Happy Halloween

This tutorial was written for those that have a working knowlege of PSP
and Animation Shop

This tut was done in PSP X
Supplies needed: none
Fonts used: Book Antiqua
Filters: Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
Mask: own choice(i used Becky_Mask022)
Tube of choice: Im using the wonderful art of ©Rachael Huntington
you must purchase a licence from CILM to use this tube

This tutorial is fairly easy,as ive made the animation for you!

Okay lets start:
file - new - new image
600x500
floodfill the canvas with white(so we can see what we are doing)
layers - add new raster layer - floodfill with colour to match your tubei used purple (#8d2a9e)
layers - load - load/save mask - mask of choice (i used Becky_Mask022)delete mask layer and merge group
select your preshape tool - circleforeground colour set as black and background as (#8d2a9e)making sure your line width is set at 40.65, draw out a circle
using magic wand - tolerence & feather 0, click middle (purple bit)
effects - texture effects - blinds -width 4, opacity 20, colour black,horizontal checkedthen click ok - sections - select none
add a drop shadow of choice
get your preshape tool again set at circle, but in your colour palettemake the purple colour null, draw out a circle over the top of the other,making sure its the same size as the one below it..don't convert to raster yet
add a new raster layer and select your text tool and choose a font of choice,type out your copyright info, convert this to raster
go back to that circle below the text you just typed out and delete it
now select your text tool again and type out *happy Halloween* and convert to raster
add your tube of choice and a drop shadow of choice too
merge visible
open up animation shop and copy & paste as new animation
now go back to psp and undo your merged layers andmaking sure your on your on your *Happy Halloween* text layer,click effects - eyecandy 4000 - gradient glow - colour of choice and play about with the glow width till you have one you like, then click ok
merge visible again
copy then go back to animation shop & paste - after current frame
now tag is finished we need to set the speed as its a bit fast,so we do it like this: edit - select all - animation - frame properties - type in 40
Resize if neccessary - edit - select all - animation - resize animationthen type in the size you require
now save your tag as you would normallysave it in animation shop.
there you have it..
all done..
Hope you enjoyed my tutorial!!