Shiver Me Timbers

 

 

I am using PSP 11 and Animation Shop 

This tutorial uses a group permission tube. Please substitute if you are not a member of Shewolf's Domain.

Scrap Kit: Buried Treasure by Wicked Princess.

Template Flirting by Dee found HERE

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow.

Open template - Shift + D - Close original - Image - Resize 450 x 450 all layers selected - Image 

- Canvas size - Resize 550 x 550 - Flood-fill background white - Delete template © layer, bottom square frame, bottom square background, top square frame, top square background, word art, and disaster top layer - Now merge your top black square to your bottom black square - selections - Select all - Float - Defloat - Modify - Expand 2 - C/N/P paper 18 into selection - Selections - Select none - Effects - Eye Candy Gradient Glow with the following settings:

Make your large white circle active - Selections - Select all - Float - Defloat - Flood-Fill tool.

Ok now I am using a preset gradient and I have no idea where I got it from so I will give you the colors or you can just pick some you like ;)

#f6dc7f
#c58e33
#d69c3b
#624533
#aa5b32
#f5e7a0
#ab7508
#be7339
#4e1c01

Adjust - Add/Remove noise : Gaussian, 100, monochrome - select none - Merge your promoted layer with you white circle layer - Make your grey stripe background layer active - Selections - Select all - Float - Defloat - C/N/P paper 7 into selection - Select none - Gradient Glow same settings as before - Make your pink dotted layer active - Selections - Select all - Float - Defloat - color in #873d1d - Select none - Gradient Glow - Gradient Glow - C/N/P tube as new layer and position behind/inside your black circle frame - C/N/P Coin splatter as new layer and resize 90% all layers deselected - C/N/P Coins as new layer - Resize 30% and position as shown - Add a drop-shadow to your liking - C/N/P crumple as new layer and position behind all layers except white background - C/N/P barrel as new layer - Resize 50% and position as shown - drop shadow - C/N/P pitcher as new layer and resize 30% - Position as shown - Duplicate - Position as shown - drop shadow - C/N/P Scrolla as new layer and resize 30% - apply name as shown - Make you disaster top layer and disaster bottom layer visible - Make your top layer active - Selections - Select all - Float - Defloat

Add all © info. 

If you wish to animate continue. 

Hide Raster 9 layer or Name layer, Coin Splatter, Crumple and Background - Merge Visible - Duplicate coin splatter 2 times for a total of 3 - top coin layer add noise 50, monochrome, Gaussian - layer 2 active add noise same as before but 40 - repeat on 3 but with 30 - Hide layer 2 and 3 and copy merge - paste as  new image into animation shop - Hide layer 1 and 3 and copy merge - paste after current image in animation shop - Hide layer 1 and 2 and copy merge - paste after current image in animation shop. Save