Church Lighting 1

Church Lighting 1

Go to Google Image Search

Write ‘Church at Night’

Save a picture which you want to animate

Open the picture in PSP

Copy the picture (Edit – Copy), minimize the picture

Open a new document at PSP 670 x 492

File - New

(or as you like) in proportion with your picture

Selections – Select All

Edit – Paste – Paste into Selection

Selections – Select None

Enlarge the picture 400% with the roller of the mouse

Select Brush Tool; click the little arrow shown in red

Set the Brush as shown

Set the Foreground color to red (FF0000)

Layers – New Raster Layer

Click the mouse several times along the line

you want to illuminate

Change the Foreground color to green (00FF00)

Layers – New Raster Layer

Click above the red spot

Close the layer by clicking the eye

Change the Foreground color to yellow (FFFF00)

Layers – New Raster Layer

Click above the red spot

Change the Foreground color to indigo (00FFFF)

Layers – New Raster Layer

Like previous click above the red spot

We are done

Now animation

Close all layers except background

which is at the bottom

Keep the background layer open all the time

Open the layer with red spot

Edit – Copy merged

Go to Animation Shop

Edit – Paste – Paste as New Animation

Close the red layer, open the green

Edit – Copy merged

Go to Animation Shop

Edit – Paste – Paste After Current Frame

Close the green layer, open the yellow

Edit – Copy merged

Go to Animation Shop

Edit – Paste – Paste After Current Frame

Close the yellow layer, open the indigo

Edit – Copy merged

Go to Animation Shop

Edit – Paste – Paste After Current Frame

Edit – Select All

Right click in any frame

Frame Properties

In the pop-up box give 50

Save as GIF

If you do not know how to save

See my first tutorial

This is only an indicator

You may choose your own color and timing