A nice little tag for halloween, the tag was made by Robert....I
love making things move so I have
changed Robert's original a little with his permission
Written byİDorothy
Oct/2004
Tag by Robert
Here
Open your font and shrink it to the taskbar....open PSP
Close off all layers except the bottom layer
Click the text tool and with your font set at fearless (enclosed)...
size set at 48...stroke set at black...fill set at red (or your choice)...
Type your name....open frame 2 and place your letter where the broom will make
contact with the letter....re name that layer text...
and drag it to the bottom of the stack
1)open text and frame 1....layers>merge.....save as
image 1....in psp click the undo button
2)Close off frame 1 and open frame 2......layers>merge...save as image 2 ..
in psp click the undo button
After each move do effects>sharpen...I
will also be doing the moves of the letter as in layer 3
3)Open frame 2.....duplicate the text layer
and close off the original.......with the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the last letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants...holding down the ctrl key and using the
arrows to the right of the keyboard...move the letter up about a full letter length.....
.layers>merge...save as image 3..
in psp click the undo button
4)Close off frame 2....open frame 3.......with the copy of text the
active layer.........move the letter up
about a full letter length....click on image>rotate and put 30 in the
box and rotate left.....
.layers>merge...save as image .4.
in psp click the undo button
5)With the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants......move the letter up
about a full letter length....click on image>rotate and put 30 in the
box and rotate left.....move the letter over a little...it has to make
a full circle...
.layers>merge...save as image 5..
in psp click the undo button
6)With the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants......move the letter up
about a full letter length....click on image>rotate and put 30 in the
box and rotate left.....move the letter over a little more...it has to make
a full circle...
.layers>merge...save as image 6..
in psp click the undo button
7)With the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants...image>rotate 30 left.....start moving the letter down now.....layers>merge
close off and re name...save as image 7....in psp click the undo button
8With the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants...image rotate...30 left....start moving the letter down and over to where it will land
.....layers>merge
close off and re name...save as image 8....in psp click the undo button
9)With the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants...image>rotate...30 left..... move the letter down more.....layers>merge
close off and re name...save as image 9....in psp click the undo button
10)With the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants...image>rotate...30 left..... move the letter down more.....layers>merge
close off and re name...save as image 10....in psp click the undo button
11)Close off frame 3 and open frame 2.....with the copy of text the
active layer......lasso the letter and click in the middle to tighten the
ants...image>rotate...30 left..... move the letter down more....it should now
be right above the letter in your text......layers>merge
close off and re name...save as image 11....in psp click the undo button
12)Open frame 1...delete copy of text...open text....layers>merge...
close off and re name
.....Animation....
Open AS.... click on the aniomation wizard....
1st box....Same size as first image frame...click next
2nd box...transparent...click next
3rd box...upper left corner of the frame and with canvas color checked...click next
4th box....yes repeat the animation indefinitely.... and put 20 in the box...click next
5th box...add your images...click next..
6th box...click finish...
Animation frames.....right click on first frame...frame properties
set at 125
Right click on last frame...frame proerties set at 125....these you can change
to your liking
Save as and when you come to the Animation quality versus output...click on the
custom button and then on the optimization tab and keep the "convert pixels less than 40" but
change the "yes blend with this color "to black...at least I had to with mine because blending
mine with white made it blurry.....here again you can experiment
Happy sweeping
Thanks Robert for sharing
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