Twisty Name
Paint Shop Pro & Animation Shop Version
Open Paint Shop Pro
Open a 400 x 200 transparent image
material palette chose the color you want to use for your
name
Text tool big A Settings; create as
vector / direction first / font any /size 72 / stroke width any
write your name click Apply
Layer Palette / convert vector to raster layer
Tools / Crop tool / settings any draw a box around your name
and click the tick
Click pan
Text tool / change the font same size
material palette change the color you want for your name
write your name use the nodes to make it the same size as
your other writing
Click Pan
Convert Vector layer to Raster layer
File Save As give it a name Save Type As Animation Psp or
Psp 7 format
Open Animation shop
Open your saved names
once open you will see 3
frames delete the first one (blank)
Now your left with 2 name frames
Click in the first one to activate it
Effects / Insert Image Transition
Insert Image Transition Settings: Start with Animation Frame checked / End with
Animation Frame checked
Define Transition / Transition Length 5.0secs / Frames Per
Second 2fps / Transition contains a total of 10
Frames / Effect use the drop down and choose Twist / Show Preview
checked / Click Ok
Now you should have 12 frames
Click View / Animation or the View Animation Icon to test it
works same again to stop it working
File Save As Give it a name
Save Type as Gif
Click Next Next until its saved
This Tutorial was created and installed by ©Mally on Friday 9 June 2006
Updated Monday 13 February 2012
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