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

 

For this lesson you need Animation Shop (AS).

and the following plugins:

Eye Candy 3.1 - Glass

Penta.com - Dot and Cross

You can download the plugins

 

you can download the materials.

It contains: 2 tubes - 1 font.

Open the font and minimize it.

 

The tube is by Marastina

Thank you so much for the beautiful tube.

 

Step 1

Open the tubes in PSP - minimize them for now.

Open tube 'future' - this will be your working image.

Set your foreground color to #f9f9f9 (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #dddddd (or at your choice).

Set your foreground to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Linear - Angle 0 - Repeats 0 - Invert not checked.

Flood fill your image with this gradient.

Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from Alpha Channel - load 'selection 1'.

Flood fill the selection with color #808080.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.

Activate your gradient - Invert checked.

Flood fill the selection with this gradient.

Selections - Select none.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 35 - Blur 4 - color black.

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from Alpha Channel - load 'selection 2'.

Flood fill the selection with color #808080.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.

Activate your gradient - change Linear to Sunburst - same settings.

Flood fill the selection with this gradient.

Selections - Select none.

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

Step 4

Layers - New raster layer.

Click on your Selection tool - Rectangle.

Custom Selection - with these settings:

Flood fill the selection with color #808080.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 1 - Opacity 100 - Blur 1 - color black.

Selections - Select none.

Layers - Duplicate - Move it a little to the right.

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.

Step 5

Activate layer 2.

Click on your Selection tool - Rectangle.

Custom Selection - with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - Penta.com - Dot and Cross - default settings - see image below:

You are still on layer 2.

Selections - Promote selection to layer.

Selections - Select none.

Image - Mirror.

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

Step 6

Activate your top layer.

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate your Selection tool - Rounded rectangle.

Draw a selection from Hor 380 and Vert 99 to Hor 420 and Vert 400.

It's the rectangle in the middle.

Set your background color to #dddddd.

Set your gradient to these settings:

Flood fill the selection with this gradient.

Selections - Select none.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor -3 (minus 3) - Opacity 24 - Blur 4 - color black.

Step 7

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate your Selection tool - Circle.

Draw a little circle in the middle - see main image.

Flood fill the selection with color #808080.

Put it on it's place.

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3.1 - Glass - with these settings:

Step 8

Layers - Duplicate.

** Click on it with your Moving tool - be careful not to replace it.

Hold the Shift key en press 1x the arrow key down**.

Duplicate this layer and repeat from ** to **.

Repeat 4x from ** to ** - so you have 6 buttons.

Close all layers, but leave the button layers open.

Make sure you're on one of the button layers.

Layers - Merge - Merge visible.

Open the other layers.

Move the buttons on there place.

With the Arrow keys you can do it precisely.

Step 9

Copy tube 'hajime_sorayama013'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 2x 80% - All layers not checked.

Place the tube left below.

Step 10

Activate your Text tool - font COMPA___ (in psp ComputerAmok) - with these settings:

Set your foreground color to #808080.

Set your background color to #f9f9f9.

Set your background to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Linear - Angle 0 - Repeats 0 - Invert checked.

Step 11

Type your text and place it on the right side.

Layers - Convert to raster layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 1 - Opacity 100 - Blur 1 - color black - shadow on new layer checked.

Lower the Opacity of the shadow layer to 53.

Step 12

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your watermark.

Layers - Merge - Merge visible.

Edit - Copy.

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

Step 13

Back to PSP.

Activate your Selection tool - Rectangle.

Draw a selection in the left upper part of your crea - see image below:

Edit - Copy.

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

Step 14

Effects - Insert text effects - Marquee.

Click on Letter type - you got this screen:

Here you can choose your font and size.

I used ComputerAmok size 36.

Type your text in the open place.

You now see this screen - with these settings - color #808080:

You can see that the text has 10 frames.

Your picture has only 1 frame.

Step 15

Click in frame 1 of your picture.

Click 1x Ctrl+C - click 9x Ctrl+L.

You now have 10 frames.

Click in frame 1 - Edit - Select all.

Step 16

Activate your text picture.

Click in frame 1 - Edit - Select all - Edit - Copy.

Back to your picture.

Edit - Paste - Into selected frame.

Step 17

View - Animation.

You now can see how it looks.

If you aren't satisfied, repeat past in selected frame.

Or drag the text into the picture.

Animation - Frame properties: 30.

Step 18

Back to PSP.

Activate your Selection tool - Rectangle.

Draw a selection in the lower right part of your crea - see image below:

Edit - Copy.

Step 19

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

Repeat step 14 to 17 - don't forget to change the text.

Step 20

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!

 

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

 

This lesson was written by Goldielock.

This lesson is and remains the property of Goldielock.

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.

 

Translated by Zial on May 14, 2014

 

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