Tutorial Challenge: SBP Glitter Text by GreatKris (SBP, Animated) - Treehouse Treasures

This is an older tut by GreatKris that is no longer online. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, we are still able to view this tutorial and the link for the zip file download is still working! Just click on the tutorial title above to go to the the tut.

There is also a page with other SPB presets by GreatKris. At this time, you can still download them Here.

There are lots of possibilities with this tut and I hope you have fun playing with it. Be sure and show us your results. I'd love to see what you make.

Thanks so much for posting a new challenge, Judy!

I'll be back to post my results

Judy, I remember this website from way back in the day when I was first learning to pixel paint. Kris' Beginner's Guide to Pixel Painting is the tutorial that taught me how to create a 1-pixel brush preset that I have been using ever since. I've done a few of her tuts actually. Thanks so much for finding this site through the wayback machine

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I made a red tag for you

and a green tag for myself

. Karla, I wanted to make a tag for you too, but I didn't know your favorite color. Green isn't my favorite color, but it reminded me of emeralds and I liked it

Here's the mini tut for how I made my tags.

text/materials: Glitzy Curl, create as vector, size 72, stroke=1, FGcolor=black, BGcolor=white;
type the text; adjust the spacing between letters of text as needed; center on the canvas;
duplicate vector1; rename layer "outline"; edit text BG=null;
back to vector1; rename "text"; edit FG=null;
duplicate text; rename "color"; edit BGcolor=#F80000 (red) -or- BGcolor=#1DF800 (green); change blend mode=multiply;
duplicate color; blend mode=soft light; opacity=50;
back to text layer; select from vector; convert to a raster layer; add new layer "shadow"; move layer down below text; add drop shadow 2,2,25,2,#404040;
back to text layer; expand selection by 1; duplicate layer three times (note: this will add an extra frame of glitz to the animation);
SuperBladePro apply MatteSilverTwinkle-kris preset from tutorial; hide layer; make lower layer down active;
repeat SBP preset and rotate pattern as explained in tutorial; hide layer; make lower layer down active;
repeat SBP preset and rotate pattern; make text layer active;
repeat SBP preset and rotate pattern; select none;

At this point you can edit the color layer or layers to change the color, or you could experiment with a gradient or pattern. Also play around with the blend modes and see how that effects the glitter fill.

I've only played with color on this but I'd like to see how a gradient would look, and I'd like to experiment with this "rotate pattern" technique with other SBP presets.

I had fun, Judy, thanks for the challenge!

Oooh, those are pretty! I love all colors but my most fav is blue. Aqua,teal, light/baby...

I still have not tried doing anything about my plugins situation - been getting sidetracked with FB games lol I am in creative mode but it is taking me a while :-D

Judy, those are gorgeous!

I finally got SBP to work and was going to do this tut but I got lost in the instructions ????

Karla, I saw somewhere else that you found the teal-colored tag that I made for you, and you're very welcome! Is your SBP still working? If you get back to playing with this tutorial and need any help, then just ask. I'm sure Judy can help, or I can.

Judy, you're very welcome! You know, if you ever forget how to do something in PSP, I highly recommend using the built-in Help (Help>Help Topics). Click the Index tab then type what you're looking for in the keyword box. I have forgotten a few things while I was away from my PSP and I was able to find the help in this way. When I write tutorials I use the Help to give me the technical term for something, and in the process I end up learning something new which is always exciting to me.

Thank you for the "Thanks" snags

. Slipperylip is one of my favorite fonts!

So I saw your Etched Glass tag, and I went to see if I have the preset and I do, so I think it's one of the installed presets that comes with SBP. I had played with this preset some time ago and I made something really pretty but I didn't save my tag because I thought for sure I'd remember the steps. But I got busy and have been away from this for so long that I wasn't able to recreate the tag that I had made. Many times when I'm in a hurry I will take a screenshot of my canvas and a settings window, but I didn't for this tag, so c'est la vie

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Tonight I picked this up again and started to play, and I was looking at new things and tried something new for this tag.

I made a second version with an animated background and I can't decide if I like it or not. I kind of like how it looks like it has sparkle on it but it also looks kind of crazy

LOL. The outcome is influenced by the rotation of the environment map. I'm curious to know what you girls think.

I had fun playing with something new and experimenting with creating a decorative background for the text. That's not always so easy to do and I was up for the challenge. There's a lot of steps for this tag, as with many of my text tags, and I would be happy to share any details that you may be interested in.

What I will tell you is that I finally used something new called Adjustment Layer. I don't know if I've ever used an adjustment layer before, but I saw Posterize on the list of adjustments so I clicked it because I was curious to see what it does. Normally this Etched Glass preset is quite dark, but by using the Posterize adjustment layer (level=2) it made the preset much brighter and more colorful.

I have three layers for the animation, I used Distortion Effects>Wind on the background, and the name of the font is Orbus Bjorkus. I love my crazy, decorative fonts!