It's A Wrap
Supplies needed
Filter needed for this Tutorial Eye candy 4000Animation Shop
Font of choice I used Brush Script MT
Tube of choice I use artwork ©Beatriz Gonzalez
Monti's Modern Red-Gold-Green Christmas Scrap Kit
Open new canvas 600 x 600
Set foreground colour to #bb1048
Preset tool > preset rectangle > stroke width 15 > convert to raster layer > rename layer frame
Effects > plug-in > eye candy > chrome
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Paper-Red Stars > Crop tool > draw rectangle over top third of the paper
> click apply > resize by 75% > paste as new layer
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Paper-Red Stars > resize by 75% > paste as new layer
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Paper-Merry Christmas > resize by 75%
Image > rotate > counter clockwise 90 Crop tool > draw rectangle over top half the width of the paper
> paste as new layer
This is what we should now have on our work space
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Paper-Gold Crop tool > draw thin rectangle over top third of the paper
> click apply > resize by 75% > paste as new layer
Duplicate this layer > image rotate > free rotate left 90 make sure to un-tick all layers
and rotate layer around single canvas
Merge down the gold stripe with other gold layer > rename layer gold
X out frame layer and Gold and merge Visible > Rename this layer background
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Paper-Red Stars > Crop tool > draw rectangle on the paper
> click apply > resize by 75% > paste as new layer > position as shown below
Selections > select all > float > de-float > modify > contract by 8
> While antilised X out all layers > click new raster layer
Set foreground colour to white and flood fill layer
Selections > select none merge down
Duplicate layer > image > mirror > position > merge both frames > rename layer Pictures
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Tag-Red Stars > image > rotate clockwise 90% > right click
> copy and paste as new layer > rename layer Label > move layer below pictures
Plug-in > eye candy > gradient glow > fat > white> apply to Label, gold, frame
Effects > 3d effects > drop shadow > apply to label repeat 2 times more,
> apply to gold layer 3 times 2
Click picture layer and apply drop shadow same as above but making sure shadow on new layer is ticked
Raster deform tool > move shadow layer so it’s visible > duplicate layer
Image > mirror
Click on layer palette and merge Visible
This is how your tag should now look
Foreground colour to white > x out background colour > preset tool > ellipse > circle > stroke width 8
> covert to raster layer > rename circle
Open tube layer >Image > resize by 45 > Copy and paste as new layer > position on frame
Effects > 3d effects > drop shadow > making sure shadow on new layer is ticked
> merge with tube layer
Duplicate tube > image > mirror > merge with other tube layer
Open tube layer > image> resize 69 > copy and paste as new layer
Click circle layer and arrange > bring to top
Select magic wand tool > click inside circle > selections > invert
Click tube layer positioned behind circle and hit the delete key on keyboard > selections > select none
My tube had a copyright layer > image > resize > 69% > copy > paste as new layer > place top right hand corner
Click on layer palette and merge visible
Open Monti Christmas RGG-Christmas Lights > image > resize 45
Paste as new layer
Raster deform tool > position to desired position
Right Click on layer and duplicate > image > mirror
Erase tool > erase lights in centre of layer > merge light layers > X out background layer
Freehand selection tool > point to point > and draw round first red light
> right click to antilised when you completed drawing round the light
While antilised hold down the shift key this lets you select and apply an effect to more than one thing at a time
> now draw round the other red lights
Right click on layer palette once all the red light are antilised and promote selection to layer
> rename layer red > selection > select none
Repeat this step for the other lights naming each layer the colour of lights
Adjust > automatic contrast enhancement > settings below > repeat settings again
Repeat for yellow and green light layers
Select light layer and duplicate so you have three copies
Merge one light with the red layer > repeat for yellow and green light layer
Duplicate the background layer so you have three copies and merge one light layer with one background layer
Text tool > Brush Script MT > 100 > set background colour to white > name > convert to raster layer
Duplicate name layer till you have three layers > merge one with background layer
You should be left with just three layers and save
Animation shop
Open saved file > animation > resize 85
Animations > frame properties > 35 > save
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