created by jill

Rion’s Girls Rock

This tutorial was created by me on September 8, 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 Rion Vernon which can be purchased at CILM  

Supplies needed:

 PSP

(I wrote this in X but any version will work)

Animation Shop

Plugins: No outside plugins needed for this tutorial

5 tubes from the same artist

Font: Army (get it HERE)

Mask: WSL_Mask162 by Chelle

(included in supplies)

(visit her wonderful site HERE)

Scrap Kit (PTU): Boom by Jessica

Her FABULOUS scrap kits can be purchased HERE

You can also visit her Blog HERE

SUPPLIES 

Let’s get started!

Put your mask in your Mask folder

Unzip and open your Army font

Open a new canvas, 800 X 800

Flood fill with white

Open up one of the black papers in your kit

Layers > Load/Save Mask from Disk

Find WSL_Mask162 from the drop down

Fit to layer, Hide all mask, Source Luminance checked

Hit OK

Merge Group

Copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas

Resize by 130%

Rename Mask 1

Close out your black paper

Open B_paper21_JD

Layers > Load/Save Mask from Disk

Find WSL_Mask162 from the drop down

Fit to layer, Hide all mask, Source Luminance checked

Hit OK

Merge Group

Copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas

Resize by 125%

Rename Mask 2

Close out your paper and merge your masks together

Open B_frame1_JD

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Using your magic wand (Mode = Add(Shift), click inside

each of the frames

Selections > Modify > Expand by 2

Open B_paper21JD again

Edit > Copy

Click on your Mask layer

Edit > Paste as new layer

Selections > Invert

Hit Delete

Copy and paste your main tube onto your canvas

Add a drop shadow

2, 2, 75, 4

Using your magic wand, click inside the top right frame

Selections > Modify > Expand by 2

Copy and paste one of your other tubes

Resize to fit if needed

Selections > Invert

Hit Delete

Shift + D to deselect

Repeat the above with your other 3 tubes

(one for each of the remaining frames)

Merge your 4 tubes together

Add a drop shadow to your tubes

0, 0, 75, 7.5

Add a drop shadow to your frame

1, 1, 75, 4

Repeat with V/H = -1

Merge your frame with your 4 tubes

Copy and paste B_flag_JD onto your canvas

Resize by 60% and position at top of your frames

(see mine for placement)

Drag below your tube layer

Add a drop shadow

2, 2, 75, 4

Merge down

Open B_beadswirl_JD

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Position at the bottom left of your frame

Drag layer below frame layer

Duplicate layer

Image > Flip

Click on the duplicated layer with your mover tool

Using your up arrow key, move the beads

upwards until the 2 red beads overlap

Merge bead layers together and re-center with red frame

(see mine for placement)

Add a drop shadow

-2, -2, 75, 4

Duplicate beads layer

Image > Mirror

Re-center with blue frame

(see mine for placement)

Merge both bead layers together

Hide your white background and merge visible layers

Resize canvas so it’s no more then 500 pixels on the longest side (all layers checked)

Sharpen if needed

Add your copyright information 

OPTIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING PATTERNED TEXT:

Open a new canvas 90 X 90

Click on your Selections Tool

Click on the Custom Selection button

 Enter the following values in the pop up:

Top = 0

Left = 0

Right = 30

Bottom = 90

Click OK

Click on your foreground color in your materials palette

Change color to #b20d0d

Flood fill the selection

Shift + D to deselect

Click on your Selections Tool again

Click on the Custom Selection button

Enter the following values:

Top = 0

Left = 30

Right = 60

Bottom = 90

Click OK

Click on your foreground color in your materials palette

Change color to #FFFFFF

Flood fill the selection

Shift + D to deselect

Click on your Selections Tool one last time

Click on the Custom Selection button

Enter the following values:

Top = 0

Left = 60

Right = 90

Bottom = 90

Click OK

Click on your foreground color in your materials palette

Change color to #0c60b9

Flood fill the selection

Shift + D to deselect

Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling with the following settings:

Click OK

Click on your background color on your materials palette

Click on the Patterns tab and find the red, white and blue stripe pattern you just made

Angle = 90

Scale = 50

Set your foreground to Black

Activate your text tool

Find Army in your Font drop down

Size = 36

Stroke = 2

Create as Vector

Type out your text vertically

(hitting the Enter key after each letter)

Hit Apply

(resize your text if necessary)

 Position on the left side of your canvas

Convert to Raster

Type your text for the right side of your canvas

the same way you did for the left

Convert to Raster

Merge the two text layers together

Activate your merged text layer

Selections > Select All > Float

Selections > Modify > Contract by 2

Adjust > Add/Remove Noise

Add Noise

Uniform checked

Noise = 75

Monochrome checked

Hit OK

Shift + D to deselect

Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

Add a drop shadow

0, 0, 75, 5

Repeat Noise for the bottom text 

Add any other text you’d like and add the same drop shadow

Save as .PNG or .JPG!

 I'd love to post your results in my Tag Show Off Gallery

so feel free to email them to me HERE