To April Shower Friends
Animation
Tutorial
No April Rain Showers
Can Part Theses
To Fair Weather
Friends They Make The Sunshine
No Matter What An
April Day May Bring
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Here is what you will need
If you don't have
The Paint Shop Pro Program Here is where you can
Find it = Click here
This Tutorial was done in PSP 7 but I am sure
It will work fine for you with PSP8
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A Special Note
Please respect the time and
effort that I have put into writing this tutorial
By not copying, in whole or any part,
To any other web site, list or groups
And or claiming it as your own. If you belong to
a Graphics Group
And you think your members may be interested in
doing this tutorial.
I would ask that you send me an email to let me
knew, before providing
A link to this site I would be thrilled with
your Interest,
And Knowing who you Are
Thank you
©CopyrightedGraphicsByToni2004
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Here are the Selections
Files you will Need
Download Selections Files=Click
Here
You will Put these Files in your Selections
Folder
In Your PSP
Here are the Imagine Files you will Need
Download Image Files=Click
Here
You will Put these Files in your Image Folder
In Your PSP
Here is The Animation Rain
Drops Un-Zip and Put
This In Your Animation
Folder In Animation Work Shop
Download Animation File=Click Here
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Let's Get Started
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Open a New Canvas
348x369x16million
Now the Big Part SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!
If you can't remember Like I do All the time
Go to your Preference down on your File at top
Menu and go to *AUTO SAVE*
I have mine set to 5
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With Any of the Colors I will be using if you
would
Like a Pattern a Different use of Colors
Please do so What I give you is
Just a Guide
It's All up to you How you want
To See it Decorated just have Fun with it
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Note From Toni
* Here
I will do something just a bit different we will
do
The Image of theses two
little friends and then we will
Animate it like I have in
the larger Image on this Page
I have already done a lot
of the work with Eye-Candy Fur
For People that may Not
have this Plug-in Filter and
For People who Have also
never made anything for or to
Be Animated So there will
be a lot of Copy and paste in
To Rush this along a bit
and some very Basic Bevels so
All will Not go Crazy in
doing this Tutorial
And this is Also My Lazy
Crazy way of Animating
So let's Make it Rain with
a Smile =0)
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1.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Background Scenery* Get your
Scenery Background
From the image File I sent
you
And Copy and Paste it Into
Selections
If you have another Scene You
would like to Use here
Just Copy and paste that Into
the Selection I have
Now Deselect=rename=*Scenery*
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2.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Umbrella Post* Flood Fill
with this Color #000000 which
Is Black Now go to Outer Bevel
and Use theses settings
Deselect=rename=*Umbrella
Post*
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3.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Kitten Fur Left* Now go to
your image file and get the
Kitten Fur I have in there And
Copy and Paste
Into Selections
Deselect=Rename=*Kitten Fur
Left*
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4.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Kitten Fur Head Left*Now go
to your image file
And get this Fur for Head Left
And Copy and Paste Into
Selections
Deselect=rename=*Kitten Head
Fur Left*
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5.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Kitten Face Features* Get the
Kittens Face Features
And Copy and Paste them Into
Selections
Deselect=rename=*Kittens Face
Features*
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6.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Boot Left* Flood Fill with
this Color #FFFF00
And Use theses Settings
Now go to Selection to
/Invert/
Then go to Effects 3-D / Drop
Shadow
And Use theses Settings
0 / 0 / Blur 3 / 100% Opacity
/ Color in Color Box
Will Be # 404040
Deselect=rename=*Boot Left*
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7.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Sole On Boot Left* Flood Fill
with this Color #0F4283
Now Go to Effects /Textures
/Textures Blinds /
And Use theses Settings Color
in Color Box is #000000
Which is Black
Deselect=rename=*Sole On Boot
Left*
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8.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Umbrella Shadow* Flood Fill
with this Color #000000
Deselect=rename=*Umbrella
Shadow*
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9.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Umbrella* Flood Fill with
this Color #0F4283
Go to Effects 3-D=Inner Bevel
and Use theses Settings
Deselect=rename=*Umbrella*
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10.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Boot Right* Flood Fill with
this Color #FFFF00
Now go to Effects 3D / and Use
these Settings
Now go to Selection to
/Invert/
Then go to Effects 3-D / Drop
Shadow
And Use theses Settings
0 / 0 / Blur 3 / 100% Opacity
/ Color in Color Box
Will Be # 404040
Now Deselect=rename=*Boot
Right*
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11.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Buckles on Boot Left* Go to
the Image File I sent you
And get Your Buckles for Left
Boot
And Copy and Paste them Into
Selections
Deselect=rename=*Buckles On
Boot Left*
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12.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Paws Left* Go to the Image
File and get the
Kitten Paws Left and Copy and
Paste them Into Selection
Deselect=rename=*Paws Left*
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13.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Sole On Boot Right* Flood
Fill with this Color #0F4283
Now Go to Effects /Textures
/Textures Blinds /
And Use theses Settings Color
in Color Box is #000000
Which is Black
Deselect=rename=*Sole on Boot
Right*
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14.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Buckles On Boot Right* Now
get the Buckles for the Right Boot I sent you
from The image file
Now Copy and Paste =Into
Selection
Deselect=rename=*Buckles On
Boot Right*
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15.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Yorkie Fur Right* Now get the
Yorkie Fur Right
Image I sent you from The
image file
Now Copy and Paste =Into
Selection
Deselect=rename=*Yorkie Fur
Right*
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16.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Yorkie Head Fur Right* Now
get the Yorkie Head
Fur Right Image I sent you
from The image file
Now Copy and Paste =Into
Selection
Deselect=rename=*Yorkie Head
Fur*
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17.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Yorkie Face Features* Now get
the Yorkie Face Features from
Image File I sent you and
Copy and Paste Them Into
Selections
Deselect=rename=*Yorkie Face
Features*
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18.)Add a New Raster Layer =Go
to Selection=Load from disk
*Decorations On Umbrella* Now
get the Decorations for the Umbrella from Image
File I sent you and
Copy and Paste Them Into
Selections
Deselect=rename=*Decorations
On Umbrella*
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All Done!! Great Job
=0)
Remember You
Don't have to Keep any of these Color's that I
used
If you want to change a color or Flood Fill with
a Pattern
Go back to that Layer and re load that .sels
from
Disk for that
And Flood fill with Pattern or Color Also Don't
Merge Your
Little Friends till you are sure where you would
Like
Things to Go Like if you
want to add another Background
On the Layer we
Started with Like a
Different Color or Scene
If you are Happy =0)
And you are done you can
Now Merge / Merge Invisible
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Don't Go Anywhere We are
Now Going to Animate
My Lazy Crazy Way =0)
* ANIMATION
PART *
Now we Will Leave
PSP Open get rid of any Images
You have Open from
the PSP Desktop You Will
Now Just have Your
Little Friends on the Screen
And Your Layer
Palette that Now Reads Merged
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1.) Now Click On
the Very Top of Your Image and
Now Go to Edit
and to Copy
Up on the Top in
your Tool Bar you will
Now Click and Open
Your
Animation Work
Shop
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2.)When Animation
Work Shop Opens You Will Now
Go to Edit and
PASTE AS NEW ANIMATION
You will Now Have
your Little Friends in a Frame
All surround By a
High-light of Blue
Easy so Far =0)
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3.) Now Right
Click on your Image when the Little
Window Opens Look
on there For DUPLICATE
It will Also say
After Current Frame Now you will
Have two Frames in
front of you Now
Do this Again
On the Second
Frame like we Just did with the First
Frame you will
keep doing this till you
Have a Total Of 6
Frames All Together
Now it is Really
Raining Cats and Dog's
lolol
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4.) Now Go Back to
the First Frame and Click on it
So that it is the
Only One with the Blue High-lights
Around it you can
Now Minimized
Your Little
Friends
To the bottom in
your Animation Work Shop
Right Now Just so
they are out
Of the way for a
second
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5.) Now Go to Your
Tool Bar In Animation Work Shop
And Open your
Animation Brower Folder
And Look For the *
Ani-TRD.gif *
I sent you in the
Zip Folder Click on that and
It Should I hope,
I hope, =0)
Open in Animation
Work Shop
With 6
Frames in Front of You
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6.) Now Click on
the First Frame of the Rain Drops
It will Now be
High-lighted Go to Edit and Go down
The Menu there to
where it says SELECT ALL
Now All the 6
Frames are High-lighted in Blue
Then go Right Back
to Edit to Copy
Now Maximize Your
Little Friends and You will
Be On the First
Frame Click
On the Top of that
Frame
Now go to Edit go
to Select All so All theses 6 frames
High-lighted in
Blue Now you will Go to Edit Again
And You will Go to
Paste But before you
Hit the Image
Make sure you line
it Up Like this
Now Go for it Hit it
BAM! BAM! lol
All your Rain Drops
Are Now All in their Frames
All in were they are
Suppose to Be No Jiggles
Now Wiggles No copying three
Or Four Images to send
through the Wizard =0)
Now you can go to To View
Animations so you can see
If All is Ok * Don't
worry it will be fast *
Then we want it right now
We will set the frames Up
for speed
This is Just so you can see
if it is Ok If it is Not lined Up
Right for you then you can
Just go to Edit and Un-do it
Then Just Click on your
Rain Drops again and go to Select All
And then to Copy and then
Back to Your Little Friend
And do The Same with the
Select All and Paste the Rain Drops
Back again Like we did at
the start of this tutorial
Now All is well and you are
Happy
You will Click on the first
Frame and Go to Edit Select All
Again then right Click on
the Image and go to
FRAME PROPERTIES and
Now set your Speed to
* 20 * It will go in all
the frames at Once
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That's it Now you can
Resize your Image you can do this Also
Buy going to Edit and
Select All and then to Image and
Resizing it so All your
Frames will Resize at the same time
Now go to *Save As* give
it a Name
And The Wizard will Now
Optimized it from here
Your Done =0)
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Just some other things you
can try
This is the way I do All My
Lazy Crazy Animations
The One Silly reason for
doing it this way it that
You have Full Control
Say Now before I Finish it
I wanted to Add a walking Duck
I would Just get a walking
Duck.gif
As Long as it has 6 Frames
I can use it in this
Animation I would Open it select All
Then Go To Select All and
Copy the duck
To My Little Friends and
Select All and Paste the Duck
In the First Frame Just
like we did the Rain Drops
Now My Little Walking Duck
would be in All the frames too
All at once you can keep
adding and adding like this If you
Don't Like something you
can take it Out
Right away by going To Edit
and Undo
See if you do it the other
way In PSP and Duplicate your
Images in three or four or
what ever it would be
Sent through The Wizard and
you would not be able
To Add any other Images if
you like to Play with
Animations Like I do =0)
People that Know me Know I
just Love doing
Multi-Animations
And this is the Basic On
How its Done
After you save this and you
have Clicked it Off go to to
Your Tool Bar to Edit and
Clear out your Cache or you
Will get A message you
used a lot of Memory Up
Ok Close your Animation
Work Shop and Now you will Have
Your PSP Reopen and Now you
can save your Little Friends
Image and use them again or
Go to Edit and Undo Your
Merge So All your Layers
will reopen and you can take the
Background Layer Off so Now
you will Have them just on a
Canvas and can save them in
PSP that way and maybe later
Resize them and Use them
for a Tag
Or something just another
Idea
That's It Great Job =0)
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If
for any reason I left something out of a file
Or you are having a problem with something
Please Feel free to E-MAIL me
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Please do not send this Tutorial in e-mail
*April Shower Friends*
When it is done it will be yours
But do not Call it your own
Or Copy, Reproduce, Republish plus add
It to any Collection
You may
place your name on it
But
can
NOT
use a copyright symbol.
The designs at my web-site and
All my
Graphics Images are mine and have already
Been
Copyrighted to me
Without
*My Permission*
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GraphicsByToni
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