Baby it's Cold Outside Tag Tutorials

I used PSP Version X for this tutorial, I am sure it will work in other versions as well.

You must have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.

This is my own creation, any resemblance to any other tutorial is merely coincidental.

Supplies

Plugins, Richard Rosenman Grid, Free Filter. Here. Install in your plugins folder. You will need the Eliminate White filter, Here

Paint shop Pro and Animation Shop.

Supplies Here

All supplies are copyright by me except when stated.

1. Open a new transparent image, 600X600 pixels. Flood fill with white.

2. Go to selections, select all, add a new layer. Open the picture provided, cold.jpg or one of your own, copy and past into selection. Deselect.

3. Add a new layer, flood fill with white Go to Effects, plugins, find the Richard Rosenman

Grid filter, See settings below, do not forget to the border and the colors of the line and background.

4. After clicking ok, go to Effects, find the eliminate white, mine is called Transparency. Below is what I have.

5. Making sure you are on the grid layer, go to selections, select all, float and defloat. The gird should be selected. Next, go to selections, modify, expand by 6, flood fill with a color or pattern of your choice. I used a wood pattern, it's included in the zip.

6.While still selected, give it an inner bevel. See below for the settings I used. Select none.

7. Making sure you are on the picture layer, by going to the layer palette. Open the girl tube, Jane's girl, copy and paste as new layer. Resize 90%. Place her on the right so that her foot looks like it is resting on the window frame.

8. Open the snow-bank image, copy and past as a new layer, move it down under the girl tube, so that it looks as if she is sitting on it. Add a drop shadow with the settings below.

9. Add your name and copyright if required.

10. Getting ready to animate with snow. Go to the layer palette, hide Click on the eye and hide the window frame.

11. Open animation shop, in PSP , go to edit, copy merged, got to animation shop, edit, paste as new animation. Open the snow provided in the materials.

12. The snow gif has 20 frames, therefore we have to duplicate our tag image 19 times for a total of 20. I duplicate it 4 times, go to edit, select all, back to the tag image and duplicate for a total of 10. go to edit, select all, duplicate once more for a total of 20.

13. Next go to the snow animation then go to edit, select all, copy, go to the tag image, select all.. Go to edit, past into selected frame, with the mouse, place the snow in the first frame, try to get the snow centered and click the mouse button, You will end up with the snow in all the frames.

14. Back to PSP, Unhide all layers ad hide the picture ad white layer. Go to edit, copy merged, go to animation shop, and paste as new animation, next, edit, copy, set aside and on the tag image with the snow, edit, select all, and activate the propagate paste, you can find it in edit. Next go to edit again, and paste into selected frame. the image will be pasted in all 20 frames. Now, view the animation and save as a gif.

Feel free to add any tubes, elements as you choose