THE 3 WAY VIZROS TWIST

Hooteye April 2011

This Tutorial will show you how to achieve the Twisting Ring effect shown in the
below tag, as it is only a 6 Frame Animation, it should prove quick and easy to do

Originally I wrote a Tutorial for this effect using just two colours, I was then asked
if it could be done in 3 colours, as there are some considerable differences between the
two effects, I thought it would be less confusing if I wrote a separate tutorial for each one

The Two colour Tutorial can be seen Here

To do this Tutorial you will need the Vizros Twist Filter, unfortunately
it is no longer free, information about it can be found Here

This Tutorial was wrote for PSP X, but I have also tested it in PSP 8, and 9,

Any resemblance to any other tut on the web is purely coincidental.

OK HERE WE GO.

( REMEMBER TO SAVE REGULARLY)

STEP (1)

Right Click on this Black-White-Black Template Image

when this Pop-up Menu appears, Click on Copy

STEP (2)

Open up your PSP program,

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Edit and in its drop-down menu, Click Paste As New Image

You should now have this Document open in your PSP Workspace

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File and in its drop-down menu, Click Save, when its
pop-up box appears name your file, I have named it "3 Way Twist Ring Template" then Click Save

Go to the Toolbar and select the Flood Fill Tool, on its overhead bar make these settings

STEP (3)

With your Flood Fill Tool selected, go to your Material Palette, and select a colour of your choice

Go to your Document and Click on the left black portion to fill it

Going back to your Material Palette, select the colours you require for the White Centre portion,
and Black Right portion of your Document, then in turn Click on each portion to fill it

Note:- for this Tutorial I will be using the colours of our Tricolour "Green White and Gold"

Your Document should now look something like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image and in its drop-down menu, Click Resize,
when this pop-up box appears, un-tick the "Lock Aspect Ratio" box, and change the
"Width" setting to 24 Pixels, the "Height" setting remains at 300 pixels, then Click OK

Your Document should now look something like this

STEP (4)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File and in its drop-down menu, Click Save Copy As

When its Pop-Up Box appears Save as Type "JPG" to your
Patterns Folder, usually found in My Documents/My PSP files

We have now finished with the Template, Document so
close it by Clicking the red X in the top Right corner

STEP (5)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File, and in its drop-down menu, Click
New, when its pop-up box appears, create a 600x600 pixel Document with a
transparent background, it's Layer will automatically be named Rasher 1

NOTE:- The 600x600 pixel Document is important, as the settings we will be
using to form our animation have been accurately matched to this size document

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File and in its drop-down menu, Click Save, when its
pop-up box appears name your file, I have named it "The 3 Way Vizros Twist" then Click Save

Go to the Toolbar and select the Flood Fill Tool, then go to your Material Palette,
and Click on the Foreground Color, this will bring up your Material Properties Box

Make the Settings Highlighted in Pink, and Click OK

With your Flood Fill Tool still selected, Click and fill
your Document, your Document should now look like this

STEP (6)

Go to your Layer Palette and Right Click on Rasher 1, Layer, and Click
Duplicate, then Right Click on this Duplicated Layer and Rename it Rasher 2,

With Rasher 2, Layer selected, go to your Toolbar and select the Pick Tool

(In PSP 8 you will need to select the Deform Tool to be able to make the following settings)

On the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position X: to 4,(highlighted in pink) this is the only setting
we will be adjusting for each Layer we create, some settings will adjust themselves automatically

With Rasher 2, Layer still selected you will see your Document has moved 4 pixels to the right

Right Click on Rasher 2, Layer, and Click Duplicate, and then Right Click on this Duplicated Layer and
Rename it Rasher 3, With Rasher 3, Layer and the Pick Tool selected, again go to your Overhead Bar and
increase the Position X: setting to 8, again you will see your Document move another 4 pixels to the Right

We need to follow this procedure 3 more times, which is:-

Right Click on Rasher 3, Layer, and Click Duplicate, and then Right Click on this Duplicated Layer and
Rename it Rasher 4, With Rasher 4, Layer and the Pick Tool selected, again go to your Overhead Bar and
increase the Position X: setting to 12, again you will see your Document move another 4 pixels to the Right

Right Click on Rasher 4, Layer, and Click Duplicate, and then Right Click on this Duplicated Layer and
Rename it Rasher 5, With Rasher 5, Layer and the Pick Tool selected, again go to your Overhead Bar and
increase the Position X: setting to 16, again you will see your Document move another 4 pixels to the Right

Right Click on Rasher 5, Layer, and Click Duplicate, and then Right Click on this Duplicated Layer and
Rename it Rasher 6, With Rasher 6, Layer and the Pick Tool selected, again go to your Overhead Bar and
increase the Position X: setting to 20, again you will see your Document move another 4 pixels to the Right

STEP (7)

On the Overhead Bar go to Image and in its drop-down menu, Click Canvas Size
when its pop-up box appears change the Width and Height settings to 500, Click Ok

On the Overhead Bar go to Selections and in its drop-down menu, Click Select All

On the Overhead Bar again go to Selections and in its drop-down menu, Click
Clip to Canvas, this will make a Selection (Marching Ants) around your Document

On the Overhead Bar go to Image and in its drop-down menu, Click Crop to Selection

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (8)

Go to your Layer Palette, and arrange it like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Effects, and in its drop-down menu, Click PlugIns/Vizros/Twist

When its pop-up box appears make these settings, for the Fore Page (indicated with red arrows)

FORE PAGE

Go to the Page Properties Settings drop-down menu, (highlighted in pink) and
select the Back Page, make sure all settings are the same as the Fore Page,

BACK PAGE

Go to the Page Properties Settings drop-down menu, (highlighted in pink) and select the Ground Page, Blue
Arrows indicate the changes (Solid Button selected and Transparent/Opaque slider all the way to the left)

GROUND PAGE

Again go to the Page Properties Settings drop-down menu, (highlighted in pink) and select
the Unselected Page, again the Blue Arrows indicate the changes, then Click the OK Button

UNSELECTED PAGE

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (9)

Go to your Layer Palette and select Rasher 2, Layer, make it visible by Clicking it's Eye Icon

Go to the Overhead Bar, and again go to Effects, and in its drop-down menu,
Click PlugIns/Vizros/Twist this action will make the Vizros Settings Box
re-appear, the settings will be the same as made in (Step 8) so just Click OK

Following the above procedure, select in turn Rasher Layers
3,4,5,and 6, and apply the Vizros Twist effect to them

STEP (10)

Go to your Layer Palette, and arrange it like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, and go to Effects, and in its drop-down menu Click Distortion Effects/Polar Coordinates

When its Pop-Up Box appears, make these settings, and Click OK

Your Document should now look like this

In turn apply the Polar Coordinates effect to Rasher Layers 2, 3, 4, 5,and 6,
(remember to make each Layer Visible before applying the effect)

STEP (10)

Go to your Layer Palette, and create a new Rasher Layer, and name it
Background, holding down your mouse drag it underneath Rasher Layer 1,

With the Background Layer selected, go to the Toolbar and select the Flood Fill Tool, then go to the
Material Palette and choose a color or pattern of you choice, then Click your Document to fill it,

You can if you wish use my Background it can be downloaded from Here

STEP (11)

This step is optional but worth doing as it gives the result that extra finish

Go to your Layer Palette and select Rasher 1, Layer, make it visible by Clicking it's Eye Icon

Go to the Overhead Bar, and go to Adjust, and in its drop-down menu, Click, Softness/Soften

In turn apply the Soften effect to Rasher Layers 2, 3, 4, 5,and 6,
(remember to make each Layer Visible before applying the effect)

With your Layer Palette arranged like this

Your Document should be similar to this

That's it, we are done, all you need to do now is to resize, add a tube etc,
and take it into Animation Shop, set the display times for all frames to 1

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