This tutorial is a creation of my own. Any resemblance to another is purely coincidental.
I've used techniques I've learned along the way and new ones as I learn. Please read my Terms before doing my tutorial. I used Paintshop Pro X to make this tutorial, but will be compatible with versions 8 and newer. You will need to have a good working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro to do this tutorial. My tutorials may seem lengthy, but I try to write them so even the moderate beginner can be able to do them as well as the more advanced. *For this tutorial my first animation it only looks long because I was very detailed on the steps for animation to make it easy :) I hope you enjoy this tutorial as I have making it. I learned this animation from Trudies Designs, check out her tutorials they are fantastic, she has a great site :) What you will need: Paint Shop Pro if you don't have it you can get an evaluation copy Here Animation shop Here .psp images Download Mura's Meister Filters Here The image I've collected along the way and lost who they belong to. If it's yours please let me know so I can give the proper credits. The images and are in .psp image and you can unzip them into your images folder. Put Mura's where you keep your plug-ins. If you dont have a zip program you can get one Here **Save your work often!!!! 1. Open up a New Image, 600x600, Transparent. 2. Open up your snowmanswag.psp. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer. Image/Resize by 60 percent, bi-cubic, Resize all layers UNchecked. Center in the middle of your image as best you can. 3. Plug-in Mura's Copies. Use the Preset Encircle. OK. 4. Use your magic wand and click in the middle of your wreath. Selections/Modify/Expand by 3. OK. Add a new layer and drag this layer below your wreath layer and floodfill with Color #919fe3. Keep Selected. Add a new layer. Floodfill with White. On your layer pallette where it says "normal" choose dissolve. Change the Opacity from 100 to 4. Selections/Select None. 5. Activate your blue layer. Selections/Select All. Selections/Select Float. Selections/Invert. Effects/3Deffects/Dropshadow and apply: Both vertical and horizontal 0, Opacity 50, Blur 43.56. OK.Selections/Select None. 6. Activate your top layer. Now we'll add the text. I used GaleforceBTN Size 36 Pixels, Font Style Bold, Line Style Solid, Vector. Type the text you want and place your text to your liking I put mine at a angle. 7. Open up your your sbow.psp image. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer, use your mover tool to place (see my finished image at the top). 8. Right click on any layer of your image, Merge/Merge Visible. Duplicate this layer 3 times making a total of 4 layers. Shut off the top 3 layers and activate the first layer. ADDING THE HANGING SNOWFLAKES **This looks like a lot and complicated but I wrote our every little step so it's very easy and rather quick, it just looks overwhelming lol. 1. Click on your 1st wreath layer to activate it (the other layers are shut off. 2. Open up your hangingflakes.psp image. Activate the "1" layer. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer on your wreath image. Use your mover tool to place in the center hanging down. Right click Merge/Merge Visible these 2 layers and shut this merged. layer off. 3. Open up your 2nd layer in your wreath image making sure it's highlighted by clicking on it. Activate the "2" layer in your hangingflakes.psp image. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer on your wreath image. Use your mover tool and place this flake to the right, and the chains meet at the top. Right click Merge/Merge Visible these 2 layers and shut this merged layer off. 4. Open up your 3rd layer in your wreath image making sure it's highlighted by clicking on it. Activate the "3" layer in your hangingflakes.psp image. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer on your wreath image. Use your mover tool and center it like you did the 1st flake in the middle. Right click Merge/Merge Visible these 2 layers and shut this merged layer off. 5. Open up your 4rd (top) layer on your wreath image making sure it's highlighted by clicking on it. Activate the "4" layer in your hangingflakes.psp image. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer on your wreath image. Use your mover tool and place this flake to the left, and the chains meet at the top. Right click Merge/Merge Visible these 2 layers. Open up all the layers now and activate your first layer. 6. Now is the time to crop to selection and resize if you'd like. After this save it as a .psp image. Remember where you save it to so you can bring it into your animation shop. ANIMATION 1. Open your animation shop. File/Animation Wizard. A bunch of screens will show up apply: 1st-Check Same size as the first image frame. NEXT. 2nd-Check on Transparent if you don't want background, Check Opaque if you want a colored backgound. NEXT, 3rd-Check upper left corner of frame, and Check with the canvas color. NEXT. 4th-Check YES,repeat the animation indefinitely, How long...put 30. NEXT. 5th-Click on Add image, browse and find your image, click on it to bring it in.NEXT. 6th-Click on finish. 2. Click on the film strip way on top and over to your right before the ?. Your animation will pop up showing you what it looks like animated. If you like it File/Save As/Give it a name and save it as Gif. *Remember where your saving your animation to. 3. Another screen will pop up just hitting NEXT on all that come up, and FINISH on the last one. Close out this image you want to keep. Then close out the framed imaged Whew! we did it lol. This is my very first animation tutorial. I found it really hard to write this for the first time, but am hoping to get better at it. I hope you enjoyed it. My you and yours have very safe, healthy, and happy holidays :) Debbie December 3, 2007 Copyright© 2001-2007 Kreative-Expressionz |
