Animated FTU Forum Tutorial "The Window"

The Window

 

This tutorial was written by me on September 06, 2018 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 PSPX6.

 

Supplies:

 

"Halloween Night" FTU scrap kit by Lynx the Minx

 

Filters:

Mura's Meister_Cloud

 

Fonts:

BankGothic Lt BT

 

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

 

Open blank 600x300 canvas

ANL

Mura's Meister_Cloud_White_#032e6b_#05a6dd_ all others Default

Duplicate

Blend Mode_Multiply

C/P Dead Tree placing to the right

Blend Mode_Burn

C/P Stars

C/P Fence

**Duplicate_Mirror_match edges_Merge Down**

Repeat ** to ** until fence goes across width of canvas

Blend Mode_Hard Light

C/P Wood Frame

Pick Tool_Rotate slightly to the left as shown

Selection tool_Point to Point

Select around the opening of window (about the middle of the outer frame)

ANL below frame

FF Black

ANL

FF #7d6e27

C/P Spirit placing as shown

Invert_Delete any of Spirit showing outside frame

Select none

Merge Spirit and #7d6e27 layer together

C/P Spider 2_place on window as shown

C/P Frame 2

Pick tool_Rotate to roughly match the wood frame angle

Move below black window square layer

C/P Tombstone

Use Pick Tool to rotate slightly

Place as shown

Open Rising Grame in psp

Selection Tool_Select the grassy area to the left of the head

Copy

Close Rising Grame, we're done with it

Back to tag canvas_Paste As New Layer

Place over Tombstone as shown

Open Pumpkin Borders in PSP

Selection Tool_Select the top vine portion of the bottom right cluster

Copy

Close Pumpkin Borders, we're done with it too

Tag Canvas_Paste As New Layer

Position over bottom left of wood frame as shown

Duplicate

Blend Mode_Multiply

DS layers_3_4_75_5_Black

ANL to top

FF Black

Select All_Contract 2_Delete_Select None

Add all correct copyright/license information

Name_BankGothic Lt BT_72_#7c6d27

Adjust_Add/Remove Noise_Gaussian 25

DS_3_3_100_5_Black

Repeat twice

 

ANIMATING

 

Close the Spirit/Window layer

Copy Merged

AS

Paste As New Animation

Back to PSP

Open Spirit/Window layer

Copy Merged

AS

Paste After Current Frame

Select All

Copy

Highlight frame 2

Paste After Current Frame

Highlight Frame 1

Animation_Frame Properties_100

View_View Animation

If happy, save!