JOYFUL INSPIRATION

LET THE SUN SHINE IN

Filters Used: Background Designers/Filter Factory Q/Photo Effex Scanlines. Two are in Filter's Unlimited for easier use.

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1. Open 530 by 540 blank canvas.

2. Open WORD PLATE. Edit/copy/paste as new layer. Select inside the plate with magic wand. Effects/filter effects/Filter's Unlimited/Filter Factory Q/Mosaic these settings:

Use magic wand with contiguous NOT checked and select inside the right side dark square to the right and effects/filter effects/photo effex/scanlines/

Use magic wand to select the lighter stripe in the little square and promote selection to layer. Name layer NOISE 1.

3. Selections/Select all/float/defloat/modify/select selection borders/outside/5/add new raster layer below, flood fill with white. Selections/Select none.

4. Selections/Select all/float/defloat/modify/select selection borders/outside/6/add new raster layer below, flood fill with a color you pick from the plate, I chose the darker color. Selections/Select none. Name this outer border NOISE 2.

5. Add new raster layer/arrange/move to bottom. Open HEART BORDER. Edit/copy/paste as new layer. Select inside the gold hearts with magic wand, be sure contiguous is NOT checked on top tool bar. Effects/filter effects/Photo Effex/Scanlines/these settings:

6. Select the lighter gold in the hearts with magic wand, contiguous unchecked, promote selection to layer. Name layer NOISE 3.

7. Go back to original heart border. Selections/Select all/float/defloat/modify/select selection borders/outside/3/add new raster layer above, flood fill with white. You will have to zoom in and fill some of then individually even with contiguous unchecked. Once filled, Merge down.

8. Open YELLOW FRAME. Edit/copy/paste as new layer/effects/image effects/offset/horizontal 0/vertical 49. Selections/Select all/float/defloat/modify/select selection borders/outside/5/add new raster layer above, flood fill with deep orange or rust Name new BORDER NOISE 4.

9. Add raster layer below your original frame. Go to your ellipse shape tool, set foreground to OFF/Null and background to a medium deeper yellow. Draw the ellipse so if fills the inside of the frame inner circle. Make sure you go under the inner frame so you don't have blank spaces:

Select inside the yellow with your magic wand. Effects/Filter effects/Filters Unlimited 2/Background designers/splash these settings:

10. Open SUN. Edit/copy/paste as new layer/effects/image effects/offset/horizontal 0/vertical 49.

11. Open SUN RING. Edit/copy/paste as new layer/effects/image effects/offset/horizontal 0/vertical 48.

12. Open WORD ART. Edit/copy/paste as new layer along top of frame as shown in finished tag.

13. Open GIRL 1 AND GIRL 2. Edit and copy both and paste them as new layer. Arrange like this on your canvas:

14. Once you have them in place, duplicate each one. Close out the top duplicate on GIRL 1. On the duplicate GIRL 1 we are going to move her arm and the microphone. Zoom in to about 300%. Use freehand selection tool to out part of the arm and the microphone like this:

Once you have it outlined like that, edit/copy/cut/paste as new layer, move back into position. Use pick tool to move the microphone and arm like this:

With it in place, go to the GIRL AND ACTIVATE YOUR CLONE TOOL. Move to the area of hair now missing and clone in the hair like this:

Go to arm, sharpen. Merge the arm and microphone down into the girl.

Now move to her other arm.

15. Use freehand selection tool to outline the other arm like this:

Edit/copy/cut/paste as new layer/move it back into position/use pick tool to move the arm up in the air like this:

Use warp and clone tool to fill in the missing arm to the shoulder:

Sharpen the arm. Merge down to the girl. Name this GIRL 1A.

16. Go to GIRL 1 DUPLICATE. Zoom in. Use freehand selection tool to outline her hand arm and microphone:

Edit/copy/cut/paste as new layer. Move pick tool to lift arm up and turn microphone to mouth like this:

Use freehand selection tool to trim away the little bit of arm that is over her sleeve, and the warp tool to bring bottom part of arm to sleeve. Adjust/sharpen. Merge down to girl.

Go to the other arm. Use freehand selection tool to outline the entire arm and sleeve.

Edit/copy/cut/paste as new layer. Move back into position. NOW..choice is your's, use pick tool to move arm, or down!

Once you have it in position you like, use your tools to trim, clone, or warp brush to fill in missing areas. Merge arm down into girl.

ANIMATION STATION

Open Girl 1 and Girl 2. Close out the other two.

Go to each NOISE layer and apply effects/filter effects/DSB Flux/Add Bright noise/70. Merge Visible, save as PSP 1.