Church Lighting 2

Church Lighting 2

Save a picture of a church 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 500

File - New

(or as you like) in proportion with your picture

Selections – Select All

Edit – Paste – Paste into Selection

Selections – Select None

View – Rulers

Enlarge the picture 500% by rolling the mouse

Select Pen Tool

Set Foreground color to dark red

Draw lines at 10 points gap as shown in the picture

Lines will come in a Vector Layer

Do not worry, keep it like that

Set foreground color to white (FFFFFF)

Select Paint Brush size 4

Like previous tutorial

Layers – New Raster Layer

Click in the side of the Church several times along the line

Close the vector layer by clicking on the eye

Set foreground color to red (FF0000)

Layers – New Raster Layer

With Brush click on first 3 points at the top

On both sides

Layers – New Raster Layer

With Brush click on next 3 points at the top

On both sides

Like this open a raster layer and

Click 3 points downwards

Just above the white point

Until you reach at the bottom of the Church

Rename these layers R1, R2 …….

Close the red layers

Set foreground color to green (00FF00)

Like previous click 3 points downwards

Just above the white point

Until you reach at the bottom of the Church

Rename these layers G1, G2 …….

Close the green layers

Set foreground color to yellow (FFFF00)

Like previous click 3 points downwards

Just above the white point

Until you reach at the bottom of the Church

Like Previous, use Pen Tool and

draw lines on the door

New Raster Layer and click white points

Close the vector layer

Layers – New Raster Layer

Click first 3 points with red

New Raster layer, then next 3 points

Like this do green and yellow

We are done

Now animation

Close all layers except background (The Church)

For the first frame door will be like this

Open the layers by trial

Also open the first red layer (R1)

Edit – Copy Merged

Go to Animation Shop

Edit – Paste – Paste as New Animation

Then close and open R2, R3, R4 …

also the layer above the open layer on the door

Both the side & door at the same time

When you reach R4, open G1

When you reach G4, open Y1

All the time

In PSP, Edit – Copy Merged

In Animation Shop, Edit – Paste – Paste After Current Frame

Timing by default 10

You don’t have to anything

Again color and Church is your choice

You don’t have to do like me

If you are not comfortable with 3 colors

Do it with 1 color

It will also look good

If you have any problem

Send me an e-mail

My e-mail address is in the home page