Garv Models

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Feb 23, 2011

For more information read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Heart here

Plugins

Xero Fritillary

Eyecandy 5 Impact Glass

The tubes I used are by Keith Garvey.  You will need a license to use which you can purchase here

New transparent canvas 700x550, we will resize later

Floodfill with black

Apply xero fritillay, default settings changing the top # to 12 and the bottom # to 14

New layer

Select all

Floodfill with a gold pattern or gradient

Contract 6

Delete

Deselect

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance

Paste the self shot tube as a new layer, no resizing was needed

Place into position, refer to my tag

Move this layer below the border layer you just made

Duplicate

Zoom in real close to the camera

Activate your selection tool and set it on Circle

Select the inside of the camera lense

Effect>Illumination effects>Lights with the following settings

Zoom back to normal

Deselect

Rename these layers to light 1 & light 2

Activate your rectangle shapes tool

Foreground null, background black

Draw out a vertical rectangle for the other tubes to fit in, refer to my tag

Align vertical

Convert to raster

Floodfill with dark red

Apply xero fritillary using default settings changing bottom # to 5 (don't forget to change the top # back to the default 5)

Apply eyecandy glass, default settings changing the bevel width to 20

Select all>float>defloat

Paste your tubes as new layers

Resize to fit the rectangle

Invert your selection

Delete to remove excess tube

Do Not Deselect

Rename these layers animation 1, animation 2, animation 3 & animation 4

New layer

Floodfill with a gold pattern or gradient

Contract 4

Delete

Deselect

Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance

Paste the heart as a new layer

Resize to 60%

Move to the top, refer to my tag

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © and name along with any other text you want to add

Hide lights 1 and animations 1, 2 & 3

Merge visible

Copy and paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Unhide lights 1 and animation 3

Hide lights 2 and animtions 1, 2 & 4

Copy and paste after current

Repeat these steps until you have all 4 frames done

Frame properties 50

Save as gif and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

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This one was sent in by Just Debbie

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