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Brave ....Meet Merida

1.
File - open new transparent image 700x550.
Set in the material palette the foreground on #c8893c and the background on #64483a.
Make from the foreground a gradient radial - with this setting.

2.
Activate flood fill tool and fill the layer with the gradient.
Adjust – blur – Gaussian Blur – radius 25.
Effects – Image effects – seamless tiling – default setting.

3.
Layers – new raster layer.
Set in the material palette the foreground back to this color #4d95ae
Fill the layer with the foreground color.

4.
Layers – load/save mask – load/save mask from disk – look 174a(246) – with this setting.

Layers – merge – merge group.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – with this setting.

5.
Effects – Edge effects – enhance.
Layers – duplicate.
Image – free rotate – with this setting.

Layers – merge – merge down.

6.
Effects – Edge effects – enhance more.
Set in the layer palette the opacity of this layer to 50.
Effects – Image effects – seamless tiling – setting is right.
Layers – merge – merge down.

7.
Layers – new raster layer.
Fill this layer with the background color.
Selections – select all.

8.
Selections – modify – contract 30 pixels – click at the delete key.
Selections – invert.
Effects – plug-ins – AAA Frames – Frame Works – with this setting.

Selections – select none.

9.
Activate the tube brave1 – edit - copy.
Edit – paste as a new layer on the image.
Effects – Image effects – offset – with this setting.

Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – setting is right.

10.
Activate the tube brave – edit - copy.
Edit – paste as a new layer on the image..
Activate move tool – and set the tube right.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – with this setting.

11.
Activate the tube brave3 – edit - copy.
Edit – paste as a new layer on the image.
Set the tube left at the top – see example.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – with this setting.

12.
Turn the colors in the material palette.
Activate text tool - with this setting below.

Write - Brave – convert to raster layer.
Place the text at the top in the middle.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – with this setting.

13.
Layers – new raster layer – put your watermark into the image.
Activate the tube brave2 – edit - copy.
Edit – paste as a new layer on the image.
Set the tube left at the bottom.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – setting is right

14.
Activate free hand selection tool – from point to point – and make a selection as below.

Layers – duplicate and 1 more time.

15.
Activate raster 8.
Adjust – brightness and contrast – brightness/contrast – with this setting.

16.
Activate copy of raster 8.
Adjust – brightness and contrast – brightness/contrast – brightness at 30 - contrast is right.

17.
Activate copy(2) of raster 8.
Adjust – brightness and contrast – brightness/contrast – brightness at 40 - contrast is right.
Selections – select none.
Lock the 2 top layers.

18.
Activate the bottom layer – edit – copy merged.
Open animation shop – paste as a new animation.

19.
Back in PSP – lock raster 8 and open copy of raster 8.
Edit – copy merged.
In AS – paste after active frame.

20.
Back in PSP – lock copy of raster 8 and open copy(2) of raster 8.
Edit – copy merged.
In AS – paste after active frame. (be sure the last frame is selected).

21.
File – save as – give name – click 3 times at next and than at finish.

tutorial written  29-03-2013.