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Groovy Baby

This tutorial was written by QueenBrat on 11/05/2008 using PSP 9 and Animation Shop. Any version of PSP should work.

It is an intermediate tutorial. You will need a good working knowledge of PSP and Animation shop.

Do not copy this tutorial and post it through any group or claim it as your own. Please share a text link only to my site and not the tutorial itself when sharing. You may print it out for your own personal use ONLY.

I'm using the artwork of Joel Adams of www.lilz.net. You may purchase a license to use his work from CILM

I am also using one of my PTU scrap kits, "Birds N Bees", which can be purchased on my blog at QueenBrat Design's Blog Store.

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental.

Supplies Needed
PSP program of your choice (Free trial version PSP12 here.)
Animation Shop (Trial version here.)
One Tube.
Scrap kit of your choice.
Three Fonts of your choice.

Provided supplies
WSL_Mask5.jpg(from WeeScotLass' site here.)

WSL_Mask144.jpg(from WeeScotLass' site here.)

WSL_Mask145.jpg(from WeeScotLass' site here.)

You may download the supplies here.
(Your pop up stoppers will need to be turned off if you click the link and nothing happens.)

1. Open a 700x700 transparent frame. This will be your working graphic.

2. Open the provided masks from the zip file and drop to your tray for later use.

3. Open three complimenting background papers from the kit or a kit of your choosing.

4. Copy and paste your first background into your working graphic. I used: QBD_BirdsNBees_paper05.jpg

5. Apply the mask WSL_Mask5.jpg by going to LAYERS > NEW MASK LAYER > FROM IMAGE > SOURCE LUMINANCE > FIND MASK IN DROP DOWN > CLICK OK.

6. Merge group. Duplicate layer. Merge visible layers.

7. Copy and paste your second background paper into your working graphic. I used: QBD_BirdsNBees_paper06.jpg

8. Apply the mask WSL_Mask144.jpg by going to LAYERS > NEW MASK LAYER > FROM IMAGE > SOURCE LUMINANCE > FIND MASK IN DROP DOWN > CLICK OK.

9. Merge group. Merge visible layers.

10. Copy and paste your third background paper into your working graphic. I used: QBD_BirdsNBees_paper09.jpg

11. Apply the mask WSL_Mask145.jpg by going to LAYERS > NEW MASK LAYER > FROM IMAGE > SOURCE LUMINANCE > FIND MASK IN DROP DOWN > CLICK OK.

12. Merge group. Merge flatten all layers.

13. Using your selection tool and selection type: rectangle highlight the large rectangle in your working graphic.

14. Add a new raster layer.

15. Flood fill the rectangle with a color of your choosing at 25% opacity. I used: #5d80b6.

16. Deselect.

17. Add a new raster layer.

18. Turn off visibility to your background layer so that you can see your rectangle square.

19. Copy your tube. Randomly paste your tube into the your new raster layer covering your rectangle. (Don't worry about the extra bits of the tube, we will remove it in the next step.)

20. Adjust your tube layer over the rectangle to your liking and then go to your rectangle layer. Click SELECTIONS > SELECT ALL > SELECTIONS > FLOAT > SELECTIONS > INVERT.

21. Go to your tube layer and click DELETE.

22. Deselect.

23. Turn the visibility of your background layer back on.

24. Go to the rectangle layer and delete the entire layer. Your working graphic should now look something like this:

25. Go to your tube layer. Duplicate this layer to 5 layers.

26. Set the visibility of the first tube layer to 25%. Set the second layer to 75%. Leave the third layer at 100%. Set the forth layer to 75%. And set the fifth layer to 25%.

27. Turn visibility off on all but the first layer.

28. Resize all layers to 550x550 pixels.

29. Copy your tube and paste it as the top layer into your working graphic. Position to your liking. Add a drop shadow to your tube. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 94, Blur: 22.77, Color: #000000

30. Create a new raster layer under your tube layer.

31. Flood fill the rectangle with a color of your choosing at 100% opacity. I used: #f15a6b. Click SELECTIONS > MODIFY > CONTRACT > 7 PIXELS > CLICK OK.

32. Click delete and remove the inner part of the rectangle.

33. Click SELECTIONS > SELECT ALL > SELECTIONS > FLOAT.

34. Go to: EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 22, Blur: 2.0, Shadow color: #000000. Add a drop shadow to your frame. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 36, Blur: 5.94, Color: #000000

35. Open a ribbon from your kit. I used: QBD_BirdsNBees_ribbon01.png

36. Resize the ribbon to 500 pixels wide.

37. Paste the ribbon into your working graphic as a new layer under your tube layer. Adjust to your liking and add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 94, Blur: 5.94, Color: #000000 Use your freehand selection tool to trim the ends of the ribbon to fit your frame.

38. Open a bow from your kit. I used: QBD_BirdsNBees_bow07.png.

39. Resize the bow to no larger than 200 in height.

40. Paste the bow into your working graphic as a new layer under your tube layer. Adjust to your liking and add a drop shadow. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 36, Blur: 5.94, Color: #000000

41. Go to your text tool. Select a FAT font of your liking. I used: AdLib BT. Make the word art for your graphic by typing GROOVY. Be sure to use the vector setting.

Here are my settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: AdLib BT
Size: 72
Stroke: 1.5
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Leading: -0.400
Kerning: -75

foreground color: #516b9b
background color: #f15a6b

42. Position it to setting on top of the frame. Convert to raster layer.

43. Go to: EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 27, Blur: 9.0, Shadow color: #000000. Add a drop shadow to your tube. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 36, Blur: 5.94, Color: #000000

44. Go to your text tool. Select a SCRIPT font of your liking. I used: TheNautiGal. Make the word art for your graphic by typing Baby. Be sure to use the vector setting.

Here are my settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: TheNautiGal
Size: 96
Stroke: 1.5
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Leading: -0.400
Kerning: 0

foreground color: #516b9b
background color: #f15a6b

45. Position it to setting on below the top of the frame and rotate to the left slightly. Convert to raster layer.

46. Go to: EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: Vertical: 2, Horizontal: 2, Opacity: 27, Blur: 9.0, Shadow color: #000000. Add a drop shadow to your tube. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 36, Blur: 5.94, Color: #000000

47. Merge the two word art layers together.

48. Add your name to your working graphic. I used: SP Shop-a-holic.

Here are my settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: SP Shop-a-holic
Size: 72
Stroke: 1.0
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Leading: -0.400
Kerning: 0

foreground color: #516b9b
background color: #f15a6b

49. Go to: EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: Vertical: 3, Horizontal: 3, Opacity: 22, Blur: 4.0, Shadow color: #000000. Add a drop shadow to your tube. I used: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 36, Blur: 5.94, Color: #000000

50. Add your copyright information and your logo/watermark.

51. Time to compact your working graphic and prepare to animate it.

52. Begin by merging the following layers: tube, word art, name, bow, ribbon, and frame.

53. You should now have only your top layer, 5 rectangle fill layers, and your background layer.

54. Let's animate this tag.

55. Begin by making sure the visibility to Frame 1 of the rectangle fills is on.

56. Copy Merged and Paste as New Image. This is your new working graphic.

57. Turn off visibility of Frame 1 and turn on visibility of Frame 2.

58. Copy Merged and Paste as New LAYER into your working graphic.

59. Turn off visibility of Frame 2 and turn on visibility of Frame 3.

60. Copy Merged and Paste as New LAYER into your working graphic.

61. Continue turning off visibility of previous merged frame and turning on the next until you do all 5 rectangle fill frames.

62. You should now have a new image of 5 frames in your new working graphic.

63. Save to an easy to find location on your harddrive.

64. Go to animation shop.

65. Open the image you just saved.

66. Save as an animation.

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