This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro V8 and Animation Shop V3.11 © May 2012 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved You will need the following to complete this tutorial: bizarre_bookshop.psp colacao_deskdiary40.psp Mask 058.jpg london-bridge.jpg bojnice-castle.jpg red-square.jpg yp_wordart_books.psp All the above can be downloaded here Extract to a file on your computer Open all tubes and images in your PSP workspace and minimise Place Mask 058.jpg in your Masks folder ********** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial ********** STEP 1 Open a new canvas 800 x 600 pixels transparent In the Materials Palette load Foreground with White #FFFFFF Flood fill canvas with White STEP 2 Layer >> New Raster Layer Selection Tool >> Selection Custom Selection STEP 3 Maximise bizarre_bookshop.pspimage Edit >> Copy Minimise tube Edit >> Paste >> Paste into Selection Do not de-select STEP 4 Layers >> Load/Save Mask >> Load Mask from Disk Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group In the Layer Palette reduce the opacity of Group - Raster 2 to 50% Selections >> Select None This is what you should have now STEP 5 Maximise tube colacao_deskdiary40.psp Edit >> Copy Minimise tube Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New layer Image >> Resize 65% All Layers unchecked With the Selection Tool select text "Tube by Colacao" Edit >> Clear Selections >> Select None With the Move Tool position tube to the right See finished image for placement Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Repeat Drop Shadow changing Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 2 (-2) STEP 6 Maximise tube yp_wordart_books.psp Edit >> Copy Minimise tube Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer With the Move tool move tube down See finished image for placement STEP 7 Add your name and/or watermark STEP 8 Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible Image >> Resize Width = 650 pixels, height will adjust automatically Resize all layers checked STEP 9 Selection Tool >> Selection Custom Selection Edit >> Clear Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Repeat Drop Shadow changing Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 2 (-2) This is what you should have now STEP 10 Layers >> New Raster Layer Maximise image london-bridge.jpg Edit >> Copy Minimise image Edit >> Paste >> Paste into Selection Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down Rename this layer "London Bridge" Do not de-select STEP 11 Layers >> New Raster Layer Maximise image Bojnice-castle.jpg Edit >> Copy Minimise image Edit >> Paste >> Paste into Selection Re-name this layer "Bojnice Castle" Do not de-select STEP 12 Layers >> New Raster Layer Maximise image red-square.jpg Edit >> Copy Minimse image Edit >> Paste >> Paste into Selection Re-name this layer "Red Square" Selections >> Select None NOW TO MAKE THE 'PAGE TURN' ANIMATION STEP 13 In the Layer Palette highlight "London Bridge" Edit >> Copy File >> Jasc Software Products >> Launch Animation Shop (AS) Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Animation Back to PSP STEP 14 In the Layer Palette highlight "Bojnice Castle" Edit >> Copy Over to AS Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame Back to PSP STEP 15 In the Layer Palette highlight "Red Square" Edit >> Copy Over to AS Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame STEP 16 Staying in AS Select Frame 1 (F1) Edit >> Copy Select Frame 3 (F3) Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame This is what you should have now STEP 17 Select Frame 1 (F1) Effects >> Insert Image Transition Select 'Page Turn' from the dropdown menu Make Transition Length = 2.0 Frames per second (fps)= 4 Transition contains a total of 8 frames Don't click OK yet First click on the 'Customize' button to customize the page curl Select and delete Frame 10 (F10) STEP 18 Select Frame 9 (F9) Effects >> Insert Image Transition Settings as in STEP 17 Select and delete Frame 18 (F18) STEP 19 Select Frame 17 (F17) Effects >> Insert Image Transition Select and delete Frame 26 (F26) You now have a total of 25 frames for Animation 1 STEP 20 Back to PSP In the Layer Palette highlight the Merged layer Edit >> Copy Over to AS Edit >> Paste >> As New Animation STEP 21 Depress your CTRL key and press the letter L (Upper Case) 24 times You can check the # of frames at the bottom right of your screen You now have a total of 25 frames for Animation 2 STEP 22 Activate Animation 1 Edit >> Go to Frame Change the Frame Number to "1" Edit >> Select All Edit >> Copy STEP 23 Activate Animation 2 Edit >> Go to Frame Change the Frame Number to "1" Edit >> Select All Edit >> Paste >> Into Selected Frame Position image in the rectangle making sure there are no gaps Click left mouse button If you don't position it correctly the first time undo and try again STEP 24 Animation >> Frame Properties Change the Display Time to 20 STEP 25 Animation >> Animation Properties STEP 26 Resize animation if desired Save as a gif I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! 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