WATER ANIMATION 2
PSP8 to PSPX3
USING PAINT SHOP PRO > RIPPLE EFFECT

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JANUARY 2013
Copyright © 2012 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

This was created using PSP9 but can be adapted for other versions of PSP.

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The tubes were acquired in good faith as to their legality.
If there is a problem, please contact the author and the image/s will be removed.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial

Materials

Voiliers.psp
Save to a folder on your computer

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ANIMATION SHOP 3.11
Download HERE


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You can drag this hand down the page with you to keep your place in the tut.





STEP 1

Open up the
Voiliers image in your PSP workspace
WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE
Close the original Image

LAYERS >>> Promote background Layer

Rename this layer
MERGED

LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE (4 times)

STEP 2

Choose your FREEHAND SELECTION TOOL


STEP 3

With Copy (4) of Merged active

Select the section of the water you wish to animate
STEP 4

EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> RIPPLE


STEP 5

CLOSE Copy (4) of Merged
ACTIVATE Copy (3) of Merged

EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> RIPPLE
CHANGE "Wavelength" to = 24

STEP 6

CLOSE Copy (3) of Merged
ACTIVATE Copy (2) of Merged

EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> RIPPLE
CHANGE "Wavelength" to = 23
STEP 7

CLOSE Copy (2) of Merged
ACTIVATE Copy of Merged

EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> RIPPLE
CHANGE "Wavelength" to = 22
STEP 8

CLOSE Copy of Merged
ACTIVATE the Merged layer

EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> RIPPLE
CHANGE "Wavelength" to = 21

DESELECT
STEP 9

CLOSE all layers except the Merged layer

ZOOM in on the Merged layer

On my image there are 2 white lines visible,
one at the bottom and one at the top.
If this hasn't happened on yours...
go to STEP 13


STEP 10

Select your P
USH BRUSH tool

PRESET = +
Round 5
STEP 11

Drag your cursor from the sides of the white pixels
to colour them so they are invisible


STEP 12

CLOSE the Merged layer

Check the other layers one at a time to see if they need to be 'coloured in'

Close each layer after adjusting and before activating the next layer

STEP 13
OPEN ALL LAYERS
Once all layers have been checked and adjusted if needed
STEP 14

Save as an Animation Shop compatible file

FILE >>> SAVE AS



I named mine example.psp

In later versions of PSP it appears as shown below.


STEP 15

Open up ANIMATION SHOP

1: Open Animation
2: Locate and select the file you saved
3: Click OPEN



The frames will open in Animation Shop
STEP 16

Edit >> Select All
Edit >> Copy


Right click the workspace and select
'Paste As New Animation' from the options.


Edit >> Select All
Animation >> Reverse frames

Edit >> Select All
Edit >> Copy


Activate the first animation frames
Click inside frame 5 (F:5) to activate

Right click and select
'Paste After Current Frame'
from the options.


You will now have 10 frames

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STEP 17

Click inside frame 6 (F:6) to activate

Right click and select "DELETE" from the options.
STEP 18

I adjusted the speed to 40

Edit >> Select All

Right click on Title Bar of frames
Select 'Frame Properties' from the options
Display time =40


You can leave the speed alone or adjust to something
that satisfies you.
STEP 19

View >> Animation
and while it is still running,
File >> Save As

Locate the folder in which you wish to save it.

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
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