Sea Life

i wrote this tut on 10th of sept,2009 for julies tutorials
Any resemblence to any other tutorials is purely coincidental.

supplies needed

A knowledege of paintshop pro is required
you also need paintshop pro,i use version 12
animation shop

scrap is by by Kimberly aka Halos Designs from here
all elements are in the scrapkit
font of your choice

new image 800x600 we can resize later

Copy and paste the frame 8 as a new layer

Copy and paste element 2 as a new layer and resize to 300 pixels

copy and paste element 3 as a new layer and resize to 200 pixels

copy and paste element 4 as a new layer resize to 200 pixels

copy and paste element 7 as a new layer and resize 300 using pick tool straighten up a touch

copy and paste element 13 as a new layer

copy and paste element 8 as a new layer and resize 300 pixels

copy and paste element 10 as a new layer and resize to 200 pixels

copy and paste element 14 as a new layer and resize to 200 then image mirror

copy and paste element 15 as a new layer and resize to 300 pixels

copy and paste element 44 as a new layer and resize to 150 pixels

copy and paste element 41 as a new layer and resize to 300 pixels

copy and paste element 49 as a new layer and resize to 200 pixels

copy and paste element 48 as a new layer and resize to 200 pixels

copy and paste element 45 as a new layer and resize to 200 pixels

choose a paper of your choice I used paper 3

using magicwand and click inside frame and add a new layer

choice a paper of your choice i used paper 10 paste into selection select none

add new layer floodfill with white

close off all layers except frame and paper (round one)layer merge them both together

open white background and other paper layer and merge with the frame

close off the layers you just merged and merge layers visible so you know should have 2 items in your
layer palette

using your freehand tool using point to point straight at the top of the sea and follow
until you reach the beginning the right click,right click the layer the frame is in
and promote selection to layer

click on the promoted selection and duplicate 2 times and selection select none

click on your first layer and go to effects plugs alienskin eyecandy 5 nature then ripples
with following settings on settings tab i click ripples only inside selection 2,
on the basics tab ripple wave length 45.87,wave amplitude 61,random wave length 1.84
and refraction 40

on the lighting tab reflection map is set to blue sky,you can choose settings if you wish
just have a play with it

pick 2 colours from your tag and write out your text,i'm going to use the alphas that
came with the kit i resized them all to 300 pixels

if you want to animate

cross out ripples 2 and 3 and copy merged and paste into animation shop edit paste
as a new animation

cross out ripples 1 and open no 2 copy merged and paste into animation shop edit paste
as a new animation paste after the current frame

cross out no 2 and open no 3 and do the same as the last step

resize your tag go to edit select all animation resize animation to 500 pixels

the slow down your animation if you wish i did mine go to animation and then frame properties
display time put it to 40.

view your animation if happy thats it your finished go to file and save as a gif

thank you for trying my Tut I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions please
leave me a comment:)