44 - Silence on tourne - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Filters / Plugins:
MuRa's Seamless / Stripe of Cylinder: ![]()
Greg's Factory Output Vol. II / Pool Shadow: ![]()
Animation Shop: ![]()

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(just click and drag) Have Fun! |

Ok, let's start:
01) File / New / 700 x 500 px / transparent
set your FGC to: #4c392c (dark colour)
and your BGC to: #EDB2AA (light colour)
flood fill with this gradient:

Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Seamless / Stripe of Cylinder:

Effects / Plugins / Greg's Factory Output Vol. II / Pool Shadow:


02) open tube: scenicchateau_large.pspimage
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize:

set opacity of this layer to: 40
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

03) open tube: scenicchateau_small.pspimage
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
activate your selection tool / rectangle
make a rectangular selection as shown below:

Selections / Invert
Edit / Cut / (delete key)
Selections / Invert

04) Layers / New Raster Layer
Selections / Modify / Expand to: 15
flood fill selection with your dark FGC: #4c392c
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2
flood fill selection with this gradient:

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 10
Edit / Cut (delete key)
flood fill with your dark FGC: #4c392c
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2 px
Edit / Cut / (delete key)
keep selected

05) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill selection with this gradient:

keep selected
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Edit / Repeat Move Layer Down
activate top layer again: Raster 2
Selections / Invert
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
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Deselect

06) hide bottom layer
top layer is activated
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible
unhide bottom layer
top layer is activated
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
& 
position it as shown below:


07) open tube: 978-luzcristina.pspimage
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
Image / Mirror
position it to the lower left corner
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

08) open tube: L&N_filmbord.pspimage
Image / Resize: 40%
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
position it as shown below:

set blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:


09) Image / Add borders / 2 px / dark FGC: #4c392c
Image / Add borders / 8 px / colour: white
select the white border with magic wand
flood fill selection with this gradient:

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect
Image / Add borders / 2 px / dark FGC: #4c392c

10) open tube: camera.pspimage
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
position it as shown below:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:


11) open tube: projecteur.pspimage
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
position it as shown below:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

add your watermark and name
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

12) activate your text tool (T)
Font: of your choice / stroke width: 1 / vector / size: 48
FGC: dark colour
BGC: set to gradient:

write: Silence on tourne
add drop shadow of your choice
position to your liking

13) activate bottom layer
Window / Duplicate (Shift+D - twice)
minimise both copies, back to your first picture
Effects / Illumination Effects / Sunburst:

Edit / Copy Merged
close this picture; we don't need it anymore
open your Animation Shop
Edit / Paste / As new Animaiton
back to PSP

14) activate one of your minimised copies
bottom layer is activated
Effects / Illumination Effects / Sunburst:
colour: #F1F191

activate bottom layer
activate your selection tool / rectangle
make a rectangular selection as shown below:

Edit / Cut (delete key)
Deselect
Edit / Copy Merged
close this picture; we don't need it anymore
back to your Animation Shop
Edit / Paste / After Current Frame
back to your PSP

15) activate your last minised copy
Effects / Illumination Effects / Sunburst:
colour: #f5d2cb

Edit / Copy Merged
back to your Animations Shop
Edit / Paste / After Current Frame
Animation / Resize animation: width: 600 px
File / Save as ... *.gif

You are done!
I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial.

Copyright tutorial: Diane B.
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, September 06, 2009
