Right Click and Save
the Mask and place it in your Psp Mask Folder
Open a 400 x 400
transparent image.
Material palette
choose white.
Tools / flood fill.
Flood fill the 400 x
400 with white click pan.
Layers / load/save
mask / load mask from disk / settings: Mask called mask 075 / source luminance
checked
/fit to canvas checked / invert transparency unchecked / fit to canvas
checked / hide all mask checked / load.
Layers / Merge Group.
Selections / Select
All / Float / Defloat..
Selections / modify /
remove specks and holes / settings: remove specks and holes checked / 4 x 1
pixels / Ok.
Selections / invert /
press delete on the keyboard.
Selection / Invert
Selections / select
none.
Tools / magic wand /
add (shift) / RGB value / tolerance 50 / sample merged and contiguous checked /
feather 0 / anti-alias checked / outside.
Click on the first
large shape to activate the ants / click pan
Later palette add a
new layer keep on top and active.
Open a background right click and copy then right click on selected shape and paste INTO
selection / selections / select none.
Use the magic wand on
the next large shape to activate the ants / click pan
later palette add a
new layer keep on top and active.
Copy and paste the
background INTO selection / selection / select none.
Repeat these steps
until all the large shapes have a background in them and a new layer.
Close Background.
You should have 8
layers with large shapes on and 1 with the mask in white this is the bottom
layer.
X out all the layers
apart from the bottom one the mask layer click on it to activate.
Selections / select
all / float / defloat / press delete on the key board leaving just ants.
Effects / 3d effects
/ drop shadow / settings: v1 / h1/ op100/ b10/ black/ ok.
Selections / select
none
Layer palette / add a
new raster layer / layers / arrange / send to bottom.
Selections / select
all.
Open another
background and copy and paste INTO selection on the bottom new layer.
Close background.
Un x the mask layer
and bottom background layer.
Layers / merge
visible.
Open a tube a head is
the best / shift and d to copy close original tube.
Copy and paste the
tube as a new layer onto the background layer.
Use the deform tool
to position and resize the tube so it fits into the center
Click pan and add the
same drop shadow if you wish.
Layers / merge
visible the tube layer and the background layer
Activate the
copyright and the watermark and copy and paste as a new layer onto the merged
background
layer.
Layers / merge visible.
Layer Palette /
Duplicate your bottom merged layer 8 times
X out all the layers
Un X the First Raster
Layer and activate also un X the first copy of merged layer
Layers / Merge /
Merge Visible X out the Merged Layer you just created
Un X the Next Raster
Layer and activate also un X the Next copy of merged layer
Layers / Merge /
Merge Visible X out the Merged Layer you just created
Repeat the Steps
until we have all the Raster Layers merged visible with the copy of merged
Un x all layers.
Save as give it a
name and save type as Animation psp or psp 7 format.
Do not close psp of
we still need it
Animation shop.
Open the saved image
in animation shop.
You will notice you
have 8 frames.
Go to View /
Animation to test it works repeat to stop it animating or just press the view
animation icon
Return to Paint Shop Pro.
Click on the top
layer to activate it.
Tools / text tool /
settings: / vector / Directions first / font any / size any / sw 1 / sharp.
Material palette
choose a colour for you’re writing and set it in both boxes.
Write your name and
click apply.
Add a drop shadow of
your choice or use mine and click ok.
By adding the drop
shadow the vector turns to a raster layer.
Right click on the
writing layer and paste into animation shop.
(Make sure you don’t
paste it into one of the frames or it will appear too big)
Right click on the
writing and choose copy.
Click on the first
animation frame then go to edit / select all.
Edit / Propagate
Paste
Right click and paste
into the first frame and paste into selected frame the
Writing should appear
in all the frames if not click go back the black arrow then edit and propagate
paste
then paste into Selected frame set it
in place by clicking the left mouse button.
Once the writing has
appeared in all the frames click View / Animation to test it works same again
to stop it
animating
Animation / frame
properties / display time change it to 40 - 50 or higher depending on how slow
you want it
to go the higher the number the slower
it gets.
Test it again and
then 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 Friday 9
June 2006
Updated on Friday 10 February 2012
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