Rose Sparkle Sig Tag Tutorial

This tutorial was written on
February 23rd, 2003, and is a product of my own imagination. Please do not download it or send it through email. PSP Groups are welcome to share the link through email, but I would appreciate you letting me know by either an email or signing the guestbook that you are going to do so.

I used PSP 7.04 to create this graphic and tutorial. You can download a trial copy here

My Zip Folder with the rose psp file can be downloaded here. Save it to a folder where you save your projects

DSB Flux Plugin You can download it HERE

Unzip it into your PSP Plugins folder

Super Blade Pro You can downdoad a trial copy here.

Now lets get started.

  • Open the rose graphic - you will see that it is in two layers.
    Hit Ctrl D to copy the image, and close the origional
    Activate layer one
    Go to selections > Select all
    Go to Selections > Float
    Apply any Super blade Pro Gold setting you like.
    Deselect
    Activate layer two
    Go to selections > Select all
    Go to Selections > Float
    Go to selections > save to alpha channel
    Select yes in the next two boxes (we will need the selection again in a few minutes)
    Now go to colors > colorize and play with the settings until you get a color that you like.
    Deselect
    Go to Layers > merge > merge visible
    Save your work.

  • Go to layers > duplicate
    Repeat the layer duplication until you have six (6) layers total.

    Your layer pallette should look like this

    I named my layers to keep then straight, but you don't have to.

  • Turn off the visiblity on all the layers except Roses2 layer
    Make sure rose2 layer is the active layer
    Go to Selections > Load from Alpha Chanel and load your rose selection. Make sure you keep the selection ants active through this entire section.
    Go to Effects > Plugin Filters > dsb flux > Bright Noise > with these settings

    Hit OKay.

  • Turn off the visiblity on all the layers except Roses4layer
    Make sure rose4 layer is the active layer
    Go to Effects > Plugin Filters > dsb flux > Bright Noise > with the same settings except change the intensity to 41
    Hit OKay.
  • Turn off the visiblity on all the layers except Roses6 layer
    Make sure rose6 layer is the active layer
    Go to Effects > Plugin Filters > dsb flux > Bright Noise > with the same settings except change the intensity to 30
    Hit OKay.
    Save your work

  • You should now have every other layer with a plain colored rose and in between there is a rose with bright noise. It might be a good idea to take a break right now and stretch your legs.

  • Turn off the visibility on Rose layers 3,4,5&6
    Activate Rose Layer 1
    Set your background color to a color from your rose and your foreground color to nil
    choose your text tool.
    Choose a font that you like, mine is Old English at 45 Antialias and Vector are Checked.
    Click OK
    Using the center node move the text to where you want it under the rose.

    Go to your layer pallette and right click on the vector layer and choose duplicate.
    Move this layer between the rose 3 layer and the rose 4 layer.
    Repeat the last step and move the duplicate layer between rose 5 layer and rose 6 layer. Now your layer pallette should look like this

    Make sure to turn off the visibility on all but the bottom three layers as shown above.
    Save your work.

  • With your first text layer active go to Layer > convert to Raster Layer
    Go to Selections > Select all
    Go to Selections > Float
    Go to Effects > Plugin Filters > dsb flux > Bright Noise > with these settings

    Hit OKay.

    Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
    Save your work
    Hide your new merged layer.

  • Make the next three layers (rose3 text2 and rose4) visible.
    activate the second text layer go to Layer > convert to Raster Layer
    Go to Selections > Select all
    Go to Selections > Float
    Go to Effects > Plugin Filters > dsb flux > Bright Noise > with these settings

    Hit OKay.

    Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
    Save your work
    Hide your new merged layer. You should have two merged layers now hidden.

  • Make the next three layers (rose5 text3 and rose6) visible.
    activate the third text layer go to Layer > convert to Raster Layer
    Go to Selections > Select all
    Go to Selections > Float
    Go to Effects > Plugin Filters > dsb flux > Bright Noise > with these settings

    Hit OKay.

    Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
    Unhide all three of your merged layers
    Save your work

  • Open Animation Shop, and then find your rose sparkle tag and open it.
    Go to File > Optimization Wizard and choose Animated GIF File and Create a new animation. Click on next>
    I use the Better Image Qualite Setting but you may choose what you prefer.
    click on Customize I use the 255 colors, the Optimized Octree and error Diffusion
    Click on the optimizations tab and click on the center 3 buttons
    click on the Partial Transparency tab and Convert pixels less than 25% and use existing image color at 100% opacity.
    click ok, I also have the Use these settings box checked so I don't have to do this every time.
    Click on the next button three times, and then the finish button.
    You can check the Animation by going to view > Animation. If you like what you see, save it on your hard drive. If you don't like the looks of it, go back and redo your settings.

    • We have completed the Sparkle Rose SigTag. I used the same principle to make the border background on this page.

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