BOXING IT UP

Hooteye April 2009

This Tutorial is fairly basic, but a little repetitive, after working
through it you should end up with this type of Animated Box Effect

This Tutorial was wrote for Paint Shop Pro X, but I have also tested it in
PSP 7 and 8, any resemblance to any other Tut on the web is purely coincidental.

OK here we go

( REMEMBER TO SAVE REGULARLY)

STEP (1)

Download the "Cat and Dog Sections" file here and open it up with your version of PSP

As an option go to your Layer Palette, and replace the Cat and Dog Layers
with images/tubes of your choice, keep the document size to 300X300 pixels

STEP (2)

Download the "Box Template" file here

Note:- the Box Template was made by me using PSP X, and the Vizros Box Plugin,
it has been saved in PSP 7 format, so will therefore open in all versions of PSP
if you share this file with others, will you kindly leave my file name intact

STEP (3)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File and in its drop-down menu
click Open , when its pop-up box appears, find and open the downloaded
"Box Template" file, then click OK, you should now have 2 Documents
up on your PSP work space, the "Cat and Dog Sections", and the "Box Template"

Click on the top blue part of the "Cat and Dog Sections" Document to make it
your active Document, then go to its Layer Palette and arrange it like this

Go to the Toolbar and select the Magic Wand Tool,
then go to its overhead bar and make these settings

Go to your "Cat and Dog Sections" Document, and click your
Magic Wand Tool on its lower part, this will create a Selection
(Marching Ants) around the lower half of your Document

Go to your Layer Palette and select the Cat Layer

Your Cat and Dog Sections Document, should now look like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Edit and in its drop-down menu, click Copy

STEP (4)

Click on the top blue part of the "Box Template" Document to make it your
active Document, then go to its Layer Palette and arrange it like this

Go to the Toolbar and select the Magic Wand Tool then go to its
overhead bar, and check that you still have these settings

With Box 1,Layer selected, go to your "Box Template" Document, and click your
Magic Wand Tool in the lower section of the Box Template, this will create
a Selection (Marching Ants) around the lower half of your Box Template

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Edit and in
its drop-down menu, click Paste into Selection

Your "Box Template" Document, should now look like this

Hold down your ctrl Key, and tap down your D Key, this will
Deselect your "Box Template" Document (stop the Marching ants)

Go to your Layer Palette and make Box 1, Layer invisible by clicking its
Eye Icon then select Box 2, Layer, click its Eye Icon to make it visible

Click your Magic Wand Tool in the lower section of the Box
Template, again the Selection (Marching Ants) will appear

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Edit and in
its drop-down menu, click Paste into Selection

Your "Box Template" Document, should now look like this

Following the above procedures, Paste into Selection the lower section of the cat to
Box 3 Layer
Box 4 Layer
Box 5 Layer
Box 6 Layer

Remember to Deselect (stop the Marching Ants) after each paste.

STEP (5)

Click on the top blue part of the "Cat and Dog
Sections" Document, to make it your active Document

Hold down your ctrl Key, and tap down your D Key, this will
Deselect your "Cat and Dog Sections" Document (stop the Marching Ants)

Go to the "Cat and Dog Sections" Layer Palette, and select the White Layer

Go to the Toolbar and select the Magic Wand Tool, keep the same settings as in Step (4)

Go to your "Cat and Dog Sections" Document, and click your
Magic Wand Tool on its Upper part, this will create a Selection
(Marching Ants) around the upper half of your Document

Go to your Layer Palette and select the Cat Layer

Your Cat and Dog Sections Document, should now look like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Edit and in its drop-down menu, click Copy

Click on the top blue part of the "Box Template" Document to make it your
active Document, then go to its Layer Palette and arrange it like this

With your Magic Wand Tool, still selected, go to your "Box Template" Document, and
click your Magic Wand Tool in the upper section of the Box Template, this will
create a Selection (Marching Ants) around the upper half of your Box Template

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Edit and in
its drop-down menu, click Paste into Selection

Your "Box Template" Document, should now look like this

Following the above procedures, Paste into Selection the upper section of the cat to
Box 2 Layer
Box 3 Layer
Box 4 Layer
Box 5 Layer
Box 6 Layer

STEP (6)

Following the procedures we used for the Cat sections, paste
into Selection the Lower and Upper sections of the Dog Layer
(start with "Box 7 Layer and work down your Layer Palette)

STEP (7)

Go to your "Box Template" Layer Palette, and select Box 6, Layer, Right click on it,
and click Duplicate, then click on the Duplicated Layer and Rename it Box 8, Layer

Select Box 5, Layer, Right click on it, and click Duplicate,
then click on the Duplicated Layer and Rename it Box 9, Layer

Select Box 4, Layer, Right click on it, and click Duplicate,
then click on the Duplicated Layer and Rename it Box 10, Layer

Select Box 3, Layer, Right click on it, and click Duplicate,
then click on the Duplicated Layer and Rename it Box 11, Layer

Select Box 2, Layer, Right click on it, and click Duplicate,
then click on the Duplicated Layer and Rename it Box 12, Layer

Drag and arrange your Layers like this

STEP (8)

Take your Layers into Animation Shop and set the display times like this

If you need some help Animating your Layers, check out my Tutorials:-

Animating your PSP work with Jasc Animation Shop (Method 1) here

Animating your PSP work with Jasc Animation Shop (Method 2) here

Animating your PSP work with Ulead GIF Animator (Free Trial) here