Sapphire Kittys

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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

Lace here

Plugins

Xero Fritillary

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

DSB Flux Bright Noise

Xenofex Electrify

Eyecandy 4 HSB Noise

The tube I used Sapphire Cat (4-1) is by Melissa Dawn, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of the font I used is Heather

I used size 42 for my text & size 48 for my name

Open new transparent canvas 940x400, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Apply xero fritillary changing the top # to 18 & the bottom # to 12

Apply grahics plus cross shadow changing the 2 bottom #'s to 80

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 25, mix checked

Paste lace as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Add drop shadow

Duplicate 2 times

Rename these layers to A1, A2 & A3

Apply xenofex electrify using default settings

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

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position to one side

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & mirror

Resize to 75%

Position in opposite corner

Using your freehand selection tool select around the wings, hold down your shift key to select around the 2nd tube

(I was able to use my magic wand on this one, it depends on your tube)

Duplicate each tube 2 times

Rename these layers to A4, A5, etc thru A9

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

Repeat on other 5 tube layers clicking on the random seed button each time

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 your top layers & unhide the middle layers

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide middle layers & unhide the 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

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