easter sparkle

I wrote this tut on 15th of march,2010 for julies tutorials
Any resemblence to any other tutorials is purely coincidental.

supplies needed

you also need paintshop pro,i use version 12
A knowledge of paintshop pro is needed
animation shop
other supplies needed
xenofex 2 constellation

Scrap kit easter sunrise by scrapsbydmg
You can buy this kit from Here
poser by OutlawbyDesign
Mask  by  Weescotslass Creations
font of your choice

lets begin


open a new image 700x700 on a white background



copy and paste Frame_5 as a new layer


copy and paste a paper of your choice,add a new layer
using your magic wand click inside your frame
go to selections>modify>expand by 5,paste paper
into selection>select none



copy and paste Tag_3 as a new layer



copy and paste HolyBible_2 as a new layer,go to image and
resize to 500 pixels




copy and paste FlowerString_2 as a new layer,duplicate go to image
and mirror



copy and paste Flowers_6 as a new layer



copy and paste Egg_5 as a new layer




copy and paste Egg_13 as a new layer and go to image and
resize to 300 pixels



copy and paste Dove_2 as a new layer,duplicate go to image
and mirror



copy and paste Cross_1 as a new layer and go to image and
resize to 500 pixels



copy and paste any other elements that you wish to



copy and paste a tube of your choice
and resize if needed


copy and paste a paper of your choice,go to layers>load/save mask
and load mask from disk,choose your mask then apply it and
delete mask then merge group


choose 2 colors to write out your name with a font
of your choice



add any copyrights and watermarks,



To animate

duplicate mask layer 2 times so you have 3 mask layers

activate your first layer

go to effects>plugins>xenofex 2>constellation and use the settings as follows
go to settings and use full of stars twinkle rotation 45
and keep original image selected

repeat the step above with your next layer this time pressing the random seed
button once

repeat the above again with your last layer

in paintshop close off layers 2 and 3 and have layer 1 activated right click image
copy merged then go into animation shop

open animation shop

go to edit>paste>paste as a new animation ,go back into paintshop

close off layer 1 and reopen layer 2 right click image>copymerged back into animation

right click the image and paste after the current,go back into pspro

close off layer 2 and open layer 3 and repeat the above step

right click the image and view animation if it looks good to you

go to edit>select all>animation>resize animation,i resized mine to 500
pixels,once done

go to file>save as a gif and your done well done


thanks for trying out my tut ,hope you enjoyed it :)