SimoneAni-LightningSpecial-02 and SimoneAni-LadyVampire-07
Just click the names of the animations and it will take you to them!

Here is my Wordart you can use
(the steps are still below if you want to type out something else!)




**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Drop Shadow used in this Tutorial is:
V:0, H:5, opacity:80, Blur:10

Lets make a quick animated sig!

open a new canvas 700x200
Selections-Select All
Selections-Modify-Contract by 3
Selections-Invert
Flood fill with color of choice
Selections-Select none

Do the selections steps above again BUT this time contract by 8
and flood fill with color of choice 
add ds (V:0, H:5, opacity:80, Blur:10)

Drag paper 20 onto your LP & RS 70%
C&P your tube layer place this above your paper layer all the way to the right
Plugins-Xero-Bad Dream

select your text tool and type out EVIL in a BOLD font
I used Pink Rocket the size is 150 
Convert your text layer to a raster layer-rename text layer
move below your tube layer
and place where you would like
With your text Layer still active
Selections-Select All
Selections-Float
Selections-Modify-Expand by 2
in your LP add a new raster layer and move this beneath your text layer
and flood fill with color of your choice
Adjust- Add/Remove Noise-Add Noise-Uniform, Noise:60, monochrome checked
sharpen - Selections- Select None-rename glitter layer

Activate your text layer
Selections-Select All
Selections-Float
Selections-Defloat
in your LP add a new raster layer (Keep this above your text layer!)
Effects-Plugins-Eye Candy 4000-Glass with these settings





selections-select none
rename this glass layer

select your text tool again 
and type out Entry To - font I used was Bank Gothic
convert to raster layer
(you want this layer above your glass layer)
Effects-Plugins-Eye Candy 4000- Gradient Glow with these settings
I use Medium in the SS







Activate your glitter layer and add DS of choice
I used V:0, H:10, Opacity:85, Blur:10

Drag element 91 onto your LP & RS 20% place below your tube layer as shown in tag
sharpen and DS (do this to every element!)
Drag element 96 onto your LP & RS 15% 
place below element 91 as shown in tag
Drag element 53 onto your LP & RS 25%
 place above your paper layer as shown in tag
Duplicate element 91 , rename El 91 left 
and place above element 96 to the left 
Duplicate element 96, rename El 96 left 
and move to the left as shown in tag
Duplicate El 91 left and move to the very left side 
of your canvas as shown in tag
Drag element 78 onto your LP & RS 30%
 place above your paper layer all the way to the left of your canvas

C&P your tube layer and place above your paper layer as shown in tag
Adjust-Blur-Gaussian Blur-3

If you aren't animating then you are done here 
add your copyright and name(s)

Animation-

Open Jasc Animation Shop and open your animations
I am using SimoneAni-LightningSpecial-02 and SimoneAni-LadyVampire-07


In PSP 
Layers-View None
Activate your Paper Layer and Tube Layer

Now activate only your paper layer where the finger is pointing in SS
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged


Back to AS
 Edit-Paste as new animation
CTRL+L and make sure you have 15 frames same as our animation
Edit- Select All
Edit-Propagate Paste

Activate your animation 
SimoneAni-LightningSpecial-02
we are going to resize this animation settings below:


Edit-Select All
Edit-Copy

Activate your sig 
Edit-Paste into selected frame and 
place where you would like

Back to PSP

Layers-View None
Activate all your layers above our tube and paper layer we used
DO NOT make your paper layer and tube layer active again!
CTRL and click on each layer in your LP and make visible
activate your bottom layer which should be Element 78




Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged
 
Back to AS

On your sig tag
Edit-Paste into selected frame

Activate animation Lady Vampire
Delete frame 16
(we need 15 frames like our other animation!)
Edit-Select All
Edit Copy

Activate your sig
Edit-Paste into selected frame place this above your letter L in EVIL
go back to your animation Lady Vampire and select Animation - Mirror



Edit-Copy

Activate your sig
Edit-Paste into selected frame above your E in Evil
and we are done! 

Hope you enjoyed
xx








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Entry To Evil Tag-Tutorial Written

7:53 AM | Edit Post


This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 8/6/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tube of Choice- Enamorte 84-2
Font of Choice - I used The maria story
I used mask - Suz cmbbmask12 (its my favorite mask lol)
Plugins Used- Muras Meister
I Used Stus kit Entry To Evil HERE

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Drop Shadow used in this Tutorial is:
V:0, H:3, Opacity:80, Blur:10

I am going to try to do a simple tag tutorial wish me luck!
Lets go! 

Open new canvas 800x800
Drag frame 2 onto your LP
Drag paper 6 onto your LP and move below your frame layer
activate your frame layer - grab your magic wand and select inside the frame
Selections-Modify-Expand to a 5
Selections-Invert
Activate Paper 6 and hit delete 

Drag element 76 onto your LP & RS 25% leave it where it is
Drag element 81 onto your LP & RS 25% place below element 76
activate element 76 and move it over to the left a little bit
activate element 81 and move it over to the right a little bit
activate element 76 and merge down into element 81
Plugins-Muras Meister Copies with these settings



place below your paper layer-Objects-align-center in canvas

Drag element 77 onto your LP & RS 25% - 
Muras Meister Copies again BUT
change number to 14, Shift X and Shift Y to 58 
place below merged flowers 1 layer - Objects-align-center in canvas
Drag element 90 onto your LP & RS 20% leave it where it is
Drag element 94 onto your LP & RS 20% move it over to the left of element 90 a little bit
merge down into element 90
Muras Meister Copies BUT 
change number to 12, Shift X and Shift Y to 65
Objects-align-center in canvas and place below element 77 
Drag element 98 onto your LP & RS 20% leave it where it is
Drag element 96 onto your LP & RS 20% move it over to the left a little bit
Activate element 98 and move it over to the right a little bit
Activate element 96 and merge down into element 98



Muras Meister Copies BUT 
change Shift X and Shift Y to 67 - Objects-align-center in canvas
add this DS to your flower layers 
V:0, H:3, Opacity:80, Blur:10

C&P your tube layer above your frame layer
Sharpen, duplicate your tube- adjust- blur-gaussian blur:3
Blend mode- Screen - Opacity 74 
merge down into your original tube layer add DS

Drag element 53 onto your LP & RS 40% 
place below your tube layer to the left
Drag element 19 onto your LP & RS 30% 
place above your tube layer as shown in tag
Drag element 17 onto your LP & RS 30% 
place above element 53 as shown in tag
Drag element 81 onto your LP & RS 30%
 place below element 19 to the left 
Duplicate and rename El 81 right 
Image- Mirror-Mirror horizontal
Drag element 97 onto your LP & RS 20%
 place below element 81 to the left 
Duplicate and rename El 97 right 
Image- Mirror-Mirror horizontal
Drag element 66 onto your LP & RS 20% 
place below your tube layer to the left as shown in tag
Drag element 78 onto your LP & RS 30% 
place above element 17 down to the left as shown in tag
Duplicate and rename El 78 right
 Image- Mirror - Mirror Horizontal
Drag element 48 onto your LP & RS 30% 
place below element 78 right 
Drag element 45 onto your LP & RS 13%
 place above element 19 upper right corner as show in tag
Drag element 27 onto your LP & RS 15% 
place above element 19 bottom left
Drag element 12 onto your LP & RS 15% 
place below element 27 to the left
Drag Paper 4 onto your LP move this all the way to the bottom and add your mask!
Crop your tag.
Add your copyrights and name (s) and we are done!!

Hope you enjoyed!!
xx



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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Ocean Dreams Tag-Tutorial Written

10:32 AM | Edit Post


This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 8/6/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tube of Choice- Magical Song by Misticheskaya
Font of Choice - I used Lounge Bait
Mask Used - Suz cmbbmask12
I Used Stus kit Colors Of The Ocean HERE

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Drop Shadow used in this Tutorial is:
V:0, H:4, Opacity:30, Blur 5.00

Lets Go!!

Open a new canvas 800x800
Drag frame 4 onto your LP & RS 60% -
 Objects-Align-Center in Canvas
Drag paper 6 onto your LP below your frame layer and RS 60%
activate your frame layer 
select your magic wand , click inside the frame- 
selections-modify expand by 5-selections-invert
activate your paper layer and hit delete 

Drag element 97 onto your LP & RS 40%
Plugins- Mura Meister Copies- Encircle with these settings



 drag below your paper layer 
objects-align-center in canvas
Drag element 88 onto your paper & RS 30%
Muras Meister - same settings as above 
drag below element 97
 objects-align-center in canvas
Drag element 102 onto your LP & RS 30%
Muras Meister - change Shift X and Shift Y to 60
place between element 97 and 88
 objects-align-center in canvas
Drag element 86 onto your LP & RS 45%
Muras Meister (60 for Shift X and Shift Y)
move below element 88 
objects-align-center in canvas
for all of your flower layers sharpen them and 
add ds (V:0, H:4, Opacity:30, Blur 5.00)

C&P your tube layer above your frame layer and RS 43%
place to the left
Sharpen , Duplicate, Adjust-Blur-Gaussian Blur 3.00
Blend mode Screen
Merge down into your main tube layer 
add DS change your settings to these
 (V:0, H:4, Opacity:80, Blur:10.00)

Drag element 67 onto your LP place above your tube layer to the left of her feet
(I want her feet showing)
Drag element 54 onto your LP & RS 65% 
and place above your paper layer
Drag element 15 onto your LP & RS 20% 
place below element 67 to the left and up a little bit
Drag element 48 onto your LP & RS 30% 
place above element 67 to the left 
Drag element 91 onto your LP & RS 20%
 place below element 48 to the left
Drag element 89 onto your LP & RS 20% 
place below element 15 to the left and up a little bit
Drag element 83 onto your LP & RS 35%
 place below element 91 as shown in tag
Drag element 73 onto your LP & RS 40%
 place above element 89 a little to the left as shown in tag
Drag element 70 onto your LP- Image-Free Rotate-Left-Free 20 and 
RS 20% place below element 15 to the right
Drag element 23 onto your LP & RS 10% 
place above element 73 to the left
Drag element 20 onto your LP & RS 20% 
place above your tube layer to the left
Drag element 18 onto your LP & RS 25% 
place below element 20 to the left 
(ignore the following step below if you are using a different tube)
 activate your tube layer and get your eraser tool to erase 
any tube showing on the bottom left
Drag element 79 onto your LP & RS 40% 
place below element 18 slightly to the right 
Drag element 80 onto your LP & RS 40% 
place below element 79 slightly to the left 
Drag element 75 onto your LP & RS 20%
 place above element 79 as shown in tag
Drag element 12 onto your LP & RS 15% 
place below element 83 slightly to the left
Drag element 8 onto your LP & RS 15% 
place above element 67 to the right
Drag element 10 onto your LP & RS 45% 
place below your tube layer to the right 
Activate element 79 and duplicate it
on the duplicate - Image-Mirror Horizontal and
 move below your tube layer- rename this 79 right
Activate element 80 and duplicate it
on the duplicate - Image- Mirror Horizontal and 
move below your 79 right element
Drag element 19 onto your LP & RS 13% 
place below your tube layer to the right to where it is on the rocks
Drag element 93 onto your LP flip horizontal & RS 35% 
place below element 10 to the right 
grab your eraser tool and erase the little bit peeking underneath the rock at the bottom
Drag element 11 onto your LP & RS 25% 
place below your tube layer all the way to the left
Drag paper 7 onto your canvas move this all the way to the bottom and add your mask
add copyright and name(s)
and we are done!

Hope you enjoyed!
xx


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Ocean Dreams Animated Sig-Tutorial Written

9:53 AM | Edit Post

This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 8/6/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.

Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Font of Choice - I used Lounge Bait
I am using Stus kit Colors Of The Ocean HERE
I am using 2 FTU Anis from Simone
SimoneAni-WaterRipples-001 HERE
and SimoneAni-366 HERE

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Drop Shadow used in this Tutorial is:
V-0, H-3, Opacity:50, Blur:10

Open a new canvas 700x200
Selections-Select All
Selections-Modify-Contract 3-Selections-Invert
Flood Fill with color of choice - Pick 2 colors from your tube or kit
I used HTML- #2c477f
Do this again but contract to 5 and flood fill with color of choice -
 I used HTML- #d1c1b2
Add DS V-0, H-3, Opacity:50, Blur:10

Drag Paper 18 onto your canvas
Drag element 22 onto your canvas & RS 25% place all the way to the left
Drag element 12 onto your canvas & RS 15% place below element 22 slightly to the right
Drag element 9 onto your canvas & RS 25% place above element 12 slightly to the right 
Drag element 8 onto your canvas & RS 20% place below element 9 to the right
Drag element 11 onto your canvas & RS 20% place below element 12 keep where it is
Drag element 17 onto your canvas & RS 25% place below element 11 to the left
Drag element 14 onto your canvas & RS 13% place below element 8 to the right 
Drag element 20 onto your canvas & RS 20% place below element 17 all the way to the right
Drag element 21 onto your canvas & RS 20% place below element 20 slightly to the left
Drag element 18 onto your canvas & RS 20% place below element 21 to the left (fill in that gap)
Duplicate element 17 - Mirror-Horizontal and move below element 18
Drag paper 20 onto your canvas place above paper 18 - 
Blend Mode Overlay-Merge down
add copyright and name(s)

Animating-

Open Jasc Animation Shop and open your animations
I am using SimoneAni-WaterRipples-001 and SimoneAni-366

In PSP activate your paper layer - Layers- View current only 
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged
go into Jasc AS and Edit-Paste as new animation 
press CTRL+L until you have 14 frames 
Edit-Select All
Activate SimoneAni-WaterRipples-001
 Edit-Select All
Edit-Copy
Edit-Propagate Paste
 (MAKE SURE PROPAGATE PASTE IS CLICKED!!)
Now go to your Sig tag and Edit-Paste into selected frame
View Animation and see if you like the placement 
If not just undo it and redo :)

Back to PSP

In your LP hide your paper layer
make visible Elements 17, 18, 21, 20, 17, 11 and 12
your canvas should look like this below


When you have them all shown 
activate element 17 this should be your bottom layer!
(shown in SS below)
Edit-Copy Special- Copy Merged



Back to Jasc AS

Edit-Paste into selected frame on your sig tag and place where it goes
Activate SimoneAni366
Scroll all the way to the right to Frame 15 and Delete this frame
(We need 14 frames like our water ripples)
Now click Animation-Resize Animation- SS below


Edit-Copy
Activate your Sig Tag 
Edit-Paste into selected frame and place where you would like

Back to PSP

Now we want to hide all the layers that we had visible
 (they were elements 17, 18, 21, 20, 17, 11 and 12)
Press CTRL & click on Element 12 
and keep doing that for all the layers above it
then click the eye to make them all visible 
your canvas should look like this


Now activate your bottom layer which should be element 12
shown in SS below
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged





Back to Jasc AS
Edit-Paste into selected frame on your sig tag-place where it goes
and we are done!!!

I do not script animated tags
I save it as a .mng
Then I go back to PSP
I type all my names on my tag (I add glow, ds etc.)
I activate the first name layer - Layers - View Current Only
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged 
Then in Jasc I open my .mng file for however many names I have
I do CTRL+A in each one so I know all the frames are selected 
before I start bringing the names over
then I Edit-Paste into selected frame 
then I save it as .gif
and then onto the next one and so on!

Hope you enjoyed!!
xx



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Monday, August 5, 2024

Ocean Colors Tag and Sig Tutorial-Written

11:28 PM | Edit Post

This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 8/6/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tube of Choice- Mermaid 4 by Verymany
Font of Choice - I used Black History
I used a mask by me - Summermask-01-KK24 HERE
and also used a 2nd mask - Suz cmbbmask12
I Used Stus kit Colors Of The Ocean HERE
**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Drop Shadow used in this Tutorial is:
V:0 , H:5, Opacity:40, Blur: 10

Sitting here thinking Stu has it out for me LOL!
He wanted a tutorial so here we are as I tag the hardest thing for me
to tag which is Summer!
So bear with this hot mess express and jump on!
Lets Begin!!!!

Open a new canvas 850x850
Drag paper 7 onto your canvas
Layers-load/save mask-load mask from disk-
runs to make a summer themed mask-
Select my Summer Mask or mask of choice!
Merge group
*do this again with another mask if you would like*

Copy and paste your tube and resize it to 55%
Duplicate your tube layer , sharpen
adjust-blur-gaussian blur 3.00
apply Screen Blend Mode opacity 90
Merge down into your original tube layer
add DS

....silently struggling....

Drag element 34 onto your LP, RS 78%
place below your tube layer towards the top of your canvas to the left
Drag element 33 onto your LP, RS 35%
place above element 34 to the left
Drag element 86 onto your LP, RS 55%
place above elements 34 to the right 
Drag element 43 onto your LP, RS 25%
place above your tube layer to the left
Drag element 48 onto your LP, RS 30%
place below element 43 to the left
Drag element 47 onto your LP, RS 30%
place above element 48 to the left
Drag element 49 onto your LP
Image-Free Rotate-Left-Free 20.00
RS 30% and place under your tube layer to the left
Drag element 56 onto your LP, RS 30%
place below element 49 to the right
Drag element 55 onto your LP, RS 30%
place above element 33 as shown in tag
Drag element 79 onto your LP, RS 30%
place below element 55 to the left
Drag element 80 onto your LP, RS 40%
place below element 33 to the left
Drag element 78 onto your LP, RS 20%
place above element 34 to the left
Drag element 93 onto your LP, RS 35%
place above element 34 to the left
Drag element 90 onto your LP, RS 15%
place above element 43 to the right
Drag element 100 onto your LP, RS 15%
place below element 48 to the right
Drag element 102 onto your LP, RS 20%
place above element 34 to the left-
duplicate element 102 and move to the bottom left of tag
Drag element 54 onto your LP, RS 45%
place above element 34 to the right
Drag element 44 onto your LP, RS 45%
place above element 34 to the left
Drag element 30 onto your LP, RS 13%
place below element 47 to the left
Drag element 31 onto your LP, RS 20%
place above your tube layer to the right
Drag element 29 onto your LP, RS 20%
place above element 33 to the right
Drag element 97 onto your LP, 35%
place below element 34 to the left
Drag element 86 onto your LP -
Flip Horizontal - RS 35%
place below element 97 to the left
Drag element 87 onto your LP, RS 35%
place below element 86 to the left
Drag element 88 onto your LP, RS 25%
place below element 87 top left
Drag element 65 onto your LP-
Image-Free Rotate (Same settings as before!)
RS 25% place below element 88 alittle down to the left
Drag element 91 onto your LP, RS 25%
place below element 65 top left
Drag element 103 onto your LP, RS 25% 
place below element 91 towards the top and a little to the right

Resize your mask layer to 94%
Crop your tag
Add Copyright and Name(s)

Sig Tutorial Below!
Keep your main tag open in PSP!!



On your main tag in your Layers Palette
Press CTRL and activate the elements above your tube layer
and Merge Selected
(the elements should be :
90, 43, 47, 30, 48, 100, 31)
Edit-Copy
Edit-Paste as new Image
As you can see we have some gaps, lets fill them in!


go to your main tag and activate element 93
copy and paste it on your sig tag and move below to the left
shown below:



go to your main tag and activate element 97
copy and paste it on your sig tag and move it to the right
shown below:


Now just add the kit name and Name(s)
and we are done!!! 

I hope you enjoyed!!
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