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UNDERWATER Technique
HootyTut© by Hooty aka Doyle Allen 5/22/04 Use as a tag or a Header! Approved by the HootyTutTesters! 
Needed: Intermediate
I used
Paint Shop Pro8 which has a
built
in Ripple effect.
Skill Level: Basic Knowledge of
Paint Shop Pro8 and
Animation shop will help bunches!
1 Preparations:
Open a graphic in Paint Shop Pro8,
Resize to about 280 pixels on the
longest sides.
This size is what
I am recommending to start
with...of course
you can make it any size
you like, but
usually bigger is a larger file
size of course.
Sharpen and enhance as needed.
Edit/Copy
Edit / Paste / Paste as new image
Close (X) the original.
2 Image/Add Borders = 10
symmetric
3 Magic Wand: Select the new
border
4 Add any fill or effects to make
your
simple frame out of that border.
It
should be noted that in testing that
sometimes when the border color
was
too light that it created an
undesirable
white-ish appearance as the ani
ran.
Recommended:
Choose a darkish color(s)
or color(s) that closely matches
the outside
area of your graphic for the
border.
5 Selections / Invert
6 Still Selected, Duplicate 3
times so you
end up with 4 layers with the
same image
and a selection active.
7 Effect / Distortion Effects /
Ripple
Settings:
Horizontal = 50 Amplitude = 3
Vertical = 50
Wavelength = 30
Transparent is checked!
8 Ctrl + Shift + F or
Selections/Defloat
9 Click on copy 2 on your layers
palette.
should be the 2nd one from the
top.
Apply the Ripple again but change
the
Wave Length to 32
Ctrl + Shift + F or
Selections/Defloat
10 Click on copy on your layers
palette.
should be the 3rd one down from the top.
Apply the Ripple again but change the
Wave Length to 34
Ctrl + Shift + F or Selections/Defloat
11 Click on the bottom layer.
Apply the Ripple again but change the
Wave Length to 36
Ctrl + Shift + F or Selections/Defloat
12 Selections / Select None
13
Optional:
Layers/Add new Raster Layer
Add your watermark or text or
both if you
want. Use the Mover Tool to move
into
position.
Note that you only want to end up
with
5 layers in total when you
finish.
So if you use 2 separate layers
merge the
two.
14 File / Save as / Type = Paint Shop Pro
Image
File Name...WhatEverYouLike.Paint Shop Pro
Be sure the
extension ends in .Paint Shop Pro
Activate Animation Shop
1 File / Open , open the Paint Shop Pro
layers that you
just saved.
2 Scroll over to the last
layer...now a frame
which has your text/watermark on
it and
left click on it and drag it off
onto the
work area.
3 Edit / Copy (copying the text
frame)
4 Click on the graphic stack to
make it active
5 Edit / Select All
6 Edit / Propagate Paste
7 Edit / Paste / Paste into
Selected Frame
8 Move your cursor around until
your text
is in the postion that you want
it to be in.
Then left click on your mouse to
set it into
place!
Close your text
frame.. You are done with
it
9 You may want to select all the
frames
and use the File/Optimization Wizard.
10 You may want to Resize the animation.
Animation / Resize
11 View / Animation
If the effect is going too fast
then click on
the X on the animation that is
running
Animations/Frame Properties
All the frames
should still be selected in
the animation.
Seems like the bigger the image
you use,
the slower it needs to go.
It starts at 10 but you my want
to adjust
10 all the way up to 40.
Repeat 11 from the top until you
like the
animation.
12 File / Save as
Remember to Watermark your creations! **************************************** Thanks to all the great testers that help me to make these tutorials as good as they are! The testers are always a vital part of the end results of what you end up using. Special thanks to all the testers: Maria Rosa, Everam, Sue, Adrienne, KMRA, Calvin, Michelle, Linda D. |
