1.

PSP ~  open your Dude

*Notice that it is a very long canvas and only one layer is turned ON.  You have plenty of room to build your text ..please wait till later to perform a Crop.

Highlight Frame #01 :

• Add a New Raster layer = named 'Text'

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• Selections > Load/Save Selection > Load Selection from Disc = Locate your 'Initial'

..your Initial will appear at your canvas :

• Flood Fill it with = White
• Select None

2.

~ At Same Text layer :

• Open Text Tool :

• Add the remainder of your text & position it
• Select All > Float

Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout :

• Numeric settings  *changing the colors - shown next

Now..If you want another color for your text :

• leave the Vert/Horiz..Opacity/Blur numbers as they are
• Enter the color codes, as shown above

Then = click into the 'Shadow color' window :

• Leave the center color position where it is
• Click around the Wheel to try a new hue

~original hue                ;               & nbsp;              &nb sp; ~new hue

• Do the same with the 'Fill interior with color' window **as close as possible to the same position at the Color Wheel that you chose, above

~ Apply your Cutout

• Select none

3.

Now, we'll make some 'balls' to sit in the cups of your letters :

~ Open your Preset Shapes Tool 

• Elipse = Round

~ Materials palette

• Foreground = Null
• Background = White

• Draw out a circle shape at each letter = but not at Your Initial
•  
• Use the Object Selector to adjust their position and size, etc.

~ When you are happy with your 'balls' :

• Convert to Raster

~ Open your Selection Tool = Rectangle :

• Surround one of your balls
• > Float
• Apply the Cutout ..select/change colors, as above

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• Surround another ball.. > Float
• Apply Cutout and change color
• ..and so on, for each ball

~ here's mine

• Select None

4.

~ Turn OFF Frame #1 (*the 'dude') :

• Merge Visible the text and balls
• Rename to 'Text'

• Rename to 'Text2'
• Move the Text2 layer to overtop Frame #35

• Turn OFF

~ Return to bottom of Layer Palette :

• Turn ON Frame #1

5.

Now, we'll start the same licking away selections as we did in the 'Chocolate' version ..

~ Highlight the 'Text' layer

• Selections > Load/Save Selection > Load Selection from Disc = Locate 'lick' Selection :
• it will automatically load at this position :

• Keyboard = DELETE
  
• *Keep Selection Active

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• DUPLICATE the 'Text' layer

Highlight and pull the 'Copy of Text' layer to above Frame #2

• Drop the 'Copy of Text' layer Transparency to around 50 *so you can see the tongue = but remember to return it to full opacity
• Turn ON Frame #2
• Turn OFF 'Text' layer and Frame #1

~ Your 'Copy of Text' layer should be highlighted :

• Open your Mover Tool
• Right click/hold the click *anywhere on your canvas  

Move your Selection carefully, straight up, so that it is about halfway/two-thirds into the tongue and encompasses both sides of the tongue evenly

• Keyboard = DELETE
  
• *Keep Selection Active

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• DUPLICATE the 'Text' layer

Highlight and pull the 'Copy(2) of Text' layer to above Frame #3

• Drop the 'Copy(2) of Text' layer Transparency to around 50 *so you can see the tongue
• Turn ON Frame #3
• Turn OFF 'Copy of Text' layer and Frame #2

~ Your 'Copy(2) of Text' layer should be highlighted :

• Open your Mover Tool
• Right click/hold the click *anywhere on your canvas 

Repeat these steps up to and including = your text above Frame #16

• *Make sure to move your Selection at each
• At text selection, above Frame #16 = place the Selection to remove every bit from the tongue :

• Select none

6.

~ Turn OFF Frame #16 and the Text copy overtop

• Highlight the Text Copy layer
• Duplicate = pull up Layer Palette to overtop Frame #17

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• Duplicate = pull up over Frame #18

~ Continue duplicating/pulling overtop Frames > to and including Frame #38

7.

~ You will have two text layers overtop Frame #35 : 

*turn ON #35, now, so you can find your way back, easily, through all these layers

• Highlight ' Text2 ' 
• Duplicate
• Move overtop Frame #36

~ Continue duplicating/pulling overtop Frames > to and including Frame #48

8.

~ Return to Frame #35 :

• Lower the Opacity level for 'Text2' layer to approximately 20

~ Above Frame #36 :

• Lower the Opacity level for 'Copy of Text2' layer to approximately 40

~ Above Frame #37 :

• Lower the Opacity level for 'Copy(2) of Text2' layer to approximately 60

~ Above Frame #38 :

• Lower the Opacity level for 'Copy(3) of Text2' layer to approximately 80

9.

~ Turn OFF Frame #35  *in fact, ALL layers should be OFF

Move to the very bottom of your Layer Palette : 

• Turn ON Frame #1
• Turn ON the text layer overtop

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• Merge Visible

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• Turn Merged layer OFF

~ Continue to Frame #2 and the text layer overtop : 

• Turn ON both
• Merge Visible
• Turn OFF the Merge

~ Repeat this action up the Layer Palette = remembering to Merge Frames with 2 text layers at Frame #35 and through Frame #38

Once you've reached the top and have all merged layers :

• Turn ALL layers ON
• Save as a PSP Image  ..  and Open Animation Shop

10.

Almost finished ..  Ü

~ Browse to open your psp image :

• Edit > Select All

~ Browse to open the 'bouncingBall' from Supply :

• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Copy

~ At your 'dude' frames :

• Right click > Paste Into Selected Frame
• Position the Ball into your Initial letter cup = click again to set

11.

Now, we'll Crop ~  Click the Crop Tool :

    : Click the 'Options' button 

    : Choose 'Surround the opaque area ..OK'

: double-click inside your crop area at your frames .. or.. Click the 'Crop' button

12.

~ Set the Frames Speed :  *grab your 'Pointer'

• All frames should be selected
• Right Click > Frame Properties = Frame Display time at 7

~ Add a Background color  *it'll save kb's/filesize and loading time

• Right click > Animation Properties > Opaque = White

13.

File > Optimization Wizard ..  at these tabs:

Phew!  all finished ..

we'd love to see yours!