WINTER BLUES

This tutorial was written by me on 29th November 2010 It assumes you have working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop and it's tools, was written in Version 9, feel free to merge layers as when needed, unless otherwise stated

You will need:

Scrap Kit 'Winter Blues' which you can download here

Tube of choice, I am using the work of Elias Chatzoudis and you will need alicence to use his work
Vanderlee ~ Snowflakes
Visman Sparkle

On to the tut

Open a new transparent image 600 x 600 and flood fill white > open element56 from the kit and paste as a new layer > image resize > 65% > all layers un checked

using your magic wand tool click inside the frame > modify expand > 5 > open paper3 and paste as a new layer > invert and hit delete > select none > drag the paper below the frame

resize the frame and paper > 80% > duplicate both > mirror both

use your deform tool to rotate both slightly at angles

use your magic wand tool and click inside both of the frames > modify > expand > 3

open element45 and paste as a new layer > invert and hit delete > lower opacity to around 75

open element52 > resize 25% > position in the frames > duplicate > use your deform tool to straighten them > when happy merge the trees visible and add a drop shadow of choice

using your freehand selection tool draw around each of the frames insides > effects > plug ins > vanderlee > snowflakes, settings:amount 20 > all other keep at default

hide the background layer > merge visible > drop shadow

open your tube of choice and paste as a new layer > position > drop shadow

activate the bottom layer > open paper13 and paste as a new layer > apply mask of choice > merge group

open element45 and paste as a new layer above the mask > using your eraser tool erase any that overhanging the bottom of the tag > duplicate > image > mirror

open element34 > resize 55% and paste as a new layer on the right hand side of the tag below your tube ( see mine ) duplicate > resize 80% and position other side > drop shadow both and merge together

open element13 > resize > 35% and paste at the bottom of the left frame to cover the rose stems > drop shadow

open element46 and paste as a new layer over the tag and place below the tube layer

activate te layer with the frames > duplicate twice and rename 1, 2 and 3

on layer one > visman > sparkle > settings of choice

layer 2 > same but change random seed

layer 3 > same but change random seed

add copyrights > your mark and any text you would like > resize if you wish

hide layers 2 and 3 and copy merged and paste into animation shop

hide layers 1 and 3 and copy merged and paste after current frame

hide ayers 1 and 2 and copy merged and paste after current frame

view animation and save as a .gif
If you have any questions or comments regarding this tutorial , please leave me a comment below or write a message
in my Chat Box, alternatively you can email me at clare_33@live.co.uk