PRAY FOR CALM SEA
PSP8 to PSPX3


This tutorial was written by Rebba to be shared with the Artistry Master Group.

Edited and tested by Jemima and Daela
JUNE 2013
©Rebba

You need a working knowledge of the PSP program as many are advanced tutorials. 
The tubes used are not mine and the copyright belongs to the artist.
The supplies have been recieved from group shares or from the internet.

No infringement intended.

  Note: Remember to save often in PSP and to Edit >> Empty Clipboard in PSP when

you come out of AS and back into PSP.



You will need the following to complete this tutorial

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ANIMATION SHOP 3.11
Download HERE


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MATERIALS

OneMoreRainyDay.pspimage
filter image.jpg
layered ship as.pspimage
frame.pspimage
egg fill2.pspimage
text.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

PLUGINS
Sqirlz Reflect Filter

Images are from purchased cd's, groups or downloads from the internet.
If I have used an artist image that is not covered under:
"Title 17, Chapter1, Section 107 Under Fair Rights" please contact me
and I will gladly resolve the use. No copyright infringement is intended.


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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 downloaded images in your PSP workspace and minimize.

Open a new image 600 x 300
Transparent background
PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel
PSPX3: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel

Flood fill with black

Rename this layer bg
STEP 2

Open frame tube in your PSP workspace

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

Rename this layer frame

STEP 3

Open OneMoreRainyDay tube in your PSP workspace

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

Rename this layer egg tube

STEP 4

Activate the copyright layer

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

Reposition with your MOVER tool to bottom right corner

Rename this layer copyright

STEP 5

LAYERS >> NEW RASTER LAYER

Select your TEXT TOOL
with font and settings of your choice
add your name to the bottom left corner of the layer.

Rename this layer name.

STEP 6

Place images as shown



STEP 7

Close bg layer

Open text tube in your PSP workspace

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

Rename this layer text

Place center top

CLOSE this layer

STEP 8

Activate the egg tube layer

Open the egg fill2 tube in your PSP workspace

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.

EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET

STEP 9

Select your SOFTEN BRUSH tool



PRESET = +Round 05

STEP 10

Go around the edge of the 'egg fill'
to soften the edge of the image

Rename this layer egg fill
STEP 11

Open layered ship as tube in your PSP workspace
Activate ship 1 layer

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.

EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET

Same settings

Select your SOFTEN BRUSH tool
Sam
e settings

Smooth the edges of the image as you did in STEP 10

Rename this layer ship 1
STEP 12

Back to the layered ship as tube in your PSP workspace
Open & Activate ship 2 layer

Right click on the Title Bar of your 'working' image
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
Same settings

Select your SOFTEN BRUSH tool
Sam
e settings

Smooth the edges of the image as you did in STEP 10

Rename this layer ship 2

STEP 13

Set up LAYER PALETTE as shown

Right click on Title Bar and select
Copy merged from the options

STEP 14

In ANIMATION SHOP

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

Hold down the CTRL key and hit the letter L 4 times

STEP 15

Back to PSP.

Set up LAYER PALETTE as shown

Right click on Title Bar and select
Copy merged from the options

STEP 16

In ANIMATION SHOP

Scroll the arrow on the bottom of the frame to fifth frame ( F:5)

Click the gray rim around the picture to highlight it,

Right click top of frame image and select
'Paste After Current Frame' from the options.

Hold down the CTRL key and hit L 4 times

This will give you 5 frames of the ship 1
and 5 frames of the ship 2.

STEP 17

Open your Sqirlz Reflect Filter
File open find the filter image.jpg and open it
click on the oval then click around the water area.



And right click it to detach.

STEP 18

Select..... custom basic ripples


STEP 19

We will be clicking each of these options
to open and insert the
settings



First the Water Color/Darkness

Enter settings

Click OK
STEP 20

Next Add extra waves

Enter settings

Click yellow arrow
Click red X
STEP 21

Next.... Add Flow

Enter settings

Click yellow arrow
Click red X

STEP 22

Next... Smooth



Click OK
STEP 23

Then click on red X at top right of dialogue box

ANIMATE >>> Make GIF file
This will open
CLICK OK



STEP 24


Name the file and
save to your supplies folder for the ship in egg
This will open

CLICK OK
STEP 25

You will then see it being saved



then this


Click OK
Close the Squirlz Reflect filter


STEP 26

Activate Animation Shop

File >>> Open
Locate the GIF file you saved
using SQUIRLZ

It has 20 frames and we only need 10 for the egg so
...

Edit >> Select All

Animation >> Cull Animation

CLICK OK

NOTE:
duplicate this image and minimize
for a tip at end of tutorial.

STEP 27

Activate your egg frames.
Edit >> Select All
Edit >> Copy
Edit >> Propagate Paste

Activate your bg working image. (the Squirlz animation)
Edit >> Select All
Edit >> Paste into selected frame

Zoom in on frame 1 (F:1)

Your image will be attached to your mouse center the image
and left click to place and detach.

STEP 28

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



TIP: How to reuse part of an animation.

Open the minimized bg and crop the animated water
Edit select all and export to PSP.
Use the animation as a pattern for text etc.
Here are some samples.


If you cannot export to PSP ....
highlight all frames in Animation Shop and copy and paste into PSP




Dingbat used and colorized


I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial
Rebba



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