Šrae

 

The following tutorial written by Rae

March 11, 2007

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'silhouette figures' ~ Šrae

 
 
ˇˇ there are 2 supply zips ˇˇ

1st Supply here ~ 'SpringSilhouette'

 ~ 'raeSpringSilhouette' layers=               

     

 2nd Supply here ~ 'SpringSilhouetteFoliage'           

~ 'raeSpringSilhouetteFoliage' =         

 

There are tons of layers!  Use the backgrounds provided at each file..  or create your own *before you begin the tut!

 

 

~ Once you've decided on which to use..or you've created your own = we'll color your silhouette layers

~ but First = we'll add a Command to your toolbar, making the colorizing much easier for all those many layers

 

Go to View > Customize :

 

 

 1.

*ˇˇ remember  ..save  .. save  ..save 

 

~ Colorize your Silhouettes :

    .. I prefer a softer Saturation..  this will depend on your likes and what you may have created for a Background

 ..  Hue is whatever you like

 

~ Once you've decided on Your Hue :

 

look here for examples, info & supplies to, easily, create a very pretty Trellis Text for the 'Foliage silhouette'

2.

~ You've colorized all your Silhouttes..  now we add Text

This is completely up to you..your choice of what fonts..what colors..etc. 

* I used two fonts

3.

Ok..now your text is created..you've got a background..  it's time to begin building the frames for your animation.

This won't take long..  but keep these few things in mind :

  1. Text and Background layers ALWAYS ON
  2. As you Create each frame  = ONLY One 'Body', One 'Arm', One 'Stem' ..and later, One 'Seeds' layer should be ON, before you Merge
  3. Follow carefully, this chart..  it isn't difficult, but if you screw up or miss one = your animation won't be fluid  *and you don't want to do over, just take your time

 

~ At each :

 

           Arm ON : ________   Body ON : ________   Stem ON : ________   Seeds ON : ________

 

    1.     ARM 1                        BODY 1                       STEM 1                        *none

    2.     ARM 2                        BODY 2                       STEM 2                        *none

    3.     ARM 3                        BODY 3                       STEM 3                        *none

    4.     ARM 4                        BODY 4                        *none                         *none    

    5.     ARM 5                        BODY 4                        *none                         *none     

    6.     ARM 6                        BODY 5                        *none                         *none      

    7.     ARM 7                        BODY 6                        STEM 4                       *none     

    8.     ARM 2                        BODY 7                        STEM 5                       *none      

    9.     ARM 1                        BODY 8                        STEM 6                       *none    

   10.    ARM 1                        BODY 9                        STEM 6                        *none     

         Arm ON :  ________   Body ON : ________   Stem ON : ________   Seeds ON :

   11.   ARM 1                        BODY 10                     STEM 6                          *none     

   12.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 7                          *none     

   13.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 7                          SEEDS 1

   14.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 8                          SEEDS 2

   15.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 9                          SEEDS 3

   16.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 10                        SEEDS 4

   17.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 11                        SEEDS 5

   18.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 12                        SEEDS 6

   19.   ARM 1                        BODY 11                     STEM 12                        SEEDS 7  

   20.   ARM 1                        BODY 1                       STEM 1                          *none     

 

 

 

 

~  welcome back  :)

Save your 20 raster layers as a PSP Image

 

4.

~ Animation Shop

Please change these few frames for speed :

Right click > Frame properties > Display time

Resize to your preference  = Bicubic 80% is a good size

Optimization settings :

 

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