Slats Animation
Supplies Right Click and Save the Slats PNG Tube
Open 400 x 400 transparent image.
Open the slats tube.
Click on a 400 x 400 to activate it.
Selections / select all.
Right click the slats tube and choose copy.
Right click on your 400 x 400 and paste into
selection.
Selections / select none.
Close of original slat tube.
Layer palette right click and duplicate
until you have 2.
Open a background of your choice.
Right click on background and choose copy.
Right click and paste into selection.
Selections/ select none.
Close of original background.
With your slat tubes background selected Layers
/ Arrange / Send to Bottom.
Right click on bottom layer and rename bg1.
Right click on bg1 and duplicate until you
have 5.
Right click and rename these bg1, bg2, bg3, bg4,
bg5
X out all these layers bg 1-5
Click on top layer your black slats tube one
Selections / Select All
/ Float and Defloat.
On keyboard press delete until the only
thing you see is marching ants.
Tools / Flood Fill Tool
Fill your selected layer with a nice
Gradient use your own settings
Selections / Select none
Click Pan
Right click and duplicate until you have 5
Start from the top of your Layer Palette and
Rename L1, L2, L3, L4, L5
Now X out all the Layers
Un X L1 and Activate it
Tools / Magic Wand / Mode Add (Shift) /
Match Mode RGB Value /
Tolerance 40
You will see 5 Columns which are filled with
your Gradient
Click on the Last 4 Columns to select the
Ants
Press Delete on your Keyboard
Selections / Select None
Now X out L1
Un X L2 and activate
Use your Magic Wand and Click on the First
Column and the last 3
Press Delete on your Keyboard
Selections / Select None
X out L2
Un X L3 and activate
Use your Magic Wand and Click on the First 2
Columns and Last 2
Columns leaving the center one untouched
Press Delete on your Keyboard
Selections / Select None
X out L3
Un X L4 and activate
Use your Magic Wand and Click on the First 3
columns and last column
Press Delete on your Keyboard
Selections / Select None
X out L4
Un X L5 and activate
Use your Magic Wand and Click on the First 4
Columns and Delete the Last one
Selections / Select None
Click Pan
X out all the layers
Un X L1 and activate
Effects / 3d Effects /Drop Shadow / V2, H3,
Op 100, B0, Black Ok
Un X L2 and activate
Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / same
settings.
Un X L3 and Activate
Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / same
settings.
Un X L4 and Activate
Un X L4 and Activate
Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / same
settings.
Un X L5 and Activate
Effects
/ 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / same settings.
X out all the L layers.
Un X all the Bg 1-5 layers and add the same
drop shadow on each
Bg layer.
Now X out all the layers.
Activate L1 and Un X and also Un X Bg1
layers / merge visible
X out merged.
Activate L2 and Un X and also Un X Bg2
layers / merge visible
X out merged.
Activate L3 and Un X and also Un X Bg3
layers / merge visible
X out merged.
Activate L4 and Un X and also Un X Bg4
layers / merge visible
X out merged.
Activate L5 and Un X and also Un X Bg5
layers / merge visible
X out merged.
Activate Top merged right click and
rename bg1.
Activate next merged right click and
rename bg2.
Activate next merged right click and
rename bg3.
carry on until you have renamed them all
bg1, bg2, bg3, bg4, bg5.
Activate bg1 and Un X all the other layers.
Open a Tube right click and copy close Original
Tube.
In layer palette activate the Tube layer and
X out the Copyright layer.
Right click on tube and choose copy.
Activate bg1 and right click and paste as a
new layer.
Tools / deform to resize and position the
tube.
Click pan to deselect deform tool.
Minimise tube for now.
Tube layer Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow
/ V1, H1, Op100, B8, Black Ok.
Right click on the Tube and duplicate until
you have 5.
Start at the top rename t1, t2, t3, t4, t5.
X out all layers.
Activate t1 Un x and Un x bg1 layers / merge
visible x out merged.
Activate t2 Un x and Un x bg2 layers / merge
visible x out merged.
Activate t3 Un x and Un x bg3 layers / merge
visible x out merged.
Activate t4 Un x and Un x bg4 layers / merge
visible x out merged.
Activate t5 Un x and Un x bg5 layers / merge
visible Un x all layers.
Rename all merged layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Activate 1 and Unminimise tube activate Copyright
layer.
Copy and paste copyright as new layer onto 1
use the deform tool to
Position and resize.
Click pan and deselect deform.
Close of tube Activate Copyright right click
and duplicate until you have 5.
Activate and rename all 5 copyright layers
starting from the first one
Rename cr1, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr5 X out all
layers.
Un x cr1 and activate un x 1 merge visible x
out merged
Un x cr2 and activate un x 2 merge visible x
out merged
Un x cr3 and activate un x 3 merge visible x
out merged
Un x cr4 and activate un x 4 merge visible x
out merged
Un x cr5 and activate un x 5 merge visible x
out merged
Rename all merged starting from the top
rename 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Activate 1 choose the big A text tool
settings / vector/ direction first/
Font any / size any /stroke width 1
Material palette choose your colours in
foreground and background box
write your name and click apply. Move
into position, resize if needed using the
corner nodes.
Effects / 3d Effects/ Drop Shadow/ V1, H3, Op100,
B0, Black, Ok.
layer palette duplicate until you have 5.
Rename all the font layers f1, f2, f3, f4, f5
x out all layers.
Activate and un x f1 + 1 merge visible x out
merged.
Activate and un x f2 + 2 merge visible x out
merged.
Activate and un x f3 + 3 merge visible x out
merged.
Activate and un x f4 + 4 merge visible x out
merged.
Activate and un x f5 + 5 merge visible x out
merged.
Add your watermark the same way
Un x all merged / file save as give a name /
save type as animation psp
Or psp 7 format.
Open animation shop.
Open your saved image.
Edit / select all.
Click on Animation icon top right next to
the arrow and ? To test it works
Click on the same icon to deactivate
animation.
File new open a 400 x 400 white image
instead of selecting transparent select
opaque and in the box choose white or
any
Colour you want.
Edit / duplicate selected until you have 5 /
edit /select all.
Click on the image frames edit / select all
right click and copy.
Right click on the white frames and paste
into selected frame position then
left click.
Go to the word animation and frame
properties.
change the number to slow your animation
down the higher the number the
slower
the animation then click Ok.
file save as give a name save type as Gif.
When a box opens click next, next until it
is saved.
This Tutorial was created by ©Mally on Tuesday 30 May 2006
Upgraded on Tuesday 07 February
2012
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