Blog Blinkie

This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 13, 2012

For more info read my TOU

Making a blinkie for your blog is not as difficult as it looks.  I taught myself how to do it by studying various blinkies and then just playing around

So go ahead and give it a try!  Its fun!  You don't have to use a tube, you can use just accents if you want

Supplies Needed

Animation Shop

Your Imagination

Plugins

Any of your choice

The tube I used Looking For Trouble is by Mrs Homer Lynn, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

Open a new transparent canvas 300x150, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color, pattern or gradient of your choice

Apply any effects you wish

Paste your tube as a new layer if you're using one

Resize as needed & add a drop shadow

Add the name of your blog one word to a layer

Make your font large, if not you won't be able to see it after resizing

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate your top layer

Add a new raster layer, name this layer Curtain

Floodfill with a color, gradient or pattern of your choice

Add your © info

Copy your curtain layer & paste into animation shop

Effects>Insert Image Transition

Effect>Curtains

Click on Customize

Check horizontal & Opening

You'll now have 11 frames

View the animation

Activate frame 1, select all

Back to psp

Delete the curtain layer

Unhide the first word of your blog & hide the other words

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Duplicate until you have 11 frames

*Activate frame 1 & select all

Grab the curtain by the first frame and drop onto the first frame of your blinkie

View your animation

Don't worry about the speed yet, we'll take care of that later

Re-activate the curtain animation, press CTRL Z to bring the curtain back

Activate frame 1 & select all

Back to psp

Hide the first word and unhide the 2nd

Merge visible

Activate frame 11

Copy & Paste after current in animation shop

Multiply frame 12 until you have 22 frames

Activate frame 12, while holding down the shift key click on frame 12 & 22, this will select frames 12 thru 22

Drag the curtain to frame 12

View your animation*

Keep repeating these steps from * to * until you have all your words in, add 11 frames for each word you add

I set the frame properties at 30 on the closed curtain frames & 75 on the open curtain frames.  10 on the rest

Resize your animation to 50%

Save a gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)