Shell's Tutorials

Mirror Blink

1) Open a new image

2) Open the girl tube. Go to Edit > Copy.
Click on the new canvas and go to Edit > Paste As New Layer. Using the mover tool, move the doll to the right of the canvas.

3) Go to the layer palette, right click on the doll layer and rename it Doll

4) Go to the materials palette and in the bottom colour window (the fill window), choose Gradient. Click in the window and find the Metallic gradient.

5) In the top colour window (the stroke window), choose a solid colour. I chose a dark blue to compliment the blue on the dolls dress.

Choose the Ellipse Vector Shape

Draw a mirror shape on the canvas.
Go to the layer palette, right click on the vector layer and click on Convert To Raster Layer.
Using the mover tool, move the mirror into position.

6) Go to the layer palette and rename the converted layer, Mirror.

7) Now right click on the doll layer and duplicate it.

8) Move the Copy of doll layer to the top of the layer palette.

9) Go to Image > Mirror. You will now have this:

10) Reduce the opacity of the to 40

11) Go to View > Zoom > Zoom In More then repeat this again. You can see where the doll image overlaps the mirror.

12) Click on the eraser and use the following settings

13) Erase all the overlapping parts of the girl tube so her reflection is just in the mirror part, not on the frame or outside the mirror. Go all the way round the mirror and make sure you delete every part of the girl.

You should now have this:

14) Now click on the Text Tool and use the following settings:

15) Add a new Raster Layer by going to Layers > New Raster Layer or clicking on the New raster Layer icon on the layer palette.

Click on the canvas and the text entry box will open.
Type in your text and click ok.

16) Add an Inner Bevel to the text using the following settings:

17) Position the text where you want it. You should now have something like this:

18) Add a Drop Shadow to the text using the following settings:

19) Go to the layer palette and turn off the visibility of the bottom layer (should be Raster 1) then right click on layer above and go to Merge > Merge Visible

20) We're now going to crop the image.

Click on the Crop Tool. On the Tool Options, click on the Snap crop rectangle to: Layer Opaque.

You should now have this:

Go back to the tool options and click on the tick to crop the image.

Your image will now be cropped.

21) Go to the layer palette and unhide the bottom layer. Flood fill this layer with a colour of your choice.

22) Go to Image > Add Border and use the following settings (changing the colour to a colour of your choice)

Click ok.

A warning will appear saying the layers need to be merged before a border can be added, click ok.

23) Go to the layer palette, right click on the background layer and duplicate. Turn off the visibility of the copy of background layer and click on the background layer to make it active.

24) Now zoom in on the picture. Using the Dropper Tool, choose the colour of the skin, next to the eyes. (the following screenshots are of the dolls reflection in the mirror)

25) Now choose the Paintbrush Tool and set the size to 1. Paint out the eyes, leaving just a few dark pixels at the bottom of the eyes.

26) Repeat the above steps on the main dolls eyes. you should now have the following:

27) Unhide the copy of background layer and save the image as a PSP file.
Open Animation Shop and open the image.

28) Click on frame 2 and go to Edit > Copy. Now click on frame 1 and go to Edit > Paste > Before Current or click on the icon

29) You will now have 3 frames, the 1st frame is the doll with her eyes open, the 2nd frame is the doll with her eyes closed and the 3rd frame is the doll with her eyes open again.

Right click on frame 2 and go to Frame Properties. Set the speed at 20.

30) Right click on frame 3 and go to Frame Properties. Set the speed at 155.

You can now click on the View Animation icon and check out your blinking doll!

31) Save as a .gif and you're done :o)

I hope you you enjoyed this tutorial.