Seal

Seal

Materials

 

   

In this tutorial, along with animation

You will learn how to create attractive background

Open a document 670 x 400 transparent

Paint with color # F5E7CA. Rename the layer Pool

Layers – New Raster Layer

Paint with color # 87BAFF. Rename the layer water

Stand on water layer

Effects – Plugins – Flaming Pear – Flood

With raster Deform Tool make the layer like this

(Use scale & free both)

Stand on Pool layer

Like previous make the layer like this

Layers – New Raster Layer

With rectangle selection tool draw 3 rectangles

on 3 top sides of the pool

Press Shift for multiple selections

Fill with color # 808080

Then reduce the opacity to 50%

Layers – New Raster Layer

Arrange – Send to Bottom

Copy & paste the Grass as new layer

Do not enlarge it. Copy & paste multiple times

Merge these layers ( Merge Down )

Copy & Paste the Bush above this layer

Duplicate & resize 95% and place

Do this another 3 times & both sides of the pool

Copy & paste the house as new layer & place it

Add a new raster layer above the Bush layers

but below the House layer

With rectangle selection tool draw a selection

Selection – Modify – Expand 5

Fill with color # 93634D

Effects – texture Effects – Texture

You will get this

Rename this layer wall

Copy & paste the tree as new layer below the wall layer

Stand in the pool layer

Selections – Select All

Selections - Float

Effects – Plugins – MuRa’s Seamless – Checks

Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen More

Again, Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen More

We have done the background

Now prepare the animation

Copy & paste the Seal as new layer at the top. Place it

Layers – Duplicate, Image – Mirror

Copy & paste 2 balls in 2 different layers

Layers – New Vector Layer

With Pen Tool draw 2 lines like the picture below

Add another vector layer

Keep your foreground color open

and close the background color

With Ellipse Shape Tool draw an ellipse

Stand on Ball 1, Duplicate several times

Image – Rotate – Fee Rotate – Right 20

Next layer rotate 40

Like this add 20 in each layer up to 340

20, 40, 60 …. 320, 340

Add the ball in another 5 layers

With Move Tool place like this

Do the same for Ball 2

Copy & paste Ball 1 several times again

With Move Tool place like this

Copy & paste Ball 2 several times again

With Move Tool place like this

You have to do the whole thing again

But with the different ball now

Because the balls have interchanged now

Close the balls & vector layers

Stand on the layer Seal 1 (Right side)

Layers – Duplicate

In this layer select the head

Right click in the selection – Copy

Right click in the blank space in PSP – Paste as new image

Minimize it. Hit Delete in keyboard

Selections – Select None

Do same to Seal 2 (Left side)

Now you have two Heads & two seals without head

Copy & past each head as new layer

Place those above headless seal

With Raster Deform Tool rotate a little like the picture

Stand on headless seal 1 layer

Select Clone Tool

Right click on the body then left click in the gap & fill it

Layers – Merge Down (Head & headless body)

Do the same to Seal 2

Delete the Vector Layers

We are done

Layers positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now animation

Keep the background open all the time

Open Seal 1, Seal 2, Ball 1 & Ball 2

Then open the rotation of ball 1 & 2

Both balls at the same time

Bottom to top then close the layers

Top to bottom one by one

In each move, go to

Edit – Copy Merged, go to Animation Shop

Paste After Current Frame

Open the upward movement of balls

Bottom to top then close from top to bottom

Open the movement of balls

Both ball at the same time

After that do the same thing again

with different ball

When the Seals throw the balls

Close Seal 1 & Seal 2 layers

and open Copy of Seal 1 & Seal 2

( The merged copy)

When the Seals receiving the balls

Close the Copy of Seal 1 & Seal 2

Open again Seal 1 & Seal 2

If you face any problem

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