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Animated
Gold Star
This
tutorial is written for PSP 8,
but it is possible to create
this tag in any version so long
as you are familiar with
creating text and vector shapes
in whatever version you are
using. Sample images have
been resized to 75%.
You
can download my Autumn Gold
gradient HERE
Save
the gradient file to a temporary
location. In PSP, go into
your materials pallet, on the
gradients tab. Click Edit and
then click Import. Locate
the gradient file, highlight it
and then click Import. This will
convert the file I have supplied
to work with whatever version of
PSP you have.
| Create
a new image 300 x 300,
white background, raster.
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| Layers
menu, New Vector Layer
Click
on the Text tool
Set
up your materials pallet
with the foreground colour
set to #DDD992, solid
colour, and the background
material set to the
autumn_gold-JH gradient.
The
options for the gradient
are as follows:
Gradient
= autume_gold-JH
Style = Linear
Rotation = 45
Repeats = 3
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| Click
in the lower, center area
of the canvas to create
your text. Use a
Stroke Width setting of
1. Use whatever font
and size you like.
Click
on the Object Selector
tool (Picker tool in PSP
Photo XI)
Objects
menu, Align, Horz. Centre
In Canvas
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| Layers
menu, Convert To Raster
Layer
Effects
menu, 3D Effects, Drop
Shadow
Horizontal
= 2
Vertical = 2
Opacity = 50
Blur = 4
Shadow Color = #400000
Layers
menu, Merge, Merge All
(Flatten)
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| Layers
menu, New Vector Layer
Click
on the Preset Shape Tool,
select a star from the
drop down list, and set
the stroke width to 1
On
the materials pallet,
change the number of
repeats for the gold
gradient to 9.
Drag
diagonally with the mouse
to draw a star above the
text.
Click
on the Object Selector
Tool
Objects
menu, Align, Horz. Centre
in Canvas.
Click
on the Object Selector
Tool (Picker tool in PSP
Photo XI).
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| Layers
menu, Duplicate Layer
On
the layer pallet, click
the + sign next to both of
the vector layers.
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| Click
on the shape line (Star 3
on mine) of the top vector
layer.
Objects
menu, Properties.
Click
the block for the Fill
material in the properties
window, and change the
angle of the gradient to
135.
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Save
the image either in PSP 7
format or in Animation
format (if you have PSP
V8.1 or higher).... as
follows:
Click File menu, Save As
Enter a new name for the image and
then click the arrow against the "Save File As Type" box
underneath the file name.
From the pull down list choose Paint
Shop Pro Image.
Open
Animation Shop.
In
Animation Shop, go to
File, Preferences, General
Program Preferences and
click on the tab for
Layered Files.
Select the 4th option for
Opening Layerd Files -
Each frame shows first and
current layers. |
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| Open
the image you saved.
You
should see the first frame
with just the text on a
white background - press
the Del key on your
keyboard to delete this
frame. That should
leave you with 2 frames,
both containing the star
and the text.
All
you have to do now is save
the file in Animation Shop
(as a .gif)
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