This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro X, Animation Shop and Sqirlz Water Reflections © 2018 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved. You will need the following to complete this tutorial: sg_starry-edge-2.jpg SvB(598)Beauty.psp yp-text-still-waters-pspimage still-waters2-eugene-lushpin.jpg The above can be downloaded here Download and extract to a file on your computer then open in PSP and minimise You will also need the programme Sqirlz Water Reflections available here Download and install into your programme files (not in PSP) *********** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial ********** INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1 Open a new canvas 800 x 600 transparent background STEP 2 In the Materials Palette load Foreground with #000000 Black Select Flood Fill tool and fill layer with Foreground colour #000000 Black STEP 3 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Maximise image still-waters2-eugene-lushpin.jpg Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste into Selection Selections >> Select None Effects >> Image Effects >> Image Offset STEP 4 Window >> Duplicate Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) File >> Save As Name file "still waters" Save as a jpg to Desktop for use later in the Sqirlz Water Reflections programme Close image STEP 5 Return to working on the first image Layers >> New Raster Layer Select Flood Fill tool and fill layer with Foreground colour #000000 Black Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image Select sg_starry-edge-2 from the drop down list Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance STEP 6 With Freehand Selection tool lasso stars as indicated below and DELETE Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow STEP 7 Maximise tube SvB(598)Beauty.psp Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste as New Layer Image >> Resize 110% Resize All Layers UNCHECKED Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow STEP 8 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Selections >> Modify >> Contract Number of pixels = 3 Selections >> Invert Select Flood Fill tool and fill selection with Foreground #000000 Black Selections >> Select None STEP 9 In the Materials Palette load Foreground with #FAB93B Orange and Background with #FFF075 Yellow Change Style to Gradient with the following settings Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Selections >> Modify >> Contract Number of pixels = 3 Selections >> Invert Select Flood Fill tool and fill selection with gradient Selections >> Select None Image >> Resize 98% Resize all layers UNCHECKED In the Layers Palette move Raster 5 below Raster 3 STEP 10 Highlight Raster 5 in the Layers Palette With Freehand Selection tool lasso the part of the orange border visible on the lady's hat and DELETE STEP 11 In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 4 (the top layer) Layers >> New Raster Layer Selection tool >> Custom Selection Maximise yp-text-still-waters.pspimage Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste into Selection Selections >> Select None Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow STEP 12 Layers >> New Raster Layer Add your name and/or watermark. STEP 13 In the Layers Palette make Raster 1 and Raster 2 invisible Highlight Raster 6 (the top layer) Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible This is what your layer palette should look like now NOW TO ANIMATE STEP 14 Open Sqirlz Water Reflections programme Load image still waters.jpg that was saved earlier STEP 15 Draw an outline of the area we want to animate (the area between the boats) To begin, click on the red ellipse at the top of the left-hand tool bar. Slowly click around the edge of the water as below using the left mouse button. Finish by clicking the right mouse button. If you make a mistake or are not happy with your outline, begin again by clicking on the red ellipse. STEP 16 Click on the inverted triangle of dots in the top tool bar to set the period of animation Change the number to 15 STEP 17 Now to customise the appearance of the water reflection Click on the wavy blue lines on the top tool bar Change settings as below When the ""Set Parameters for Basic Ripples" dialogue box opens again, close by clicking the white "x" in the top right-hand corner. STEP 18 To choose the Combination of Rain/Snow and Ripples, click on the red "Y" on the top tool bar. STEP 19 Click on the yellow arrow to run the animation When the "Choose Combination of Rain/Snow and Ripples" dialogue box opens again, click OK STEP 20 If you are happy with it, save the animation as a gif by clicking on the red "gif" on the top tool bar. When the "Choose Combination of Rain/Snow and Ripples" dialogue box appears again, click OK When the "Save As" dialogue box opens, name your file "still-waters" and save as a gif When the "Frame Rate" dialogue box opens, make sure the rate is set at 15, click OK When your animation has been saved, an "Information" dialogue box will appear confirming that the animation has been saved. Click OK. STEP 21 Open Animation Shop Load still-waters.gif (the file saved from Sqirlz) Edit >> Select All All 15 frames should be edged in blue STEP 22 Over to PSP Make sure Merged layer is highlighted Edit >> Copy STEP 23 Back to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> As New Animation Edit >> Copy STEP 24 Activate still-waters.gif Make sure all 15 frames are still selected Edit >> Propogate Paste Edit >> Paste >> Into Selected Frame Make sure image is correctly positioned in the first frame Click left mouse button The lady image should be in all 15 frames. STEP 25 Animation >> Frame Properties Change this to 15 STEP 26 View >> Animation If you are happy with the animation,activate the frames Resize if desired I resized mine to 700 x 525 pixels Animation >> Resize Animation Save as a gif. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions or would like to show me your result EMAIL ME Return to PSP Tutorials - Page 4