Glittername

 

 

You will need :-

PSP 9

Animation Shop

A 3 framed Glitter file

There are glitter files you can download from the net, or why not have a go at making  your own? We have a simple tutorial here for Making your own Glitter

A font of your choice, use a chunky one [Ive used 'Candice' for this tutorial]

There are many free fonts on the net, download and save to a folder on your pc, or you can use one which you will already find available in your PSP prog when you come to use the 'Text' tool.

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Firstly, find your font file, open it and leave it onscreen or reduce it to your taskbar at the bottom. While you keep the file open it will appear in your list of fonts in PSP when you use the 'Text' tool.

Open your PSP 9 programme.

Go to 'File' 'New' and open a new raster image, transparent, size 500 x 300 pixels.

Go to 'File' 'Jasc Software products' 'Launch Animation Shop'

In Animation Shop go to 'File' Browse' and locate your glitter. Double click on it  to open it. This particular glitter has 3 frames.

Go to 'Edit' 'Select all' so all your frames are surrounded in blue

then 'Edit' 'Copy'...

Go over to PSP and click on 'Edit' 'Paste' 'Paste Animation as Multiple Images'

and your glitter frames will appear, each frame in its own little window

Click on your main blank image to activate it [the bar at the top turns blue and 'Raster 1' will be highlighted blue in your 'Layer' palette.]

Click on the 'Text' tool icon 

On the 'Tools Options' palette click the little down arrow next to font and select your chosen font from the drop down menu

Set the size, Ive used 72, and set the 'Stroke Width' to 1.0. and the 'Create as:' Floating

Set the 'Line Style'   to +Solid  and 'Anti-alias' to smooth

In the 'Materials' palette click on the solid black dot underneath the 'Foreground and Stroke' properties box to set it to colour. Click on the colour in the box to open the 'Materials Properties' box. Select a colour. Do the same with the 'Background and Fill Properties' box, set that to the same colour.

 

Click on your blank image and the 'Text Entry' box will open. You will notice a 'Vector 1' layer open in your 'Layer Palette'. This is because all text is made on a 'Vector' layer and the program auto does this for you.

 

Type in your text and click 'Apply'

Your text will appear on your image surrounded by 'Marching Ants' and you'll notice the 'Vector' has changed to a 'Floating Selection

Go to 'Selections' 'Select None' to deselect. The 'Marching Ants' will disappear and your layer will be back to a raster layer.

Use the' Move Tool'to to drag your text into position. Once in position dont move it from now on.

As the glitter used for this tutorial is a 3 frame glitter  we have to duplicate our text layer  'Raster Layer' so that there will be 3 layers - one to correspond with each of the glitter fames [If you are using a glitter with more than 3 frames, you will have to duplicate accordingly]

So...in the 'Layer' palette, right click on 'Raster1' and select 'Duplicate' from the menu.

Right click on that layer and select 'Duplicate' again so you now have 3 layers

 

In the 'Materials' palette 'Foreground and Stroke Properties', click on the solid black dot and select the 'Pattern' icon from its drop down menu

Click on the pattern that appears in the box to open the 'Material Properties' box, pattern section.

Click on the pattern showing there to open the menu. There you will see your 3 glitter frames, click on the first of the 3 to select it....and 'OK' it [ Ignore the image numbers underneath]

The first frame of your glitter will now be showing in your 'Materials' palette

In your 'Layer' palette,  'X' out the top 2 'Raster' layers  by clicking on the eye at the end of each row.

 Click on 'Raster 1' to highlight it

Select the 'Magic Wand' tool 

and make sure you have  the 'Mode' set to 'Add (Shift)'. This keeps your selections 'selected' as you click along the letters.

Click inside each of your letters so there are 'Marching Ants' inside each one

Click on the 'Floodfill' tool and left click inside each letter to floodfill with the first of the glitters.

With the 'Marching Ants' still marching,

'X' out 'Raster 1' layer and un 'X' the next layer and click on it to highlight

In the 'Materials' palette, click on the glitter showing in the box to open the 'Material Properties' patterns.

 Click on the glitter showing in that box to open the menu. Select the 2nd frame of your glitter from the menu, count the second one in of the 3 frames, ignore the 'Image' numbers underneath

and 'OK' it

It will appear in your 'Materials' palette.

Using the 'Floodfill' tool   again, click inside each letter to floodfill with the 2nd glitter.

'X' out that layer in your 'Layer' palette, un 'X' the last layer and click on it to highlight.

Click on the glitter showing in your 'Materials' palette again to open the 'Material Properties', and this time select the 3rd of the glitters from the menu and 'OK' it

Using the 'Floodfill' tool , click inside each letter to floodfill with the 3rd of your glitters.

'Selections' 'Select None' to deselect.

Un 'X' all 3 layers **

*** At this point, if you wish to add a graphic to your glittername, click here to go over to the Glitter Name and Image Tutorial  ***

or continue below to finalise your glitter name.....

Click on 'Raster 1' to highlight it, go to 'Edit' 'Copy'....

go over to Animation Shop [you can close your original 3 glitter frame if you still have it open in AS]

and click on 'Edit' 'Paste' 'As New Animation'

Go back to PSP, click on your 2nd 'Raster' layer to highlight, 'Edit' 'Copy'...

over to Animation Shop click on 'Edit' 'Paste' and this time click on 'After Current Frame'

[nb the frames will probably go behind each other so dont be alarmed you havent lost them]

Go back to PSP, click on your last 'Raster' layer to highlight, 'Edit' 'Copy'

...over to Animation Shop and click on 'Edit' 'Paste' 'After Current Frame'

[If you wish to see all your frames you can click on 'View' 'Normal Viewing (1:1)]

Now click on the 'View Animation' icon   to see your glittering text.

 

Go to 'File' 'Save as' a 'Compuserve Graphics Interchange (*.gif)

 

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© 2005 Alicorn

Revised 2007