Smile

This tut is dedicated to a special little girl my grand-daughter.
For this tutorial you will need the following:
•PSP (I use 9 but any version should work)
•Animation Shop
•A tube of your choice.
(I am using the wonderful artwork of Marjolein Gulinski)
Purchased with a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com/
•Font of choice (I am using A&S Snapper)
•Wordart of Choice-Mine Supplied •VM Natural Sparkle
•Tutorial Supplies-Get them http://www.4shared.com/file/34404214/223b55f2/Every_time_I_think_of_you_my_heart_smiles_RM.html?dirPwdVerified=6bd068
Lets get started
Open new image 500x500
Flood fill white
Foreground darker color in tube
Background lighter color from tube
Go to preshape tool select rectangle line width 3
Draw out a rectangle larger than tube
Duplicate so you have 3
Rename 1,2 & 3
Copy and paste tube as new layer
Apply dropshadow of choice
Apply wordart or brush of choice
On 1 apply sparkle with default settings
On 2 apply sparkle with default settings except for moving the slider wither left or right to change random seed number
On 3 apply sparkle with default settings except for moving the slider wither left or right to change random seed number
New layer name and copyright
X out layers 2 & 3 Make sure layers tube, wordart, name and 1 are UN X'ed
On 1 copy merged
In animation shop paste as new animation
Back in PSP X out 1 and UN X 2
On 2 copy merged
In animation shop paste after current frame
Back in PSP X out 2 and UN X 3
On 3 copy merged
In animation shop paste after current frame
Run animation view if to your liking save as gif
Thanks for trying my new tut
Tutorial written by Rho Dec. 11th 2007