OCEAN MEMORIES

This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
© 2013 Yorkshire Lass Designs in PSP. All Rights Reserved.

It was created in Paint Shop Pro X, but can be realised in other versions.
However, some tool descriptions and locations may vary, but the overall result should be the same.
You will also need Animation Shop.

My thanks to all the artists and other creators, known and unknown to me,
who have inspired this tutorial and whose work I have used.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

tubeclaudiaviza-paisaje46.pspimage
starfish.psp
Mask058.jpg
yp_boat_frame.pspimage
yp_quote_ocean-memories01.psp
yp_quote_ocean_memories02.psp
yp-ocean-mem-sel.PspSelection

All the above can be downloaded here

Download and extract to a file on your computer
Open tubes in PSP and minimise
Place yp-ocean-mem-sel.PspSelection in your PSP Selections folder

Plug Ins
Eye Candy 4000 - Jiggle

The above can be downloaded
HERE
Download and extract to your Plug Ins folder.

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Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial
Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive



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INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Maximise tube yp_boat_frame.pspimage
Window >> Duplicate
Minimise original

STEP 2

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



STEP 3

In the Materials Palette load
Foreground with White #FFFFFF and Background with Dark Grey #808080

STEP 4

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Select Flood Fill Tool and fill layer with White #FFFFFF
Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down

STEP 5

Maximise tube tubeclaudiaviza-paisaje46.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer
Layers >> Duplicate

STEP 6

In the Layer Palette
make Raster 2 (bottom layer) invisible and highlight Raster 1 (top layer)



Layers >> Merge Visible

Make Raster 2 visible

STEP 7

In the Layer Palette make sure the top layer (Merged) is highlighted

Layers >> New mask layer >> From Image

Select Mask058.jpg from the drop down list



Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group

STEP 8

Maximise tube starfish.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool position in the bottom left-hand corner
See finished image for placement

Apply Drop Shadow as in STEP 2
Repeat Drop Shadow changing Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 9

Maximise tube yp_quote_ocean-memories01.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool centre at the top of the image
See finished image for placement

Apply Drop Shadow as in STEP 2

STEP 10

Maximise tube yp_quote_ocean-memories02.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool position at the bottom of the image
See finished image for placement

Apply Drop Shadow as in STEP 2

STEP 11

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Add your name and/or watermark

STEP 12

Selections >> Select All
Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Contract 2 pixels

Selections >> Invert

STEP 13

Select Flood Fill Tool and fill selection with Background colour Dark Grey #808080
Selections >> Select None

STEP 14

Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

If you do not wish to animate, stop here and save your work as a jpg

STEP 15

Selections >> Load/Save Selection >> Load Selection from Disk
Select yp-ocean-mem-sel from the options



STEP 16

Selections >> Promote Selection to Layer
Layers >> Duplicate twice

You now have 3 selection layers
Re-name these layers Wave 1, Wave 2 and Wave 3



STEP 17

In the Layers Palette highlight Wave 1

Effects >> Eye Candy 4000 >> Jiggle



STEP 18

In the Layers Palette highlight Wave 2

Effects >> Eye Candy 4000 >> Jiggle
Same settings as in STEP 17
Click the Random Seed button once

Step 19

In the Layers Palette highlight Wave 3

Effects >> Eye Candy 4000 >> Jiggle
Same settings as in STEP 18
Click the Random Seed button once

Selections >> Select None

STEP 20

In the Layers Palette make Wave 2 and Wave 3 invisible
Highlight Wave 1



Edit >> Copy Merged

STEP 21

Open Animation Shop
Edit >> Paste >> As New Animation
Back to PSP

STEP 22

In the Layers Palette make Wave 1 and Wave 3 invisible
Highlight and make Wave 2 visible



Edit >> Copy Merged

Back to Animation Shop

STEP 23

Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame
Back to PSP

STEP 24

In the Layers Palette make Wave 1 and Wave 2 invisible
Highlight and make Wave 3 visible



Edit >> Copy Merged

Back to Animation Shop

STEP 25

Edit >> Paste >> After Current Frame
Stay in Animation Shop

STEP 26

Edit >> Select All
Animation >> Frame Properties

Change the display time to 25

This is what you should have now



STEP 27

View >> Animation

If you are happy with the animation activate the frames
Resize if desired
Animation >> Resize Animation
I resized mine to 700 x 528 pixels

Save as a gif.



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

If you have any questions or would like to show me your result
EMAIL ME