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This Tutorial was written on June 17th, 2019  by Ashly

It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.

This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***

Program of Choice.

I am using Photoshop CS6

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.

I am using the artwork of MarieL

It's gorgeous and a large size so you can do close ups if needed!

And comes with multiple layers for various color variations

as well as with or without her holding the cotton candy

You can find her HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using the scrapkit “Cotton Candy” by Moon Vixen Designs

It’s a stunning kit with 5 Papers, 105 elements, 3 frames.

There is SO much you can do with this.

You can find this kit HERE.

Animation of Choice

I am using SimoneAni515

You an find it HERE

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

650px by 250px

Open MD-PAPER -1

Duplicate

Change the top layer to multiply

Open your tube

I am using layer 5.

Position on your canvas to your liking.

I positioned mine towards the left of my canvas.

Duplicate once in position

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3 px

Change the blend mode to soft light and the opacity to 43%

On the bottom layer add a drop shadow.

No below the two main two layers and above the paper layers add a few of the tube.

I flipped a few horizontal.

Once done, Change the blend mode to Luminosity, opacity at 45%

Add a layer above this, add a pattern here, I did little white pixels

With blend mode at soft light.

~*~*~* Time to add Elements! ~*~*~*

Here is what I added from the bottom layer up

with a drop shadow, unless otherwise stated:

ELEMENTS -MD- 3 (no dropshadow, blend mode, color)

ELEMENTS -MD- 12 (no dropshadow)

*Animation will be added here

ELEMENTS -MD- 24 (no dropshadow)

ELEMENTS -MD- 24 (no dropshadow)

ELEMENTS -MD- 91

ELEMENTS -MD- 41

ELEMENTS -MD- 66

ELEMENTS -MD- 63

ELEMENTS -MD- 99

ELEMENTS -MD- 38

ELEMENTS -MD- 90

ELEMENTS -MD- 27

ELEMENTS -MD-15

ELEMENTS -MD-45

ELEMENTS -MD-59

ELEMENTS -MD-52

ELEMENTS -MD-97 (no dropshadow)

ELEMENTS -MD- 97 (no dropshadow)

Now add 3 new layers

Control + A

On the top one

Edit → Stroke → 4

A color from your tag

Inside

Filter → Noise → add noise

12.5%, Gaussian, Monochromatic

Repeat, but make the stroke 5

With a different color

on the bottom layer

repeat the middle layer but make it black

then Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur → 3

Now there are two options here, you can either be done

and skip the animation portion or go for it!

If you're with me for the animation...Let's do this!!

Open the animation we're using

I like to group mine together.

To do that select all the layers and hit

Command + G

Woot now they look like they're in their own handy layer or folder

Now drag this layer over to your canvas while holding shift

Then resize IF you'd like.

Add the name of your name to your tag as you'd like it.

~*~*~*Most important~*~*~*

Add your copyright

as you'd like it.

Now make sure your animation is above the grassy hill layer

and open the envelop we put them in and close all of the layers

except for the first one.

To open in click the little arrow.

Now we animate.

Open up Timeline

Window → Timeline

You'll want it as frames so you may need to click the button

in the center of the little window that pops up and a tiny version of your tag pops up.

At the very bottom the first drop down, make sure it says, “forever”

And under the frame we're going with 0.1 seconds for this one

Now you have your first layer done.

Second layer you're going to click the add layer

which is right in front of the trash can.

Then go over to your layers we just opened. Close your frame we are seeing

and open the next frame.

Repeat the until all 18 frames are done.

Then press play and watch it go.

Then you're going to save.

To save a gif.

It's, ctrl + alt + shift + s

For those that didn't do animation

Make sure you add your name

and

~*~*~*Most importantly~*~*~*

Add your copyright information!!!

Then for the avatar

I did the canvas of 175 x 200

Used part of my canvas

and then repeated the borders

as well as the animation.

ALWAYS

include your copyright information

never EVER forget that!!

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This Tutorial was written on September 10^th, ‎2013 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Tatjana Art

You must purchase a license to use her tubes and can do so HERE

Texture of Choice

I am using 02 by AnOrderOfFishsticks

You can find this for download HERE

Brush of Choice

I am using french4 by Obsidian Dawn

You can find these for download HERE

Addittional Filters

PhotoEffex – Scanlines

Xenofex 2 – Constellation

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 250px

Choose two colors from your tube

Add a gradient to your canvas

You can use mine as a sample for how you might want it to look

Add your tube to your canvas at verious sizes and different points, once again, use mine for a bit on an example of what to do here.

Once you have them where you're wanting them, Merge all the tubes together and change the blend mode to luminosity

Duplicate this layer

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0 px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Filter → PhotoEffex → Scanlines, change the width to 3

Add the texture to the canvas

Position how you'd like

I rotated mine 90 degree clockwise

Resize a bit if you'd like as well

Using your custom shapes tool, add a new layer above the texture

Draw out a couple of hearts how you'd like them and then select them and press delete on the texture layer

Delete the custom shape layer once you're done with this

Add a drop shadow to the texture layer

Duplicate your main gradient background layer and move to the top of your canvas

Change the blend mode to color

Add a new layer

Select inside the two hearts

Use the brush french4 to stamp out the writing inside both of the hearts in white

Change the blend mode to soft light

Lower the opacity to 50%

Now write out believe in love a couple of times and place on your canvas

You can use mine as a sample again :)

Have this in black

Change the blend mode to overlay

Add your main tube to your canvas.

Center it as you'd like it.

I erase a bit of the ribbon that was still showing on the right

Duplicate this layer once you're happy with it's size and position

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px, change the blend mode to soft light

To the bottom on add a drop shadow

Add a new layer

Edit → Stroke

Center, Black, 12px

Change the blend mode to overlay

Add your name

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information

If you're not wanting to animate you're done!

Save to your liking.

If you do want to animate on we go!

Crop your canvas to it's size

Go down to your texture layer

Duplicate 3 times so you have a total of 4 texture layers

using your magic wand select inside the two hearts

Filter → Xenofex 2 → Constellation

With the following settings:

Repeat this for the following 3 layers

Hit random seed once before you hit okay on each one.

Hide all of the texture layers except for the bottom one

Open the animation window

Change the delay to .15 seconds, set to repeat forever

Add a new layer and hide the first layer, unhide the second

Add a new layer hide the second layer, unhide the third

Add a new layer hide the third layer, unhide the fourth

Press play and watch your animation go!

If you're happy with your results safe as a.gif and you're done!

For the avi:

Hide the name, credits, border and main tubes layers.

Start a new canvas 200 px by 200 px

Select all of the still visible layers of our original canvas

Drag them over to our new smaller canvas

Move the layers around a bit until they're where you're wanting them

(I just showed the top right heart portion in the middle of my avi)

Crop down to the size of this new smaller canvas when you're happy with what is visible

Add the border as we did before but use a stroke size of 6 for this one

Add your name

****Most important*****

Add your copyright information

Animate it just as we did the banner

Save to your liking (if you animated or not)

And you're done!

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This Tutorial was written on May 5th, ‎2013 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of FourXsDeigns

This tube is called "Molly"

It comes with 12 different layers

6 full body tubes with different color schemes and 6 close ups of those

You must purchase a license to use her tubes and can do so HERE

Animation of choice

I am using SimoneAni371 by Scrappy Bit of Fun

Which you can find HERE

Addittional Filters

PhotoEffex - Scanlines

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 250px

Choose two colors from your tube

I used the headband and chose a middle blue and a light blue

Add a gradient to your canvas

You can use mine as a sample for how you might want it to look

Duplicate your gradient layer

Filter → PhotoEffex → Scanlines

Change the Width to 3

The Rest at default

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add your tube to the center of the canvas

Resize and reposition as you'd like

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussia Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube

Add your tube in between the two gradient layers a couple of times

I flipped one horizontally

Change the blend mode to luminosity and lower the opacity to 50%

Add 3 new layers at the top of the canvas

Use rectangular marquee to select the canvas

With the bottom of the 3 new layers selected

Edit → Stroke

12, Center, Black

Repeat this for the next layer up but with a width of 8 and the middle blue color we used for the gradient

The top one with a width of 2

Deselect

On the bottom change the blend mode to overlay

The middle of the three layers

Filter → Noise → Add Noise

Uniform, 30%, monochromatic

Add your name

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright

Select the background layer we added the PhotoEffex to

Add your animation to your canvas

If you need to reposition make sure all the animation layers are selected so they'll all move together

With them all selected click Ctrl + G (this will make them a group)

Hide all of the animation layers now but the first one

Open your animation window

Have the delay set to .1 sec, and to go forever

Add a new window, hide the first animation layer and unhide the second

Do this for all layers just hiding the last and unhiding the next in line

**I deleted the first 4 frames of the animation since it didn't show to much with where the tube is positioned**

Press play to watch it go, if you're happy with your result

Save as a .gif and you're done!!

(Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S)

Now to make the avatar

Hide the frame layers and the group animation layer

Along with the copyright and name

Start a new canvas

175 px by 200 px

Drag all the layers over

Resize and reposition as you'd like

(make sure they're all selected again so they all resize and move together)

Add the frame as we did with the main tag

Add your animation again if you'd like to, just as we did before

I just resized mine to be much smaller to fit the small avi

Add your name or initial

***Most Important***

Add your copyright

Save to your liking and you're done!

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This Tutorial was written on April 20th, ‎2013 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of trixychuu

You must purchase a license to use her tubes and can do so HERE

Animation of choice

I am using SimoneAni156 by Scrappy Bit of Fun

Which you can find HERE

Addittional Filters

MuRa's Meister – Copies

Penta- color dot

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 250px

Choose two colors from your tube

Add a gradient to your canvas

You can use mine as a sample for how you might want it to look

Add your tube to your canvas

Filter → MuRa's Meister → Copies

Wallpaper (rotate)

The rest at default

Move this layer around a bit until you get something you like

If you can't find something undo and redo the filter until you get it that way

Change the blend mode to Luminosity

Lower the opacity to 25%

Duplicate your gradient layer

Move this layer above the wallpapered layer

Filter → Penta → Color Dot

All at default

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add the words “True Love” in white to your canvas one on the upper left

Another on the lower right

Change the blend modes to soft light, lower the opacity of each to 70%

Add your tube to the center of the canvas

Resize and reposition as you'd like

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussia Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube

Using your rectangular marquee tool draw out a square that goes from the middle of the tube out to the right

On the original gradiant layer

Copy and Paste

Move the new layer up to just under the tubes

Filter → Penta → ColorDot

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add a bit of an outer glow

Add 3 new layers at the top of the canvas

Use rectangular marquee to select the canvas

With the bottom of the 3 new layers selected

Edit → Stroke

12, Center, Black

Repeat this for the next layer up but with a width of 8

The top one with a width of 2

Deselect

On the bottom change the blend mode to overlay

The middle Ctrl + click on the thumbnail

Copy and Paste the original gradient again

Move it back up to in between the two layers

Flip Horizontally

Filter → Noise → Add Noise

Uniform, 30%, monochromatic

Add your name

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright

Select the layer with the MuRa's Meister filtered tube on it

Add your animation to your canvas

If you need to reposition make sure all the animation layers are selected so they'll all move together

With them all selected click Ctrl + G (this will make them a group), Change the blend mode of the group to luminosity

Hide all of the animation layers now but the first one

Open your animation window

Have the delay set to .1 sec, and to go forever

Add a new window, hide the first animation layer and unhide the second

Do this for all layers just hiding the last and unhiding the next in line

Press play to watch it go, if you're happy with your result

Save as a .gif and you're done!!

(Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S)

Now to make the avatar

Hide the frame layers and the group animation layer

Along with the copyright and name

Start a new canvas

175 px by 200 px

Drag all the layers over

Resize and reposition as you'd like

(make sure they're all selected again so they all resize and move together)

Add the frame as we did with the main tag

Add your name or initial

***Most Important***

Add your copyright

Save to your liking and you're done!