Shoot Out!

Please click on TAG to see in full size.
Supplies needed to complete this tutorial.

Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10

Animation Shop 3

Plugin : Eye Candy 4000 and  Crescent Moon (optional, not necessary).

Font used: 2 peas Squish (Free download)
Tube of choice, I'm using Cowgirl 5 by Jose A Cano 

 Scrap Kit "Cowgirl" by SkyScraps

Animations: Gunshot and Smoking Gun by me Simone

Download at Scrappy Bit of Fun Blog
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1. Open a new image 650 x 650.

2. Open paper SkyScraps-Cowgirl-pp4 and right click on layer, Promote Background to Layer.

3. Let's create our Mask.

Open element: SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E25

4. Make sure your paper is active (SkyScraps-Cowgirl-pp4).
Go to Edit and Copy.
Go to Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image.
Find SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E25 and apply.
In Layers Palette, right click on Raster 1 and Merge group.

5. Using your Magic Wand tool, with a feather of 10 click in the center of the mask.
Right click and paste the copy of paper.
Go to Selections, Invert and delete. Selections, select NONE.
Move this layer below your mask of E25.

6. Go to Edit, Copy Merged.
Close out both the paper and element from the kit.
Activate your canvas image(650x650) and right click and paste as a new layer.

7. Resize: Go to Image, Resize, 80%, all layers Unchecked.
Now, duplicate your layer and merge down.

8. Open SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E24, right click and copy (then close it) and paste as new layer on your active tag.
Resize: Go to Image, Resize, 80%, all layers Unchecked.

9. Right click the layer in layers palette and duplicate.

On original layer add drop shadow:
V -1, H 1 Opacity: 89 Blur: 8 Color : black

I used this drop shadow throughout my tag.

Optional Portion of TAG: my tube covers this portion so I really didn't need to do it.
10. Activate top layer. Using magic wand with feather set to 0, click in the window. Now go to Selections, Modify,
Expand by 8. Add a new raster layer and move below first window layer.

Using floodfill tool, fill window space with white. Keep selected.
Go to Effects/Plugins/Crescent Moon/CutGlass
Enter these settings:
Tile Size: 11
Tile Transparency: 188
Transparency: 37
Click OK.

De-select and decrease your Opacity to: 20 or whatever you like.

11. Adding your elements from the kit: position them like on my tag.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E32, resize by 48%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E30, resize by 48%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E22, resize by 62%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E1, resize by 43%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E27, resize by 32%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E33, resize by 64%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
If postioning behind window like I did, use your selection tool and remove extra that appears in window.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E31, resize by 39%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E8, resize by 39%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E44, resize by 35%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E2, resize by 15%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
You can add a few of these and rotate them, to give a scattered appearence.
From the kit select SkyScraps-Cowgirl-E34, resize by 15%, copy and paste onto your tag and add drop shadow.
Arrange between bullets.
Copy and paste this element again but resize by 50% add drop shadow and place behind cowboy hat. Repeat and place behind your tube near barrel. Repeat and mirror and place behind cactus on left.

Add your copyright information somewhere visible.

12. Right click on top bar of your image and copy merge.
Open animation shop and right click paste as a new animation.
Hold down ctrl key and tap Letter L for a total of 14. You should have 15 frames.

13. Open SimoneAni341b-smaller. Go to Edit, Select All. Edit/Copy
Go to Edit and select Propagate Paste (make sure it's active[depressed]).

14. Activate your 15 frame tag and then go to Edit, select all.
Go to edit and paste into selected frames. Position bullet shot on the barrel.

15. Repeat these steps for the gun smoke animation.
Click View/Animation.
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Adding your name:

1. In PSP, choose a font you like. I used: 2 Peas Squish
Size: 100, Stroke width: 0 color I used: #5f692f
Type your name out, click ok and convert to Raster layer.

2. Go to Effects/ Plugin: Add Eye Candy 4000: Gradient Glow.
Under color tab select FAT
Under Basic tab change glow width to : 3

3. Go to Adjust/add noise/noise. Select Gaussian, 26, monochrome checked, click ok.
Add drop shadow and copy and paste in AS as a new animation.

4. Back in PSP, Undo what you just did and add noise again, changing to 24 and add your drop shadow again.

5. In Animation Shop, Right click and paste after current frame in AS. You should have 2 frames in this animation.

6. Go to Edit, select all, edit and copy.
Activate your tag and go to Edit, select all. Go to Edit and paste into selected frames.
Position with your cursor at bottom of tag.

Now let's save.

Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices. Un-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
select Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.

At times your animation may or will come out terrible. Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization. I change this setting at times from anywhere between 50 and 110.
Some people add a white background. I don't. I prefer not seeing a white background if I'm posting it in a forum that has a colored background.
Just a personal preference for me :)
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone

Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.