Built for Speed
This tutorial was created by me on September 9, 2008.
Any similarities to any other tutorial are purely accidental and not intentional.
Please do not copy or post on another site without permission.
I’m using the fabulous licensed work of Michael Landefeld which can be purchased at CILM
Supplies needed:
PSP
(I wrote this in X but any version will work)
Animation Shop
Plugins: Lokas 3D Shadow (get it HERE)
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Nature > Fire
(you can download a 30 day DEMO version from Alien Skin HERE)
Tube of choice
Vortex Graphic
(included in supplies)
Font: Speed +
(included in supplies)
Mask(s): gemsmask8 by Gems
(included in supplies)
Scrap Kit: SPEED LIMIT by Amanda Kelleher of Tantrum Scraps HERE
Let’s get started!
Unzip your supplies
Open your font
Put your mask in your Mask folder
Unzip your filter to your filters folder
Open your Vortex Graphic in PSP
Open a new canvas 700 X 700
Flood fill with white
Open SpeedLimit_Paper6 from Speed Limit kit
Layers > Load/Save Mask from Disk
Find gemsmask8 from the drop down
Fit to layer, Hide all mask, Source Luminance checked
Hit OK
Merge Group
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 90% and position towards the bottom of your canvas
Add the following drop shadow:
2, 2, 50, 4, color = black
Copy and paste SpeedLimit_Track onto your canvas
Drag below frame layer and move down until you can’t see
the blurry edge
Erase any of the track showing outside of your frame
Copy and paste my Vortex Graphic as new layer
Drag below track layer and position so the center of the vortex meets the end of the road
(see mine for reference)
Using your Selections tool, crop off any excess Vortex Graphic showing outside of your frame
Open SpeedLimit_Ribbon5
Image > Rotate > Left
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Position on the left side of your frame
Image > Flip and re-center
Add the following drop shadow
2, 2, 50, 4, color = black
Open your SpeedLimit_Sign
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 35% and position at the bottom left of your frame
Using your raster deform tool
hold the Ctrl key down and drag the left bottom corner node
upwards a bit to skew the sign
Release the Ctrl key and drag the middle left node inwards a bit
Holding your Shift key down, move your bottom right corner node towards the left
Still holding the Shift key down, move your bottom left corner node to the left
When the sign looks like it’s leaning on the frame you’ve nailed it!
Adjust > sharpen
Apply Lokas > 3D Shadow with the following settings:
Click OK
Merge your sign, ribbon and frame together
Copy and paste your tube onto your canvas
Position to your liking
Duplicate layer twice
Activate your bottom tube layer
Effects > Distortion Effects > Wind
Direction = from left
Wind Strength = 50
Activate your middle copy of your tube
Effects > Distortion Effects > Wind
Direction = from right
Wind Strength = 50
Merge 3 copies of your tube together
Activate your vortex layer
Click on your foreground color in your materials palette
Use your eyedropper to choose a color from your tube or graphic
Take note of the H and S values
Adjust >
Enter the H and S values
(for this tutorial I used H = 30 S = 251)
If you like what you see in the preview click OK
Add your copyright information
Hide your white background layer
Layers > Merge Visible
Resize by no more then 500 on the longest side
(all layers checked)
Sharpen if necessary
Activate your text tool
Set your background color to black and choose a color from your graphic or tube for the stroke
Find your Speed+ font in your drop down list
Size = 36
Anti-alias checked
Stroke = 1
Create as Vector
Type the word SPEED in all caps
Click Apply
Position your text above your frame
(see mine for placement)
Objects > Align > Horz. Center in Canvas
Convert to raster
Rename Speed 1
Duplicate your SPEED text layer
Click on the bottom SPEED text layer
Effects > Distortion Effects > Wind
Direction = from left
Wind Strength = 100
Activate your text tool again
Background = black
Foreground = Null
Font of choice
(I used Impact with size = 22)
Create as Vector
Type “Built for”
Click Apply and position above your SPEED text
Objects > Align > Horz. Center in Canvas
Convert to raster
Drag this layer below your SPEED 1 layer
Activate your SPEED 1 layer
Effects > Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature > Fire
Click on your Settings Tab
Use the following setting:
Click on your Basic Tab and use the following settings:
Hit OK
Edit > Copy Merged
Open Animation Shop
Ctrl + V to paste as new animation
Back in PSP
Hit Undo once
Effects > Fire
Hit your Random Seed button until you get a nice flame effect
(make sure the flame doesn’t go off the preview canvas)
Hit OK
Edit > Copy Merged
Back in AS
Edit > Paste as New Animation
Hit your right arrow once to highlight 2nd frame
Back in PSP
Hit Undo once
Effects > Fire
Hit your Random Seed button until you get a nice flame effect
Edit > Copy Merged
Back in AS
Edit > Paste as New Animation
Hit your right arrow once to highlight 3rd frame
Repeat this 3 more times hitting the Random Seed button each time until you have 6 frames in Animation Shop
Ctrl + A to select all frames
Animation > Animation Properties
Click Opaque and change the color to white
Animation > Frame Properties > 15
Animation > Resize (to your preference)
View > Animation and SAVE!
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