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November 30, 2007
All Graphics including = Street Sign, Humbug figure and Frosted Alpha are
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~ Mask and falling snow are Not my creation ~
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Supplies are Here

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Open 'raeHumbugLayers' at PSP
Open 'raeFrostedAlpha' at PSP



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This will be very easy for you.  If you want your tag as shown above :

Highlight the 'snowscape' layer

Bring up the 'alpha' canvas :

Open your Selection tool = set to Rectangle
Carefully draw a rectangle around the first letter of your name (try not to cut off its' shadow or into the next letters' shadow)
Click into the selection to float it
Drag the floating layer off the palette = into your canvas (it will create the letter on its' own layer)
Continue selecting out the letters of your name ..float each ..drag each off the palette to the canvas.

At your canvas :

Open your Mover Tool

click each letter to move it = it will also highlight the layer at your palette = you can move any letter up or down the palette to position them in front of/or behind other letters


~If you want to use a new mask...or add a frame = X out the 'mask' layer and create what you prefer



When you have what you like as for a mask/frame and all your alphas are in place :

Make sure that 'snowfall 1' layer is ON

Right click into your canvas = Copy merged

Open Animation Shop :

Paste as a New Animation

Return to PSP :

Turn OFF 'snowfall 1' 

Turn ON 'snowfall 2'

Copy merged

Return to AS :

Paste BEFORE Current Frame

Return to PSP and turn OFF 'snowscape 2'.. 

                             turn ON 'snowscape 3'

                             copy merged..etc

You'll end up with 5 frames at AS.


That's it!  ..finally, use the Wizard, please :)  


File > Optimization Wizard :
























                                            

                                            

                                            














..see  ..  easy or what?

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