4TH OF JULY

This tutorial was written by me on 30th June 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:
Template68 by Punky Butts which you can get here
tube of choice, I am using the work of Elias Chatzoudis, you will need a licence to use his work

Scrap Kit 'Patriotic Blog train' by Monti which you can download here

 ( click the 'scrap kit' link on the left to go to them )

Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow

Eye Candy 4000 - HSB Noise

Open the template and duplicate and close the original ~ delete the copyright layer ~ image - canvas size 600x600 ( crop and resize later )
highlight lg square frame ~ float ~ defloat ~ open paper8 and paste as a new layer ~ invert and delete ~ delete the original layer
highlight large square ~ float ~ defloat ~ open paper stars red ~ paste as a new layer ~ invert and hit delete ~ delete the original layer

merge down left square and right square ~ float ~ defloat ~ open paper19 and paste as a new layer ~ invert and hit delete ~ delete original layer
merge down left and right strip ~ float ~ defloat ~ open paper20 ~ paste as a new layer ~ invert and hit delete ~ delete the original layer
click on centre square ~ float ~ defloat ~ open paper19 ~ paste as a new layer ~ invert and hit delete and delete the original layer

select 2 colours from your tube and select the gradient foreground/background with the following settings: angle-36 / repeats-2 / invert checked
click on star right ~ float ~ defloat ~ add a new layer ~ flood fill ~ delete original
repeat with the star left

merge down the 2 stars together and add a small black glow using eye candy 5 impact
add the same glow to the large red rectangle
highlight top strip ~ float ~ defloat ~ open paper20 and paste as a new layer ~ invert and hit delete ~ delete the original layer and repeat with the bottom strip
add the same glow to both strips

click on the top stars ~ add noise: uniform / 100 / monochrome checked ~ repeat with the bottom stars and the 2 stars in the middle
hightlight all american girl and add the gradient glow as before
open tube and copy and paste as a new layer and position ~ drop shadow
highlight the stars layer that we added the gradient glow to and duplicate twice and name them 1, 2 and 3

click on 1 and go to effects / eye candy 4000 / hsb noise ~ factory settings but change hue variation to 0 ~ ok
click on 2 and repeat but hit random seed once
click on 3 and repeat but hit random seed once
open puddleribbon20 and paste as a new layer ~ resize 85% ~ drop shadow
open starplain and paste as a new layer ~ resize 55% and position over the hsb stars we just made ~ duplicate ~ image ~ mirror

crop around the tag ~ resize 85% all layers ~ add the copyrights and your mark
hide layer 2 and 3 and copy merged and paste into animation shop
hide 1 and 3 and copy merged and paste into animation shop after current frame
hide 1 and 2 and copy merged and paste into animation shop 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