Now to add the picture tube.

Type in the name of the file  and 'Ok'

Next click 'Layers' and open a 'New Raster Layer'

Right click it in the 'Layer Palette' and rename it 'Picture1'

Select the 'Picture Tube Tool' and click on the little image in the preview window on the tools options palette to open the tubes menu....

...and select your tube. You will probably have to scale it down. Click on your image to place the tube, if its too large go to 'Edit' 'Undo Picture Tube', rescale and try again. Ive used a scale of 40 here

Use the 'Raster Deform Tool'  to adjust the slant of your lady to match that of the mask if you like.

Hold your mouse over the little node which is at the end of the line drawn out from the centre of the deform rectangle,

your cursor will change to that of 2 arrows in a circle.

 When you see the two arrows, click and hold down your mouse on the node and drag the rectangle anticlockwise...the deform rectangle will move like this....

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and when you let go your tube will have followed.

Click on the 'Move Tool' to remove  the 'Raster Deform Tool' and go to 'Adjust''Sharpness' 'Sharpen' to sharpen your image a little because any rescaling of a tube or use of some tools blurs the image.

You can use the 'Move Tool' to drag your picture tube higher up your image if you need to.

Now we need to have 3 'Picture' layers to go with our 3 'Merged' layers, so in the 'Layer' palette, right click the 'Picture 1' layer and select 'Duplicate', right click the duplicate layer and rename it 'Picture2'. Right click the 'Picture2' layer, select 'Duplicate', right click the duplicate and rename it 'Picture3'

Rearrange the layers so they look like this...

Now to add the text. 

Go to 'Layers' and open a 'New Raster Layer' and rename it 'Text1'

In the 'Materials' palette, click the pattern icon under the glitter....

to reveal the 3 icon menu and select the solid black dot. This changes your options from 'pattern' to a solid 'colour' 

 Click on the colour which appears in that box [the 'Foreground and Stroke Properties' box]to open the colour palette, choose a colour for the outline of your text. 

Do the same for the box below it [the 'Background and Fill Properties' box] and choose a colour for the fill of your text

Click on the 'Text Tool' and select your chosen font from the drop down menu. Choose the size, Ive chosen 30 here but yours will differ depending on the size of your picture tube or your chosen font. Have it set to 'Floating' and the 'Line Width' to 1.0

Click on your image and the 'Text Entry' box will appear, type in your text and 'Apply'.

Your text will appear surrounded by 'Marching Ants'

Go to 'Selections' 'Select None' to remove them.

If you'd like to angle the text , select the 'Raster Deform Tool' and turn your text to match the picture tube.

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Now we need to duplicate the text layers so that we have 3, so right click your 'Text1' layer in the palette, choose 'Duplicate', right click the copy and rename it 'Text2'

Right click 'Text2' choose 'Duplicate', right click the copy and rename it 'Text3'

Arrange the layers in the palette like this....

'X' out that 'Merged' layer and 'un X' the next 3 layers, click on the next 'Merged' layer to highlight....

'X' out that 'Merged' layer also, and 'un X' the last 3 layers.

Click on the 'Merged' layer to highlight...

...then 'Layers' 'Merge' 'Merge Visible'.

'Un X' all the layers.

Click on the 'View Animation' icon to see your finished animation.

Click on it again to close.

Go to 'File' and 'Save as' a 'Compuserve Graphics Interchange [*.gif]

Click 'Next' 'Next' 'Next' through the 'Optimisation' and 'Finish

We hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Have fun