PORTABLE MAGIC

This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
© 2012 Yorkshire Lass Designs in PSP. All Rights Reserved.

It was created in Paint Shop Pro 8, but can be realised in other versions.
However, some tool descriptions and locations may vary, but the overall result should be the same.

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:

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

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Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial



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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!



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

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