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Needing:
2 tubes, 1 image, 2 selections and 1 animation - made by me.
1 silver pattern.
Plug-ins:  AAA Filters – Good Vibrations, AAA Filters – Tweed Frame  - download here.
Animation Shop.

  

Before you begins.......
Open the tubes and image in PSP,
 Put the plug-ins in the folder plug-ins, the selections in the folder selections and the silver pattern in the folder pattern.

 

Material

 Snowman

 

 

 

1.
File - open new transparent image 600x450.
Set in the material palette the foreground on #2b612b and the background on #808000.
Make from the foreground a gradient radial – with this setting.

2.
Activate flood fill tool - fill the layer with the gradient.
Layers – duplicate.
Image – flip –set the opacity of this layer at 50.

3.
Layers – merge – merge down.
Effects – plug-ins - AAA Filters – Good Vibrations – with this setting - click OK.

4.
Effects – Edge effects – enhance.
Layers – new raster layer.
Change in the material palette the foreground gradient in sunburst – with this setting.

5.
Fill the layer with the gradient.
Image – resize 85% - all layers not checked.

6.
Selections – select all.
Selections – float – selections – defloat.
Effects – plug-ins – AAA Filters – Tweed Frame – with this setting - click OK.

7.
Selections – select none.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – with this setting.

8.
Activate selection tool – rectangle – and make a selection - as below.

9.
Effects – Edge effects – more enhance.
Selections – select none.

10.
Layers – new raster layer.
Selections – load/save selection – load selection from disk – look Emmytutsnowman – with this setting.

11.
Set in the material palette the background on pattern silver – angle 0 – scale 100.
Fill the selection with the silver pattern.
Selections – select none.

12.
Layers – arrange – move down.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – with this setting.

13.
Make the bottom layer active.
Layers – new raster layer.
Selections – load/save selection – load selection from disk – look Emmytutsnowman1 – with this setting.

14.
Fill the selection with the silver pattern.
Selections – select none.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – setting is right.
Layers – duplicate – image – mirror.

15.
Activate the top layer.
Activate selection tool – circle – and make a selection – as below.

16.
Set in the material palette the foreground back to color #024103.
Fill the selection with the foreground color.

17.
Selections – modify – contract 12 pixels – click on the delete key.
Selections – select none.
Effects – Image effects – offset – with this setting.

18.
Activate selection tool – circle – and make a selection – as below.

19.
Selections – select none.
Layers – duplicate – image – mirror.

20.
Layers – merge – merge down.
Layers – arrange – move down.
Activate eraser tool and erase the small pieces of the ring.

21.
Make the top layer active.
Layers - merge – merge down.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – setting is right.
Layers - merge - merge all visible layers.

22.
Activate the magic wand - with setting below - select the 3 circles- click at the delete key.

23.
Activate the image snowman - edit - copy.
Edit - paste as a new layer on the image.
Move the image so that the snowman in the large circle.

24.
Selections - invert - click at the delete key.
Selections - select none.
Lock in the layer palette this layer.

25.
Make the top layer active.
Layers - arrange - move down.
You should have now this.

26.
Make the top layer active.
Effects – plug-ins - AAA Filters – Tweed Frame - with this setting - click OK.

27.
Activate the tube micsnowbal - edit - copy.
Edit - paste as a new layer on the image.
Activate move tool - place the tube to the left side - see example.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – setting is right.

28.
Activate the tube snowman - edit - copy.
Edit - paste as a new layer on the image.
Place the tube to the right side - see example.
Effects – 3D Effects – drop shadow – setting is right.

29.
Layers - new raster layer - put your watermark into the image.
Layers - merge - merge all visible layer. Be sure that the bottom layer is locked.

30.
Make the bottom layer active and open this - lock the top layer.
Edit - copy merged.

31.
Open Animation Shop - edit - paste as a new animation.
Animation - Insert frames - Empty - with this setting.

32.
Open the animation Emmysneeuwman - edit - select all.
Edit - copy - paste in selected frames.

33.
Back to PSP - lock the bottom layer and open the top layer.
Edit - copy merged.

34.
Back in AS - edit - paste as a new animation.
Animation - Insert frames - Empty - with this setting.

35.
Edit - copy - paste in selected frames.
File - save as - give name - click 3 times at next and than at finish