ELFEY CHRISTMAS

THIS TUTORIAL WAS WRITTEN BY ME ON DECEMBER 19TH 2013
IT ASSUMES YOU HAVE WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF PSP AND ANIMATION SHOP
ANY RESEMBLENCE TO ANY OTHER TUTORIAL IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL
THIS WAS MADE USING VERSION 9 OF PSP BUT CAN BE DONE IN OTHERS

YOU WILL NEED:

AN EXCLUSIVE KIT BY ME CALLED 'TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS' WHICH YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FROM MY GROUP HERE

TUBE OF CHOICE, I AM USING THE WORK OF JDD DESIGNS FROM MY GROUP BRITSYNIN, YOU CAN SEE ALL HER FABULOUS WORK HERE

ON TO THE TUTORIAL:

OPEN A NEW TRANSPARENT IMAGE800X600 ( RESIZE LATER) AND FLOOD FILL WHITE

OPEN FRAME01 AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - RESIZE 75%

USE YOUR RECTANGLE SELECTION TOOL AND DRAW AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME - OPEN PAPER13 AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - INVERT AND HIT DELETE

USE YOUR SELECTION TOOL AND DRAW AROUND THE FIRST SQUARE OF THE FRAME - OPEN TUBE OF CHOICE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - RESIZE IF NEEDED - INVERT AND DELETE - DRAG BELOW THE FRAME LAYER

REPEAT WITH THE OTHER 2 FRAMES

MERGE VISIBLE THE TUBES AND CHANGE BLEND MODE TO MULTIPLY

MERGE VISIBLE ALL FRAME LAYERS

OPEN MAIN TUBE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER AND POSITION

OPEN MERRY CHRISTMAS01 AND RESIZE 75% AND POSITION ( SEE MINE ) - ADD DROP SHADOW

OPN CANDLE01 AND RESIZE 75% TWICE AND POSITION TO THE RIGHT - ADD DROP SHADOW

OPEN LIGHTS AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER DRAG BELOW THE ELEMENTS BUT ABOVE THE FRAME

USE THE ERASER TOOL TO ERASE ANY OVERHANG

RENAME THIS LAYER LIGHTS AND DUPLICATE 6 TIMES, RENAME THEM LIGHTS 01,02,03,04,05,06,07

HIGHLIGHT 01 AND USING YOUR FREEHAND SELECTION TOOL DRAW AROUND THE FIRST LIGHT

ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST

SELECT NONE

REPEAT THE ABOVE STEPS WITH THE OTHER LIGHTS, MAKING SURE YOU CLICK ON EACH SEPERATE LAYER 2,3,4,5,6 ETC

CROP AROUND THE TAG

ADD ANY TEXT YOU WANT AND THE COPYRIGHTS

ON TO THE ANIMATION:

HIDE LAYERS 1,2,3,4,5,6 AND COPY MERGED AND PASTE INTO ANIMATION SHOP AS A NEW ANIMATION

GO BACK TO PSP

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE 2,3,4,5,6,7

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE 1,3,4,5,6,7

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE1,2,4,5,6,7

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE 1,2,3,5,6,7

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE 1,2,3,4,6,7

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE 1,2,3,4,5,7

UNHIDE ALL LAYERS AND HIDE 1,2,3,4,5,6

VIEW ANIMATION AND SAVE AS A .GIF

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TUTORIAL PLS LEAVE A MESSAGE IN THE CHAT
BOX OR EMAIL ME AT clare_33@live.co.uk

THANKS AND ENJOY!