Shell's Tutorials

Ghost

Open a new image

Open the graveyard tube and the ghost tube.

Click on the graveyard tube to select it. Go to Edit > Copy. Click on the new canvas and go to Edit > Paste > As New Layer.

Click on the ghost tube to select it. Go to Edit > Copy. Click on the new canvas and go to Edit > Paste > As New Layer.

With the ghost layer selected in the layer palette, go to Image > Resize and use the settings in the screenshot or if you prefer, you can make it smaller. The reason we've copied it onto the graveyard canvas is so we can see what size will look good. Make sure Resize All Layers isn't ticked.

Go to Edit > Copy. Open Animation Shop. Go to Edit > Paste > As New Animation.

Go to Effects > Insert Image Transition. Select Dissolve and use the settings in the screenshot.

Go to Animation > Reverse Frames.

Go to Edit > Select All then Edit > Copy. Click on the last frame.

Go to Edit > Paste After Current.

This is what you will have.

Now go to Animation > Reverse Frames. Leave this open in Animation Shop.

Go back to PSP and click on your new canvas to make it active. Click the undo icon until you get rid of the ghost.

Set your foreground colour to black and your background colour to #00ff00

Select your text tool and click on your canvas. Type in your text and click ok. Move it to where you want it. Go to the layer palette. Right click on the Floating Selection layer and click on Promote Selection To Layer. Go To Selections > Select none.

Add a drop shadow to your text by going to Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow.

Click on Raster 1

Flood fill it with the green.

This is how your layer palette will look.

Right click on a layer and go to Merge > Merge Visible.

Click on the copy icon.

Go to Animation Shop and go to Edit > Paste > As New Animation. Click on the duplicate frames icon and keep clicking until you have 33 frames, then click on a frame to select it and click on the duplicate icon. keep doing this until you have 37 frames.

Now click on your ghost animation and on your keyboard press ctrl and a then ctrl and c to select all the frames and copy them.

Now click on your graveyard canvas and press ctrl and a then ctrl and e to paste the ghost. Move your mouse to where you want the ghost then click once to position it.

Click on your crop tool and draw a box round your animation.

Click on the crop button.

Click on the last frame and go to Edit > Copy.

Go back to PSP and go to Edit > Paste As New Image.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill it with the green we used before. Go to the layer palette and right click on a layer. Go to Merge > Merge Visible.

Go to Image > Add borders and use the settings in the screenshot.

Use the magic wand to select the white border then flood fill it with black. Go to Edit > Copy

Go back to Animation Shop and go to Edit > Paste As New Animation. Duplicate it until you have the same number of frames as your graveyard and ghost animation. Now click on your graveyard and ghost animation and press ctrl and a then ctrl and c to select all the frames and copy them. Now click back on the green and black canvas and press ctrl and a then ctrl and e to paste the animation onto the background. Don't move your mouse at all, just click once to position it. This will ensure it is in the middle of the background.

Right click on frame 18 and go to Frame Properties. Set the display time 120

Repeat on the last frame.

Save and you're done!