Rockin' Out












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, "A Funky Kind of Love", 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.)
Two Co-ordinating Tubes.
Scrap kit of your choice.
One or Two Fonts of your choice.



Provided supplies
WSL_Mask221.jpg(from WeeScotLass' site here.)


QBD_DiscoBall.pspimage



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 a backgroun paper from your kit. I used QBD_AFunkyKindOfLove_Paper06.jpg.

3. Open the mask: WSL_Mask221.jpg from the supplies zip file.

4. Copy and paste your background papers into your working graphic.

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

6. Merge group.

7. Open two of the hearts in the kit. I used: QBD_AFunkyKindOfLove_Heart03.png and QBD_AFunkyKindOfLove_Heart02.png.

8. Resize the two hearts to 150 pixels in width.

9. Copy and paste the hearts into your working grapic along the egde of your mask layer.

10. Merge Flatten.

11. Open two frames from the kit. I used: QBD_AFunkyKindOfLove_Frame07.png and QBD_AFunkyKindOfLove_Frame08.png.

12. Resize the frames to 300 pixels.

13. Copy and paste each frame into your working graphic. Put each on the same layer.

14. Using your magic wand click on the center sections of the frames.

15. Click SELECTIONS > MODIFY > EXPAND > 4 PIXELS > CLICK OK.

16. Open a new raster layer. Move layer to under the frame layer.

17. Open another background paper. I used QBD_AFunkyKindOfLove_Paper02.jpg.

18. Flood fill the highlighted frame circles with this background paper.



19. Go to your frame layer and add a drop shadow. I used: VERTICAL: 1, HORIZONTAL: 1, OPACITY: 58, BLUR: 12.87, COLOR: #000000

21. Click on your frame filled circles layer.

22. Go to EFFECTS > ILLUMINATION EFFECTS > LIGHTS. Position the lights like the preview below. All light colors are #FFFFFF.



23. Now let's make your word art. You can use the phrase I used "Rockin’ out" or one of your liking.

Settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: AdLib BT
Size: 60
Stroke: 1.0
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: Center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Kerning: -25
Foreground: #000000
Background: #dc3b94


24. Make the word art, rotate slightly to the left and place above your frames. Convert to a raster layer.

25. SELECTIONS > SELECT ALL > SELECTIONS > FLOAT.

26. EFFECTS > 3D EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: Vertical:3 , Horizontal:-3 , Opacity:31 , Blur:11.88 , Shadow color: #000000 Add drop shadow of: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 58, Blur: 3.0, Color: #000000.

27. Open your first tube and copy and paste it into your working graphic. Add drop shadow of: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 58, Blur: 10.89, Color: #000000.

28. Open your second tube and copy and paste it into your working graphic. Add drop shadow of: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 58, Blur: 10.89, Color: #000000.

29. Resize your graphic to 550x550 pixels.

30. Add your copyright info and logo/watermark.

31. Add your name to your working graphic as the top layer.

Settings:
Create as: Vector
Font: AdLib BT
Size: 72
Stroke: 1.0
Font style: BOLD
Alignment: Center
Anti-alias: Smooth
Kerning: -25
Foreground: #000000
Background: #dc3b94


32. SELECTIONS > SELECT ALL > SELECTIONS > FLOAT.

33. EFFECTS > 3D EFFECTS > CUTOUT > SETTINGS: Vertical:3 , Horizontal:-3 , Opacity:31 , Blur:11.88 , Shadow color: #000000 Add drop shadow of: Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 58, Blur: 4.0, Color: #000000.

34. Merge together the following layers: Name, Word Art, Tube 1, Tube 2, and frames.

35. Make a copy of each of your tubes. Resize your tubes to no larger than 200 pixels in height.

36. Copy and paste your tube into a new layer under the frame layer. Then do the second tube in the other frame.

37. Copy merged and paste as a new image. This will be your NEW working grapic.

38. Go back to your original working graphic.

39. Go to your first tube layer. Mirror the tube image.

40. Go to your second tube layer. Mirror the tube image.

41. Copy merged and paste as a new layer in your new working graphic.

42. Save to an easy to find spot on your harddrive as your working graphic.

43. Open Animation Shop.

44. Open your working graphic in animation shop.

45. Open the provided disco ball tube that is in your supplies zip.

46. Go to EDIT > SELECT ALL.

47. Go to EDIT > COPY.

48. Go to EDIT > PASTE BEFORE CURRENT FRAME.

49. Go to EDIT > SELECT ALL.

50. Go to EDIT > COPY.

51. Go to EDIT > PASTE BEFORE CURRENT FRAME.

52. Go to EDIT > PASTE BEFORE CURRENT FRAME.

53. You should now have 12 frames.

54. Go to EDIT > SELECT ALL > ANIMATION > FRAME PROPERTIES > SET TO 25FPS.

55. Go to your disco ball animation.

56. Go to EDIT > SELECT ALL > EDIT > COPY.

57. Go back to your working graphic.

58. Go to EDIT > PASTE INTO SELECTED FRAME.

59. Adjust your disco ball so that it appears to be hanging from your word art.

60. Save as a .gif file.







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