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This tutorial was made in PSP X2, but can also be made in the other versions.

For this tutorial you need Animation Shop (AS)

and the following plugins:

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

You can download the plugins

Place or install the plugins in your Plugin folder.

you can download the materials.

It contains: 12 tubes - 1 picture.

Permission to use the tubes

The tubes are by FT, Ginavere, MMDesignz and SF.

Thank you so much for the beautiful tubes and picture.

The other tubes are unknown to me.

If they are yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credit.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

Step 1

Open the tubes and the picture in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #d3221d - or at your choice.

Set your background color to #152e49 - or at your choice.

Open image 'achtergrond ger' - this is your working image.

Step 2

Copy tube 'multi stars'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Soft light.

Step 3

Copy tube 'MMDesignz'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Open tube 'DiceyCardGuy~SF'.

Image - Resize - Height 400 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it in the lower right corner.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 5 - Opacity 100 - Blur 7 - color black.

Step 4

Copy tube 'cadre vir'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it a little to the left - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 5

Copy tube 'pinup047ks315goed'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place her in the tube 'cadre vir' - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 6

Copy tube 'Kaarten met een hartje'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it at the bottom of your crea and a little to the left.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 7

Copy tube 'media ruleta'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Rotate - Free rotate - Right - 30 - nothing checked.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Move this layer under layer 6.

Step 8

Copy tube 'golddice'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place them upper left - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 9

Decorate your crea with tubes from tube 'CasinoSheet05~FT'.

Paste them each on a new layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 10

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 11

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 20 pixels - foreground color.

Select this border with your Magic wand - with these settings:

Selections - Invert.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 5 - Opacity 100 - Blur 40 - color black.

Step 12

Selections - Invert.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings.

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Edit - Copy.

Step 13

To AS: Edit - Paste - As a new animation.

Step 14

Back to PSP.

Click 2x Undo.

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation - click 1x Random Seed - click OK.

Selections - Select none.

Edit - Copy.

To AS: Edit - Paste - After current frame.

Step 15

Back to PSP.

Click 2x Undo.

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation - click 1x Random Seed - click OK.

Selections - Select none.

Edit - Copy.

To AS: Edit - Paste - After current frame.

Step 16

View - Animation.

You now can see how your animation looks.

If you are satisfied:

Save your crea as a gif file and you're done!

If you got a screen, click 3x Next - click 1x Finish.

Give your crea a name and Save it.

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

This lesson was written by Gerrie on April 9, 2010.

This lesson is and remains the property of Gerrie.

You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written permission.

All my lessons are self designed ... so any agreement is purely coincidental.

All my lessons are registered with TWI.

Translated by Zial on November 17, 2015

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