Playful Kitten

Supplies Needed:

Psp

Tube of choice. Art by Charlotte Thompson. Purchase it: here

Forum set template 011 by me: PSP here PSD here **new link here

Plugin: Cross Shadow (Graphics Plus)

Xero: Porcelain here

Font here

Open the template.Duplicate and close the original.

Don't change the background color yet, colorize later :)

Activate the layer: background

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds:

Effects - Texture Effects - Wave:

Apply the effect again but change the settings from width to: 2

Of course feel free to play with the settings (;

Duplicate the layer.

Effects - Artistic Effects - Halftone:

Make a selection around:

Selections - Invert. Edit - Clear. Deselect.

Rename it: Animated area 1

Activate the layer: wordart

Add drop shadow:

V: 0 H: 2

O: 55 B: 3

Add a few sparkles, if you want.

Open the tube, c/p in the canvas.

Place it in the right side of the banner.

With the selection tool (feather none) make a selection:

Edit - Cleat. Deselect.

Add drop shadow:

V: -2 H: 3

O: 60 B: 4

Add your name and copyright. Export as jpg or png, for a non animate banner.

To animate:

Activate the layer: Animated area 1

Duplicate 2 more times, rename:

Animated area 1

Animated area 2

Animated area 3

Select the first layer.

With the selection tool:

make a selection around the most dark section:

Otherwise the effect is going to apply in part of the background.

With the selection:

Plguin applied without a selection:

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow:

activate the layer: Animated area 2

Apply the plugin but change:

Vertical: 80

Activate the last layer: Animated area 3.

Apply the plugin but change:

Vertical: 35

Close the layers: Animated area 2 and 3.

Open the first layers to animate:

Animated area 1

Frame blinkie 1

Inner Frame Blinkie 1

Copy Merged. Open Animation Shop.

Paste as a new image.

Back to psp, close the layers:

Animated area 1

Frame blinkie 1

Inner Frame Blinkie 1

and open:

Animated area 2

Frame blinkie 2

Inner Frame Blinkie 2

Copy merged. Go to Animation Shop, paste after current frame.

Back to psp, close the layers:

Animated area 2

Frame blinkie 2

Inner Frame Blinkie 2

and open:

Animated area 3

Frame blinkie 3

Inner Frame Blinkie 3

Copy merged. Go to Animation Shop, paste after current frame.

Change the speed to: 15.

Play the animation and save if you like it

**Another tip: I applied Xero - Porcelain, to the merged layer before pasted in animation shop.

My settings:

One more thing :)

You can recolor in an easy way the blinkie if you make a color banner