A Pirate's Life

Font: Primitive

I am using the artwork of Armando Huerta

I purchased this tube through MPT

Check his website for purchase of tubes

Scrapkit – Pirate Tresure by Conchi of DNScraps

Scrapkit is available for purchase from

Aussie Scrap Designs

Mask – MC-Mask54 here

Let’s Begin

Open mask and minimise for now

Open a new 700x700 white layer

Paste fabric frame as a new layer

Resize by 80%

Click inside 1^st frame to select

Selection – Modify – Expand x3

Paste treasure map as a new layer

Position to get boat in first frame

Selections – invert

Hit delete

Selections – select none

Repeat to fill the other 2 frames

Close off background layer

Merge visible

Open background layer

Paste sand as a new layer

Resize by 80%

Move below frame

Paste boat as a new layer

Resize by 80%

Move to bottom

Paste flag as a new layer

Resize 50% by 2

Place on ship’s pole

Add your main tube

Add any other elements of choice

Go to background layer

Paste paper 4 as a new layer

Layers – New Mask Layer – From image

In drop down box select MC-Mask 54

Invert Mask Data – Unchecked

Apply

Layers – Merge Group

Resize mask layer by 80%

Add a drop shadow to your layers

Add your name and copyright details

Resize your tag by 80%

All layers checked

Go over layers and sharpen were necessary

Crop excess white

Close off flag

Merge the remainder visible

Open flag

Cut flag

Paste into AS as a new animation

Effects – insert image transition

Under effect Luminance Wipe

Apply using these settings

In PSP

Copy merged tag

Paste into AS as a new animation

Duplicate to 9 frames

Select flag – select all - copy

Paste into position on tag

Release

Change frame properties to 25

Go to frame 1 and change frame properties to 10

Run your animation

Save your tag