This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro X and Animation Shop 3.11 © 2016 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved. You will need the following to complete this tutorial: sneeuwplaat2006%5Fmdc.gif sg_tattered-pictures.PspMask (from Essex Girl) jcw_christmas_holly.psp winter-glow.jpg yp_vic_girl_with_snowball.psp yp-text-memories.pspimage yp-text-winter.pspimage YLD-winter-memories-sel.PspSelection YLD-winter-memories-holly-sel.PspSelection The above can be downloaded here Download and extract to a file on your computer Open sneeuwplaat2006%5Fmdc.gif in Animation Shop Place selections in your PSP Files/Selections folder Open all other supplies in PSP and minimise *********** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial ********** INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1 Open sneeuwplaat2006%5Fmdc.gif in Animation Shop Window >> Duplicate Animation Close original Animation >> Resize Animation Edit >> Select All Edit >> Copy OVER TO PAINT SHOP PRO STEP 2 Edit >> Paste as New Image There should be 10 layers in the Layers Palette Starting with the bottom layer rename the layers Frame 1,Frame 2 etc through to Frame 10 STEP 3 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Maximise winter_glow.jpg Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste into Selection Selections >> Select None Image >> Mirror Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance STEP 4 Maximise yp_vic_girl_with_snowball.psp Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste as New Layer Image >> Mirror Image >> Resize 65% Resize All Layers UNCHECKED Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset Adjust >> Brightness and Contrast >> Brightness/Contrast Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow STEP 5 Layers >> Merge Down Layers >> Arrange >> Send to Bottom STEP 6 In the Layer Palette highlight the top layer (Frame 10) Selections >> Load/Save Selections >> Load Selection from Disk Select YLD-winter-memories-sel from the drop down list Selections >> Invert Edit >> Clear DO NOT DE-SELECT Highlight Frame 9 Edit >> Clear Highlight Frame 8 Edit >> Clear Continue in this way down through the remaining seven Frame layers Selections >> Select None This is what you should have now STEP 7 In the Materials Palette load Foreground with #FFFFFF White and Background with #808080 Grey In the Layers Palette highlight the top layer (Frame 10) Layers >> New Raster Layer Select Flood Fill Tool and fill layer with Foreground colour #FFFFFF White STEP 8 Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image Select sg_tattered-pictures.PspMask from the drop down options Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group Layers >> Duplicate Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance More Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down STEP 9 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selection Tool >> Custom Selection Maximise jcw_christmas_holly.psp Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste into selection Selections >> Select None STEP 11 Selections >> Load/Save Selections >> Load Selection from Disk Select YLD-winter-memories-holly-sel from the drop down list Selections >> Promote Selection to Layer Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste as new Image STEP 10 Working on the new image Image >> Greyscale Adjust >> Hue and Saturation >> Colorize Edit >> Copy STEP 11 Back to the original canvas Edit >> Paste into Selection Selections >> Select None Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down STEP 12 Maximise text yp-text-memories.pspimage Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste as New Layer Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down STEP 13 Maximise text yp-text-winter.pspimage Edit >> Copy Minimise original Edit >> Paste as New Layer Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down STEP 14 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Seletions >> Modify >> Contract Number of pixels = 3 Selections >> Invert Select Flood Fill Tool and fill selection with Foreground colour #FFFFFF White Image Resize 99% Resize All Layers UNCHECKED Selections >> Select None Layers >> Merge >> Down STEP 15 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Selections >> Modify >> Contract Number of pixels = 3 Selections >> Invert Select Flood Fill Tool and fill selection with Background colour #808080 Grey Selections >> Select None Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down STEP 16 Layers >> New Raster Layer Add your name and/or watermark Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down TO ANIMATE PROCEED TO STEP 17 If you do not wish to animate delete the 10 frame layers Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) Resize if desired and save as a jpg STEP 17 In the Layers Palette, highlight the top layer (Group - Raster 2) Hide Frames 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste as New Animation Back to PSP STEP 18 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 1 Make Frame 2 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 19 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 2 Make Frame 3 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 20 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 3 Make Frame 4 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 21 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 4 Make Frame 5 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 22 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 5 Make Frame 6 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 23 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 6 Make Frame 7 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 24 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 7 Make Frame 8 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 25 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 8 Make Frame 9 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 26 In the Layers Palette, hide Frame 9 Make Frame 10 visible Edit >> Copy Merged Over to Animation Shop Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Stay in Animation Shop STEP 27 You should now have all 10 frames in your animation View >> Animation STEP 28 If you are happy with your animation activate the frames Resize if desired I resized mine to 700 x 525 pixels STEP 29 Save as a gif I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 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