Music - 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 Materials HERE
Materials 3 Tubes : 1/ 2204-luzcristina – Luz Christina 2/ stilllife-music – La Manouche 3/ Muzieknoten_K@D – mezelf
Mask : ©hummel-jutta-mask100.6.jpg
Font : Mrs Saint-Delafield
Filters : 1/ Eye Candy 4000 - Swirl
Jac’s Animation Shop (A/S) ----------------------------------------
Procedure Let’s get started – Have Fun! Remember to save your work often.
Colors : Foreground: #b19e8c Background : #421f26 Foreground Gradient : linear : 45 – 3
1 Open a new image– 650-500 pix – transparent Fill with background #421f26
2 Layer – new raster layer Fill with foreground #b19e8c
3 Layers – load mask from disk Look for maks : ©hummel-jutta-mask100.6.jpg Check : source luminance, adjust to canvas – hide all masks Remove mask from layers and click yes to the question Layers – merge group
4 Effects – edge effects - enhance
5 Activate bottom layer Selections – select all Open tube : 2204-luzcristina Edit – copy Edit – paste into selection Selections – none Effects – image effects – seamless tiling – standard Adjust – blur – radial blur – see print screen
Opacity : 45
6 Layers – duplicate Image – flip
7 Activate top layer Select both rectangles of the mask – see print screen
Layers – new raster layer Open tube : stilllife-music Edit – copy Edit – paste into selection Blend mode – soft light Selections - none
8 Open tube : 2204-luzcristina Edit – copy Edit – paste as a new layer Image – resize: 3x85 %, uncheck all layers Effects – 3D-effecten – drop shadow: V10 – H8 – 65 – 20
9 Activate text tool – Font : Mrs Saint-Delafield – 55 pix – smooth – Stroke wide 0 Colors : change place (foreground is now background) Type : Music Move up to the middle – see example Change colors again
10 Layers – new vector layer Change to 36 pix Type : the medicine of the mind Move down and to the right
11 Image – add borders 1 pix background : #421f26 25 pix foreground: #b19e8c
12 Select 25 pix border with magic wand – anti-alias – inside Fill with gradient
13 Effects – Eye Candy 400 – swirl – see print screen
14 Selections - invert Effects – 3D-effecten – V&H 5 – 50 – 5 Repeat with V&H -5
15 Selections none Image – add borders – 1 pix background: #421f26
16 Layers – new raster layer Place name and/or watermark Layers – merge all
17 Image – resize – 650 pix – ALL layers
18 Adjust – sharpness – unsharp mask : 1 – 64 – 4
Now we are going to add 2 animations
19 Animation 1
Select with free hand selection – point to point – the flowers of the mask ! do not select the hand ! – see print screen
Effects– Alien skin xenofex2 – constellation – see print screen
Selections – none Edit - copy
20 Open A/S Edit – paste as a new animation
21 Back to PSP click undo 2x Effects – Alien skin xenofex2 – constellation – click random seed 1x Selections – none Edit - copy
22 Back to A/S Edit – paste after selected frame
23 Back to PSP click undo 2x Effects – Alien skin xenofex2 – constellation – click random seed 1x Selections – none Edit - copy
24 Back to A/S Edit – paste after selected frame
25 Animation 2
Open muzieknoten in A/S Select all (Ctrl + A) Edit - copy
26 Back to your creation Select all (Ctrl + A) Edit – paste into selected frame
27 Animation – display speed at 20
28 Edit – duplicate selected frames
29 remove frame 4 Select frame 4 and 5 Animation – reverse animation
30 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 23-04-2010