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This tutorial was created for some friends of mine who wanted to begin learning more about PSP.  It is intended for beginners to learn how to make blinkies.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

This tutorial uses selections that I have made.  Click on the link to download the zipped file of my selections, then unzip into a folder onto your hard drive.  Download Selections

To do this tutorial you will also need Paint Shop Pro.  I used Paint Shop Pro 7.04 .  You may download a free trial at Jasc.

Remember to save as a psp file often!

Before we begin, you might want to study the PSP tool bars.  I have labeled the tools on another page.  Click on the link and it will open a new page.  You may want to keep this page open while you work on the tutorial, to refer to the names now and then.  PSP Tools

Now that you have studied the tools, let's begin!

Before you begin, you will need to pick 3 colors--a center background color, rim color, and marquee color.

1.  Click New File in the top menu bar.  Enter these settings:  width=126, Height=48, Resolution=72.000 pixels/inch, Backround color=transparent, image type=16.7 Million Colors (24 Bits).  Click Ok.  Make the foreground color be your choice for the rim color.  Choose the flood fill tool (paint can) and flood-fill this color in your new image on Layer 1.  Click File--Save As and save this file as blinky.psp.

2.  Add a new raster layer (Top Menu--Layers--Add raster layer) and call it center.  Then from top menu click Selections--load from disk.

Choose the selection 2RDBcenter.sel and click ok

3.  Flood fill the center layer with the color choice for center.

5.  Add a new raster layer, by clicking Layers--Add raster layer and call the layer rim.  Change your foreground color to your choice for rim color.  Choose the magnifying glass to enlarge the image, by LEFT-clicking a few times. 

6.  Click Selections--Load from Disk--2RDBrim.sel

7.  Flood-fil the selected marquee with your choice of color for the rim.

8.  On the Layer Palette, right-click on rim layer and choose duplicate.  Repeat this, so that you end up with two duplicates of the rim layer.

9.  Click on Selections--Load from Disk--2RDBrim1.sel

10. In Layer Palette click on rim layer to activate.  In the Top Menu, click Colors--Adjust--Brightness/Contrast.  Set the brightness= 150 and contrast = 0.  Click ok

11.  In Layer Palette x out rim3 layer, and click on rim2 layer to activate.  In the top Menu, click Selections--Load from Disk--2RDBrim2.sel

12.  In the Top Menu, click Colors--Adjust--Brightness/Contrast.  Set the brightness= 150 and contrast = 0.  Click ok

13.  In Layer Palette click on rim3 layer to activate.  In the top Menu, click Selections--Load from Disk--2RDBrim3.sel

14.  In the Top Menu, click Colors--Adjust--Brightness/Contrast.  Set the brightness= 150 and contrast = 0.  Click ok

15.  In the Layer Palette, X out rim1, rim2, and rim3 layers.  Click on background layer to activate.  In top menu, click Layer--Merge--merge visible

16.  In layer Palette, right-click on background layer and duplicate it TWICE.

17.  In Layer Palette, drag one of the duplicate layers up the palette, to become the second layer, right under rim3.  See picture.

18.  In Layer Palette, activate rim3.  In top menu, click Layers--merge--merge visible.

19. X out top merged layer in Layer Palette (rim and background should still be x'd out).  Drag the other copy of background up to just underneath rim2.  (see pic)

21.   X out second merged layer in Layer Palette (top merged layer, rim and background should still be x'd out).  (see pic) Click on background layer to activate it.

22.  In top menu, click Layers--Merge--merge all.  Now you have 3 layers.  TAKE THE X OFF ALL 3 LAYERS, and save.

23.  Open up the Jasc Animation Shop, by clicking File--JASC Software Products--Launch Animation Shop.

24.  Open the file you saved by clicking on the yellow folder and finding the blinky.psp file that you have just saved.  When the file opens, all 3  layers will be there as 3 frames.

25.  At the top, click on Edit--Select all.

26.  RIGHT-click on one of the frames , and select frame properties.  Change the display time to 15.  Click ok.

27.  Now Save your animation:  Click File--Save As. 

Type your file name.  Click Customize. 

Click the Partial Transparency tab.

Set the Convert to pixels,--less than 1%.  Click No, use existing image color or select a light gray in the color box at 100% opacity.  Click ok. 

Click Next, Next, Next, and Finish!

28.  You can view your animation by RIGHT-clicking on a frame and choose VIEW animation.

And there you have it!  Your own blinky.

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