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PSP9 to PSPX6

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ MARCH 2014
Copyright © 2013/14 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

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

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No artists or copyright infringement is intended on any of the tubes used in this tutorial.
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

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ANIMATION SHOP 3.11
Download HERE

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Materials

clock2.pspimage
ClockOverlay.pspimage
second-hands.pspimage
JF-WA-EveryHour.pspimage
SE_wordART_Mothers.pspimage
RoseTransparency~Vasilisa~SF.psp
young_love_iheartu_wordart_candy.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

Peelingpaint.jpg
Save to your PSP Patterns folder

Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **
http://www.pircnet.com/downloads.html


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STEP 1 Open a new image 700 x 500 Transparent background PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3-X6: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with PINK #fad7e4
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> WAVE It will look like nothing changed... EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1 Click OK LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with BLACK SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 Flood fill with BLACK SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 4 Open up the SE_wordART_Mothers image in your PSP workspace (The selection has been made for you) Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> SCULPTURE Pattern = Peelingpaint Colour = #9d0c0f
STEP 5 Reposition with your MOVER tool to the lower left corner
STEP 6 Select your RASTER DEFORM tool Mode = SCALE use default settings PSPX-X3:Select your PICK tool Drag the centre top node down level with the top of the black stripe pattern
STEP 7 Click the RESET RECTANGLE arrow Select your MOVER tool to disengage the Deformation / Pick tool LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0
STEP 8 Open up the young_love_iheartu_wordart_candy image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. Reposition with your MOVER tool to the top right corner
STEP 9 Open up the JF-WA-EveryHour image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. Reposition as shown with your MOVER tool
STEP 10 ACTIVATE Raster 3 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Raster 2 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE Open up the clock2 image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.
STEP 12 Open up the ClockOverlay image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
STEP 13 ACTIVATE Raster 1 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW Same settings LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE
STEP 14 Open up the RoseTransparency~Vasilisa~SF image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 75% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST
STEP 15 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN
STEP 16 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE
STEP 17 LAYERS >> NEW RASTER LAYER Select your TEXT TOOL with font and settings of your choice add your name LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 18 Open up the second-hands image in your PSP workspace With Raster 2 active Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Rename this layer 3
STEP 19 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR Rename this layer 9
STEP 20 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE PSP9:IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 60 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX6: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 60 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Rename this layer 11
STEP 21 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP Rename this layer 7
STEP 22 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR Rename this layer 5 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP Rename this layer 1
STEP 23 Back to the second-hands image in your PSP workspace With Raster 1 active Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Rename this layer 12
STEP 24 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP Rename this layer 6
STEP 25 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE PSP9:IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 60 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX6: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 60 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Rename this layer 8
STEP 26 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP Rename this layer 10 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR Rename this layer 2 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP Rename this layer 4
STEP 27 Set up LAYER PALETTE as shown Right click on Title Bar and select Copy merged from the options
STEP 28 In ANIMATION SHOP Right click the workspace and select 'Paste As New Animation' from the options. Back to PSP. CLOSE layer 12 OPEN layer 1 Right click on Title Bar and select Copy merged from the options
STEP 29 In ANIMATION SHOP Right click top of frame image and select 'Paste After Current Frame' from the options.. Back to PSP. CLOSE layer 1 OPEN layer 2 Right click on Title Bar and select Copy merged from the options
STEP 30 In ANIMATION SHOP Right click top of frame image and select 'Paste After Current Frame' from the options.. Back to PSP. CLOSE layer 2 OPEN layer 3 Right click on Title Bar and select Copy merged from the options
STEP 31 In ANIMATION SHOP Right click top of frame image and select 'Paste After Current Frame' from the options.. Back to PSP. CLOSE layer 3 OPEN layer 4 Right click on Title Bar and select Copy merged from the options In ANIMATION SHOP Right click top of frame image and select 'Paste After Current Frame' from the options..
STEP 32 Continue in this manner until you have 12 frames in Animation Shop
STEP 33 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
RESIZING ANIMATIONS Click on the Title Bar of the frames Animation >> Resize animation Select width and height in pixels Click OK Save your animation

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