I love America ani

I LOVE AMERICA
PSP8 to PSPX3

This tutorial was written by Rebba to be shared with the Artistry Master Group.
Feb, 2011
I have created the animation to have fun with but also to teach perhaps a
different way of doing it, I call My Way. I'm not a tutorial writer so this is more in
steps and doesn't expound on the design or PSP part of the tutorial. If you have any

trouble understanding please email me I will be happy to explain.
rebbad@embarqmail.com

There will also be NOTES added to the tut and this is to explain something that I had

trouble with. I hope this will save you from having the same problem.

The tubes used are not mine and the copyright belongs to the artist. No
infringement intended.

Note: Remember to save often in PSP and to Edit >> Empty clip board in PSP when
you come out of AS and back into PSP. You don't want to lose everything
(like me) when almost finished.

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ANIMATION SHOP

You will need the following to complete this tutorial

Materials

America Boy.psp
Save to a folder on your computer

Glowworm.ttf
Save to your WINDOWS >>> FONTS folder
or
to a folder where you store your extra fonts.

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STEP 1 Open a new image 400 x 400 Transparent background PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel In the Materials Palette make the background WHITE and foreground BLUE #282b98 Flood fill with BLUE #282b98 In the Materials Palette make the foreground closed. (NULL)
STEP 2 Select Preset Shapes Tool choose the Star shape with these settings.
STEP 3 Draw out a star Starting at 30 pixels down & 30 pixels across.. drag to 365 pixels down & 365 pixels across. In your Layer Palette Right click on this layer and select "Convert to Raster Layer " from the options
STEP 4 EFFECTS >> 3D EFFECTS >> INNER BEVEL with these settings
This will be the star image. We will be working on 2 different images.
STEP 5 Open a new image 400 x 400 Transparent background PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with with WHITE. SELECTIONS >> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS > MODIFY >CONTRACT = 15 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT LAYERS >> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with #800000 DESELECT This will be the background image.
STEP 6 Select your TEXT TOOL Use the Glowworm font and enter I LOVE AMERICA in the text box Click APPLY Selections >> Select None
STEP 7 Open the America Boy tube Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options. Right click on the Title Bar of your 'working' image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 35% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Arrange like this.
STEP 8 Right click on Title Bar of the background image and select Copy merged from the options In ANIMATION SHOP Right click the workspace and select 'Paste As New Animation' from the options. Back to PSP
STEP 9 Right click on Title Bar of the star image and select Copy merged from the options In ANIMATION SHOP Right click top of frame image and select 'Paste Before Current Frame' from the options. Your frame should now look like this. Click on the grey frame around the star frame to highlight it as shown below.
STEP 10 On MENU Click EFFECTS Select "Insert Image Transition" from the options. . This will open a new box. Click the dropdown arrow and find the twist setting. Then set it up like this click OK.
STEP 11 Still in ANIMATION SHOP. On MENU Edit >> Select All On MENU Animation >> Replace Color Use these settings. This will give you a white background in the transparent spots.
STEP 12 This will have preset frame properties speed to make it work, but we dowant to change the last frame. Scroll arrow on bottom to the right and click the gray area around frame 14 to select it. Right click on top of frames Select 'Frame Properties' from the options Display time =100
STEP 13 View >>Animation or click the icon to view the animation. Close the animation
STEP 14 We need to add our name to this, because we are using 2 images we would have trouble getting them to be in the same spot on each image. So we will do it a easier way. Back to PSP. When we finsh with this extra layer, delete it before saving as a PSP image. On one of the images LAYERS >> NEW RASTER LAYER and type your name on it. Move it to the bottom left corner with your Mover Tool Activate your name layer and close all other layers. Right click on the Title Bar and select Copy from the options. In ANIMATION SHOP Right click the workspace and select 'Paste As New Animation' from the options. So on the NAME animation EDIT >> COPY
STEP 15 Still on the NAME animation On MENU Edit >> Propogate Paste On the animation frames image Edit >> Select all Edit >> Paste into Selected Frame. Your name will be attached to the arrow, move the name where you want it in the first frame and click. This will apply the name into all the frames.
STEP 16 View >> Animation and while it is still running, File >> Save As Name your animation. With the Gif Optimiser keep pressing NEXT until you get to the last one... click FINISH Close the Animation Close the frames. Close Animation Shop
I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial. Rebba

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