This tutorial was written by me on January 21st 2010
it assumes you have knowledge of psp and animation shop and it's tools
was written in version 9
you will need:
'Lost my heart' scrap by Bea, which can be purchased at Bea Creations
my supplies here
open a new transparent image 600 x 600 and flood fill white
open frame01 and paste as a new layer
select your magic wand tool and click inside > expand x 3
open paper01 and paste as a new layer > invert and hit delete on your keyboard
drag below the frame layer
again click inside the frame > expand x 3
open one of the posers and paste as a new layer > invert and hit delete
change the blend mode to hard light and lower the opacity to around 50
merge visible and add a drop shadow of choice
open frame05 and paste as a new layer > resize 85%
click inside this frame using your magic wand > expand x 3
open paper16 and paste as a new layer > invert and delete
drag paper below the frame
merge visible these 2 layers and drag below the rectangle frame
open glitter01 and paste as a new layer > duplicate > mirror > merge together and drag below
all layers
open heart05 and paste as a new layer > add drop shadow and position
open the other poser and paste as a new layer > drop shadow
open flower11 and paste as a new layer > mirror > resize 45% > duplicate
using your eraser tool, remove one of the stems > merge together and add a drop shadow
open deco01 and paste as a new layer and position > resize 45% > drop shadow
hide the glitter, background and round frame > merge visible
hide merged layer and frame layer > merge visible
you should now have 3 layers - 1. tube and elements 2. circle frame 3. background
add all copyrights and any text you would like onto the tube / element layer
image > resize > 80% all layers
Open the sparkle supplied > resize 35%
click on the circle frame and paste the sparkle as a new selection on one of the gems within the circle > select none
copy merged into animation shop
go back to psp and undo to before you added sparkle, and repeat the above steps on the next gem
copy merged and paste after current frame in animation shop
repeat the above steps until you have gone around the frame with the sparkle filling the gems
go back to animation shop > view animation and save as a .gif
open the sparkle tube supplied
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