This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance any other tut is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

Tube of choice. I am using the art of ChrisPastel. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase the one I used at The PSP Project.

Texture- 5 from Ainhel
Animation- 167 from Scrappy Bit Of Fun
Fonts- Michroma & Sofia

-File>New 600x225 px.

-Choose 2 colors from tube. For my foreground I am using f0559d and the background f6a8ce. Select the blend tool. Gradient: FG to BG (RGB), Shape: Linear. Click the top left corner of canvas and drag mouse down to the bottom right.

-Open texture. Layer>Scale Layer 70%. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Change the mode to screen.

-Open tube. Place to the far left side of tag. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Move to the left a little. Layer>Merge Dow (to merge 2 tube layers together). Layer to image size. Duplicate. Select flip tool and click canvas. Merge all tube layers together. Change the mode to overlay.

-Open tube again. Scale 75%. Place on center of tag. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 1, 1, 5, black, 35. Duplicate. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change mode to screen and lower the opacity to 65.

-Select the rectangle select tool. Make a fairly large rectangle selection on the center of tag. Layer>New Layer. Move this new layer below the main tube layers in the layer box. Add gradient to selection. Change mode to hard light. Filters>Distorts> Blinds on default. New Layer. Change foreground color to white. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise on default.  Select>Shrink 2. Press delete on keyboard. Select>Grow 2. New Layer. Move below white bucket filled layer. Bucket fill with black. Shrink 2. Delete. Grow 2. Repeat Gaussian blur. Select none.

-Select the text tool. Font: Michroma, Size: 15, Foreground color: f0559d. Click canvas and type 'Baby it's cold outside'. Place text on center left of canvas. Duplicate. Place duplicate to the center right. Merge text layers together. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 1, black, 15. Duplicate text layer. Place at the top of tag. Lower opacity to 15. Duplicate and place at the bottom of tag.

-Make top layer active. Add new layer. Bucket fill with f0559d. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Shrink 3. Delete. Bucket fill white. Shrink 1. Delete. Bucket fill f6a8ce. Shrink 1. Delete. Select none.

-Add name and copyright.

non-animated version:


If you don't want to animate then your done.

I am putting my animation below the main tube layer. Click HERE to learn how to use animations in Gimp.

To make the avatar:

-Make the main tube layer, name and copyright layers invisible by clicking the little eye next to each layer in the layer box..

-Edit>Copy Visible.

-File>New 150x150 px.

-Edit>Paste As>New Layer. Place how you like.

-Add tube.

-Add border (repeat from banner)

-Ad name/initial and copyright and you're done!

 

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

 Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

Tube of choice. I am using the art of gIO. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase the one I used at The PSP Project.

Light textures by tunichtgut

Animation SimoneAni409 (use the PSD version) from Scrappy Bit Of Fun

Font- Segoe UI Light (windows default font)

 

-File>New 600x200 px.

 

-Layer>New Layer. Name this layer background. ound color to 792aab.  Select the blend tool. Gradient: FG to BG (RGB), Shape: Linear, Repeats: None. While pressing ctrl on your keyboard, click the bottom middle og canvas with your mouse and drag straight up to the top middle. Layer>Duplicate Layer.  Filters>Distorts>Blinds. Horizontal, Displacement: 42, Number of Segments: 9.

 

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Place to the left side of canvas. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Layer>Scale Layer 65%. Scoot duplicate over to the right a tad. Duplicate. Scale 65% and scoot to the right again. Make the top tube layer active. Layer>Merge Down, twice (to merge all 3 tube layers together). Layer>Layer To Image Size. Duplicate. Select the flip tool and click canvas. Merge the 2 tube layers together. Name this layer bottom tubes. Colors>Colorize: Hue, 266, Saturation: 31, Lightness: 0. Change the mode to screen. Duplicate. Name this layer duplicate tubes. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur 10.0.

 

-Make the background layer active. Select the fuzzy select tool. While pressing shift, click inside every other line:

 

-Open tube again. Name this layer main tube. Scale 75%. Place in the center of tag.

 

-Open light texture extra. Move below main tube layer. Place to the left side of tag.

 

-Open light texture 15. Rotate 90 Place to right side of tag.

 

-Open light texture 3. Rotate 90. Move below bottom tubes layer. Place to the left side of tag. Duplicate. Move duplicate layer under main tube layer. Place to the right side of tag.

 

-Make background layer active. Add new layer. Name this layer circle. Select the ellipse select tool and make a circle in the center of your canvas. Change your foreground color to white and leave your background to the purple used earlier. Select the blend tool. Change the shape to Bi-Linear. Click the top right of your circle with your mouse and drag diagonally to the left bottom. Select none. Gaussian blur 100.0. Change the mode to grain merge.

 

-Make the top layer active. New Layer. name this layer border. Change foreground color to purple used earlier. Select the bucket fill tool and fill canvas. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 1.00. Filters>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Shrink by 2. Delete. Bucket fill with white. Shrink 1. Delete. Bucket fill black. Shrink 1. Delete. Select none.

 

-Add new layer. Make sure it is under the border layer. Name this layer shadow. Bucket fill canvas with black. Alpha to selection. Shrink by 5. Delete. Select none. Gaussian blur 10.0

 

-Add your name and copyright.

Here is the unanimated version:

 

 

If you don't want to animate you're done! If you would like to animate, scroll on down :)

 

I am putting my animation underneath the main tube layer. Click HERE for a tut on how to use animations in gimp.

 

For the avatar:

 

You still need to have your banner open. Edit>Copy Visible.

 

-File>New 150x150 px.

 

-Make your main tube layer invisible (click eye next to layer in layer box).

 

-Edit>Paste As>New Layer.

 

-As you can see, I put the name for my tag in the upper right side. I just used the mouse to drag my pasted layer until I could see the name.

 

-To add the border, repeat steps above for adding border to banner.

 

-Add copyright and you are done!

We would really love to do some more animated tutorials, but to tell you the truth, it is a pain in the butt! Hopefully this tut will allow us to have more animated tuts on our blog.

 

I suggest heading over to Scrappy Bit Of Fun for your animations, because you are unable to use MNG files in gimp and she has both MNG and PSD files.

 

Supplies:

Gimp

Animation SimoneAni396-fairydust (we will be using the PSD file) from Scrappy Bit Of Fun

 

I am going to be using my tag Bubble Pop for this tutorial. You can find the tut for this tag HERE

 

Once you have finished your tag, you are ready for animation. DO NOT merge your layers together.

 

You need to decide which layer you want the animation to be under. I am going to place it just under the main tube layer. So, pick the layer your want to put your animation under. Now you need to merge that layer with all the layers above it. I have 3 layers above my main tube layer. So I will merge 4 layers together.  Once I have merged these layers I like to rename the layer TOP so I don't get as confused.

 

Now we need to merge the groups of 3 together. Press on the TOP copy of the group and Layer>Merge Down 2 times. This will merge the TOP, ANIMATION & BOTTOM layer together. You need to do this with each group of three. Be careful not to merge ALL the layers together, just in groups of three.

 

With the animation I chose, I ended up with 16 frames (the amount of frame the original animation had).

 

 

Go to Filters>Animation>Playback to see your animation.

 

TO SAVE:

 

Go to File>Export. Make sure to save as GIF.

 

 

 



 

You may need to click on the tag to see the animation.

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

Tube of choice. I am using the art of KR Drawings. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase the one I used at The PSP Project.

Texture 2 from Sanami276

FTU Kit Heavenly Peace from Tasha's Playground

Word art from me HERE

animation 299 from Scrappy Bit Of Fun 

Fonts- Housegrind & Modern735 BT Condensed

 

-File>New 600x225.

 

-Change your foreground color to 6e7472 and your background color to 131311. Select the blend tool. Gradient: FB TO BG (RGB), Shape: Radial, Repeat: none. Click the top middle of canvas and drag mouse straight down (press ctrl to make a straight line). Layer>New Layer(rename this layer 1). Click the middle of the left side of the canvas and drag all the way to the right side. Change the mode of the layer to overlay.

 

-Make background layer active. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Distorts> Ripple.

 

 

 

-Open texture. Rename this layer texture. Make the top layer. Change the mode to overlay.

 

-Make the top layer active. New Layer (rename border). Change foreground to 131311. Select the bucket fill tool and fill canvas. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.35. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Shrink 3. Edit>Cut. Bucket fill canvas with white. Shrink by 1. Cut. Bucket fill with 6e7472. Shrink 2. Cut. Select>None.

 

-Add new layer (rename layer border shadow). Move new layer  below border layer in the layer box. Bucket fill with black. Alpha to selection. Shrink by 5. Cut. Select none. Filters>Blur Gaussian Blur 20.0.

 

-Open tube. Move below layer 1. Layer>Scale Layer 60%. Place to the far left side of tag. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Select Flip tool and flip. Make the top tube layer active. Layer>Merge Down. Rename this layer tubes 1. Open tube again. Move below tube 1 layer. Place tube to the far left side of tag. Layer To Image Size. Duplicate & Flip. Merge all the tube layers together. Change the mode to overlay.

 

 

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies:

Gimp

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Gina King. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase them at PSP tubes Emporium.

Textures 004 and 035 from Photogenic-Designs.net

Font- Of Wildflowers and Wings

-File>New 600x225.

-Change your foreground color to ebd561 and your background color to 7d3187. Select the blend tool. Gradient: FG TO BG (RGB), Shape: Radial, Repeat: triangular wave.

-While pressing CTRL, click bottom middle of canvas and drag 1/2 up canvas. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur 20.0. Layer>New Layer. Add another gradient, but this time start at the left middle and drag 1/2 way. Change the mode of this layer to hue.

-Open texture 004. Move to the 2nd layer in layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Layer>Scale Layer 75%. Change the mode to overlay.

-Open texture 035. Add alpha channel. Scale 65%. Change mode to soft light.

-Lets make the border. Make the top layer active. Add new layer. Bucket fill with black. Alpha to selection. Shrink by 1. Delete. Add gradient with the purple and yellow from before. Shrink 3. Delete. Bucket fill with black. Shrink 1. Delete. Select none.

-Add name and copyright.

-Save as BANNER.XCF.

If you don't want to animated you're done!

To animate:

Make the bottom layer active. Add new layer. Select the rectangle select tool. While pressing shift, make random rectangle selections on your canvas.

-Bucket fill selections with purple from before. Select none.

-Filters>Light & Shadow>Glass Tile. Both sliders should be set at 20.  Change the mode to screen and lower the opacity to 65.

-File>Save As 1.png.

-Edit>Undo 3 times (until you have undone the glass tile).

-Filters>ReShow Glass Tile. Change both the sliders to 25. Mode: screen. Opacity: 65.

-Save as 2.png.

-Undo 3 times again. Reshow glass tile. Change both sliders to 30. Mode: screen. Opacity: 65.

-Save as 3.png.

-Close banner.

-File>Open. Open 1.png.

-File>Open As Layers. Open 2.png.

-FIle>Open As Layers. Open 3.png.

Go to Filters>Animation>Playback to see if you are happy with the animation.

-If you're happy, go to File>Save As.

-You need to save this one as a gif.

Now you're done with the banner!

Avatar:

-Open BANNER.XCF.

-Close off the main tube layer and all layers above (click the eye next to each layer).

-Edit>Copy Visible.

-File>New 150x150 px.

-Edit>Paste As>New Layer.

-Move where you would like it withthe move tool.

-Open tube. Scale 50%. Place in middle.

-Repeat border from banner.

-Add name and copyright.

ALL DONE!!

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

Tube of Choice. I am usingthe art of David Saavedra. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase the one I used at PSP Tubes Emporium.

Texture 7 from Alien Dreams

Fonts- Guevara & Quinfo

-File>New 600x225 px.

-Layer>New Layer. Name this layer background. Select the gradient tool. Gradient: incandescent, Shape: radial. Holding down the CTRL button on your keyboard, with your mouse click the middle of the right side and drag all the way to the middle right side.

-Layer>Duplicate Layer.Name this layer background 1. Filter>Distorts>I-Warp using the settings below:

With your mouse, move the gradient around.

-Open texture. Name this layer texture. Layer>Scale Layer 80%. Change the mode to overlay.

-Open tube. Place to the far left. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Change the mode to Grain Merge. Lower the opacity to 75. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Select the flip tool and click canvas to filp duplicate tube. Change the mode of the duplicate to soft light.

-Open tube again. Place in the middle of canvas. Change the mode to soft light.

-Make the top layer active. Select the text tool. Font: Guevara, Size 50, Foreground color white. Type Smokin. Select the rotate tool and click the canvas. In the angle box put 90. Place text to the right side of canvas. Lower the opacity to 10. Change the size to 70, type Burnin Up. Place at the bottom left. Lower the opacity to 50. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open tube 1 more time. Move tube layer under text layers. Scale 75%. Make the top layer. Place in the middle of canvas. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow on default. Duplicate. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to soft light.

-Time to add a border. Make the top layer active. Add new layer. Using the gradient tool, same gradient, change to linear. Add gradient by clicking top middle and dragging all the way down to the bottom. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Shrink 5. Press delete on keyboard. Add same gradient, but start from the bottom middle and drag up. Shrink by 3 and delete. Select>None. Add new layer below this layer. Select the bucket fill tool and fill with black. Alpha to selection. Shrink by 10. Delete. Select none. Add gaussian blur of 20.0.

-Add name and copyright.

If you don't want to animate you're done!

Flame Animation:

Make the background 1 layer acitve. Add new layer. Select the gradient tool. Change your gradient to burning transparency. While pressing CTRL on keyboard, click the top middle of canvas and drag down to the bottom. I-Warp. Use the settings pictured below. I made the design zig zagged this time. Don't press ok yet.

Now using the settings below, distort the image even more. Don't press oaky yet.

Using the setting below, distort the image 1 more time.

Now you can press ok.

Change the mode to screen.

Save this as 1.png.

Delete the flame layer you just made. Repeat above to make another flame layer, of course altering it a bit.

Save as 2.png.

Delete flames again and repeat above 1 more time.

Save as 3.png.

Now you can close this window.

Open 1.png.

Now go to File>Open As Layers and open 2.png & 3.png.

Now go to Filters>Animation>Playback to see your animation in action. If it look good to you, its time to save!

So go to File>Save As. Save af GIF.

Click saveand you'll get another box. Check Save As Animation and click export.

Then you'll get another box.

Make sure to click Use Delay Entered Above For All Frames and change the milliseconds to 200.



This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's. -Merge the 10 tube layers together. Move the merged tube layer under the texture layer. Change the mode to soft light. Rename layer tube merged. -Add your copyright.

-Add new layer. Rename 2. Filters>Reshow Gradient Flare. Change the radius to 100.0. Click ok.

-Add new layer. rename this layer 3. Reshow gradient flare. Changeradius to 120.0. Click ok.

-You should now have 5 layers. -Make the bottom layer active. Duplicate this layer 2 times for a total of 3. Make top layer active and duplicate 2 times for a total of 3. -Next we need to rearrange our layers to get ready to animate. Arrange your layers like I did in the picture below.

-Now we need to merge some layers. Merge top copy #1, 1 & bottom copy #1 together.

-Merge top copy, 2 & bottom copy together.

-Merge top, 3 and bottom together. Now you should only have 3 layers.

-Go to Filters>Animation>Playback to see your animation in action.

-If you are happy with it, it is time to save. Filters>Save As

AVATAR:

-Open the XCF image we saved earlier. Make all of the layers above the tube blur layer invisible by clicking the eye next to each layer. edit>Copy Visible.

-File>New 150x150 px.

-Edit>Paste As>New Layer. Name this layer bottom.

-Add your name. Name this layer name.

-Add border. Merge border layers together and name layer border.

-Add copyright. Name this layer copyright.

-Merge all layers (except bottom layer) together. You should have 2 layers.

-Add new layer. Move this layer below the tube layer. Name this layer 1. Gradient flare- change radius to 20.0.

-Add new layer. Name this layer 2. Gradient flare- change radius to 40.0.

-Add new layer. Name this layer 3. Gradient flare. Change radius to 60.0.

-Duplicate bottom layer 2 times. Duplicate top layer 2 times. Arrange the layers like the picture below.

-Merge tube copy #1, 3 & bottom copy #1.

-Merge tube copy, 2 & bottom copy.

-Merge tube, 1 & bottom. Now you should have 3 layers left.

-Go to playback to see your animation.