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| This tutorial shows how animated water can be added to sections of an image using a neat water animation program called Reflet. |
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| You'll need :- PSP Animation Shop The zip file of the images The REFLET program |
| Save the Zip file and extract to a handy folder. Open PSP, AnimationShop and Reflet. In Reflet - click the "open" button and open the file called: "FountainUnselected.jpg" |
| Click the Animate Button: |
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| Select "Regular" option as below: |
| Click the save button (right next to the Animate button) and choose the following settings: |
| Save the image as "Reflection.gif" *note - there will be one more pop up window from Reflet asking you (in French) if you'd like to view the HTML preview of your image - click NO* Go into Animation shop and open the Reflection.gif You will have a 5 frame animation that looks like this: |
| Select your Crop tool and inside the FIRST FRAME - crop the area shown below outlined in pink: |
| That will leave you with this animation: |
| Select the "white arrow" tool on the tool bar Right click on the first frame of the image and select "Copy". Go into PSP and open the file called "FountainwithSelections.psp" You will see the original image with the water areas already selected for you! (Note - to select areas like this yourself, use the "Freehand Selection Tool") Right click on the top border of the image window and choose "Paste - Paste Into Selection" The watery parts of the copied frame will be automatically filled into the areas selected on the image. Press "Control-D" to deselect the image and click Copy. Go back into Animation Shop, right click on the workspace and choose Paste - As New Animation. Copy Frame TWO of the water animation. Go back to PSP Click UNDO twice (to go back to the image as it is originally with the selections) Right click on the top bar of the image window and "Paste - Paste Into Selection" Press Control-D Copy Go back to Animation Shop Right click on the fountain image you pasted before and choose: Paste - Paste After Current Frame Copy Frame THREE of the water animation. Go back to PSP Click UNDO twice Right Click on the top bar and choose: Paste - Paste into Selection Control-D Copy Go back to Animation Shop and click on the SECOND FRAME of the fountain animation (NOT the water reflection) and choose: Paste - Paste After Current Frame Now you should have THREE frames of the animated fountain! Copy the FOURTH FRAME of the reflection animation Go back into PSP, undo twice, paste the copied image into the selection, control-d to deselect copy Go to Animation Shop Right click on the THIRD FRAME of the FOUNTAIN animation and "Paste - After Current Frame" Copy the FIFTH and last FRAME of the reflection animation Go to PSP Undo twice right click and Paste Into Selection Control-D Copy Go to Animation Shop Right click on the FOURTH FRAME of the FOUNTAIN animation Choose Paste After Current Frame Preview your image using the "run animation button" on the toolbar. If you're happy with it, save!! To add Borders, Text or other images into your animation, watch your mailbox for the next tutorial - "Editing Animations" (Hopefully later today!!) If you have any questions or comments or find any errors in this tut, PLEASE email me! |
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