( This tutorial shows a 3
frame glitter...if you wish to use a glitter
with more frames you have to duplicate your
layers accordingly when you reach **
)
Go to 'File' New' and open a 'New Image' 300 x
300 pixels, transparent.
In the 'Materials' palette,
click on the colour which appears in the
'Foreground and Stroke Properties' box......
...which will open the
'Materials Properties' box, click on a colour
you wish to use for the background and click
'OK'
That colour will now appear
in the 'Foreground and Stroke Properties' box.
Using the 'Floodfill Tool' 
click on your blank canvas to floodfill with
the colour.
Click on the 'Picture Tube
Tool' 
....
....click on the picture
which appears on the toolbar and select
the picture tube you want to use from the
menu.
If the picture tube you wish
to use isnt there, go to 'File' 'Browse' and
locate your picture, double click to open it
so that it opens in its own window...then go
to 'File' 'Export' 'Picture Tube', give the
tube a name and 'OK' it. It should now appear
in your tubes menu when you next click on your
'Picture Tube Tool'.
You might need to scale down
the size of the tube...you can do this on the
toolbar.
Click once on your canvas to
place the tube, this will place the picture on
the same layer as the background. If its still
too large or too small you can remove it by
going to 'Edit' 'Undo Picture Tube' and do it
again.
Open Animation Shop.
Go to 'File' 'Browse',
locate your glitter and double click to open
it.
Click on 'Edit' 'Select
All' to select all the frames of your
glitter...the edges turn blue.
In PSP, click on 'Edit'
'Paste' 'Paste Animation as Multiple Images'
NB
Earlier versions of
PSP do not have the 'Paste Animation as
Multiple Images' option so open your glitter
as usual in Animation Shop, click on the
first frame to activate, go to 'Edit'
'Copy'...in PSP click on 'Edit' 'Paste'
'Paste as new Image'. Go back to AS, click
the 2nd frame to activate, 'Edit'
'Copy'.....in PSP click 'Edit' 'Paste as New
Image'. Repeat with the 3rd frame.
Your frames of glitter
will now open like this ..each frame in a
seperate little window
Click on the top bar of your
main image to activate [bar turns blue]
In the 'Layer' palette,
right click on 'Raster1' and select
'Duplicate'...right click that and select
'Duplicate' again so you have 3 layers
altogether.
[If you have say a 5 frame**
glitter duplicate so you have 5 layers
altogether]
'X' out all the
layers [click on the eye at the end of the
line] except the bottom one and click
on the bottom one to activate.
Select the 'Magic
Wand Tool' 
and set your settings to these......
With the 'Magic Wand' click
on your image on the part/s you want
to add the glitter to, so that its
surrounded in 'marching ants'.You may have
to click a few times to select all of the
places you want.
In the 'Materials' palette
select 'Pattern'
Click on the pattern which
appears in the box...and this will open the
'Materials Properties' box
Click on the pattern which
appears in the 'Materials Properties' box to
open the menu and click on the first of your
3 glitter frames.
This will appear in the
box in 'Material Properties'...click on 'OK'
and it now appears in your 'Materials'
palette.
Using the 'Floodfill Tool'
click on your image in the places where you
used the magic wand, to floodfill with the
glitter.
In the 'Layer'
palette...'X' out the bottom layer..un 'X'
the next one and click on it to activate.
[your magic wand selection will still be
selected]
In the 'Materials'
palette, click on the pattern showing in the
'Foreground and Stroke properties' box....
which will open the 'Materials Properties'
box like before. Find the 2nd glitter
fame, click on it to select and 'OK' it.
Using the 'Floodfill Tool
'
click on your image to floodfill the areas
with your 2nd glitter.
In the 'Layer' palette,
'X' out that layer too and un'X' the last
layer...click on it to acivate.
In the 'Materials'
palette, click on the pattern like before
and locate the 3rd frame of your glitter
...and 'OK' it.Use the 'Floodfill
Tool' again to floodfill your areas.
Go to 'Selections' 'Select
None' to deselect [to get rid of the
'Marching Ants'].
Click on the bottom
one to highlight and go to 'Edit'
'Copy'
Over in Animation Shop
click on 'Edit' 'Paste' 'Paste as New
Animation'.
Go back to PSP and click
on the 2nd layer...'Edit' 'Copy' ..go
over to Animation Shop and click 'Edit' and
this time click on 'Paste after Current
Frame.
Back to PSP and click
on the remaining layer 'Edit' 'Copy'......over
to Animation Shop and 'Edit' 'Paste', 'Paste
after Current Frame'
Use the 'View Animation'
icon 
to see your animation.
Go to 'File' 'Save as' a
'CompuServe Graphics Interchange *(.gif).
I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial
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