Star Wars

Star Wars

Materials

 

Open a new document in PSP 640 x 450 transparent

Effects – Plugins – Flaming Pear - Glitterato

Copy & paste the Tie-Fighter as new layer

Duplicate it 2 times (Layers – Duplicate)

Merge these 3 layers

Layers – Merge – Merge Down, again Merge Down

Duplicate the layer 8 times, total 9 layers

Rename these layers S1 to S9

Add a vector layer at the top

Layers – New Vector layer

With Pen Tool draw a line for adjustment

With Move tool place the Tie Fighters

A little left in each layer

Place them like this

Copy & paste the Tie-Fighters in Animation Shop

Effects – Insert Image Transition – Saturation Wipe

Use This Settings

You will get 33 frames

Select frame no. 23. Edit - Copy

Back to PSP. Paste as new layer above S9

With Move Tool place it above previous Tie-Fighter

Try to place as accurate as possible

Like this copy & paste frame 24 & 25

Rename these layers S10, S11 & S12

Layers – New Vector layer

Foreground color #0000FF

Use Pen Tool draw 3 lines, with this setting

Draw like this

Right click on layer – Convert to Raster Layer

Duplicate the layer 10 times, total 11 layers

Rename these layers L1 to L11

Pick Eraser Tool, select L1 layer

Erase all dashes except first 3 dashes

Select L2 layer; Erase all dashes except second 3 dashes

Like this remove dashes from L3 to L11

keeping only 1 set of dashes

Copy & paste the Spaceship1 as new layer

Duplicate 8 times. Rename these layers U1 to U9

With Move Tool place it a little right in each layer

Layer – New Vector Layer

Foreground color #00FFFF

With Pen Tool draw 3 lines

Right click on layer – Convert to Raster Layer

Rename this layer I1

Copy & paste Spaceship2 as new layer

Duplicate 15 times. Rename these layers M1 to M16

With Move Tool place it a little left in each layer

Layer – New Vector Layer

With Pen Tool draw a line

Right click on layer – Convert to Raster Layer

Rename this layer I2

Select M1 layer. Duplicate another 8 times

Rename these layers A1 to A8

Select A1 layer. Image – Rotate – Free Rotate – Right 5

Like this add 5 in each layer

A2=10, A3=15 … A8=40

Layer – New Vector Layer

Foreground color #FF0000

With Pen Tool draw 2 lines

Right click on layer – Convert to Raster Layer

Rename this layer R1

Copy & paste Spaceship2 several times again

With Move Tool place them like this

Copy & paste the Spaceship1 in Animation Shop

Effects – Insert Image Transition – Dissolve

Use This Settings

You will get 32 frames

Edit – Select All. Minimize & keep it in Animation Shop

We are done.

Now animation

Delete vector layers (the red lines)

Keep the sky layer open, close all other layers

Open S1 layer, Edit – Copy merged

Paste in Animation Shop as new animation

Close S1 open S2, then S3. Edit – Copy Merged

In AS paste after current frame

Open S4 & U1. Do like this S5 & U2 … S9 & U6

Keep S9 open. Open U7, U8 & U9 one by one

Keep S9 & U9 open, open L1 to L11 one by one

Repeat this step once more

Now I am showing you the combination of layers

which you should open at a time

S9,U9, I1 – S9,U9 – S9,U9, I1 – S9,U9 – S10, U9 –

S11,U9 – S12,U9 – U9 – U9 then M1 to M16

U9,M16, I2 – U9,M16 - U9,M16, I2 – U9,M16 - U9,M16, I2 – U9,M16

U9, A1 to A8 – U9, A8 R1 – U9, A8 - U9, A8 R1 – U9, A8

Now the tricky part

Add another frame U9, A8 say the frame is X

Paste another frame only A8

Duplicate this frame 30 times, total 31 frames

So X + 31 Frames total 32 frames

Press ctrl and select these 32 frames

Open the animation we have minimized earlier

Edit – Copy, then again minimize

Edit – Paste – Into Selected Frame

Bring the mouse over frame X, you can see

The spaceship1 in your mouse tip

Place it carefully above spaceship1

You can see it in all 32 frames

Open and close A8 to A1

Then the remaining Spaceship2 one by one

This is just an idea

You don’t have to follow me line by line

Play with layers. Open & close in different combinations

There is no Right and Wrong

You will get only different animation