Magic Forest Maiden

Supplies Needed:

Psp & Animation shop

Tube of choice. Art by Angelica Sellers, the tube is available here

Scrap kit Woodland Magic (PTU) by Angelica Sellers here

Animation 264 by Simone here

Plugins:

Eye candy 4000

Ulead Effects - Particle

Font here

Open a new image: 650x500

Open: paper09. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 85 percent - Smart Size.

Open: mask02PSP.png

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image:

Merge group. Duplicate. Image - Mirror. Merge visible.

Open: element40. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 70 percent - Smart Size.

Move the layer below the masks.  Place it in the right side. Duplicate. Image - Mirror.

Open: element44. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 40 percent - Smart Size.

Image - Flip. Place it in the top right corner. Duplicate. Image - Mirror.

Open: element52. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 50 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the right corner, above the leaves. Duplicate. Image - Mirror.

Open: element51. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 30 percent - Smart Size.

Place it in the left top corner, next to the dark blue flower.

Activate the top layer.

Open: element34. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 80 percent - Smart Size.

Place it in the left side. Duplicate. Image - Mirror.

Open: element45. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 55 percent - Smart Size.

Image - Free Rotate: Right - 90 degrees. Place it in the left bottom corner.

Duplicate. Move it to the bottom center. Duplicate once more and place it 

in the bottom right. Duplicate. Image - Flip.

Open: element11. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 65 percent - Smart Size.

Place it in the left side.

Open: element59. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 85 percent - Smart Size.

With the magic wand click inside of the frames, expand the selection: 5 pixels.

Open: paper12. C/p in the canvas, resize at 70 percent - Smart Size.

Place it below the frame. Selections - Invert. Edit - Clear. Deselect.

Open: element48. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 50 percent - Smart Size.

Image - Free Rotate: Right - 25 degrees. Place it in the left side.

Open: element45. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 50 percent - Smart Size.

Place it in the left top side of the frame. Duplicate. Image - Mirror. 

Open: element50. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 45 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the bottom left. 

Open: element05. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 45 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the bottom left, next to the orange flower.

Open: element13. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 30 percent - Smart Size. 

Place it in the bottom left corner.

Open: element57. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 35 percent - Smart Size. 

Place it in the bottom left of the elements.

Open: element14. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 40 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the left side, above the ivy.

Open: element14. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 40 percent - Smart Size.

Place it in the left side, above the cristal ball.

Open: element27. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 40 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the bottom right.

Open: element24. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 50 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the bottom right side.

Open: element23. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 45 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the bottom right, next to the blue mushroom.

Open: element04. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 45 percent - Smart Size. 

Place it in the bottom right.

Open: element22. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 45 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the right side, above the blue leaves.

Open: element51. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 40 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the right side, below the yellow flowers.

Open: element46. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 55 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Place it in the right bottom corner.

Open: element17. C/p in the canvas. Resize at 50 percent - Smart Size. Twice.

Image - Free Rotate: Right - 25 degrees. Place it in the right top corner.

Open the tube, C/p in the canvas, resize if it's needed and place it in the center.

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 - Shadowlab:

Sharpen the elements and apply shadow.

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 - Shadowlab:

Add the name and copyright info.

To animate:

Close all the layers below the ivy (element48), with the layer included.

Merge visible the open layers and rename it: 1. Close it for now.

Open the closed layers and activate the paper layer (frame background)

Duplicate. Adjust - Add Blur - Gaussian Blur:

2 pixels

In the layer palette change the blend mode to: Overlay. Change the opacity to: 50. 

Activate the original paper layer.

Effects - Plugins - Ulead Effects - Particle:

Click in: Load and load the first preset:

Apply the effect. Copy merged. Open animation shop and paste as a new animation.

Back to psp, undo the effect and apply again and change the random.

Copy merged, in animation shop, paster after current frame. Repeat four more times. ( 6 frames in total)

Activate the first frame, select all. Copy, click in the last frame and paste after current frame.

Continue until you have 18 frames. Delete the last frame.

Open: SimoneAni264.mng

Animation - Cull Animation: Remove 1 frame every 3 frames. 

Activate the first frame, select all. Animation - Resize - 85 percent - Bicubic.

Drag the animation into the tag and place it at the left middle side.

Undo and drag again into the tag, place it in the right bottom.

Back to psp. Open the layer 1 and Copy. Paste as a new animation in animation shop.

Duplicate until you have 17 frames.

Activate the first frame, select all. Drag into the tag and place it where it belongs.

**Adding a background to the transparent animation.

Animation - Animation Properties

Change the black color for the color of your choice, mine is white:

Apply and the color will be applied in all the frames selected.

Change the speed to: 14, play the animation and save if you like! :)