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•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : none
Font used: LD Edward
Tube of choice: I'm using "Amber" by Zlata from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Purple Dreams" by Amy Marie Kits from SATC
Mask: SophisticatSimone-Mask61
Animation: SimoneAni-DreamNightGlitter
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open Mask61 in PSP and minimize.
Open a new image 700 x 650. Copy and paste paper 12 as a new layer on your canvas.
Close original.
Click on Raster 1. Go to Selections, select all.
Click on Raster 2. Go to Image, crop to Selection.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Copy and paste close up of tube as a new layer.
Move down to your paper and change Blend Mode to Luminance (L) and Opacity to 42.
Click on Raster 1. Go to Selections, select all.
Click on Raster 2. Go to Image, crop to Selection.
X-out your tube and Raster 1.
Click on Raster 2 and merge visible.
UN-hide your tube and Raster 1.

Copy and paste element 99 as a new layer and re-size by 65%. Position behind your tube low on your canvas. Leave in center of tag.

Copy and paste element 98 as a new layer. Position to the left on your canvas.

Copy and paste element 85 as a new layer and position in front of Eiffel Tower at bottom of tag.

Copy and paste element  1 as a new layer and position behind the Eiffel Tower on the left side of tag. Duplicate leaves, free rotate by 90 degrees and flip. Move the leaves to the right side of tag behind your tube. Using your lasso tool, remove the branch portion of this element.

Copy and paste element 56 as a new layer. Position behind your tube low on your canvas and in front of flower.
Copy and paste element 10 as a new layer. Position behind your tube high on canvas at top and at center.
Copy and paste element 2 as a new layer, free rotate right by 90 degrees and position to the left side of tag, behind Tower.

Copy and paste element 40 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Position in front of your tube on the lower right hand side of tag.
Copy and paste element 43 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Position in front of your tube on the lower right hand side of tag.
Copy and paste element 104 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Position in front of Eiffel Tower lower left hand side of tag.
Copy and paste element 61 as a new layer. Position in background, near your tube.
Keep adding elements. Flowers, telephone, mask, ribbons and vase.

Add the glitter swirl, element 90 and 89 as new layer.

Add copyright and scrap kit maker credit.
Add your name and save.

Now to animate.

Go to Selections, select all.
Go to Edit and copy merged. Paste as a new animation in Animation Shop.
Hold your Ctrl key down and repeatedly hit letter L on your keyboard for a total of 18 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-DreamNightGlitter-MNG
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.

Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.

Position on your tag and click into place.

Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.

To 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
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 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background.  To add background, go to Animation: Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.

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.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Sunday, May 12,  2013.