Fly-by

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• For this tutorial I used the Spooky Hallow Kit from Vicki at Gemini Creationz found HERE
• Animation Shop (trial found HERE)
• Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 (Trial HERE)
• Open a 700x700 new canvas flood filled white.
• Add GCZ_SH_Frame
• Center GCZ_SH_Moon over the frame PLUGINS>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5>Gradient Glow. I took the Green Glow setting, changed the color to WHITE and the glow radius to 21.80, 35, 100, 100, 65, 100 Random Seed.
• merge down.
• PLUGINS>Alien Skin Eye Candy 5>Gradient Glow. I took the Green Glow setting, changed the color to a DARK BLUE and the glow radius to 21.80, 35, 100, 100, 65, 100 Random Seed.
• Add GCZ_SH_Broomwitch and GCZ_SH_Cat. Place these where ever you would like on your moon layer.
• Add text and copyrights (My text also had the white glow as used above)
• MERGE ALL
• Add GCZ_SH_Spider some place under the broomstick.
• VIEW>GRIDS
• VIEW SNAP TO GRIDS
• Using your Pen tool with the following settings:(you will have to click to see the full toolbar)
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• Black and Black. You are going to draw a line from the spider to the broomstick. The grids will help you to insure the lines will remain straight and the Snap to grids will make sure the spider staying in the correct area as well.
• COPY MERGED
• PASTE as a NEW ANIMATION in Animation Shop
• Back in PSP Move your spider down... I counted 4 grid clicks.
• Back to your pen tool and connect the end of the old line to your spider.
• COPY MERGED
• PASTE AFTER CURRENT FRAME in Animation Shop.
• Do this as many times as needed for the spider to move as you would like.
• RUN
• SAVE as a .gif

Freebie Frame

I was playing so I made this frame from the Ghosts of Halloween Past kit from Gemini Creatioz which can be found HERE



Link to Frame is HERE

Fly Away

For this Tutorial I have used the work of Julie at Bits N Bobs the kit is Summer Spritz and can be found HERE
The work of Suzanne Woolcott which can be purchased HERE
WSL Mask84

let's begin
Open your paper of choice and apply the mask. Drop shadow of 4,4,100,20,black

Merge Visable
Apply Frame of choice with elements of choice inside the frames
Apply bubbles to one side, duplicate and then mirror
Add Tubes of choice, Copyrights, and text
Save Tag
Hope you enjoyed this easy tutorial :)

AWAKEN

For this tutorial I used the wonderful work of Vicki in the Ghosts of Halloweens Past Kit found HERE
Animation Shop

• NEW IMAGE700x700 Transparent
• Flood fill Gradient "Sky2"
• ADD Drapes of choice, Duplicate, IMAGE>MIRROR (to recolor mine I ADJUST>HUE &SATERATION>COLORIZE Factory Defaults, 0, 128)
• LAYERS>MERGE DOWN
• ADD Bushe2, DUPLICATE>IMAGE>MIRROR
• LAYERS>MERGE DOWN
• I moved my bushe2 layer almost half way down my image.
• Place Bushe2 layer UNDER Drapes Layer.
• Add Tree, Moon, Noose, Coffin, Vampiress, Candles, whatever else you might like along with water marks/copyrights.
• Add Text... I have mine at a 50% transparancy for effect.
• COPY MERGED
• Open Animation Shop
• PASTE as a new animation
• Back to PSP
• Add Ghost at your starting location, mine is to the right.
• COPY MERGED
• Animation Shop>Paste after current frame
• PSP
• Move ghost a tad to the left
• COPY MERGED
• Animation Shop>Paste after current frame
• **
• PSP
• Add Hand coming out from coffin, and move ghost again
• COPY MERGED
• Animation Shop>Paste after current frame
• ** Between the stars as many times as you need to get your ghost to float the way you would like for it to =]
• PSP
• NEW RASTER
• PICTURE TUBE>FLARE 50 (should be small enough to place over your candle flames and create a soft glow, if not resize and play till it seems right to you) You only need 1
• COPY
• Animation Shop>Paste as new animation
• CTRL+C
• In your first tag layer, CTRL+E to paste, click again where you would like the flare. You can do his as many times as you would like per frame. REMEMBER: The blue and red outlined frame is the one you are working in at the time. Go thru each of your frames switching which candles have the flares in each frame.
• RUN
• Save as .gif

Once you go Witch

• For this tutorial I used
• The AWESOME Ghosts Of Halloweens Past Kit by Vicki PTU found HERE
• The Art of Keith Garvey Tabitha Tube PTU found HERE
• VIX mask 281 found HERE placed in Mask folder
• Wiccan Symbol brush from gothica found HERE Placed into brush folder
• Alien Skin Eyecandy 5 Gradient Glow trial found HERE

• OPEN Back ground paper of choice
• APPLY Vix281 Mask. COPY MERGED
• PASTE as new image, and PASTE AGAIN as new layer. You may have to move it just a bit so it lines up correctly. Drop Shadow 4,4,100,4 black.
• Apply your brush to the center of the mask. I used Size 480, Step 32, Density 100 and Opacity 100 Blend mode of normal.
• Apply Tube of choice.
• Add Beware sign, I recolored mine to a green to match the paper useing EFFECTS>PHOTO EFFECTS>FILM & FILTERS, DARK GREEN 35%
• Add Candles
• Add Text with Gradiant Glow (Effects>Plugins>Alien Skin Eyecandy 5)
• Add Copyrights.
• Non-Animated Save here
• To Animate:
• Using your flare picture tube place a small flare on the first candle, COPY MERGED
• In Animation Shop PASTE as New Animation
• Back to PSP
• UNDO Picture Tube
• Place Flare on 2nd Candle
• COPY MERGED
• In Animation Shop PASTE after Current Frame
• PSP>UNDO> #rd Candle place a flare
• AS>PASTE after current frame
• RUN
• SAVE as .gif

Happy Haunting

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• For this tutorial I used the Ghosts of Halloweens Past kit from Gemini Creationz PTU found HERE
• Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Gradiant Glow & Aliex Skin Xenofex 2 Lightning trials found HERE Both installed into your plug-ins before hand, because if you do not they will not show up
• Two wonderful Chubbies from Farrah's Creations that are PTU and can be bought HERE
• Animation Shop trial found HERE
• Font is Halloween Spider not sure where I got it, I have had it for years LOL.
• Grab something to drink and let's get started =]
• OPEN your choice of backgrounds. I liked the stars.
• ** If you want more color to your background like I did, use between the double stars, if not proceed to under double stars......
• LAYERS>NEW RASTER LAYER>Normal, 100, 0
• In your LAYERS palette right click on your BACKGROUND, CONVERT to RASTER
• Click on your transparent layer and flood fill with your choice of colors. I used a dark navy.
• Slide this UNDER what was your background layer by right clicking to ARANGE>Move to bottom.
• On your old background layer, I changed my transparancy to 30% for a lighter effect.
• Next I made my tag image using whatever elemnts I saw fit for what I wanted. The one thing I will mention IF you want to make something similar is I placed my MOON element UNDER my old bacground layer so this was also softer.
• Add everything you need for your tag, Except your wording and lightning.
• Now we are going to play with our Plug-Ins.
• In your LAYERS PALETTE click on the very bottom layer (for me this was my navy layer)
• EFFECTS>PLUG INS>EYE CANDY XENOFEX>Lightning.. I used the following settings, you can play with this as you want.
• *****
• COPY MERGED
• In Animation Shop PASTE (as new animation for first frame, after use after current frame)
• You are going to want to repete this 3 times (for a total of 4 frames) I moved my layers around though, I have 1 on my navy and the rest are on a new Raster I placed behind my tubes. Do what you think looks best for you.
• ******
• NOW while you are clicked in your animation
• CTRL+SHFT+A
• CTRL+SHFT+C
• CTRL+SHFT+L... 4 times, so you have a total of 20 frames. The need for all 20 will make sense here in a min just trust me =]
• Bact to PSP we go....
• NEW RASTER Make your text that you want to fade now, Mine is Happy Haunting.
• EFFECTS>Plugins>Eye Candy 5> Gradiant Glow>Dark Aura
• COPY
• Move to Animation and PASTE as a new Animation.
• On the BLUE BAR, RIGHT CLICK, INSERT IMAGE TRANSITION, DISOLVE:
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• CTRL+SHFT+A (select all)
• CTRL+SHFT+C (copy)
• Over to tag layer
• CTRL+SHFT+A (select all)
• CTRL+SHFT+E (paste)
• Now this will be floating so do not click again until you have it where you would like it. If you need to change it just go to EDIT and Undo.
• BACK to PSP
• NEW RASTER
• Make your name if you are doing so.
• Copy and paste as a new animation
• CTRL+SHFT+L 19 times for a total of 20 frames
• CTRL+SHFT+A (select all)
• CTRL+SHFT+C (copy)
• Over to tag layer
• CTRL+SHFT+A (select all)
• CTRL+SHFT+E (paste)
• RUN ANIMATION
• ***If it is to fast for your liking go back to the frames layer and CTRL+SHFT+A, ANIMATION, FRAME PROPERTIES. I changed mine from 10 (default) to 25***
• AFTER RUNNING, SAVE AS GIF FILE.
• Hope you enjoied this one!

Summer Dreams

• For this tutorial I used the Summer Spritzer kit from Bits N Bobs found HERE
• Animation Shop
• Here we go
• First open a 600x600 canvas with the background color of your choice. I am a fan of purple as always but what ever you want and what works for what you have in mind.
• Using the Vines (Element-4) I have created a base by duplicating the vines and rotating 90 degrees, each of 3 times (for a total of 4)
• On top of that base I created a frame type layer useing the flowers. In another version I used the bling strings, so what ever works, just make a frame from them by rotating.
• Between the two I placed a frame of the feathers for some added color.
• I have used a mist by Christine for my tube, if this is your photography please let me know and I will give proper credit for it.
• Next you are going to want to open your Kite. I have recolored mine just a touch useing Effects>Photo Effects > Film and Filters. I used 85 and a dark purple to get the light purple I have.
• Place the Kite where you would like it to start.
• COPY MERGED
• In Animation Shop PASTE as new animation
• ******
• BACK to PSP
• Move your Kite to the 2nd position
• COPY MERGED
• Back to Animation Shop
• PASTE AFTER CURRENT FRAME
• ******
• Repete inside the ****** as many times as you would like to get the kite to follow the path you desire. Make note of how many frames you have.
• Leave this all open and go back to PSP
• On your tag LAYERS>NEW RASTER>Normal, 100, 0
• On this layer you are going to place your text, watermarks, copyrights ect. Make sure it is all on this one layer by Merging Down when you are done with your text. (A good way to make sure that is all you have on this layer is to hide all text and watermarks by using the eye in the layers pallet on each layer... then merge visible so all you have is your text.)
• While you are selected on the new text layer, COPY (DO NOT COPY MERGED!!!)
• In Animation Shop PASTE AS NEW ANIMATION
• CTRL+SHIFT+L to repete the frame as many times as you need it (I needed 6)
• CTRL+SHFT+A (select all)
• CTRL+SHFT+C (Copy)
• Go to your OTHER (Tag) Frames
• CTRL+SHFT+A (Select all)
• CTRL+SHFT+E (Paste)
• RUN your Animation
• SAVE as .gif file.