Conceived by and written by Rae (Raeniel) for PSP versions 8 & 9..  November 17, 2005
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~*~This tut uses SuperBladePro at the text  * demo here

~*~There is a 2nd text option using EyeCandy 3.1 *download Free here

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1.  First.. notice both 'Scene' layers are OFF.. One has a Moon.. One doesnt.  It will be you choice ~ which to use.  You don't have to commit to either until Step #4. 

From this point on I will refer to 'Winterscene layer'.. but you decide which to use

At your 'WinterWonder' layers :

• Highlight the 'WinterScene' layer
• Add a New raster layer - named 'glitter'

Airbrush Tool :

Color >> White 

• trace along the tree edges ~ even tho tempted, don't venture outside the trees and into their shadows ..this looks best with the spray clinging to the branch edges

Here, I used pink, for the example  **you won't be able to see much at your trees..but that's good :

2.

Change your Airbrush settings *color remains White :

• Sweep from the lead Reindeer to beyond the Sleigh *just Once, lightly  ..see screenshot, below
• Moon - Center and Two Clicks of spray
• **please hold back from overdoing the spray - the glitter should be subtle   .. 
• ***center your brush at the moon and click - don't move it - click once or twice, quickly.  To hold the click deposits more spray.
• ****the spray won't look like much, now, in the sky nor at the trees and that's good.  You'll give it more glitz at AS

Example,  in Pink - take care not to spray, under the sleigh, into the treetops :

Highlite the 'SleighReindeer' layer :

• Selections > Select All
• Selections > Float

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• Keep Selected > Highlight/Select the 'glitter' layer
• Hit Delete at your Keyboard - to remove the glitter directly underside the sleigh
• Select None
• *we'll finish the glitz, later, when we move to Animation Shop

3. 

Highlight the 'text' layer  (**or highlight the 'Frosted Frame' layer - if you chose not to use the vector line) :

• Open your Text Tool

Your preferred Font - I used 'Bridgenorth', these settings :

• Apply your Text
• Make sure it's Floating
• Apply SBP Preset 'raeSilver'  (**or the 'EyeCandy Chrome', below)

  *shown finished w/ drop shadow

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• Duplicate the text layer

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• At the Duplicate layer - change the Blend Mode to 'Hardlight'

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• Move down to the initial text layer
• Drop Shadow

OK, now we're going to prepare for Animation Shop

4. 

While at PSP -

• Duplicate the 'SleighReindeer' layer

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• At the 'Copy of' layer ~ drop the transparency to approximately 30 * this will be a guide for you at AS

Turn OFF all layers ~ but for the 'WinterScene' and the 'Copy of SleighReindeer'

• Highlight the 'WinterScene' layer
• Merge Visible
• Turn that layer OFF

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Turn ON ~  the two Text layers and 'Frosted Frame' and 'SleighReindeer'

• Merge Visible

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Turn All Layers to ON

your palette should look like this :

  *renamed back to WinterScene

• Save AS > a PaintShop Pro Image.psp

5.

At AnimationShop -

• Open your saved .psp image
• Select Frame #2 *glitter spray
• Edit > Copy
• Right Click > 'Paste As a New Animation' into your workspace

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• Effects > Insert Image Effect > Noise :

  Customize >>>  

•  Select Frame #1 > Delete

6.  

Remain at Animation Shop -

• At your .psp frames images > Select Frame #1 *WinterScene > Copy > 'Paste as a New Animation' into your workspace

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• Right Click > Duplicate to 8 Frames total

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• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Propagate Paste

Select your Glitter/Noise frames :

• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Copy

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• At your 8 Winterscene frames > Right click > 'Paste into Selected Frame'
• To position precisely > pay attention to precisely fitting around the reindeer 
• Play  > if you're happy with your placement, we'll move to the next glitter steps

Ok..  please keep repeating this to yourself as you move through the next glitter steps ~ Less Is More 

You may want to go nuts but hold back.  You'll get a much prettier card by using a delicate touch.

7.

Remain at AS -

• Open the 'Pink dots1'
• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Copy

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• Right Click > Paste Into Selected Frame .. from the sleigh > under and behind
• Repeat several times - stagger them a bit ..don't be afraid to let them lay over parts of the sleigh

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• **don't paste these dots forward of the sleigh - they're too big.  You'll use the other pink dots for that - at a step further in this tut. 

8.

Open the 'Blue' dots :

• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Copy

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• paste from the lead reindeer - working back to the sleigh

here is example of my partial placement, so far ..  I'm also pasting once into each reindeer's antlers and at the breast of each :

9.

Open the 'White' dots 

• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Copy

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• place them once, between the reindeer and from the breast at the lead reindeer.. working back and to behind the sleigh :

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• **You don't want to make a big, round cloud.. but taper the dots from the lead reindeer and sweep back.. .. let the large pink dots fade out, at the outside, behind the sleigh.  Doing so will help give the impression of movement

10.

Open the 'Pink dots2' :

• Edit > Select All
• Edit > Copy
• paste only a few times - forward the sleigh  ** less is more

11. 

To ensure that you can place your frame and reindeer, exactly - we're going to move to PSP :

• At the three frames .psp > Copy the card-frame with text  and sleigh (3rd frame)

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• At your animation / 8 frames :
• Edit > Export Frames to PaintShop Pro

12.

At PSP :

• Layer Palette > Highlight Frame 8
• Right Click at the canvas > 'Paste as a New Layer'

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At the New Layer : 

• Selections > Select All
• Selections > Float

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• Edit > Copy

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Highlight Frame 8 :

• At the canvas > Right Click > 'Paste Into Selection'

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• Repeat at each frame

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When you've finished pasting into each frame :

• Selections > Select None
• DELETE the New Layer

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• Close the Image
• "Save Changes to Image#?" > No
• "Would you like to update back to Animation Shop?" > Yes

Now Open the 'glitter harness' ..  select all and copy  ~  paste at each nearest reindeer  *it helps to Zoom In :

14.

I went back and added 'white dots' low into each set of antlers :

You can also run back over to PSP..  use the first setting for the Airbrush *the size you used at the trees (STEP #1) ..  Make a New raster layer and trace the highlights at the sleigh  .. at his beard and cuffs *lightly  ..maybe here and there at the snowman and bunny.

Copy and paste as a new image at AS.. then apply Noise

Delete the 1st frame.. select all > copy..  paste into your animation

Optimization Wizard > Customize button :

Colors tab >

• drop the Colors to 127 * it will reduce the Kb's..  as will resizing

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• Optimized Octree
• Error Diffusion

At Optimizations tab > I checked everything

Partial Transparency.. I used a number of 48.. color is unimportant

You're finished!  Hope you enjoyed the 'ride'!