Guardian Angel - animated
This tutorial is written with PSPX2 But can easily made with other versions
Preparations : Open tubes in PSP Install filters before you open PSP! Install fonts in fonts folder in PSP Install mask in your mask folder in PSP, unless otherwise specified Install textures in texture folder in PSP
* If you recognize a tube as one of yours, please contact me so I can give you credit or – if you wish – remove the tube.
Filters HERE Materiaal HERE
Materials 5 Tubes : 1/ 1228507017_feerie - Reverie 2/ Heaven1 - me 3/ Heaven2 – me 4/ Heaven3 – me 5/ Heaven4 – me
1 Selection : Sel_GAngel Put this in your folder “Selections” at PSP
Filters : 1/ MuHra’s Meister – Cloud 2/ Effecten – Alien Skin Xenofex2 – Constellation
Jac’s Animation Shop (A/S) ----------------------------------------
Procedure Let’s get started – Have Fun! Remember to save your work often.
Colors : Foreground: #ddd4de Background : #665869 Foreground Gradient : Radial – see print screen
1 Open a new image : 650x500 –Transparent Fill with gradient Adjust – blur – Gaussian : 30
2 Selections – select all Open tube : 1228507017_feerie Edit – copy Edit – paste into selections Selections – none Effects – image effects – seamless tiling – standard
3 Adjust – blur – radial blur – see print screen
4. Open tube : Heaven 1 Edit – copy Edit – paste as a new layer Image – resize : 85%, uncheck all layers Move up and to the right – see example
5. Open tube : Heaven4 Edit – copy Edit – paste as a new layer Image - mirror Blend mode : luminance – Opacity : 75 Move up and to the left – see example Layers – arrange – move down
6. Open tube : Heaven3 Edit – copy Edit – paste as a new layer Image – resize : 85%, uncheck all layers Move down and left – see example
7. Open tube : Heaven 2 Edit – copy Edit – paste as a new layer Image – resize : 85%, uncheck all layers Image - mirror Move down and right – see example Layers – arrange – move down Activate eraser – smoke and erase the hard line Activate top layer
8. Open tube : 1228507017_feerie Edit – copy Edit – paste as a new layer Image – resize : 2 x 85%, uncheck all layers Move to the left – see example Adjust – sharpness – unsharp mask : 1 – 64 – 4 Layers – duplicate Blend mode – Dodge Layers – arrange – move down
9 Activate top layer Effects – 3D-effects – drop shadow: V10 – H8 – 65 – 20
10 Layers – new raster layer Place name and/or watermark
11 Image – add borders – 1 pix #665869 (background) Selections – select all Effects – 3D- effects – cutout – see print screen
Repeat with V&H 3 Selections - none
12 Image – add borders – 25 pix #ddd4de (foreground) Select border with magic wand – anti-alias – inside Fill with gradient : Linear : 45 – 3 – check invert
13 Effects – Muhra’s Meister – Cloud – standard Selections - none
14 Image – add borders – 1 pix #665869 (background)
15 Image – resize – 650 pix wide
16 Selections – load/Save selections – load from disk Look for selection : Sel_GAngel Layers – new raster layer Fill with gradient
17 Effects – Alien Skin Xenofex2 – Constellation – see print screen
Selections – none Edit – copy merged
18 Open A/S Edit – paste as a new animation
19 Back to PSP Click 2x undo Effects – Alien Skin Xenofex2 – Constellation – click random seed 1x Selections – none Edit – copy merged
20 Back to A/S Edit – paste after selected frame
21 Back to PSP Click 2x undo Effects – Alien Skin Xenofex2 – Constellation – click random seed 1x Selections – none Edit – copy merged
22 Back to A/S Edit – paste after selected frame
23 Click the filmstrip to check your animation Save as .gif
Your image is ready I hope you enjoyed making it Hugs, K@rin – K@D’s Designs 05-05-2010
