ÿþ<html><head><title>QueenBrat Designs</title> <STYLE type='text/css'>body {scrollbar-arrow-color:rgb(193,95,132); scrollbar-track-color:rgb(0,0,0); scrollbar-face-color:rgb(0,0,0); scrollbar-highlight-color:rgb(193,95,132); scrollbar-shadow-color:rgb(193,95,132); scrollbar-dark-shadow-color:rgb(0,0,0); scrollbar-3dlight-color:rgb(193,95,132);}</STYLE> <STYLE type='text/css'>body {border:4px solid rgb(0,0,0);}</STYLE> <bgsound src="" loop=-1 autostart=true> </head> <body background="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/QueenBratTutorials/Kick%20Rocks/QBD_KickRocks_bg1.png" bgcolor="#000000" text="#000000"> <center> <table background="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/QueenBratTutorials/Kick%20Rocks/QBD_KickRocks_bg2.png" width=80%> <tr><td> <table background="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/QueenBratTutorials/Kick%20Rocks/QBD_KickRocks_bg1.png" width=100%> <tr><td> <table background="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/QueenBratTutorials/Kick%20Rocks/QBD_KickRocks_bg3.png" width=100%> <tr><td> <br> <br> <center> <font size=6 color="#000000" face=verdana>Kick Rocks</font><br> <br><br><br><br> <img src="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/QueenBratTutorials/Kick%20Rocks/QBD_KickRocks_QueenBratTag.gif"> <script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/translatemypage.xml&amp;up_source_language=en&amp;synd=open&amp;w=160&amp;h=60&amp;title=Google+Translate+My+Page&amp;lang=en&amp;country=ALL&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script> <br><br><br><br> <font size=3 color="#000000" face=verdana> <br><br><br><br> This tutorial was written by QueenBrat on 10/10/2008 using PSP 9 and Animation Shop. Any version of PSP should work. <br><br> It is an intermediate tutorial. You will need a good working knowledge of PSP and Animation shop. <br><br> 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. <br><br> I'm using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis of <a href="http://www.elias-design.gr" target=new window><font color="#000000">www.elias-design.gr</a>. You may purchase a license to use his work from <a href="http://www.MyPSPtubes.com" target=new window><font color="#000000">www.MyPSPtubes.com.</a> <br><br> I am also using one of my PTU scrap kits, "Emo Girl", which can be purchased at <a href=http://www.mypsptubes.com/ target=new window><font color=#000000>MyPSPTubes.com</a>. <br><br> Any resemblance to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental. <br><br> <br><br> <u><b>Supplies Needed</b></u><br> PSP program of your choice (Free trial version PSP12 <a href="http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1185293041793" target=new window><font color="#000000">here</a>.)<br> Animation Shop (Trial version<a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/Animation-Shop.shtml" target=new window><font color="#000000">here</a>.)<br> Two tubes. One headshot tube. One full body tube.<br> Scrap kit of your choice.<br> One Font of your choice. <br><br> <br><br> <u><b>Provided supplies</b></u><br> Becky_Mask042.jpg (Provided as Becky no longer has a site.)<br> boundlessbliss_grungemask_1.jpg (Visit her site <a href="http://boundlessbliss.com" target=new window><font color="#000000">here</a>.)<br> GHETTO BROKE (deze dezines ) Grunge.ttf (Free font) QBD_KickRocks_FrameCenter.png QBD_KickRocks_GlitterTextFill.png <br><br> You may download the supplies <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/66514622/ce3fee80/QBD_KickRocks_Supplies.html" target=new window><font color="#000000">here</a>.<br> (Your pop up stoppers will need to be turned off if you click the link and nothing happens.) <br><br> <br><br> 1. Open a 700x700 transparent frame. Hereafter this will be called your working graphic. <br><br> 2. Open the file QBD_Devil-icious_FrameCenter.png. Copy and paste this file into your working graphic. Duplicate layer. <br><br> 3. Click Selections > Select All. <br><br> 4. Click Selections > Float. <br><br> 5. Open your the headshot tube file. Resize the headshot tube to 400x400. Paste as a new layer into your working graphic. <br><br> 6. Click Selections > Invert. <br><br> 7. Delete any of the tube that does not fit into the Frame Center. <br><br> 8. Merge down to first frame center layer. Working graphic should now have a solid black circle layer and the headshot layer merged into the second black circle. <br><br> 9. Save this as a psp file to an easily found location. <br><br> 10. Open animation shop. <br><br> 11. Find the file that you just saved and open it in animation shop. <br><br> 12. Select all. <br><br> 13. Click Effects > Insert Image Transition > Slats.<br> Set Transition Length to 1.6secs.<br> Set Frames per second to 8fps.<br> It should now read "Transition contains a total of 12 frames".<br> Click on the Customize button.<br> Set Number of Slats to 24.<br> Set Slat orientation to Verticle.<br> Set Slat Movement to Left to Right.<br> Click OK.<br> Click OK on the Insert Image Transition box.<br> <br><br> <img src="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/QueenBratTutorials/Kick%20Rocks/QBD_KickRocks_Preview1.png"> <br><br> 14. Your working graphic is now 14 frames. Locate the 14th frame (Headshot picture with no lines) and select that frame. <br><br> 15. Click Animation > Frame Properties > Set this frame to 60. <br><br> 16. Leave these frames open in animation shop and go back to PSP. <br><br> 17. Open the frame of your choice. (I used QBD_EmoGirl_Frame01.png.) <br><br> 18. Resize frame to 600x600 pixels. <br><br> 19. Copy frame and go back to animation shop. <br><br> 20. Paste as a new animation. <br><br> 21. Copy frame animation. <br><br> 22. Go back to your working graphic frames. Select all. Go to edit > Propagate Paste > edit > Paste > Into Selected Frame. <br><br> 23. Your frame should now be pasted into all of the frames of your working graphic. <br><br> 24. Select all frames. <br><br> 25. Copy and paste these frames as a "new image" in PSP. <br><br> 26. Resize your working grapic to 500x500 pixels. <br><br> 27. Increase your canvas size to 700x700 adding 100 pixels to all sides. <br><br> 28. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_paper03.jpg. <br><br> 29. Copy and paste as a new layer into your working graphic. Send to the bottom. <br><br> 30. Open the file boundlessbliss_grungemask_1.jpg and drop into your tray. <br><br> 31. With your QBD_EmoGirl_paper03 layer click layers > New Mask Layer > From Image > source luminance > Invert Mask Date > find the boundlessbliss_grungemask_1.jpg in the dropdown menu > click OK. Merge group. <br><br> 32. Open the file Becky_Mask042.jpg and drop into your tray. <br><br> 33. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_paper05.jpg. <br><br> 34. Copy and paste as a new layer into your working graphic as the layer second from the bottom. <br><br> 35. With your QBD_EmoGirl_paper05 layer click layers > New Mask Layer > From Image > source luminance > find the Becky_Mask042.jpg in the dropdown menu > click OK. Merge group. <br><br> 36. Duplicate this layer twice. <br><br> 37. Merge the bottom four layers. <br><br> 38. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_Swirl01.png. Resize to 50% of the original file. <br><br> 39. Copy and paste into your working graphic as a new layer second from bottom. Add a drop shadow to the swirl layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 89, Blur: 10.89, color: #000000 <br><br> 40. Duplicate layer. Mirror image. Flip image. <br><br> 41. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_Ribbon01.png. Resize to 50% of original size. <br><br> 42. Copy and paste as the top layer into your working graphic. Rotate 15 degrees to the right. Sharpen as needed. <br><br> 43. Add a drop shadow to the ribbon layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 89, Blur: 10.89, color: #000000 <br><br> 44. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_Ribbon03.png. Resize to 50% of original size. <br><br> 45. Copy and paste as the top layer into your working graphic. Flip image. Mirror image. Sharpen as needed. <br><br> 46. Add a drop shadow to the ribbon layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 89, Blur: 10.89, color: #000000 <br><br> 47. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_Buttons05.png. Resize to 75% of the original file. Copy and paste into your working graphic positioning over the two ribbons. <br><br> 48. Add a drop shadow to the ribbon layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 89, Blur: 10.89, color: #000000 <br><br> 49. Open the file QBD_EmoGirl_skullkeychain.png. Copy and paste into your working graphic positioning over the two ribbons but under the button layer. Add a drop shadow to the skull layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 89, Blur: 10.89, color: #000000 <br><br> 50. Open your full body tube. Resize to desired size if needed.Copy and paste as the top layer into your working graphic. Add a drop shadow to the skull layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 89, Blur: 10.89, color: #000000. <br><br> 51. Add new raster layer and send to the bottom. Flood fill with #FFFFFF. <br><br> 52. Add your name to a new layer third from the bottom. I used these settings:<br> Create as: Vector<br> font: Ghetto Broke (included in zip)<br> size: 84<br> stroke: 2<br> Alignment: center<br> anti-alias: smooth<br> foreground: #000000<br> background: glitter text fill (included in zip)<br> <br><br> Add a drop shadow to the text layer. I used these settings: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 72, Blur: 2.97, color: #000000. <br><br> 53. Resize your working graphic to the size you desire. <br><br> 54. Add your copyright info and your logo/watermark to your working graphic. <br><br> 55. You are now ready to set it back up for Animation Shop. Begin by turning the visibility to all the frame layers off except the first one. <br><br> 56. Copy Merged and Paste as New Image. <br><br> 57. Turn off visibility of layer 1 and turn on visibility of layer 2. <br><br> 58. Copy Merged and Paste as New LAYER into the first merged frame you just did. <br><br> 59. Turn off visibility of Layer 2 and turn on visibility of Layer 3. <br><br> 60. Copy Merged and Paste as New LAYER into the first merged frame you just did. <br><br> 61. Continue turning off visibility of previous merged frame and turning on the next until you do all 14 frames. <br><br> 62. You should now have a new image with 14 frames. <br><br> 63. Save to an easy to find location on your harddrive. <br><br> 64. Go to animation shop. <br><br> 65. Open the image you just saved. <br><br> 66. Click Edit > Select all. <br><br> 67. Click Animation > Reverse Frames. <br><br> 68. Locate frame 14 of your working graphic. This should be the frame where the framed headshot is solid with no lines. <br><br> 69. Click Animation > Frame properties and set to 60. <br><br> 70. 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