Catch My Din Din

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 3, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Animation Shop

Plugins

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

The tube I used #29-2 is by Cuddly Rigor Mortis, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of the font I used is FB Lipgloss

I used size 48

Open new transparent canvas 940x400, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Add texture>daze.scale 50, depth 3

Apply grahics plus cross shadow, change the 2 bottom #'s to 70

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

If you're using the same tube,

Select around the mouse, copy & cut

Paste as a new layer

Duplicate & mirror your tube

Resize to 75%

Position in opposite corner

Position your mouse beside the right cat

Activate your pick tool

Duplicate 1 time

Decrease the position x by 100

Duplicate and decrease position by 100 again

Duplicate & repeat

Do this all the way across

I ended up with 7 mice

Starting from the bottom mouse rename these layers to mouse 1, mouse 2, etc

Duplicate each of the mouse layers, one at a time then mirror & hide

You'll now have layers named mouse 1, copy of mouse 1 & so on

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide all your mouse layers except mouse 1

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide mouse 1 & unhide mouse 2

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide mouse 2 & unhide mouse 3

Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

Continue this for all 7 mouse layers

Undo your last merge

Hide mouse 7 & unhide copy of mouse 1

Continue until you have all of the copy layers done

You should have 14 frames

I set my frame properties on 15

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

Your comments are very much appreciated either here on this post or on the chat box.  I've made it easy for you to post on this tut by turning off the requirement of having to type in a confirmation code

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

You'll find my email blinkie on your left 

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Result by Kaye W