Grandpa's Clock

Grandpa's Clock

Materials

 

Remember

The Clock is easy

Difficult part is accuracy

Only accuracy will make your clock beautiful

Without accuracy it will look shabby

Irrespective of labour you have given

So we shall specially work on accuracy part

Instead of 10.00 PM, I am showing you

11.00 PM to 12.00 AM

Open a document in PSP 400 x 400

Select Pen Tool and draw 2 lines crosswise

The cross section is the centre of the clock

This is very important

Pick Selection Tool - Circle

Draw a circle starting from cross section

Layers – New Raster Layer

Paint with color #AE9802

Selections – Modify – Contract - 20

Hit Delete in keyboard

Selections – Select None

Effects – 3D Effects – Inner Bevel

 Pick Magic Wand & click inside the circle

Selections – Modify – Expand - 2

Layers – New Raster Layer

Paint with a Gradient

Select any gradient by clicking the arrow

Then click on Edit, then click New

Write Clock in the pop-up box

First Click on 1 then click on 2, change color

Then click on 3, change locations

First nod 0, second 50 & third 100

When pop-up box arrive at the end, click Yes

Selections – Select None

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Foreground color black (000000)

With Pen Tool width 6, draw a line

Foreground color black (00FF00)

With Pen Tool width 3, draw a line above this

Merge these 2 layers (Merge Down)

With Paint Brush spot a dot on cross section of the hand

Rename this layer H1

Duplicate this layer 11 times. You have 12 hands

Duplicate from original, do not duplicate from duplicate

Stand on the first layer

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate – Left – 90

Stand on the 2nd layer

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate – Left – 60

3rd layer left 30

Keep the 4th layer as it is

Stand on the 5th layer

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate – Right – 30

All the time place it with Move Tool

Keeping the dot in the cross section

6th layer right 60

7th layer right 90

8th layer right 120

9th layer right 150

10th layer right 180

11th layer right 210

12th layer right 240

Open all the hands

Write 12, 3, 6 & 9

Roman or numerical as you like

Place them with move tool

Then with pen Tool like previous

Draw an hour line

 Duplicate 7 times

2nd layer rotate right 30

3rd layer rotate right 90

4th layer rotate right 120

5th layer rotate right 180

6th layer rotate right 210

7th layer rotate right 270

8th layer rotate right 300

With Move Tool place those at 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11

Close H1 layers

Stand on the layer below H1

Like previous draw a line here

Rename this layer H2

Duplicate 6 times

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate – Right – 5

2nd layer rotate right 10

3rd layer rotate right 15

4th layer rotate right 20

5th layer rotate right 25

6th layer rotate right 30

7th layer rotate right 35

Layers – New raster Layer

With paint brush draw a small circle in the centre

Then a green circle, a little smaller

Close all H2 layers

Layers – New raster Layer

With Selection Tool draw a smaller circle

Paint with red color

Selections – Modify – Contract - 1

Hit Delete in keyboard

Selections – Select None

Open all H1 layers

Layers – New raster Layer

Write H

Each time open a raster layer

And write an alphabet, like A, P, P, Y …..

But always in a separate layer

Place them with Move Tool

We are done

Now animation

Close all the hands & alphabets

Open these two only

Edit – copy Merged

Go to Animation Shop – Edit – Paste – Paste as New Animation

Close 1st H1 open 2nd H1

Edit – copy Merged

In AS – Edit – Paste – Paste as Current Frame

Close 2nd H1 open 9rd H1 also open 1st H2

Like this open H2 at alternate frames

At 12.00 o’clock

Close the hands & open alphabet layers one by one

Then close all alphabet layers

Then open all alphabet layers

This will give you blinking effect

Now fireworks

Open the firework in Animation Shop

You can see there are 11 frames

Therefore duplicate the last frame of the clock 11 times

Open firework frames

Edit – Select All, Edit – Copy

Open clock

Press CTRL and select last 11 frames

Right click on the 1st frame of these 11

Paste - Paste into Selected Frame

You can see the firework

in the tip of your mouse

move the mouse where you want to place it

then left click

it will come in all 11 frames

Timing

All Frames before alphabet = 100

Alphabets = 15

Fireworks = 10

Blinking = 20

First & last frames before alphabet = 300

Last frame of animation = 300

Creations

 Lisa T, Thank you