No Scraps Animated "Yin Yang"

Yin Yang

 

 

This tutorial was written by me on November 28, 2016 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.

 

Supplies:

"Angel V Devil" tube by Robin Pushay - tube/license currently available at ADI

Yin Yang Preset Shape from Teph's PSP Vector Shapes

 

Filters:

Xero_Fritillary

 

Fonts:

Loki Cola

 

Abbreviations:

DS_Drop Shadow

ANL_Add New Layer

EC_Eye Candy

GG_Gradient Glow

AS_Animation Shop

C/P_Copy and Paste

FF_Flood Fill

 

Installing yin yang shape in PSPX:

Open shape in psp

Effects_Export_Shapes

Give your shape a name (I like to name it the original file name plus the creator if there's room)

Click OK

Now go to your Preset Shape Tool and find your shape

 

Open blank 600x600 canvas

PreSet Shape Tool_Yin Yang_Stroke 5 Black_Fill Null

Draw out a yin Yang shape almost as big as your canvas

Objects_Align In Center Of Canvas

Convert to raster

Magic Wand_Select inside the right shape area

ANL below shape

FF #77b6bb

C/P tube placing so face is inside selection

Selections_Invert_Delete_Select none

Blend Mode for tube layer_Luminance (L)

Opacity_40

Magic Wand_Select inside Left shape area

Highlight layer below shape

FF #851a2a

C/P tube placing so face is inside selection

Selections_Invert_Delete_Select none

Blend Mode for tube layer_Luminance (L)

Opacity_40

Highlight shape_DS_0_0_100_15_Black

Duplicate colored shape layer 3 times

Top Color Layer_Add Noise_Gaussian_33

Middle Color Layer_Add Noise_Gaussian 36

Bottom Color Layer_Add Noise_Gaussian 39

Close middle and bottom layers for now

Highlight original color layer

Adjust_Blur_Gaussian 15

Xero_Fritillary_5_30_10_20

Effects_Edge Effects_Enhance

Image_Mirror

C/P tube

DS_0_0_50_25_Black

Add Wording of choice

Add all correct copyright/license information

Name_Loki Cola_stroke 1 #77b6bb _fill Black

DS_2_5_50_5_Black

 

Animating:

 

Copy Merged

AS

Paste As A New Animation

PSP

Close top color noise layer

Open Middle color noise layer

Copy Merged

AS
Paste After Current Frame

PSP

Close middle color noise layer

Open bottom color noise layer

Copy Merged

AS
Paste After Current Frame

View Animation

If happy, save!