Autumn Nights

Ready to go!

Place the mask in your mask folder in PSP

Open new image 600x600
Flood fill white
Open Paper 06 from the kit by Jill
Copy and paste as new layer
Load mask from disk

Merge group

Open the frame 1 from the scrapkit
Copy and paste as new layer
Image resize at 85 percent - Make sure that all layers is not checked

With your magic wand - click inside the frame
Selections - Modify - Expand by 10

Now make sure that you are on the mask layer
Selections invert - then hit delete
Select None

This is what you should have at this point

Staying on this layer - Adjust/Colorize with my settings

Go to the frame layer and merge down

Open the leaves from the kit
Copy and paste as new layer
Duplicate Layer
Then mirror
Merge down

Now Layers -Arrange and move down

This will place it below your frame

Go back to the top layer

Open the word art that I provided..Copy and Paste as new layer
(See my tag for placement)

Open the Moon tube
Edit/Copy and paste as new layer
Image resize at 50% (all layers not checked)
(see my tag for placement)

Duplicate the Moon twice for a total of three Moons.
Name the original layer - Moon1, and the duplicated layers Moon2 and Moon3
We will be back to this if you want to animate!

Open the tube provided in my supplies - Tube by Brooke Gillette

Edit - Copy and paste as new layer

Move to the right of your frame

Open your eraser tool and use my settings

Erase the portion of the dress until it blends nicely with the frame

You can add the copyright information for this fantastic tube. Please always be sure
to give these artist credit!

Open bow 1
Edit/Copy and paste as new layer
Adjust/ Colorize - use my settings below

Image resize at 50% (all layers not checked)
Image - Flip
Place at bottom left of the frame

Open flower 3 - Edit/Copy and paste as new layer
Image resize at 50% twice (all layers not checked)
Move the the left - see my tag for placement

Duplicate and resize at 85 percent (all layers unchecked)
and place above the original

Duplicate the flower again and move below the original..
See my tag for placement

Merge this flower down, then merge down again

Now add your text..I used the pay for font - Always
with the settings
Foreground #CE9934 and Background #332718

I went back and added a drop shadow to the flowers,bow and my name
This is my settings

Now apply the drop shadow again, but Horizontal and Verticial to -2

Now are you ready to animate? I always love using the effects within PSP

ANIMATION

Go back to the moon layers..Close off Moon2 and Moon 3

Make sure that you are on Moon1 (original layer) and apply these settings

Go to Effects - Illumination Effects - Sunburst

Close out Moon 1, Open Moon 2 - Use these settings

Close out Moon2 and open Moon 3. Use these same settings only change the
Horizontal to 17 and the Vertical to 19. Leave the other settings as is

Close out Moon 2 and Moon 3..Open Moon 1..Edit/Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop - right click and paste as a new animation

Back to PSP, close out Moon 1 and open Moon 2..Copy Merged

In Animation Shop - Edit > Paste> Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP. Close out Moon 2, Open Moon 3. Copy Merged.

One more time in AS - Edit > Paste > Paste After Current Frame

You should have three frames

Edit/Select All

Animation > Frames Properties > 30

You are all done.

I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial. I would love to see what you come up with.
If you have any questions on this tutorial, please free free to email me at laineh@comcast.net