AnimationsShop

A nice cute winter Tube

A Preset Shape / diamond3 ( Put this in the PSP Preset Shape folder )

A Calender tube

A Snow tube

A ice tube

A nice font

some decoration

Filter ! VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes

If you need my material , let me know.

1.Open a New Image 600px w. x 400px h. transparent.

2. Look for 2 nice color from your tubes. Set Foreground color to (#cfeffc) Background color to ( #274358 ). Set styl to gradient !!

3. Flood fill with Gradient.Rename it bg.

4. Adjust / Blur / Grausian Blur !

5. Open your tube in PSP. Copy / paste as new layer. Image / Resize to 80% !! Rename it tube. If your  tube doesn't fit in the middle of the big image, go to Resize and resize to 80% again.

6.Take the Preset Shape Tool  and look for the diamond3 Shape. Still on the Gradient and make a smal line from up to down.
Convert to Raster Layer. Rename it line 1.

7. Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance.

8. Adjust / Add / Remove Noise / Add Noise !

9. Take the Move tool  and drag the line near to your Tube .

10. Duplicate the line 1 layer. Rename it line 2.

11. Copy the snow tube . Copy / paste as new layer.Drag this snow tube under your tube. Rename it snow.

12. Take the Raster RasterTool  and move the snow tube to the line 2.Like so !

13. Take the Selection tool  and make a Rectangle in the left site !!

14. flood fill with gradient. Adjust / Blur / Grausian Blur.

15. Selections / Modify / Select Selection Border !

16. New Raster Layer / rename it frame 2. Floot fill with your dark color.

17. Effects / 3D effects / Inner Bevel !

18. Effects / texture Effects / Fine Leather !

19. Copy your tube. Stay on frame 1 layer . Selections / Select all / Float / Defloat.

20. New Raster Layer . Rename it tube 1. Paste / Paste into Selection. Select none.

20. Back to frame 1 layer. Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout !

21. Duplicate frame 1 and frame 2. Close out the to layers.We still need it later on.

22. Close out all layers only frame 1 , frame 2 and tube 1 are open.Stay on frame 2 / Layers /Merge . Merge Visible. Rename it 1.

23. Open all Layers only copy of frame one and frame to still closed.

24. Duplicate layer 1 and rename it 2.

25. Back to your tube layer. Image / Resize again to 80 % . See point 5..

26. Back to your snow layer . Duplicate it. Image / Mirror. Take your move tool and drag it in the position.

27. In the layer palette move the tube over the copy of snow layer.

28. Close all layers only snow and copy of snow are open.Stay on copy of snow layer.Layers / Merge / Merge Visible. Rename it snow.

29. Duplicate the snow layer / rename it snow 1 and drag it to the left site. Take the Selection tool  and cut out some left over. Click the delete key.

Select non.

30. Duplicate the copy of snow 1 layer again / rename it snow 2 / Image / Mirror.

31.Take the Push Brush tool  !

32. Push the snow a bit around . Don't push it in the line layer. If you like you can push the right site too.

33. Back to 1 layer. Effects / 3D Effects / Drop shadow !

34. Do this with 2 layer too but this time Vertical "3" and Horizontal "-3 ".

35. If you like what you see go to Layers / Merge / Merge Visible. But be careful the layer copy of frame1 and copy of frame two are still closed. Don't Merge them . Rename this layer bg and drag it down in the layer palette.

36. Open the calender tube. Close out bg layer. Layers / Merge / Merge Visible. Rename it frame. Take the Raster Deform tool  and drag the frame in the middle.

37. Take the selection tool  and make a smal selection in the frame. Copy the calender tube. New raster layer.Rename it calender. Paste into selection. Select none. Set Blend Mode to Multiply.

38. Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout !

39. Take your text tool  and right your name on the image.Foregrond color ( #cfeffc ) Background color ( #274358 )Image /

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance more.

40. Put some decoration on the image.Effects 3D Effects / Drop Shadow see point 33.

41. Put some Decoration on your image. play around with your Blen Mode. I put my deco to Blend Mode / Luninance (L)

42.Stay on bg layer. Copy your ice tube paste as new layer. Duplicate the ice tube. Image / Mirror. Take the Selection tool and cuput some left over in the middle. Duplicate this layer / Image / Mirror.

43 . Close out the3 ice layer. Stay on bg layer. Leyers / Merge / Merge Visible.Rename it bg. Close bg. layer and open the 3 ice layer. Layers / Merge / Merge Visible.Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance. Layers / / Merge / Merge Visible. Rename it bg.

44.Take the selection tool  and make a selection a bit around your image . Don't deselect. 

45.Duplicate the bg layer 2 more times. Now you have 3 image in the layer palette.Rename the copy of bg " bg 1 and the copy (2) of bg "bg 2.

45. Cross out bg1 and bg 2 layer.Stay on bg layer.

46. Effects / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes !

47. Cross out bg layer and open bg 1 layer.

48. Effects / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes !

49. Cross out bg1 layer and open bg 2 layer.

50. Effects / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes !

Select none.

1. Open your AnimatonShop.

2. Back to PSP / Close bg 1 and bg 2. Stay on bg layer. Copy

3. Back to AnimationShop and paste before current frame.

4. Back to PSP / Close bg layer and open bg 1 layer. Copy

5. Back to AnimationShop and paste before current frame.

6. Back to PSP / Close bg1 layer and open bg 2 layer. Copy

7. Back to AnimationShop and paste before current frame.

8. View Animation . If you like what you see than go to File / Save your Image as gif.

That's it. You're done.

I hope that you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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