Faery Easter Egg

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 30, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Animation Shop

Easter Egg here

Plugins

Xero Fritillary

The tube I used Faery Ball is by Maxine Gadd, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The font I used is called Cynthia June Two

I spelled Fairy with an e on purpose because that's the way the tube I used was spelled.  Actually I like it that way  lol

Open a new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube or the egg

Apply xero fritillary changint the top # to 16 and the bottom # to 12

Effects>Texture Effects>Texture

Blue spruce, default settings, change depth to 2

Add an inner bevel

Paste the egg as a new layer

Resize to 58%

Add drop shadow

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position your tube so it will cover the bottom of the egg

Invert your selection

Delete

Deselect

Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Activate your egg layer

Copy & paste into animation shop

Effects>insert image effect>rotate colors>default settings

Activate frame 1 & select all

Set aside for now

(I had to resize to 70%)

Back to your psp program

Copy & paste your bg layer into animation shop

Multiply until you have 11 frames

Set the frame properties as follows:

Fr 1>10, fr 2 & 3>16, fr 4 & 5>17, fr 6>16, fr 7 & 8>17, fr 9>16, fr 10 & 11>17

Activate frame 1 & select all

Copy

Click on edit>paste>paste into current frame

Move your mouse over the bg, once you get it where you want it left click

Veiw your animation

Back to your psp program

Hide your egg & bg layers

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Mutiply until you have 11 frames

Activate frame 1 & select all

Copy

Paste onto your tag same as before

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

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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