Groovy Baby

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Groovylicious" by Just a Girl Designs exclusive to Exquisite Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Joel Adams which can be purchased from CILM

**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**
WSL_Mask36 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Chick, CCThingamajig and Bell Bottom.Laser

 

This is a fairy easy animated tutorial

 

Let's get started!!

 

Open a new 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste FlowerPower3 as new layer

 

Paste Flowers as new layer
Resize by 85%
Position first flower directly beneath the orange flower

 

 

Paste Record as new layer
Resize by 55%
Position beneath first flower we pasted

 

Paste Silhouette as new layer
Position in lower right

 

Paste Bkg6 as new layer
Resize by 65%
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask36
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 50

 

Paste PeaceSign as new layer
Resize by 18%
Position over centre of orange flower

 

Paste HappyFace as new layer
Resize by 10%
Position over large red flower

 

Duplicate then resize by 80%
Duplicate again
Place over centre of both remaining flowers

 

Crop and resize

 

Open a paper of choice and minimise it

 

Select your Text Tool and font
I am using Chick

 

Set your Material Properties as follows:
Foreground - #000000
Background - Paper of choice
Stroke width - 2.00

 

Type out the word "Groovy"
Convert to raster layer

 

Change your Material Properties:
Foreground - null
Background - #022202

 

Set your font to another one of choice
I am using CCThingamajig

 

Type out the word "baby"
Convert to raster layer

 

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to your liking

 

Now minimise another paper of choice

 

Select your Text Tool and choose another font
I am using Bellbottom.Laser

 

Set your Material Properties to the same as above using a different paper of choice

 

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow with the following settings:

 

 

Apply a slight drop shadow

 

Add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

Now let's animate!

 

Hide ALL LAYERS except for your Mask layer
Edit > Copy Merged

 

 

Go to Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation
Then Effects > Insert Image Effect with the following settings:

 

 

You should now have 16 Frames

 

Go back to PSP
Activate your White Background layer
Edit > Copy

 

Back to Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation
Then Edit > Paste After Current Frame UNTIL YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 16 FRAMES
Edit > Select All

 

Activate the Animation we applied the effect to
Edit > Select All
Edit > Copy
Activate the new "animation" of white background
Edit > Propogate Paste
Then Edit > Paste into Selected Frame
Click to release animation

 

Back to PSP (last time *g*)
Hide your white background and mask layers and unhide EVERy OTHER LAYER
Edit > Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste into Selected Frame

 

**PROPOGATE PASTE MUST BE SELECTED TO ENSURE A SINGLE FRAME IS THEN PASTE INTO MULTIPLE FRAMES**

 

Finally, save as a GIF and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 8th April 2009
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