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FTU Love and Hope

This tutorial was written by me on October 26, 2013.

It was made out of my own creation and any similarity is purely coincidental.

I used pspx5 but any version should work without problems.

If you're doing this tutorial you must have good psp knowledge and be familiar with the tools.

Let's get started!

Artist: Luna by Tony Tzanoukakis

Scrapkit: BCA 2013 by Tasha's Playground

Mask: halftone mask 3 by Dangerously Delicious Designz

Font: Uncle Bob

*open your mask and minimize in your workspace*

File - New - 700x700 - flood fill w white

Open frame 3 - resize by 80% - c/p as new layer

Open tube c/p so face is inside frame

Click inside frame w magic wand - expand by 5 - new layer

Open pp8 - c/p into selection - move paper under tube

On tube - invert - delete - deselect

Xero - porcelain (default) hit ok

Change blend to luminance(L) - change opacity to 55

Duplicate tube layer - change blend to screen - opacity to 100

Add drop shadow to your frame

Open fasterner - place to the right

Open tube - resize to your liking - place to the right

Open sticker 2 - resize by 50% - place to the bottom right

Open wordart - resize by 50% - place to the bottom right

On background layer

Click on background with magic wand - new layer

Open paper of choice - c/p into selection

Layers - New mask layer - From Image

Find your mask in source window - hit ok

Merge group 

Open tree - place to the right - duplicate - mirror - merge down

Duplicate merged layer - flip - merge down - resize by 85%

Delete background - merge visible 

Add credits and name

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FTU New Year's After Party

This tutorial was written by me on December 25, 2012.

It was made out of my own creation and any similarity is purely coincidental.

I used pspx2 but any version should work without problems.

Let's get started!

Artist: Tony Tzanoukakis

Scrapkit: 2013 After Party by Tasha's Playground

Template: #157 by me HERE

Plugins: xero - porcelain, clarify, fritilary, radiance

Font: I used Ambiance

*drop shadow of 1 -1 60 5 black throughout unless noted*

Open your template, duplicate, close original

Delete cr layer, go to background, make visible

canvas 800x800 flood fill w white

Go to layer 1, selections all, float, defloat

Open paper2, c/p as new layer, invert, delete, deselect

Add drop shadow to layer 2

Merge layer 4 down to layer 3

Open your tube, c/p as new layer, place to the right

Make sure the face fits inside circle, mirror, merge down

Click inside circles w magic wand, new layer

flood fill w a gradient (i used both pinks from template as my fg and bg)

on tube layer, invert, delete, invert

New layer, selections, modify, select selections borders

both sides, anti-atlas, width 2, hit ok, flood fill w light gray

Add noise, uniform, 100, deselect

Back on tube layer, xero - radiance, change blend to screen

Merge tube down to gradient, merge border down to tube

Open discoball, resize by 80%, sharpen, c/p as new layer

Go on layer 5, open ciyscape, resize by 80%, sharpen, c/p as new layer

Duplicate, change blend to screen on duplicate, change opacity to 68 on original

Go to background layer, open fireworks2, c/p as new layer, place to the left

Duplicate, mirror, merge down

Go to layer 6, selections all, float, defloat

Open paper5, c/p as new layer, invert, delete, deselect

Go to layer 7, selections all, float, defloat, new layer

flood fill w gradient, xero - fritilary w these settings

granularity 4, aggression 30, tesselation 82, variation 96, hit ok, deselect

Go to layer 8, c/p your tube as new layer, place down and to left

Face inside of square, duplicate, mirror, merge down

With magic wand click inside both squares in layer 8

On tube layer, invert, delete, deselect

xero - radiance, change blend mode to screen

Open frame1, c/p as new layer, with deform tool resize a little so its the same size as squares

Open bow, resize by 50%, sharpen, c/p as new layer, place to left

With deform tool, rotate down some, duplicate, mirror

Drop shadow on layer 9

Open party pass, resize by 50%, c/p as new layer, rotate to the left w deform tool

Open glitter spray, c/p as new layer, place to the bottom

Layer 10, eye candy - gradient glow, width 3, Fat, click ok

Open wordart, resize by 50%, sharpen, c/p as new layer, place to the right

Add gradient glow same as above

Open your tube, resize it to fit your tag

Effects, xero, porcelain - change blue channel to 0

Xero - clarity (default)

Crop your tag, delete your background layer, merge visible, resize to 700 on longest side

Add your credits and your name!

Thanks for trying my tutorial :)

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FTU Bringing You Joy

This tutorial was written by me on December 13, 2012.

It was made out of my own creation and any similarity is purely coincidental.

I used pspx2 but any version should work without problems.

Let's get started!

Artist: Roman Zaric 

Scrapkit: Winter Bliss by Tasha's Playground

Mask: wsl mask 59

Plugins: xero - porcelain

Font: I used Art Heart

*add light drop shadow of your choosing to your elements throughout*

*Open your mask and minimize it on your workspace*

File - new - 700x700 flood fill w white

Open frame2, resize by 80%, sharpen, c/p as new layer

Open wreath, c/p as new layer, move under the frame

Open paper4, move under wreath, click inside wreath wth magic wand

expand by 5, on paper, invert, delete, desect

Open tree2, c/p as new layer, place to the left, move os its above frame layer

Open snowflakes, c/p as new layer, move to the right, duplicate, mirror

Open leaf, c/p as new layer and place to the right of the frame

Open bear, resize by 75%, sharpen, c/p as new layer, place next to the leaf

Open your tube, resize it to fit your tag, c/p as new layer place to the left

Duplicate your tube, effects - xero - porcelain, change blue channel to 0

Change blend mode to screen and opacity to 79

Open garland, c/p as new layer, move down so its by the tube's legs

Open flower1, c/p as new layer, place to the right

Open ornament, resize by 75%, sharpen, c/p as new layer, place to the right

Open wordart, c/p as new layer, move it down some

Close background layer, merge visible, open background layer

Open paper1, c/p as new layer, move under merged layer

Apply your mask - layers - new mask layer - from image, find mask in source window, hit ok

Merge group, delete background layer, merge visible, crop tag to your liking

Add your credits and your name

Thanks for trying my tutorial :)