White Christmas

Supplies

Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro any version. 

VDL Adreneline's Snowflakes Filter which you can download here.

DSB Flux - Bright Noise Filter

Tubes of Choice -   For this tutorial, I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.  You can purchase her wonderful art in tube and full form at AMI which stands for Artistic Minds, Inc. 

Please remember, when creating your signature tags, to only use permission art and to apply the copyright information on the tag which would include both the artist's name and online gallery link.  If  you have purchased a commercial image, do add your license number as well.

Supplies for download - White Christmas template.

Optional Elements - such as tubes, preset shapes, or brushes for added design style.

 

SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL

 

Magic Wand Settings 

Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 14, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected.

Drop Shadow Settings

Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80 Blur 5, Color Black

CREATING THE  BASIC TAG 

Step 1

Open up your tube graphic and the white Christmas template.

Step 2

Make your tube graphics active and go to Edit/Copy.  Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.   If the tube graphic is too large,  go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 3

Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above.

Step 4

Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your text.  Repeat Step 3.

Step 5

Add your copyright information and go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).

Step 6

Go to Layers/Duplicate and do this two times so you have three layers.

Step 5

Open up your layer palette and go to your bottom layer.  It should be highlighted in dark blue.  Left click the magic wand and use the settings from above.  Left click the magic wand on all the Christmas ornaments so they are all selected.  Go to Effects/Plugins/DSB Flux Bright Noise and use these settings:

Intensity 35 and Direction Mix.

DO NOT DESELECT.

Step 6

Go to the Middle Layer and apply the DSB Flux Bright Noise filter again with the same settings. But this time apply the filter 2 times.

DO NOT DESELECT.

Step 7

Go to the Top Layer and apply the DSB Flux Bright Noise filter again with the same settings. But this time apply the filter 3 times.

Go to Selections/Select None.

Step 9

Open up your layer palette, and go to the bottom layer.

Go to Effects/Plugins/VDL Adrenaline/Snowflakes and use these settings:

Use the default settings but change the following

Amount 73, Size Range End 7, Random Seed 0

Step 10

Go to your middle layer.  Apply the snowflakes filter but change these settings:

Amount 82, Random Seed 91

Step 11

Go to your top layer.  Apply the snowflakes filter but change these settings:

Amount 100, Random Seed 182.

Step 12

Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 90%, bicubic and resize all layers checked.

Step 13

Make sure all your layers are open and save this file as a psp or psd file.

We will continue to animate in Animation Shop.  Click here to continue.