Sliding

Sliding

I used the art of ©Camilla Drakenborg , you can purchase her art and license here

Any questions feel free to mail me to Saskia@graphicsfunhouse.net

Filters:

Muras Meister: Copies 

DSB Flux: Linear Transmission here

Eye Candy 4000: Gradient Glow (optional, just for your name) here

1.) Open a new transparent raster layer 600x250 pixel and flood fill with a color of your choice (#807c2e)

2.) Open your image/photo and resize it to 250 pixel in high / sharpen

3.) Image/ add borders / uncheck SYMMETRIC and add 4 pixel right and left in black

 

4.)  Copy and paste your image as new raster layer on your canvas

5. Duplicate / on your orginal add Muras Meister / Copies with these settings 

 

6.) You should have something like this:

 

7.) On the same layer / DSB Flux / Linear Transmission with these settings

 

 8.) Lower the opacity to 50%

9.) Highlight your top layer and add drop shadow

 

10.) Repeat the drop shadow, but change the horizontal to -3

11.) Copy and paste  your tube as new raster layer/ move it under your top layer / right side

 

12.) In your layer palette set this layer to Luminance (Legacy) 

13.) Duplicate again your top layer / hide your top layer , you can see better which parts you have to erase in the following steps

14.) DSB Flux / Linear Transmission with these settings

 

 15.) Take your eraser tool and clean out the right part 

 

 16.) Add a smal drop shadow / sharpen

 

17.) Choose a nice font and type your text/name , for placement look at my tag 

18.) Free rotate 90 degrees left

 

19.) Covert to raster layer and add Eye Candy / Gradient Glow / default settings with a light color

 20.) Add same drop shadow than before

21.) Add the copyright !!

22.) Make your top layer visible again and highlight

23.) Selection / select all / modify / contract by 2 / selection invert

24.) Add new raster layer and fill with black / select none 

TIME TO ANIMATE

25.) Highlight again your frame layer

26.) Select your pick tool

 

 27.) On the top bar you see the POSITION X, we will keep changing this to get the sliding effect

28.) Edit / copy merged and paste as new animation to Animation Shop (AS)

29.) Back to your PSP , change the POSITION X to 15 points more (mine would be from 205 to 220)

30.) Edit / copy merged and paste after current frame in AS

31.) Keep doing this till your name is visible

 

 32.) In your AS / Edit / select all / edit / copy and paste as new animation

33.) Again edit / select all / animation / reverse frames / select all / copy

34.) Highlight your orginal frames / edit / select none / click on your last frame and paste after seletected frame

35.) Edit / select all / change the frame properties to 15 / select none

36.) Click on the frame that shows all your name and change the frame properties to 100, do the same with your first frame.

37.) View/ animation and save as ......gif 

 

 

 :-) 

~~~~DONE~~~~

This tutorial was written 4th of june 2008 and the copyright is mine