Lilac Bubbles
This tutorial was created by me on September 23, 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 PinUpToons which can be purchased at CILM
Supplies needed:
PSP
(I wrote this in X but any version will work)
Animation Shop
Tube of choice
Font of choice
Lilac Bubbles Animation by me
Word Art: “No Boys Allowed” by me
Mask: Becky_mask009
Template: Template_1heart by Caitlin of Cupcake Sprinkles HERE
She has some wonderful templates so be sure to check them out when you visit her blog!
Scrap Kit: “Lovin the Lilacs” freebie by Kerry's Kreations HERE
(mask, animation and word art)
Let’s get started!
Unzip your supplies and put your mask in your Mask folder
Open your template in PSP
Shift + D to duplicate and close the original
Image > Canvas size = 675 X 675, center placement
Delete copyright information
Open KKS_LTLPaper5
Layers > Load/Save Mask from Disk
Find Becky_mask009 from the drop down
Fit to canvas, Show all mask and Source Luminance checked
Hit OK
Merge Group
Edit > Copy
Click on the white background layer of your template and paste as new layer
Click on Heart border layer (the round one)
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper1
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 80% and position within the marching ants
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete heart border layer
Add drop shadow
2, 2, 30,10
Click on Circle layer
Drag layer above heart border layer you just created
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper3
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 60% and position within the marching ants
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete circle layer
Add same drop shadow
Click on Round rectangle tab layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper2
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 60% and position within the marching ants
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete round rectangle tab layer
Add same drop shadow
Click on circle 2 layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper4
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete circle 2 layer
Add same drop shadow
Click on rectangle tab layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper7
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete rectangle tab layer
Add same drop shadow
Click on large heart layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper5
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete large heart layer
Add same drop shadow
Click on heart border layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open KKS_LTLPaper4
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Selections > Invert > Delete
Deselect and delete heart border layer
Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise:
Uniform, 80, Monochrome checked
Add same drop shadow
Open KKS_Wrap2
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Drag below large heart layer
Image > Mirror
Resize by 40% and position on your small rectangle
Use your raster deform tool to resize to fit
Position to your liking
Click on the top layer of your layers palette
Open KKS_Heartbeads
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 60% and position on the left side of your heart circle frame
Sharpen and add same drop shadow
Open KKS_Birdie2
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Resize by 60% and position to your liking
Add same drop shadow
Open KKS_CherryBlossom
Copy and paste onto your canvas
Drag below circle 1 layer
Resize by 90% and position to your liking
Duplicate layer and mirror
Position to your liking
Merge flowers together
Erase any stems you don’t want showing
Sharpen and add same drop shadow
Copy and paste your word art and position to your liking
Add any other embellishments you’d like
Add your copyright information and any text
When you are satisfied, hide your white background and merge visible
Copy and paste your tube of choice
Position to your liking and add same drop shadow
(do not merge with the rest of the graphic)
Resize your canvas to no more then 500 pixels on longest side
(all layers checked)
Hide your tube
Click on your graphic
Edit > Copy
Open Animation Shop
Ctrl V to paste as new animation
Right click and choose Duplicate Selected
Repeat 2 more times
Delete the 5th frame
Animation > Animation Properties
Click Opaque and change color to white
Hit OK
Ctrl A to select all frames
Open LilacBubblesbyjill
Delete the first frame (copyright)
Ctrl A to select all frames
Edit > Copy
Click back on your graphic
Ctrl E to transfer your bubbles
Position So bottom bubbles are lines up with the bottom of the blue rectangle like below:
Left click to set
Go back to PSP
Click on your tube layer
Edit > Copy
Back in AS
Ctrl V to paste as new animation
Edit > Copy
Click on your Propagate Paste button
Click on your graphic
Ctrl E to transfer tube
Position to your liking and left click to set
Animation > Frame Properties
Change to 20
Animation > Resize Animation (if necessary)
View > Animation
File > SAVE AS!!!!
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