I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 / Constellation
PhotoSwyizzle / Kaleidoscope
Animation Shop

You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, it shows you always where you are (just click and drag) Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

Thank you very much to all our testers

01) File / New / 600 x 440 px / transparent

flood fill with: black

Layers / Duplicate (twice)

02) activate bottom layer

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:

activate layer over it

apply same filter / hit once on: Random Seed

activate top layer

apply same filter again / hit Random Seed once

hide the three layers

03) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this pattern:

set blend mode of this layer to: Hard Light

hide this layer

04) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with colour: #000040

set blend mode to: Color (Legacy)

hide this layer

05) open: Familiar_with_candle_by_Candra.jpg

Image / Resize: 500 px (width & height)

Edit / Copy (close it again)

Edit / Paste as new layer

(don't move it)

open mask: horizontalfademaske.jpg

minimize it

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

close minimized mask again

06) open: Magic_breath_by_Candra.jpg

Image / Resize:

Edit / Copy (close it again)

Edit / Paste / As new layer

open mask: kpm_sidefademaske.jpg

minimize it

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

position right side

Layers / Duplicate

Layer / Arrange / Move Down

Edit / Repeat Move Layer Down

activate top layer again

07) open: Magical_cat_and_magical_book_by_Candra.jpg

Image / Resize: Height: 480 px

Edit / Copy (close it)

Edit / Paste as new layer

don't move it!!!

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

(close mask)

position left side

Layers / Duplicate

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

08) Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new image

minimize it

open mask: Segn15.JPG

minimize it

back to your work

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

close minimized mask

09) unhide layer: Raster 3 & 2

Image / Canvas Size:

Selections / Select all

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 20

Selections / Invert

Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with gold pattern

keep selected

Layers / Duplicate

10) Selections / Modify / Contract by: 2

Layers / New Raster Layer

activate your minimized picture

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste into selection

keep selected

Layers / Duplicate

hide this layer

activate layer under it again

Layers / Merge / Merge down

keep selected

your layers palette should look like this now:

Effects / Plugins / PhotoSwizzle / Kaleidoscope:

Selection / Select none

11) activate top layer

unhide it again

set blend mode of this layer to: Darken

activate: Layer Raster 4

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
0 / 0 / 75 / 10 colour: #ffff00

activate top layer again

12) activate your preset shape tool / ellipse

shut off BGC

draw a ellipse as shown below:

Image / Flip

shut off your FGC / set your BGC to gold pattern

activate your text tool

place your cursor of the circle and hover until the cross-hairs are on the circle

(the cursor will change to the symbol on the left), then click

write your text

activate your layers palette

hide layer:

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer

apply drop shadow to your liking

13) apply copyright and watermark

activate bottom layer

unhide it

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new Animation

back to PSP

14) hide bottom layer

activate layer over it

unhide it

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to PSP

15) hide this layer

activate layer over it

unhide it

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

Edit / Select all

Animation / Frame properties / display time: 20

File / Save as... *.gif

show me your work:

subject line: 01 - Magic Hangover - your name