This tutorial was translated with PSPX3 but it can also be made using other versions of PSP.
Since version PSP X4, Image>Mirror was replaced with Image>Flip Horizontal,
and Image>Flip with Image>Flip Vertical, there are some variables.
In versions X5 and X6, the functions have been improved by making available the Objects menu.
In the latest version X7 command Image>Mirror and Image>Flip returned, but with new differences.
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French translation here
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For this tutorial, you will need:
Material here
Tube LF-WinterGirl-27102015
Misted paysage luna280
LF-WA-Snow White


Plugins
consult, if necessary, my filter section here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 here
Alf's Power Sines - 2Tan Grad here
Kohan's Filters - Interlace 1.0 here
VDL Adrenaline - Snowflakes here
Mura's Meister - Cloud here
Filters Alf's Power Sines et Kohan's can be used alone or imported into Filters Unlimited.
(How do, you see here)
If a plugin supplied appears with this icon it must necessarily be imported into Unlimited

1. Open a new transparent image 900 x 600 pixels.

Set your foreground color to #767882,
and your background color to #575967.

2. Set your foreground color to a foreground/background gradient, style Linear.



Flood Fill the transparent image with your gradient.

3. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur - radius 25.



4. Effects>Plugins>>Mura's Meister - Cloud, default settings.



5. Open the landscape misted luna280, Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, to 90%, resize all layers not checked.

6. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill with your background color #575967.

7. Selections>Select All.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 3 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard
Selections>Select None.

8. Layers>Merge>Merge visible.

9. Edit>Copy.

10. Image>Resize, 90%, resize all layers not checked.

11. Activate the Magic Wand tool
clic on the transparent space to select it.

12. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Edit>Paste into Selection.

13. Effects>Plugins>>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Alf's Power Sines - 2Tan Grads.



14. Selections>Invert.

15. Effects>3D Effects>Cutout, color white.



16. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Repeat Cutout, but vertical and horizontal -5.

Selections>Select None.

17. Layers>Merge>Merge down.

18. Image>Canvas size - 950 x 650 pixels.



19. Select the transparent space with your Magic Wand tool

Change the Gradient settings.



Flood Fill the selection with your gradient.

20. Effects>Plugins>>Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Kohan's Filters - Autointerlace v1.0.



21. Selections>Invert.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black.



Repeat Drop Shadow, but vertical and horizontal -5.

Selections>Select None.

22. Open the tube LF-WinterGirl-27102015, erase the watermark,
Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Move the tube to the right side.

23. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, color black.



24. Open the wordart LF-WA-Snow White, Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.

Image>Resize, à 50%, resize all layers not checked.

Move the tube to the bottom left.

25. Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill with your background color #575967.

26 Selections>Select All.
Selections>Modify>Contract - 3 pixels.
Press CANC on the keyboard
Selections>Select None.

27. Close the bottom layer.
Layers>Merge>Merge visible.

Re-open and activate the bottom layer.
Layers>Duplicate - 2 time,
rename the layers landscape1, landscape2 and landscape3.

28. Activate the layer landscape1.
Effects>Plugins>>VDL Adrenaline - Snowflakes
if you use the new version of this filtre (the result doesn't change):
Effects>Plugins>>VanderLee - Snowflakes



29. Activate the layer landscape2.

Effects>Plugins>>VDL Adrenaline - Snowflakes, change Random Seed to 60 and ok.



30. Close this layer and activate the layers landscape3.

EffCects>Plugins>>VDL Adrenaline - Snowflakes, Random Seed to 70 and ok.



Close this layer.

31. Activate the top layer.
Sign your work on a new layer.



32. Edit>Copy special>Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop and Edit>Paste>Paste as new animation.

32. Go back to PSP.
Close the layer landscape1 and open the layer landscape2.



Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.

Go back to Animation Shop and Edit>Paste>Paste after current frame.

32. Again sur PSP.
Close the layer landscape2 and open the layer landscape3.

Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.

Go back to Animation Shop: Edit>Paste>Paste after current frame.

33. Edit>Select all.

Animation>Frame Properties, set display time to 25.



View Animation


to check the result and save as gif.




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11 November 2015