No Scraps - Snow Fun

Snow Fun

 

This tutorial was written by me on November 28, 2012, using my own ideas. Any resemblance to others is coincidental and accidental. This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of psp and is written in PSPX.

Please leave some love when downloading supplies. The artists/creators work hard to make/share their work with us, so let's be appreciative. Please use all correct copyright information and follow all TOU’s. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

As always, tutorials are only a guideline. If you don't have the exact supplies, use ones you have or ones you choose.

Supplies:

“Frosty Penguin” tube by Angelic Artwork available at AIL

VDL Adrenaline_Snowscape and Snowflake

Font for name

Animation Shop

Abbreviations:

EC = Eye Candy

GG = Gradient Glow

DS = Drop Shadow

C/P = Copy and Paste

FF = Flood Fill

 ANL = Add New Layer

 AS = Animation Shop

Open blank 600x250 canvas

ANL_FF with a blue gradient

Using your Selection Tool set on Free Hand, draw a wavy line at bottom of canvas

FF this selection with white_Select none

VDL Adrenaline_Snowscape_25_25_10_Top Only_Bright White

DS_0_0_50_10_#c0c0c0

Duplicate snow layer_Mirror

Position so it looks like drifts

C/P your tubes as desired, placing between snow layers

Add 2 new layers to top

FF top layer #992d2c

FF second layer #99be6e

Back to top red layer_select all_contract 2_delete

Highlight green layer_contract 2_delete_select none

Apply noise to each of these layers_50

DS frames and tubes 0_0_50_10_Black

I added a pile of snowballs by using a pre-set shape_white_then adding the Gray DS

Add all correct copyright/license information

ANL below the green frame

Duplicate for 3 layers

Starting at top new layer, apply VDLAdrenaline_Snowflakes_99_0_9_100_0_Basic-Snow_0

Highlight next blank layer, repeat snowflakes changing the Random Seed number slightly

Repeat again on the third blank layer, again changing to random seed number

Close off 2 bottom snowflake layers

Copy Merged

Go to Animation Shop_paste as new image

Back to PSP, close the snowflake layer and open the next snowflake layer

Copy merged

AS_Paste after current frame

Repeat above steps for the third snowflake layer

In AS_Edit_Select All

Click the tab at top that looks like 3 papers (Propagate Paste)

Back to PSP, add name in font/color of choice

C/P as new image in AS

Copy name, right click on main image, paste into selected frame

View_Animation

If it looks good to you, (name is in all 3 frames, snow falling), save and enjoy!!!