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This tutorial was written by Amanda Gomez ::Note:: This lesson is not to be duplicated or distributed to any groups without my written permission Supplies needed - For this tutorial you will need: 1 floral misted tube, 1 butterfly tube and filter simple/blintz  Lets begin... open an new image 350 x 350, transparent Pick a light color for your forground and a dark color for your background. Double click on your forground color and click on gradient. Use angle 45 repeat 2 with invert checked. Click ok.  Flood fill your new image. Go to adjust/add-remove noise/add noise with these settings.  Open your misted tube, copy and paste as a new layer on your new image. Close misted tube. Place your misted tube in a nice spot. (now would be a good time to decide where you would like your butterfly to go) Add text (Welcome) in a font of choice. (one that compliments your tag) Be sure to place it where it wont interferE when you add your butterfly later. Go to effects/3d/drop shadow with vert. & hor. at 2 opacity at 35 and blur at 2 with color black. Merge all flatten. Now we are going to add a border. Pick a dark color and a light color from your tag. Go to image/add border Dark color - 2.....repeat - light color - 2....repeat dark color - 2 repeat light color - 8... Use your magic wand and click on the border 8....(should have marching ants) Go to adjust/add-remove noise/add noise and use the same settings from before. Go to effects/3d/ inner bevel with these settings...hit ok  Go to selections...invert... Then to effects/3d/ drop shadow using vert. and horiz. setting at 2 opac. at 50 and blur 14 color black. Repeat drop shadow but change your vert. and horiz. to -2. Selections/ select none. Almost done with our border..... Go to image/add border dark color 2....light color 2 dark color 15 this time. Use your magic wand click on your dark 15 border... Go to effects/plug in/ simple/ blintz....click ok.... Go to effects/3d/ inner bevel change the with and the depth to 4 and click ok..... Then selections/ select none Now add your watermark. Merge all flatten. Horray the tag is done....now to add our butterfly. ( I resized my image to 95 % ...went to adjust/sharpness/sharpen) Open your butterfly tube ....size it to fit your tag.... Copy it/paste as a new image in AS. Go to effects/ insert image transition with these settings.....  Go back to your butterfly and delete frame 5...6...7 (you should have 4 frames now) Go back to PSP and copy your tag and go to AS and paste it as a new image. Go to edit and duplicate til you have 4 frames. Click on frame 1 of your tag and select all...(you can select all by pushing crtl and "A" at the same time) Do this for your butterfly tube as well....select all. Make sure both the tag and the tube are on the first frame and that both of them have all the frames highlited Click on your butterfly tube and drag it to your tag and place it where you would like your butterfly Now final step...go to animation/frame properties and set your speed to 25.... Click on frame 4 and go back up to animation/frame properties and set speed to 40 Run animation and check to make sure everything is as you want it. If everything looks good save it and your done!!!!! **Also if you want you can resize it down if you think its too big.** Viola! and your tag is complete.....hope you enjoyed this tutorial Hugs, Gomez Lesson written for Le Cafe D'Amis Group |