Sparkle Frame Tutorial



Supplies:
PSP X3 (All Versions Should work)
Jasc Animation Shop
Picture: jpptreesframed.jpg Download it here
Plugin: Vm Natural Sparkle Download it here

Getting Prepared:
Download VM Natural Sparkle Plugin and save it to your Plugin Folder before opening up your PSP.
Open jpptreesframed in your paint shop pro.

Step1:
Click on your jpptreesframed image to make it active.
Click your Magic Wand Tool to make it active
with the settings below



Settings:
Mode Add (Shift)
Match Mode RGB Value
Tolerance 25
Contiguous Checked
Feather 0
Anti-alias Checked
Inside

Click on your frame so it looks like this



Step2:
Layers duplicate 3 times until you have 3 layers
Rename your layers to Layer1,Layer2,Layer3



Highlight Layer 1
Effects Plugins VM Natural Sparkle
with the following

Settings:
Max Size- 8
Red,Green,Blue- 255
Rnd Color On/Off - 255
Random Seed- 142



Highlight Layer 2
Effects Plugins VM Natural Sparkle
with the following


Settings:
Max Size- 8
Red,Green,Blue- 255
Rnd Color On/Off - 255
Random Seed- 152



Highlight Layer 3
Effects Plugins VM Natural Sparkle
with the following


Settings:
Max Size- 8
Red,Green,Blue- 255
Rnd Color On/Off - 255
Random Seed- 162



Selections Select none (Ctrl+D)

Step3:
Open Animation Shop

Go Back to psp

Make sure your on Layer 1
Add a new Layer name it Watermark
Apply your Watermark on this Layer
Leaving the Watermark Layer open
Close off Layers 2 and 3
Highlight Layer 1 so its the active layer
Edit Copy Merged

In Animation Shop Edit Paste as a New Animation (Ctrl+V)

Back To PSP

Leaving the Watermark Layer open
Close Off Layer 1 Open Layer 2 Layer
Highlight Layer 2 to make it active
Edit Copy Merged

In Animation Shop Edit Paste After Current Frame (Shift+Ctrl+L)

Go Back To PSP

Leaving the Watermark Layer open
Close Off Layer 2 Open Layer 3
Highlight Layer 3 to make it active
Edit Copy Merged
In Animation Shop Edit Paste After Current Frame (Shift+Ctrl+L)
Edit Select all (Ctrl+A)
Animation Frame Properties (Alt+Enter)
Set the Display time to 20



Go up to View Animation
File Save as gif name it
Click Next on the next 3 screens and then click Finish.

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial :)



This tutorial was written on 1/8/11 from my own ideas and any resemblance
to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.