Diamonds

This tutorial was written by Fiona Pomfrett on February 14th 2012.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental. Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.
Scripting and translating of this tutorial is strictly forbidden.

Supplies needed:
PSP – I used X4 but any version will do
Animation Shop
Tube of Choice
Font of Choice – I used PassionsConflictROB
Mask 495 by Insatiable Dreams
DSB Flux – Bright Noise
Eye Candy 4000 – Gradient Glow
Cloud 9 kit, from TammyKat or one of choice

I used the awesome artwork of Amy Matthews
You will need a license from CDO to use her work
Please do not use Amy’s work without purchasing a license first
This tube was actually and exclusive tube for Diamond members in October 2011, so this one can not be purchased

Let’s Start
Note: When opening items from the kit, ensure you duplicate the item/paper BEFORE resizing

Open a new canvas 400×400, flood fill with any color, except white (this layer will be deleted later)
Open Frame 1 from the kit, resize to 350pixels wide
Copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas
Open Cloud 1, copy and paste as new layer onto your canvas
Move the cloud up and to the right slightly
Then drag the cloud layer below the frame layer on your layer palette

Grab your Freehand Selection tool with these settings:
Selection type: point to point / Mode: Add (Shift) / Feather & Smoothing: 0 / Anti-Alias: Checked
Zoom in and carefully trace around the glitter edge of the cloud
You only need to trace the glitter edge above the frame, anything inside the frame can be ignored

Once you have the area selected
Selections, Promote Selection to layer
Duplicate twice, giving you 3 layers altogether
Rename 1, 2 & 3 (1 being the original promoted layer)
Selections, None

Activate 3
Effects, Plugins, DSB Flux – Bright Noise
Intensity: 35, click Mix once
Hide this layer
Activate 2
Repeat the Bright Noise, pressing Mix once again
Hide this layer
Activate 1
Repeat the Bright Noise, pressing Mix once again

Open a paper of choice from the kit
Resize to 360×360
Activate your colored background layer
Copy and paste the paper as a new layer
Layers, Load/Save Mask from Disk
Find 495InsatiableDreams or one of choice
Source luminance, Fit to layer & Hide all mask checked
Layers, Merge, Merge Group
Move the mask layer up on your canvas

Activate layer 3
Open another paper of choice and resize to 200pixels
Copy and paste as new layer
Position behind the heart of the frame

Activate the frame layer and grab your magic wand with these settings:
Mode: Add (Shift) / Match Mode: RGB Value / Tolerance & Feather: 0 / Contiguous & Anti-Alias: Checked
Click inside the Heart of the frame
Selections, Modify, Expand by 5 pixels
Selections, Invert
Now activate the paper layer and press delete on your keyboard
Selections, None

Open another paper of choice, resize to 350pixels
Copy and paste as a new layer
Move this layer below the heart fill layer on your layer palette
Activate the frame and grab your Freehand Selection tool with these settings:
Selections Type: point to point / Mode: Add (Shift) / Feather & Smoothing: 0 / Anti-Alias: Checked
Draw a selection round the frame

Selections, Invert
Activate your paper layer and press delete on your keyboard
Do Not De-Select

Open another paper of choice, resize to 350pixels
Copy and paste as a new layer above your other paper
Press delete on your keyboard again
Selections, None
Change the blend mode of the top paper to Soft Light and lower the opacity to 70

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize if needed
Position so it appears to be coming out of the heart

When happy with the position, duplicate your tube layer
Move the original below the frame layer on your layer palette

Activate your copy of tube
Erase any part of the tube that is on front of the frame on the left hand side
I drew a selection round the area

Now on the original, erase any tube outside the left side of the frame
Your tube should now look as if it’s coming out of the frame

Activate your copy of tube (which should be your top layer)
Now grab your text tool and select your font
Set your foreground to null and your background to a color from your image
Create as vector and Anti-Alias both checked
Add your name
Position where it looks best, when happy convert to raster
Effects, Plugins, Eye Candy 4000 – Gradient Glow
Set the first color to a shade slightly darker than your text color
Second color set to white

Add a drop shadow of choice I used:
V&H: 2 / Opacity: 47 / Blur: 4 / Color: Black

Add your artists copyrights, scrap credits and your own taggers watermark as a new layer

Activate your colored background layer
Flood fill with white
Crop away any excess canvas
Ensure layers 2 & 3 are hidden
Edit, Copy Special, Copy Merged
Open up Animation Shop (AS)
Edit, Paste as a new animation

Back to PSP
Hide layer 1 and unhide layer 2
Edit, Copy Special, Copy Merged
Over to AS
Edit, paste after current frame

Back to PSP
Hide layer 2 and unhide layer 3
Edit, Copy Special, Copy Merged
Over to AS
Edit, paste after current frame

Save as a gif file
All Done