Violet Beauty

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on April 5, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Forum Template # 61 by me here

Animated Stars here

Plugins

DSB Flux Bright Noise

The tube I used Violet Color Series is by Keith Garvey, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The font I used is called Tagettes

I used size 36 for my text & 42 for my name

Open your template, shift D to duplicate, close original

Delete info layer

Floodfill bg layer with a color from your tube

Add texture>fine canvas, scale 50, depth 3

Activate your left frame layer

Select all>float>defloat

Paste your close up tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Positon into place

Invert your selection

Delete & deselect

Duplicate & mirror

Move to above your right bg layer

Activate your left bg layer

Select all>float>defloat

Expand 3

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a brighter shade of your color

Add texture>daze>scale 50>depth 3

Duplicate & mirror

Move to above your right bg layer

Activate your left frame layer

Floodfll with a darker shade of your first color

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Repeat on right frame layer

Activate your deco layer

Move to below your left bg layer

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with your light color

Deselect

Add an inner bevel

Change layer properties to dodge

Add drop shadow

Activate your corners layer

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with your dark color

Deselect

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Delete the original corners layer

Duplicate 2 times

Add dsb flux bright noise, intensity 45, mix checked

Repeat on other 2 layers changing intensity to 50 & 55

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

Select all & copy

Activate frame 3

Paste afer current

Keep pasting after current until you have 21 frames

Activate frame 1 and select all

Open your star animation

Activate frame 1 and select all

Grab the star animation by frame 1 and drop it in the upper left of your left frame

Go back to your star animation

CTRL Z

Grab by frame 1 and drop onto the right area of the right frame

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

I would love to post your © compliant result, just emaail it to me with ATT Sharon & the tut name in the subject line

You'll find my email blinkie on your left 

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