She's A Star - Old School/No Scraps

This tutorial was written by me on 05/31/2014 and assumes you have working knowledge of PSP. Any simularities to other tuts is purely coincidental and not done on purpose.

For this tut you will need:

PSP - I use version X3 but most versions will do

Animation Shop

Tube of choice - I'm using the artwork of Michi Art. You can buy it from CDO
Do not use this tube without purchasing a license first.

Tag Template 26 & Wordart Template 17 both by Divine Intentionz

You can download the wordart templates from the link on the left side of her blog under her TOU

Font of choice, I used Refreshment Stand

Mura Meister Copies
Xero Fritillary, Porcelain & Radiance
Xenofex 2 Constellation
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Let's begin, remember to save often.

Open tag template in psp, duplicate and close the original. Delete the credits layer.

Activate the circle layer. Copy your tube and paste as a new layer. My tube came as a half tube also, so I used that one and resized 75%, all layers unchecked. Apply Mura Meister Copies, Wallpaper Rotate at default settings.

Give this layer a radial blur with Spin, 30%, Elliptical checked and all other options at 0. Rename this layer circle blur. Duplicate this layer 2 times for a total of 3 layers.

Click on the first blur layer. Apply Xero Fritillary at 10, 30, 100 and 20. Activate the 2nd blur layer, apply the filter again but change the Variation to 22. Activate the 3rd blur layer and apply the filter once again with the Variation at 24.

Activate the circle layer. Select all, float, defloat, invert selection. Activate the first blur layer, press delete. Activate the 2nd, press delete and then finally the 3rd, press delete and deselect. Activate the bottom blur layer, give it a drop shadow of 0, 0, 100, 10, shadow on a new layer checked. You can now delete the original circle layer. Hide the top 2 blur layers for now.

Activate the small stars layer. Select all, float, defloat. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a color from
your tube, I used #c94959, deselect. I gave my stars a slight white gradient glow. You can now delete the original small stars layer.

Activate the star layer. Select all, float, defloat. Add a new raster layer, fill with the same color you did the small stars or another color from your tube if you like. Deselect. Then give it a drop shadow of 0, 0, 70, 5. Copy your close up tube again and paste as a new layer. Arrange her so her face will fit in the star, resizing if necessary. 

Duplicate this layer. On the original apply Xero Porcelain at default settings but change the blue slider to 0. On the duplicate apply Xero Radiance at 8, 84, 117, 241. Change blend mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 60. Activate the original tube layer and give her a drop shadow of 0, 0, 50, 10. Be sure you uncheck the shadow on a new layer box. 

Activate the star layer again. Select all, float, defloat, invert selection, activate the bottom tube layer and press delete, repeat on the duplicate tube layer, deselect. You may now delete the original star layer.

Activate the white background layer. Select all and crop to selection.

Activate the dotted star outline. Apply Xenofex 2, Constellation with these settings:

Then apply a slight drop shadow of 0, 0, 50, 5.

Copy your main tube and paste as a new layer. Resize if needed, I resized mine 55%. Apply Xero porcelain but change the softness to 40. Give her a drop shadow of -3, 3, 60, 10.

Now open your wordart template, duplicate and close the original. Delete credits, big star and white background layers.

Activate the small star layer. Select all, float, defloat. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a color from your tube. I chose a blue from her eyes, #5c8599. Deselect and delete the original small star layer.

Activate the main wordart layer, select all, float, defloat, add a new raster layer and flood fill it with a lighter
color from your tube, I used #dd7386. Deselect and delete the original wordart layer.

Copy merged and paste as a new layer onto your tag. Drag this layer under the main tube layer and move down near the bottom of the tag, see my tag for reference. Give it a small gradient glow with the glow width at 3 and the color tab like this:

Give this layer the same drop shadow you did the star layer, 0, 0, 70, 5.

Activate the dotted star outline layer again. Crop layer opaque but make sure you don't crop off any parts of your tube or drop shadows.

Activate the top layer in your palette, should be your main tube. Add your copyright, license info and tagger's mark.

Add your name using colors from your tag. I used the same pink colors I used before. Give it an inner bevel of choice, I used this one:

Then give it a gradient glow. Glow width the same as before, but color tab like this or one of choice, the pink is the same as my background color:

Then give your name a drop shadow of choice, I used -1, 1, 50. 5.

Now to animate. Your circle blur 2 and 3 layers should still be hidden. Copy merged and paste as a new animation in AS. Go back to psp, unhide the 2nd blur layer and hide the 1st. Copy merged and paste AFTER current frame. Back to psp, unhide the 3rd blur layer and hide the 2nd. Copy merged and paste after current frame.

Click on the 1st frame, select all. Bring up the frame properties box and change the speed to 15. Save your tag and congrats, you're done!