WATERFALL

Hooteye February 2010

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

Plugins are not required for this Tutorial

This Tutorial was wrote for PSP 9 but I have also tested it in PSP X
any resemblance to any other tut on the web is purely coincidental.

This Tutorial cannot be done in PSP 7 or PSP 8
as they do not have the "Displacement Map" effect

You will be able to create many different types of tag, with this effect, simply
by changing the Document/Blind colors and Layer Opacity (2 examples)

See my Shamrock Tutorial here

OK HERE WE GO.

( REMEMBER TO SAVE REGULARLY)

STEP (1)

Open your PSP 9 Program (or higher), 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 650x650 pixel Document, with a Transparent Background, then click OK

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 "Waterfall", then click Save

STEP (2)

Go to the Toolbar and select the Flood Fill Tool, then on your Keyboard
hold down the shift key and ctrl key, and tap down the f6 key, this
will make the Foreground color black, click your Document to fill it

STEP (3)

Go to the overhead bar, then go to Effects and in
its drop-down menu, click on Texture Effects/Blinds

When this pop-up box appears make these settings, set the Blind color to White, click ok

Again go to the overhead bar, and click Effects, and
in its drop-down menu, click on Texture Effects/Blinds

When its pop-up box appears make these settings, (Blind color remains White) click ok

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (4)

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, Click OK

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

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

On the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position X: and Position Y: to 2,
(highlighted in pink) these are 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 2 pixels down and 2 Pixels to the Right

Following the below sequence, we now need to create the other 4 layers

Select Rasher 2, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer, Rasher 3,
then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position X: and Position Y: to 4,
again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down and 2 pixels to the Right

Select Rasher 3, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer, Rasher 4,
then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position X: and Position Y: to 6,
again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down and 2 pixels to the Right

Select Rasher 4, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer, Rasher 5,
then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position X: and Position Y: to 8,
again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down and 2 pixels to the Right

Select Rasher 5, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer, Rasher 6,
then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position X: and Position Y: to 10,
again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down and 2 pixels to the Right

STEP (5)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image and in its drop-down menu, click Canvas
Size, when its pop-up box appears change the Canvas size to 600x600 pixels, click OK

Hold down your ctrl Key and tap down your "A" Key, this will create a Selection around
your Document (Marching Ants) Note:- they will be hidden under the Canvas at this stage

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Selections, and in its drop-down menu, click Clip
To Canvas, you will now see the Selection (Marching Ants) around your Document

Again go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image, and in
its drop-down menu, click Crop To Selection, this step
will also deselect your Document (stop the Marching Ants)

STEP (6)

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 on Distortion Effects/Displacement Map

When this pop-up box appears make these settings, and click OK

Your Document should now look like this

Go to your Layer Palette, and select Rasher 2 Layer make it visible by clicking it's
Eye Icon, then using the same settings apply the Displacement Map effect to it

Following this procedure apply the Displacement Map effect to:-

Rasher 3, Layer
Rasher 4, Layer
Rasher 5, Layer
Rasher 6, Layer

STEP (7)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image and in its drop-down menu, click Resize
when its pop-up box appears reduce your Document size to 500x500 pixels, click OK

STEP (8)

Right click on the below Waterfall image, and in it's pop-up menu, click Copy

Back in your PSP program, go to the Overhead Bar, then go to
Edit and in its drop-down menu, click Paste/Paste as New Layer

Go to your Layer Palette, and right click on the Pasted Layer and rename it Waterfall,
then holding down your mouse drag the Waterfall Layer so that it is below Rasher 1

Arrange your Layer Palette like this

STEP(9)

With Rasher 1, Layer selected, go to the Toolbar and select the Freehand selection Tool

Go to it's overhead settings bar, and make these settings

Go to your Document, using your Point to Point Selection Tool,
make a Selection (Marching Ants) around the Waterfall part

Your Document should now look something like this

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

Go to your Layer Palette, with Rasher 1, Layer still selected, click it's Eye Icon to make it
visible, then tap down your Delete Key (once only) to remove the outer part of your Document

Your Document should now look something like this

In turn carry out this Delete step to :-

Rasher Layer 2,
Rasher Layer 3,
Rasher Layer 4,
Rasher Layer 5,
Rasher Layer 6,

On your Keyboard hold down your ctrl Key and tap down your D Key,
this will deselect your Document, (stop the Marching Ants)

STEP (10)

Still on your Layer Palette set the Opacity slide to 10 for :-

Rasher Layer 1,
Rasher Layer 2,
Rasher Layer 3,
Rasher Layer 4,
Rasher Layer 5,
Rasher Layer 6,

Tip:- To achieve the best results for other Waterfall images
you may need to increase or decrease the Opacity settings

STEP (11)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image and in its drop-down menu, click Resize, when
its pop-up box appears, size your Image, (I sized mine to 450X450 pixels) then click OK

That's it we are done, all you need to do now is 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