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The following tutorial written by Rae (Raeniel) for PSP versions 8 & 9
September 09, 2005.
This tutorial is Šrae and its' supplies are not to be redistributed at other Groups, Messageboards or through Email; translated and redistributed at other Groups, Messageboards or through Email etc. .. without Permission. Nor may you copy this tutorial and claim it as your own, in any manner.
Thank You
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** Supplies Here **
Open the font 'Plegmy Kilmister.ttf' and minimize
Move the gradient 'christimeless.jgd' to Your PSP Gradients Folder
- the background was painted by rae; the tree and house from clipart and painted
- smoke puffs painted by rae
- cauldron from clipart; the added flames and bubbling by rae
- jackolanterns by Jasc
- witch is copywrite to CCC; her look of surprise added by rae
- the flares are copywrite to RedPhantom
*Fair warning - this tut will flip between PSP and AnimationShop a few times. There might be an easier way to build it but the process was quite involved and I tried to make it as simple as possible . As well, I've done some of the work by making a couple of the animations .. so I hope you'll be patient with the following process and take your time with the steps between the two programs
1.
Open at PSP :
- single witch
- tag base.psp
2.
Select the 'tag base' layer at the tag base.psp > Copy
3.
Open Animation Shop > Paste as a New Animation
- duplicate to 30 frames
- Edit > Select All
- Edit > Propagate Paste
4.
Open (at AS) the 'jackolanterns'
- Edit > Select All
- Edit > Copy
Move to your tag base/30 frames .. move the scroll, at the side, to the bottom - for you to better see where you're placing the animations
- Right click at the first frame
- Paste Into Selected Frame > place your jackolantern to the bottom left or right. I placed mine at the base of the tree
5.
Open the 'cauldron.psp'
- Edit > Select All
- Edit > Copy
- Left click at the first frame
- Paste Into Selected Frame > place the cauldron to the edge of the golden elipse *make sure to leave room between the two for your witch
6.
Open 'kissy_witch.psp'
- Edit > Select All
- Edit > Copy
- Left click at the first frame of your tag base/30 frames
- Hold the Shift Key
- scroll to Frame 13 > left click again to select that series of 13 frames
- right click > Paste Into Selected Frame
- place her over the golden elipse and so that just a portion of her broom bristles extend into the cauldron fire :
7.
Edit > Select All .. File > Export Frames to PSP
- at PSP: Turn off Frames 30 to (and including) 15
8.
Select the 'single witch' you previously opened > Copy
- Select Frame 14 > Drop the transparency to around 50 *so you can see the under-layer with the witch
- Right click > Paste as a New Selection - placing your single witch so that she's
- moving offscreen and her broom at the same tangent as the previous witch :
- Select None
- Restore the transparency to 100
9.
Again, select the 'single witch.psp' :
- Image > Mirror
- Image > Resize > Percentage of Original 30% > Bicubic
- Select All > Float
Open your Airbrush tool > size around 10 or 20 > full density and opacity
- color #2D077B
- swab over the tiny witch
- select none
Copy her > select & Turn ON Frame 15 :
- drop the transparency to around 50
- Paste as a New Selection the tiny witch into the 'sky' .. just entering, about like this (first light circle) :
- I've marked, as well, where you'll place the remaining witches and the path they follow
- Select None
- restore the transparency to 100
10.
Again, select the single witch and resize 75% > Copy :
- move to Frame 16 and Turn ON
- Paste as a New Selection - forward on the path
- Select None
- Restore the transparency to 100
11.
Resize the witch again - 75% > Copy :
- move to Frame 17 and Turn ON
- drop the transparency
- Paste as a New Selection just before the roof of the house *not over the roof, itself - we want it to appear she's flown behind and away
- Select None
- Restore the transparency to 100
12.
Resize the witch again - 75% > Copy :
- move to Frame 18 and Turn ON
- drop the transparency
- Paste as a New Selection just after the roof of the house
- Select None
- Restore the transparency to 100
13.
Resize the witch again - 75% > Copy :
- move to Frame 19 and Turn ON
- drop the transparency
- Paste as a New Selection near to the moon
- Select None
- Restore the transparency to 100
14.
Resize the witch one last time - 75% > Copy :
- move to Frame 20 and Turn ON
- drop the transparency
- Paste as a New Selection on the moon
- Select None
- Restore the transparency to 100
15.
Move up the remaining Frames and turn them each ON
- Close and Update back to Animation Shop
- pull the side scroll down to the bottom, to better see that portion and read the Frame numbers
16.
Open 'RedPhantom1' :
- Resize to 20% of Original > Bicubic
- Copy
- select Frame #8
- Paste into Selected Frame > pick a common spot at the end of her broom bristles for where to place all the 'flares'. *you won't have to be absolutely perfect with this, but as close as you can to the spot you've chosen.
For example, here's my spot :
17.
Bring up the RedPhantom1 image > Undo (restoring to original size)
- Resize to 60%
- Copy
- Select and Paste into Frame #9 .. at your spot
18.
Undo RedPhantom1
- Resize to 40%
- Copy
- Select and Paste into Frame #10 .. at your spot
19.
Open 'RedPhantom2'
- Resize to 30%
- Copy
- Select and Paste into Frame #11 ..at your spot
20.
Undo the resize
- Resize to 60%
- Copy
- Select and Paste into Frame #12 ..at approximately the same spot
21.
Undo the resize
- Copy the original size
- Select Frame # 13 and Paste ..it will be a little hard to see your spot.. just approximate
22.
Open 'rae_smokepuffs' :
- Edit > Select All > Copy
At your 30 Frames :
- Left click at Frame 14
- Hold Shift Key > scroll to Frame 19 and click again, selecting those six frames
- Right click > Paste into Selected Frame > placing the smoke puffs along the same tangent as the broomstick, but near the place the fire started :
Return to the smokepuffs.psp > all frames selected
- Animation > Mirror
- Resize 15%
- Copy
At your 30 Frames :
- Left click at Frame #19 > Hold Shift
- Scroll to Frame #24 > left click to select those frames
- Paste the smoke just at the end of her broomstick
Open 'fade moon face'
- select all > Copy
At your 30 Frames :
- Left click Frame #20 > hold Shift
- click Frame #30 to select that series
- paste into the moon
25.
Move to PSP > return to your 'tag base.psp' image :
- highlight 'tag base' layer > hit Delete at your keyboard
- Flood fill with Gradient 'christimeless' :
- Turn ON the 'extra house' layer
- now change it's blend mode to Overlay
We're approaching the finish line!! .. so close but no cigar..just yet 
26.
Add a New Raster layer :
- Text with these colors *or choose your own
- Font - 'Plegmy Kilmister'
- Make as Vector (not Floating)
- size 48 or 72 - then adjust the vector box as needed, to your canvas
- highlight the 'extra house' layer > add a New Raster layer
Here is a look at how your layers should be set, you do not have to name them. Your text will be at the top and we'll add a drop shadow to the New layer underneath :
- highlight your Text layer
- with your Magic Wand, Feather at 0 > click into the background
- Selections > Invert
Now highlight your new raster layer, underneath :
- Drop shadow :
- Select None
- Change the Blend Mode at your drop shadow layer to Dodge
- Merge visible all four layers
- Duplicate to 5 Layers
- change the transparency of 4 layers :
- save as a .psp image
OK..now I have to tell you that this is where things got a lil dicey, as far as how to explain what to do to finish up this tag. There were a few ways to do it and I settled on, what I think is, the easiest 
So, here goes:
27.
Return to AS and to your 30 Frames :
- Select Frame #1 > Right click & Duplicate
- Repeat
- Repeat > you now have 33 Frames
- Move to Frame #32 > Left Click and Hold Shift > Click Frame #33 to highlight both
- Copy
- Edit > Cut
- Move to Frame #1 > Paste Before Current Frame
- you should have 33 Frames
28.
Locate and open your duplicated text .psp file :
- Edit > Select All
- Copy
- Click into Frame #1 of your 33 Frames
- Hold Shift and click into Frame #5 to select that series of frames
- Right click > Paste Into Selected Frame
- before you click to set them in .. make sure to perfectly align them within the frames so that the 'light' doesn't peek through at the edges
29.
Resize > I chose 80% Bicubic
Here are the Frame Speeds :
- Edit > Select All
- Animation > Frame Properties > 18
- Select Frame #3
- Animation > Frame Properties > 250
Almost ready to show off your tag!
Here are the Optimization settings I used.
At Customize / Colors tab :
- 255 colors > Optimized Octree > Error Diffusion
At Customize / Optimizations :
- I checked everything and shaved off some seconds
At Customize / Partial transparency :
- Convert Pixels less than 48%
- color unimportant
wow.. that was a tough tut to write.. I hope it was explained well enough for you to have breezed through it!
I'd love to see your result! thanks for trying my tut.. and Happy Haunting!
~rae
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