No Scraps Animated Forum Style "City Nights"

 City Nights
 

 

This tutorial was written by me, VCC, on Nov 20, 2025
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:
"Little City 2000" Ding Font available at DaFont)
Moon png Image of choice

FILTERS:
Mura's Meister_Cloud
DSB Flux_Bright Noise
Xenofex2_Lightening

FONTS:
Holistya Snow
Branded Signature
 

  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

Ctrl+A_Select All

Ctrl+C_Copy

Ctrl+V_Paste

Ctrl+D_De-select

Ctrl+E_Paste Into Selected Frame/s

**This tutorial was written using the supplies listed. Adjust your settings/steps as needed for your choice of images)

 Open blank 700 x 300 blank canvas
Foreground Black, Background White
ANL
Mura's Meister_Cloud_Color boxes top to bottom_White_Black_
#808080_Everything else default

Text Tool_Little City 2000_350_Background Black_Foreground closed

Type small j_Stretch to fit canvas_Convert to raster 

Magic Wand_Select outside of city
Expand by 5
Invert
ANL below shape
FF #d1be49
Select none
Duplicate Yellow layer three times for 4 layers
Hide bottom 3 layers for now
On each of the Yellow layers, apply_DSB Flux_Bright Noise_50,
clicking "MIX" each time
Now, on each of the top 3 Yellow Noise layers, apply_Xenofex2_Lightening_Nice Spread setting
(if you don't have that setting: Taper Main Arc checked_31_65_100_70)
Click "Random Seed" for each layer
Magic Wand_Highlight very bottom yellow layer

Click outside the shape_
Expand 2_hit delete on each of the lightening layers (this removes excess lightening we don't need)
Select none
Duplicate your main cityscape image
Bottom cityscape layer_EC4000_GG_3_25_100_#808080
Layer opacity 20 (you just want a faint outline around the buildings)
Highlight top cityscape layer
Magic wand_click inside large circle on 2nd building from the left_
Expand 2_Delete on each of the lightening layers_Select none
Add your Moon, placing directly above the cloud layer
and in top right corner as shown_change opacity to 50
Text Tool_Holistya Snow_72_Background Metal Brass Gradient_135_3
Type "City Nights"
Repeat noise
DS_1_2_100_2_Black
Place as shown
Text tool_Branded Signature_30_Metal Brass gradient (same settings)
Repeat noise
Repeat DS
ANL to top_FF Black_Select All_Contract 3_Delete_Select None
Uniform Noise_50
DS_0_0_100_15_Black
Repeat DS three times
Animate as usual

(If you don't like the way the lights show in the windows, go back to psp, duplicate the bottom yellow noise layer and re-apply the lightening. Repeat until it looks great to you. You want the windows to look like twinkling lights)

Enjoy!!