May Flowers

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 3, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Lilac here

Plugins

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

Eyecandy 4 HSB Noise

DSB Flux Bright Noise

The tube I used #3-2, May Flowers is by Ash Evans, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of my font is Floralies

I used size 48 for my text & 60 for my name

Open new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Apply texture>mosiac weave, scale 30, depth 1

Paste your lilacs as a new layer

Resize to 175%

Add drop shadow

Change layer properties to luminance

Duplicate 2 times

Apply graphics plus cross shadow, change the bottom 2 numbers to 90

Repeat on other 2 layers changing the #'s to 80 & 70

Paste your tubes as a new layer

Resize as needed & position into place

Add drop shadow

I was able to use my magic wand to select around the wings of my cat, depneding on your tube you may have to use the freehand selection tool

Duplicate 2 times

Apply eyecandy hsb noise using default settings, change the pattern to smooth fractal

Repeat on other 2 layers clicking on the random seed button each time

Deselect

Select around the hat of the other tube

Duplicate 2 times

Apply dsb flux bright noise, intensity 40, mix checked

Repeat on other 2 layers changing intensity to 45 & 50

Deselect

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide all your middle & bottom animation layers

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide top layers, unhide middle layers

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide middle layers, unhide bottom layers

Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

Your comments are very much appreciated either here on this post or on the chat box.  I've made it easy for you to post on this tut by turning off the requirement of having to type in a confirmation code

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