Sliding Door

Tube Rail Kolkata

Sliding Door

Those who are familiar with animation

will know how to open a door

by adding layers

but here I shall show you how to do it

using a real picture with it's components

Material

Open the compartment in PSP

Window – Duplicate. Minimize the original

We shall work on duplicate

Selection Tool – Rectangle, Select the door

Copy – Paste as new image

Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize

Name it Back Door & minimize it

Now on main compartment

Press shift and select all 3 doors

Hit delete in your keyboard

Selections - Select None
With Magic Wand select the first door

Layers – New Raster layer

Copy the Back door & paste into selection

Do it 3 times for 3 doors. Merge these 3 layers

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Copy these 2 layers above original compartment

First the compartment without door

Then the Back Doors

Open the original door

With Rectangle Selection Tool

Select left & right side door separately

Paste as new image, minimize

Rename Door 1 & Door 2

Stand in the bottom layer at original Compartment

Copy & paste the left & right doors as new layer

Adjust with move tool

Then merged down these 2 layers

Do it 5 times or as you like

But always in a separate layer

Rename these layers D1, D2 … D5

We are done

If you want a person to appear standing

inside the train

paste him as new layer above the layer

Back Door. Below D1

(See the real animation)

Close D1 to D5 layers

Open D1, Edit – Copy Merged

Animation Shop – Paste as new Animation

PSP, close D1, open D2

AS, paste after current frame

Do like this

D1, D2, D3, D4, D5

Then

D5, D4, D3, D2, D1

AS, Edit – Select All

Right click on any frame

Frame Properties = 15