Level Crossing

Level Crossing

Materials

  

Open a new document in PSP 670 x 450 transparent

Selections – Select All

Crop your background, right click in the selection

Paste – Paste into Selection

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 Layers – New Vector Layer

Background color #808080. Close Foreground color

With Rectangle Shape Tool draw a rectangle

Like the stones in the animation

 Right click on layer – Convert to raster layer

Effects – Texture Effects – Texture – Cork

Use these settings

You will get this

Draw a Rail Line in a different layer

If you do not know how to draw Rail Line

and how to set multiple lines

See my Diesel Locomotive tutorial

Or you can use my line

Duplicate the layer

With Raster Deform Tool press little inwards

and place above the first line

Add a vector layer below the line

Background color # 3C3C3C

With Rectangle Shape Tool, draw a vertical rectangle

Adjust it with Raster Deform Tool – Perspective

 Add another Vector Layer below road layer

Same way create road side soil

Use Eraser Tool to remove excess portion of line

With pen tool draw 4 posts for Level Crossing

Foreground color # FFF001

Set the pen tool as Solid

Draw a line

Change foreground color to # 000000

With brush draw like this

 Effects – 3D effects – Inner Bevel

Place it in the front post

Layer duplicate, resize

Place it in the back post

Rename LC1 & LC2

 Select LC1, duplicate 15 times

Stand on first copy

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate

Like this add 3 in each layer, 6, 9, 12 … 42, 45

Like this do LC2 also

Copy & paste the signal

Duplicate two times

Use Paint Brush for color Red & Yellow

Copy & paste The Train as new layer

Duplicate several times

In each layer move the train a little right

If you have problem

See my Diesel Locomotive tutorial

Now Animation

Keep these layers open all the time

Sky, Background, Road, Lines, LC Posts

Close & open the layers in a combination

See the animation and guess, it is easy

Edit – Copy Merged

Paste in Animation Shop after current frame