Tutorial created with PSP9 and Animation Shop

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~TERMS OF USE ~
Thanks for reading.

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SUPPLIES in zip
Tube "Patrytubed_Dedicato_a_te "
Mask "ww_edgemask33"(Install in masks folder of PSP)
Font "Key West "

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1.-FILE NEW Transparent Raster 500x370px

2.-Set your color palette with FOREGROUND GRADIENT "Duotone brown"

3.-LAYERS-->ADD NEW LAYER and FLOOD FILL with color #000000

4.-MENU LAYERS-->LOAD/SAVE MASK-->LOAD MASK from disk,
and select "ww-edgemask33"

5.-This is how it look our Layer Palette
Right Click with your mouse overthe Top Group Raster
MERGE-->MERGED GROUP

6.-CHANGE BLEND MODE TO BURN

7.-MENU EFFECTS-->DISTORSION EFFECTS -->WIND

8.-And Low the Opacity of this layer to 88%
MERGE-->MERGE VISIBLE

9.-Set the color palette to foreground and background color #000000

10.-Select the Preset Shape RECTANGLE
Vector Mode

11.-And we draw a rectangle like this

12.-In the layer palette convert VECTOR TO RASTER LAYER

13.-MENU EFFECTS-->3D EFFECTS-->DROP SHADOW

14.-MENU EFFECTS-->DISTORSION EFFECTS-->WIND

15.-OPEN TUBE "Patrytubes_Dedicato_a _te"
COPY AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER

16.-IMAGEN-->RESIZE at 55%.

17.-LAYERS-->DUPLICATE the Tube layer

18.-Select the original "tube layer" and
MENU EFFECTS-->TEXTURE EFFECTS-->MOSAIC ANTIQUE

19.-Low the OPACITY of this layer to 60%

20-Select "Copy of tube" Layer (the one on top)
EFFECTS-->DROP SHAWDOW

18.-This is what we have until now

19.-LAYER -->MERGE VISIBLE

LAYERS-->ADD NEW LAYER

20.-Select Brush tool --> "ivice_whervertexto"
Color FOREGROUND #faedc0
VECTOR MODE

And Apply the brush

21.-MENU ADJUST-->SHARPEN-->SHARPEN MORE

22.-In the Color Palette-->LOCK Background color

23.-Select PRESET SHAPE -->Rectangle-->VECTOR MODE
To draw little squares in the area above the text

24.-LAYER PALETTE convert Vector to Raster layer.

25.- MERGE-->MERGE VISIBLE.

26.-Select CROP Tool and clip the extra black strip
that doesn't look so good in the top of the tag.

27.- IMAGEN-->ADD BORDER--> 3 pixels-->color #3b2811

28.-In the Color palete UNLOCK the visibility of Background color

29.-Set BACKGROUND color to Gradient "Duotone Brown"
FOREGROUND COLOR #faedc0

 

30.-TEXT TOOL -->write your signature in vertical arrangment
FONT kEY WEST, VECTOR MODE,STROKE WIDE 1
SIZE 45 or it will depend in how long your text is.
Use the vectors to adjust the text into a good size and position.

 

31.- MENU EFFECTS-->DROP SHADOW
But COLOR #000000

 

32.-In the Color palette LOCK the BACKGROUND COLOR

33.-PRESET SHAPES-->RECTANGLE
And we draw a rectangle around our signature

34.-LOCK THE VISIBILITY of the BACKGROUND Layer
Activate rectangle Layer (the layer on top)
MERGE -->MERGE DOWN

Now will have 2 layers one with the Tag and the other one with the text.

27.-Save this file in Animation Shop Format, name it "TEXT"

28.-LOCK THE VISIBILITY of this text layer
UNLOCK the layer background
and save it too as Animation shop file , name it "TAG"

 

 

OPEN ANIMATION SHOP

1.-Open "Text" and "Tag" files
Select "text" file and apply
MENU EFFECTS-->INSERT IMAGEN EFFECTS-->UNDERWATER

CLICK CUSTOMIZE and put his settings

CLICK OK-->OK

2.-Will end up with a 30 frames animation

 

3.-MENU EDIT-->SELECT ALL
MENU ANIMATION--->CULL ANIMATION
and follow this steps
Remove 1 frame every 6 frames,

MENU ANIMATION--->CULL ANIMATION
Remove 1 frame every 5 frames

MENU ANIMATION--->CULL ANIMATION
Remove 1 frame every 4 frames

Until our animation had 15 frames only

4.-Activate "Tag" and DUPLICATE until we get 15 frames also

5.-Activate "text animado"
MENU EDIT-->SELECT ALL
MENU EDIT-->COPY

6.-Activate "tag"
MENU EDIT-->SELECT ALL
MENU EDIT-->PASTE INTO SELECTED FRAME

Frame properties in 5
And we are done!!

Created May2006

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