Open a 500 x 500
Transparent Image
Materials Palette
choose color set Black in both the boxes
Tools/ Text Tool A / Create
as Vector / Direction First / Font Budmo Jiggler / Size 48
Write your name in
the Text Entry box
Using Caps Lock selected on your Keyboard
click Apply
Click Pan
Drag out your Name
using the Corner Nodes until it fills the width of your Layer and pull it
Upwards
Click Pan
Layers Palette Right
click on Vector and Convert to raster Layer
In the Layer Palette
the bottom layer is Blank so right click on it and choose Delete
On your working Layer
count out the Circles from your First Letter mine is the letter M and it has 21
Circles
that’s how many times you need to Duplicate your
name to do this we Right
click on our Name Layer in the Layer Palette and choose the word Duplicate
Now Duplicate until
you have the required amount
Rename each Layer to
make it easier so rename from top to bottom name 1, name 2, name 3 , name 4
carry
on until you have renamed them all
Checked / Feather 1
/ Anti-alias Checked / Outside
Layer Palette
activate name 1 layer
View / zoom in
Using your Magic Wand
click inside the First Circle of your first letter starting from the Bottom left to
activate ants
Material Palette
choose a nice color
Tools / Paint Brush
/ Shape Circle /
Size 30 / Hardness 100 / Step 25 / Density, Thickness, Opacity all

set to 100 /
Blend Mode Normal
Add Color to the
first Circle
Selections / Select
none
Layer Palette
activate name 2 layer
Click inside using
your magic wand to activate the ants
Use your Paint Brush
and fill the circle
Selections / Select
none
Layer Palette
activate name 3 layer
Click inside using
your magic wand to activate the ants
Use your Paint Brush
and fill the circle
Selections / Select
none
Layer Palette
activate name 4 layer
Click inside using
your magic wand to activate the ants
Use your Paint Brush
and fill the circle
Selections / Select
none
Carry on until all
the circles in your first letter have been filled
Once it has been
filled start from your first layer name 1 go to your next letter start from the
bottom left and
fill like you did your first letter
To look at you would
think you have just filled one layer but in actual fact you have only filled
one circle one
layer carry on until they all have a color
Once you reach the
bottom of your layers palette you start from the top again so that you end up
on screen
all the letters look like they have been filled
( if like me you have an L then on that one
start from the top same with a y start from left top then right top
then
downwards)
I have tried to make
it look as if I was writing it
Layer Palette X out
all the layers
Material Palette
choose white
Layers Palette Un X
name 1 the top layer
Tools / Magic Wand
same settings
Click in all the
empty circles to activate the ants
Tools / Paint Brush
same settings
Fill all the selected
circles with White
Selections / Select
none x out
You might have to use
the magic wand on your first color again
Un x name 2
Click in all the
empty circles to activate the ants
Tools / Paint Brush
same settings
Fill all the selected
circles with White
Selections / Select
none x out
Un x name 3
Click in all the
empty circles to activate the ants
Tools / Paint Brush
same settings
Fill all the selected
circles with White
Selections / Select
none x out
Carry on until they
all have white then click pan
Un x the Top Layer
and activate
Open a tube of your
choice
Copy and paste it as
a new layer
Tools / Deform tool
resize and position your tube
Click Pan
Open your copyright
and watermark
Copy and paste them
as a new layer
Tools / Deform and
position them and click pan
X out your top merged
layer
Layers / Merge /
Merge Visible
Layer Palette right
click and Duplicate until you have the same amount as your merged
Layers mine is 21
X out all the Layers
Layer Palette
activate the top layer
File / Save as / give
it a name
Save type as
Animation Shop Psp or Psp 7 Format
Open Animation Shop
File / New / 500 x
500 / Opaque checked and White / Ok
Right Click on your
new white Frame and Duplicate Selected until you have the same amount as your
saved
layers mine is 21 so I need 21 frames
Once you have all
your white frames go to Edit / Select All
Open your saved name
layers Edit / Select All
Right Click on your
Name Frames and choose Copy
Go back to your White
Frames and Right Click on it and Paste Into Selected Frame
Left Click to set it
in place
Now to test it works
View / Animation to
start it Animating repeat to stop it
You might notice the
red circles move from right to left
We need it to go the
other way
Go to Animation /
Reverse Frames
Test it again to make
sure it’s working
You may notice you
have quite a lot of white depending on the tube if you have Like I have
then we can remove it
You will notice a
thin black line around your image you make move that inwards or outwards until you
have
it how you like it then above it is the word Crop click on it
Now to save it
File / Save as give
it a name
Save type as Gif
Click Next , Next
until it is Saved
This Tutorial was created and
installed by ©Mally on Tuesday 21 February 2012
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