Christmas e-card

Christmas e-card



Save a picture of a cottage from google image search
Open the picture in PSP
Copy the picture (Edit – Copy), minimize the picture
Open a new document at PSP 670 x 400
(or as you like) in proportion with your picture
Selections – Select All
Edit – Paste – Paste into Selection
Selections – Select None


Pick Freehand Selection Tool – Point to Point
Select this portion


Right click on layer – Promote Selection to Layer
Selections – Select none
You will get this

Rename this layer ‘Tree’


Select Pen Tool and draw a line like this
A new Vector Layer will open, keep it


Select background layer
Copy & paste Santa several times as New Layer
In between background and Tree layers
View – Rulers
Enlarge the picture 250% by rolling the mouse
With Move Tool place the Santa
At 5 point gap in each layer


Select background layer
Freehand Selection Tool – Point to Point
Select this portion
Press Shift for multiple selections


Right click on layer – Promote Selection to Layer
Selections – Select none
Close the background, you will get this


Foreground color FFFF00
Select Brush Tool, Width = 2
Layers – New Raster Layer
Click 4 times like this
For the lower portion

Brush Tool Width = 1


Layers – New Raster Layer
Again click 4 times like this

Continue like this, but each time
in a new raster layer

Select background layer
Freehand Selection Tool – Point to Point
Select this portion


Right click on layer – Promote Selection to Layer
Selections – Select none
Close the background, you will get this


Foreground color FF0000
Select Brush Tool, Width = 2
Layers – New Raster Layer
Click 4 times like previous


Continue like this, but each time
in a new raster layer

Same way select this portion


Right click on layer – Promote Selection to Layer
Selections – Select none
Close the background, you will get this
Foreground color 00FF00
Select Brush Tool, Width = 2
Layers – New Raster Layer
Click 4 times like previous


Continue like this, but each time
in a new raster layer
Set background color FF6101, close foreground
Write ‘Merry Christmas’
 I used Xenippa font, available at dafont.com

Now animation
Select text ‘Merry Christmas’ layer
Edit – Copy
Do to Animation Shop
Edit – Paste – Paste as New Animation

Right click on frame – Insert Image Effect


From the drop down list select Rotate Colors
In this settings


You will get 21 frames, minimize it
Go to PSP
Close all layers except background & tree layers
Open & close Santa one by one
When Santa reach at the top of the cottage
Open yellow layers one by one simultaneously
Then open red, then green
Each time Edit – Copy Merged
In Animation Shop – Paste After Current Frame
When you reached in the last frame


Duplicate this frame 21 times
Right click in the last frame – Duplicate
Open the animation text ‘Merry Christmas’
Which we have minimized earlier
Edit – Select All
Edit – Copy
Again minimize text ‘Merry Christmas’
We are in the main animation now
Press CTRL and select last 21 frames
Right click in the first frame of these 21 frames
Paste – Into Selected Frame
You can see the text ‘Merry Christmas’
In the tip of your mouse
Select the place where you like to paste it
Then left click once
You can see the text in all 21 frames in different colors
Timing – by default 10
(you don’t have to do anything)
We are done

3 comments:

  1. Très beau tutoriel .

    Joyeux anniversaire .

    Hugs

    Chéryl

    http://graphismelesangesden.forumactif.org/t2582-joyeux-sudhanya83

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