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PaintShop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Animation Shop

Scrapkit Easter Bop FTU By Crys @ Creative Scraps By Crys

Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow

Font : GabbyGauguinsh - Size 50 Pixels - Color #ff2996

Frame 3

Paper 6

Paper 10

Little Girl

Bow 5

Rabbit Green

Ribbon 3

Egg 3

Egg 4

Egg Tree

Open a new 800 x 650 transparent canvas . (We will crop it later)

Open Paper 10, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then go to Layers, click on Load/Save Mask, then click Load Mask From Disk. Find your mask of choice and click ok. 

Then in your layers pallet right click on your mask layer, click Merge, then click Merge Group. Now re-size your mask to 75%.

Open Frame 3, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 65%. (To re-size hold down your shift key & your S key on your keyboard & your re-size menu will open.)

Now activate your magic wand by clicking on it, then click inside your frame one time. Go to Selections, click Modified, then click Expand, change the number of pixels to 5, then click ok.

Now open Paper 10, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then go to Selections, and click Invert. Now on your keyboard press your delete key ONE time.

Now go to Selections, and click Select None.

Then in your layers pallet, move your paper layer BELOW your frame layer.

Once you have your paper layer below your frame layer,  click on your frame layer, then go to effects, click 3D Effects, then click Drop Shadow.

You can either put in your own settings or use mine below, the choice is yours :

Offset Vertical : 3

Horizontal : 3

Attributes Opacity : 60

Blur : 5.00

Color : Black (#000000)

Also make sure that your "Shadow on new layer box is unchecked", then click Ok

Now, In your layers pallet, right click on your paper layer, then click Duplicate, now right click on your duplicated paper layer, and click Duplicate again. 

Now you should have 3 paper layers. You will want to rename them Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3. Work from the bottom paper layer up.

Now click the little eye next to the 2nd & 3rd paper layers. Then click on your first paper layer. (Remember your first one is the last one on the bottom)

Now go to Effects, scroll down til you find your plug-ins, then click Xero, then click Fritillary , once that menu opens set your settings : (Again you can use your own settings or mine it makes no difference.)

Granulanity : 6

Agression : 33

Tesselation : 33

Variation : 50

Then click Ok.

Now unhide Paper layer 2, go to Effects , click Plug-ins, then click Xero, then Fritillary, this time only change your "Variation" setting to 55. Click Ok.

Now unhide your Paper 3 layer, go to Effects, click Plug-ins, then click Xero, now click Fritillary and again only change the "Variation" setting , to 60. Click Ok.

Now open your Little Girl element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, re-size it to 50%.

Using your move tool put the little girl element on the left side of your frame.

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply Drop Shadow. (To apply a drop shadow go to Effects > click 3D Effects > Then click Drop Shadow. Set your settings and click Ok.

Open Bow 5, copy & paste it as a new layer, re-size it to 35%. Using your move tool again position it at the top of your frame. 

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen

Apply a drop shadow.

In your layers pallet, move your bow 5 layer down so it is under your little girl layer.

Now lets open our Ribbon 3 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 85%. 

In your layers pallet, move your Ribbon 3 layer down so that it is the second layer from the bottom.

Open Ribbon 4, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas as a new layer, make sure this is the 3rd layer from the bottom in your layers pallet. 

Now again in your layers pallet , right click on your Ribbon 3 layer, then click Duplicate. 

Then go to Image, and click Flip.

Apply a drop shadow to ALL 3 ribbons.

Now open Eggs 2, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas, re-size them to 50%. Use your move tool to position this element in the middle towards the bottom of your frame (use my tag for reference if needed). Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen. 

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open Egg 3, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas, re-size it to 10%. Using your move tool position it to the right of the cluster of eggs you just placed at the bottom of your frame.

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open Egg 4, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas, re-size it to 10%, Using your move tool position it to the left of your cluster of egges that you just placed at the bottom of your frame.

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply drop shadow.

Open your Rabbit Green element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, re-size it to 15%. Position it using your move tool to the lower right of your frame.

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Egg Tree, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 45%. Using your move tool position it to the right side of your frame behind your Rabbit Green element.

You might need to go to your layers pallet, and move your Egg Tree layer down so that it is below your Rabbit Green layer.

Apply a drop shadow to your Egg Tree.

Now activate your text tool by clicking on it :

Set your font to a font of your choice. I used GabbyGauguinsh, Size 50 pixels, color Black. I wrote the phrase "Happy Easter" you can put the same or whatever you would like.

Once you have your phrase done click apply.

Now apply a drop shadow .

Now is the time to add your name, & any copyright/credit information.

Once you have your information all added to your tag, go to your layers pallet and right click on your NAME layer. Click Convert To Raster Layer.

Now go to Effects, click on Plug-ins, then click Eye Candy 4, then click Gradient Glow. Settings like mine below, or you can work with your own settings.

Once you have that done it is time to animate!!

(If you wish not to animate you can stop here, but first merge your layers together by right clicking on any layer, click merge, then merge together. Then you will want to crop your tag to get rid of any access canvas that we did not use. Once your tag is cropped you may or may not need to re-size it. If you do need to re-size it go to Image, click Re-size, then put in your settings.

Once you have re-sized your tag you should sharpen it. So go to Adjust, then click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Save as PNG!

Open your Animation Shop.

Go back to your PSP, and in your layers pallet make sure that your Paper layers 2 & 3 are closed/hidden. (hide them by clicking the eye symbol next to each of them).

Now click on your Paper layer 1, go to Edit, click Copy Special, then click Copy Merged.

Go to Animation Shop, right click in the work space and then click "Paste As New Animation".

Go back to PSP, and hide Paper layer 1 (by clicking the eye symbol next to it.) and unhide Paper layer 2 (To unhide simply click the eye symbol again). Go to Edit, click Copy Special, then click Copy Merged. 

Go to Animation Shop, right click in the first frame we just put there, and click Paste, then click "After Current Frame".

Now go back to your PSP one last time, and hide Paper layer 2, and unhinde Paper layer 3. Go to Edit, click Copy Special, then click Copy Merged. 

Go back to your Animation Shop, right click on the second frame, then click Paste, then click "After Current Frame".

Now you will want to check your animation. To do that look at the top of your Animation Shop on the right hand side, you will see a series of buttons there. You want to click on the second button from the right. If you hoover your mouse over the button it will tell you what it does. So if you hoover your mouse over the second button from the right it should say "View Animation". Click it, and it will show you what your tag will look like animated.

Now if you are happy with your animation & your tag, you may want to re-size your tag, to do this in Animation Shop, you can use your Shift & S keys on your keyboard and that will bring up your Re-size menu. So set your size as you may needed it, click ok, and go to File, then click Save As, and save your tag as a gif file.

Thats it! You have completed this tutorial!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and as always I would LOVE to see what you have made using any of my tutorials. So please feel free to send me what you make. I will be displaying them on my blog!