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This tutorial written by rae in May 2005

This tutorial and dragonfly graphic are ©rae.

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~ Thank You ~

rae

This tutorial is written for PSP9 but should translate to version8.

It calls for one outside Filter ..

- you can download a demo here - *SuperBladePro

**Tut Supplies are Here

Open a new canvas - transparent 500X400 *we'll resize later

Image > Add Borders > 6 Pixels > Symmetric checked > Black

Add a New Raster layer > duplicate > remain at top layer :

Text Tool .. 'Renaissance' .. Floating (*choose Vector if you have a very long name and use the nodes to fit to the text into the canvas.. or if you have two words in your name - stack them like I have in the example) .. Size 90 ..antialias enabled ..Kerning 0
Materials > Foreground Null > Background > Gradient 'Chris baby Boots' with current settings
Enter your text
Move to the middle layer and change your font to 'Splendid ES'
enter the numeral '6'
select none
with your Mover tool - place your 'swirly' to intersect with your text and look a part of it.. leaving enough room between the tail end and the base frame to accomodate your dragonfly.. about an inch
Turn off the Base layer
Merge the text layers.. rename to 'Text' ..change position on the canvas if needed
Duplicate.. turn base On

Choose the Top text layer :

Highlight the top text layer > add a New Raster layer

Open your dragonfly > copy :

place the Dragonfly
move it so that his tail will be on the same curve as the 'swirly' from your name:

Add another Raster layer > open your Picture Tube tool :

'Burst' at scale 100
place one at your 'initial' letter
change the scale to 55
place a few into your letters, etc. .. then a couple between the dragonfly tail and swirly
You can use your Selection or Lasso tool to surround one at a time and move them if you aren't pleased with your placement

Turn off the Base layer > Merge layers Visible :

Add a New Raster layer *at Base (you'll be adding a layer between the text and the base)
Highlight the text (top) layer > Select All/Float
Move to the middle layer > Drop Shadow :

At Base layer > open the Deformation tool :

Use the nodes to bring the top down to have the dragonfly's legs sit at the frame with the wings outside :

At the Base layer > Select All/Float > Invert

Open Animation Shop > Paste as a New Animation :

Browse to Open the 'Burst Sparkle' animation :

Edit/Select All
Click into the first frame of your tag and place the bursts around into some 'circle' areas of the background and into the Large burst ornament on your text Initials:

Resize the burst sparkle :

Edit/Copy again and place the resized sparkles into the smaller burst ornaments on your tag

Now play and if you're satisfied > resize and send through Optimization:

255 colors .. Optimized Octree .. Error Diffusion
Write Minimal Frames .. Map Identical Pixels to Transparent
this is how I have my partial Transparency set most of the time.. much better result than using White for most transparent optimizations:

I thank you for trying my tut! .. I'd sure love to see how yours turned out!! .. *Ü*

~ rae ~