Cloud 9

 

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 29, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Frame by me here

Flowers here

Plugins

Mura Meister Cloud

Xero Fritillary

Xenofex constellation

The tube I used Mmmm (22-3) is by Dean Yeagle, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of the font I used is Tamborine

I used size 72

Open new transparent canvas 930x375, we will resize later

Floodfill with dark blue

Add texture with these settings

Add a new raster layer

Apply mura meister cloud

Preset menu>thin clouds>bg unchecked

Repeat 2 more times decreasing amount by 1 each time

Add a new raster layer

Select all

Paste flowers into selection

Deselect

Layer properties>luminance

Add drop shadow

Paste your frame as a new layer

Resize to 55%

Click inside with your magic wand

Floodfill with your a ligher shade of your bg color

Apply xero fritillary changing the top # to 10 & the bottom # to 100

Activate your frame layer

Select all>float>defloat

Floodfill with your last color

Layer properties>dodge

Merge down

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Do Not Deselect

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed and add drop shadow

Apply constellation to your frame

Settings>small star constellation>keep original image checked

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide animation 2 & 3

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 1 & unhide #2

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 2 & unhide #3

Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

I set my frame properties at 45

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

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Result by Kaye W