~*~ St Patrick's Day: Luck of the Irishr ~*~
(Version française ICI)
 

 


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Martine








Tube of your choice, free or not, but the credit for the tube must be added to your tag. The tubes I am using are ©Osa Honey - www.osahoneydesigns.net/.

Scrapkit: St.Patrick Mini Kit by Osa Honey Designs. Direct Link here.

Template: Shamrocks by KSDesignz. Direct Link here.

Mask: WSL_Mask84 on Weescotslass Creations blog. Links to masks in the menu on the right under My Masks!
 
Plugins: penta.com - jeans; MuRa's Meister - Copies; Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow. dsb flux - Bright Noise.

Fonts: Will & Grace and Pixelette.

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STEP 1 - Mask

Open the template and duplicate.
Close the original.
Resize so the template is 630x550.
Click on Image > Canvas size 


 Close the Copyright layer right at the top.

Layer 1: Fill with white.

Add a layer and fill with #238A02 or a colour of your choice.
Open WSL_Mask84 and apply. Masks > New > From image - OK. Then Masks > Delete. In PSP 8 and above, it's under Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image. OK then Delete.

STEP 2 - Template layers

 Drop Shadow: I used 

V = 2

O = 45

H = 2

B = 7


Oblong: With your magic wand click on the border then Selections > Modify > Expand by 1 > Add a layer and fill with #447C13. Apply penta.com > jeans


Apply drop shadow.

Go back to the original Oblong layer and with your magic wand select the inside and replace the colour #73AC13 with BFF24C or a colour of your tube.

Duplicate twice so you have 3 copies: Oblong_a, Oblong_b and Oblong_c.

New Image : 500x120 - Click on the text tool, colour black #000000, Vector, small size and police Will & Grace.
Then click on Objects and choose Align > Center in canvas.
Then click on Layer > Convert to raster Layer.

Apply Mura Meister > Copies.
Preset Menu bottom left - choose Tiling and on the right configure as below


Copy paste this text as a new layer above all the Oblong layers.
Place as you wish and then cut off the bits you don't need.
In between the words draw a vertical rectangle, using your Selection tool - Rectangle. Fill with green #447C13 and apply penta.com > jeans and then the drop shadow. 

Delete the original Oblong layer.

Horizontal Lines: Selections > Select All > Selections > Float > Selections > Defloat.
Add a layer.
Get paper2, resize to 25%. Then click on the Fill tool and in your Materials palette, select Paper2 as your pattern and put the scale at 25.
Fill the 3 Horizontal Lines.
Selections > Select None.
Delete the original Horizontal Lines layer.

Square: Click with your Magic Wand and select the border.
Selections > Modify and expand by 1.
Add a new layer and fill with #026802.
Apply penta.com > jeans and same drop shadow as before.

Click back on the Square layer and select the inside with your Magic Wand.
Selections > Modify and expand by 2.
Add a layer and fill with green #38CE38. Name this layer Square_a.
Selections > Select None.
Delete the Square layer.
Duplicate Square_a and name this new layer Square_b.
Duplicate again and name this layer Square_c.

Square2: Click with your Magic Wand and select the border.
Selections > Modify and expand by1.
Add a new layer and fill with #FF6600.
Apply penta.com > jeans and same drop shadow as before.
Click back on the Square2 layer and select the inside with your Magic Wand.
Selections > Modify and expand by2.
Add a layer and fill with orange #FF6600. Name this layer Square2_a.
Selections > Select None.
Delete the Square2 layer.
Duplicate Square2_a and name this new layer Square2_b.
Duplicate again and name this layer Square2_c.

STEP 3 - Elements & Tube(s)

Sharpen all the elements after resizing.
Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp mask


Oh_SPBeer1 - Resize to 18%. Place above Square_c. Rotate 18° right. Sharpen and add a drop shadow.
Oh_SP_Shoe - Resize to 12%. Place above Square2_c. Sharpen and drop shadow.
Oh_SPButton1 - Resize to 90% And place in Circle as a new layer. Sharpen.
Oh_SPRainboww - Resize to 32%. Place above the Oh_SPButton layer. Sharpen and drop shadow.
Add your tube(s). And a drop shadow on the tube(s). 

STEP 3 - WordArt Luck of the Irish

Separate Luck from of the Irish.
Luck - Apply Inner Bevel


Then apply Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow



Apply a drop shadow.

of the Irish - Color in orange using the Colour Replacer tool. Add the same Inner bevel and then a drop shadow.

STEP 4 - Credits

With a small pixel font like Pixelette.

STEP 5 - Animation with noise

Click on the layer Oblong_a. Apply dsb flux > Bright Noise


Click on the layer Square_a. Apply the same dsb flux > Bright Noise.
Click on the layer Square2_a. Apply the same dsb flux > Bright Noise.

Click on the layer Oblong_b. Apply dsb flux but first click once on Mix.
Click on the layer Square_b. Apply the same dsb flux > Bright Noise.
Click on the layer Square2_b. Apply the same dsb flux > Bright Noise.


Click on the layer Oblong_c. Apply dsb flux but first click once again on Mix.
Click on the layer Square_c. Apply the same dsb flux > Bright Noise.
Click on the layer Square2_c. Apply the same dsb flux > Bright Noise.

STEP 6 - Animation Shop

Close Layer1. Close all the Oblong layers except Oblong_a. Close all the Square layers except Square_a and Square2_a.
Merge visible.
Copy paste in Animation Shop.

Back in PSP. Click on the Undo arrow.
This time close Layer1, Oblong_a, Square_a and Square2_a - Also close Oblong_c, Square_c and Square2_c.
Keep open Oblong_b, Square_b and Square2_b.
Merge visible these 3 layers with the other layers of your tag.
Copy paste in Animation Shop.

Back in PSP. Click on the Undo arrow.
This time close Layer1, Oblong_a, Square_a and Square2_a - Also close Oblong_b, Square_b, and Square2_b.
Keep open Oblong_c, Square_c and Square2_c.
Merge visible these 3 layers with the other layers of your tag.
Copy paste in Animation Shop.

You should now have 3 frames in Animation Shop. Preview and if happy with the speed, click on Edit > Select All.

Animation > Animation Properties > Canvas Color > Opaque and choose white.

Now save as a gif.

Martine
2 March 2012

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