AMAZING GRACE

Written by ©Daiva C.

May 21, 2010

Released Aug. 14, 2010

This tutorial is my own

creation, any similarities

to any other tutorial are

purely accidental and not

intentional.

This tutorial is intended

for non-profit use only.

I hold the copyright to it.

Please do not copy,

translate, script, rip or

claim it as your own.

You may share it but do

NOT upload it to any

website, storage site or

group files without my

written consent.

Thank you.

Written for PSP X2

Skill Level: Advanced

Supplies:

amazingrace_sjs.psp

Animatie-b-24ster.gif

Background Swatch.jpg

CJ_Frame 10.psp

Foreground Swatch.jpg

Frame_Border.pspimage

PatryTubes_06_Elegant

_05.psp

radialdiamonds.jpg

Supplies Available (Here)

and (Here)

Animation Shop (Here)

Preparation:

Unzip supplies

Copy and Paste radial

diamonds.jpg to your

PSP Pattern and Texture

Folders

Animatie-b-24ster.gif

is to be opened in

Animation Shop

Open remaining

supplies in PSP

Minimize

Performance Notes:

All settings will remain

the same unless new or

revised ones are given

1. Activate PatryTubes_

06_Elegant_05.psp

2. Dropper Tool

Settings:

to Dark color from Tube

or use my Background

Swatch.jpg from supplies

Minimize Tube

Note:

Make note of Hue and

Saturation #'s for Back

ground Color

3. File > New

Settings:

Width = 700 pixels

Height = 500 pixels

Raster Background =

Checked

Transparent = Checked

4. Flood Fill Tool

Settings:

Match mode = RGB value

Tolerance = 0

Use all layers = Not

Checked

Blend mode = Normal

Opacity = 100

Foreground Color = Light

color from Tube

Fill Workspace with

Background Color

5. Materials Palette

Change Background

to Pattern

Settings:

radialdiamonds.jpg

Angle = 0

Scale = 100

6. Layers > New Raster

Layer

7. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Layer with Pattern

8. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend Mode = Luminance

(Legacy)

9. Layers > New Raster

Layer

10. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Layer with Fore

ground Color

11. Layers Palette

Settings:

Opacity = 75

12. Activate CJ_Frame

10.psp

13. Edit > Copy

Close

14. Back to Workspace

15. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

16. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend Mode = Luminance

(Legacy)

17. Magic Wand Tool

Settings:

Mode = Add/Shift

Match mode = RGB

Value

Tolerance = 0

Use all layers = Not

Checked

Contiguous = Checked

Feather = 0

Anti-alias = Checked

Outside

Select inside Frame

18. Selections > Modify

> Expand

Settings:

Number of pixels = 7

19. Activate amazingrace

_sjs.psp

20. Shift D > Close Original

21. Adjust > Hue and

Saturation > Colorize

Settings:

To Match Background

Color

22. Edit > Copy

Close

23. Back to Workspace

24. Layers > New Raster

Layer

25. Edit > Paste Into

Selection

26. Selections > Select

None

27. Layers > Arrange >

Move Down

28. Layers Palette

Settings:

Opacity = 80

29. Adjust > Sharpness

> Sharpen

30. Edit > Repeat

Sharpen

31. Layers Palette

Highlight Top Layer

32. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = -3 (Minus)

Horizontal = -3 (Minus)

Opacity = 50

Blur = 3

Color = Black

Shadow on new layer

= Not Checked

33. Adjust > Sharpness >

Sharpen

34. Activate PatryTubes_

06_Elegant_05.psp

35. Edit > Copy

Close

36. Back to Workspace

37. Edit > Paste As

New Layer

38. Move Tool

Move to Right Side

of Workspace

39. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 0

Horizontal = 0

Opacity = 100

Blur = 20

Color = Background

Color

40. Edit > Repeat

Drop Shadow

41. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 15

Color = White

42. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

43. Materials Palette

Change Background

to Color

Change Foreground to

Gradient

Settings:

Foreground-Background

Angle = 45

Repeats = 15

Invert = Not Checked

Texture = Not Checked

Style = Radial

Center Point

Horizontal = 50

Vertical = 50

44. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with

Gradient

45. Effects > 3D Effects

> Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel = 2

Width = 8

Smoothness = 40

Depth = 2

Ambience = 100

Shininess = 10

Color = White

Angle = 315

Intensity = 37

Elevation = 20

46. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Color = Black

47. Selections > Select

None

48. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Background

Color

49. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 3

Color = Foreground

Color

50. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 75 (Percent)

Height = 75 (Percent)

Advanced settings =

Checked

Resample using =

Bicubic

Sharpness > Sharper > 100

Maintain original print

size = Not Checked

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Checked

51. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Not Checked

Size in pixels =

Top = 5

Left = 25

Right = 10

Bottom = 5

Color = White

52. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

53. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with

Gradient

54. Effects > Texture

Effects > Texture

Settings:

radialdiamonds.jpg

Size (%) = 100

Smoothness = 0

Depth = 2

Ambience = 0

Shininess = 0

Color = White

Angle = 315

Intensity = 30

Elevation = 50

55. Adjust > Sharpness

> Sharpen

56. Selections > Select

None

57. Activate Frame_

Border.pspimage

58. Shift D > Close Original

59. Adjust > Hue and

Saturation > Colorize

60. Edit > Copy

Close

61. Back to Workspace

62. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

63. Move Tool

Move to far Left of

Workspace so just the

diamond edge is showing

at the end of Workspace

64. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 2

Horizontal = 2

Opacity = 50

Blur = 3

65. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 3

Color = Background

Color

66. Layers > New Raster

Layer

67. Add Watermark

68. Layers > Merge > Merge

Visible

69. Edit > Copy

70. Open Animation

Shop

71. Edit > Paste As

New Animation

72. File > Open

Animatie-b-24ster.gif

73. Highlight 1st Frame

74. Edit > Select All

75. Back to Header

76. Edit > Duplicate

Selected

77. Repeat Step 76 until

you have 6 Frames

78. Scroll back to Frame

1 and Highlight it

79. Edit > Select All

80. Back to Animatie-b-

24ster.gif

81. With you cursor on

the 1st "star" drag it

to your Header and place

it on the big flower on the

Frame_Border

82. Back to the gif

83. Edit > Undo Drag

84. Repeat Steps 81 - 83

until you are satisfied with

your Header

Note:

I placed the gif on the

big flowers in the Frame

_Border and around the

Frame of the Header

85. When satisfied with

your Header

View > Animation

86. File > Save As

Settings:

Follow saving directions

I'd like to thank the testers

from:

for testing this tutorial for me

and making it the best it can be.

They are: Brenda, Karen, Marsha,

Susan, Susan T., and Wendy

I hope you have enjoyed my

tutorial, as much as I enjoyed

writing it