Hello Kitty Blinkie
Written by Mindy Mae
Things you will need...
Use your own supplies
Plugins you will need...
Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow - Optional Text
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Remember tutorials are just a guideline and creativity is always a must when doing PSP, so make it your own!!!
1. Open a new transparent image 150 x 50
2. Flood fill with a color from your tube
I renamed this layer background
3. Add your tube
4. Duplicate 3 times
Now this is where it gets kinda confusing... and since this is a tutorial, there's no real right or wrong way to do this...
This is just how I did this...
The best way for me to do this is just to get all your layers together AND RENAMED and then we'll worry about animation after!
5. Position it where you want it and then leave the bottom tube layer like it is...
I renamed this one tube
6. Click on the 2nd to the bottom layer
7. Go to Image / Resize / 75%
I renamed this one tube75
8. Click on the 3rd to the bottom layer
9. Go to Image / Resize / 50%
I renamed this one tube50
10. Click on the top layer
11. Go to Image / Resize / 25%
I renamed this one tube25
12. Close off all the tube layers except the bottom one
13. Add your copyright and watermark information
I renamed this layer copyright
** Note **
I only show the copyright information on the parts of the blinkie that actually show the tube...
14. Click on your very bottom layer
15. Go to Selections / Modify / Select Selection Borders / 2
16. Flood fill with another color from your tube
17. Go to Selections / Select None
18. Go to Layers / Arrange / Bring to Top
I renamed this one frame
19. Add your text
My text ended up being 4 layers, so I renamed them 1, 2, 3 and 4 and closed them all off for now
20. Add any embellishments that you'd like to all your layers, like drop shadow, etc.
Now for the REALLY confusing part!!!
21. Open AS
22. In your PSP, make sure that the only layers open right now are your background, tube, copyright and frame
23. Right-click / Copy Merged
24. Go into your AS and paste as a new animation
25. Go back to PSP and close off the tube layer
26. Open up the tube75 layer
27. Right-click / Copy Merged
28. Go back into AS and paste / AFTER Current Frame
29. Go back to PSP and close off the tube75 layer
30. Open up the tube50 layer
31. Right-click / Copy Merged
32. Go back into AS and paste / After Current Frame
33. Go back to PSP and close off the tube50 layer
34. Open up the tube25 layer
35. Right-click / Copy Merged
36. Go back into AS and paste / After Current Frame
37. Go back to PSP and close off all the layers but the background and frame
38. Right-click / Copy Merged
39. Go back into AS and paste / After Current Frame
You should now have 5 frames in AS
40. Click on frame 4
41. Go to Effects / Insert Image Transition / use the following settings
Start with / Animation Frame
End with Animation Frame
Effect fade
Transition Length 2.0 seconds
Frames per second 5 fps
42. Click on frame 3
43. Repeat Image Transition
44. Click on frame 2
45. Repeat Image Transition
46. Click on frame 1
47. Repeat Image Transition
48. Go to Edit / Select ALL
49. Right-click and copy
50. Click on the last frame
51. Go to Paste / After Current Frame
** NOTE **
Be sure to keep these all selected for the next part
52. Go to Animation / Reverse Frames
Don't worry, I know there are a LOT of frames, but the only ones you need to worry about now are those two blank ones in the middle!!!
53. Go back to PSP and open the first text layer
54. Right-click / Copy Merged
55. Go back into AS and click on that first blank frame
56. Right-click / Paste / After Current Frame
57. Go back to PSP and close off the first text layer
58. Open up the second text layer
59. Right-click / Copy Merged
60. Go back into AS and click on the first text frame
61. Right-click / Paste / After Current Frame
62. Go back to PSP and close off the second text layer
63. Open up the third text layer
64. Right-click / Copy Merged
65. Go back into AS and click on the second text frame
66. Right-click / Paste / After Current Frame
67. Go back to PSP and close off the third text layer
68. Open up the fourth text layer
69. Right-click / Copy Merged
70. Go back into AS and click on the third text frame
71. Right-click / Paste / After Current Frame
Now you should have a blank frame, your text frames and another blank frame... in that order, right smack in the middle of all those other frames we made earlier!
72. Select your text frames
73. Go to Animation / Frame Properties / 50
74. View animation to make sure that everything looks good!
When you have your blinkie finished, save and you are done!!!
This tutorial is completely my creation and any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental, unless otherwise stated above.
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