How To Select and Glitter More!
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How To Use Selections and Glitter More! page 3
written by Bemymind©
Later in April,2002
Okies.... we still have our images up:)
I am switching my glitter to the red one for the last three tulips:)

Open in animation shop and copy and paste each frame to
PSP if you haven't done so already:)
On all images:
Layers>New Raster Layer
Selections>Load From Disk
find your selections folder and click
on 2tulips.sel
and click on open.
(hey bemy, where's the pics??)
oh.....i am seeing if you are catching on! :)
refer back to the last page for pics:)
Lighten the dark yellow tulip by flood filling with
white. Click 3 times in it to fill.
Layers>Merge>Merge Visable
File>Save.
~~adding the glitter~~
Changing the pattern fill options to this:

your flood fill tool should still be selected.
use these settings for flood fill:

Working with the first image now:
Change Your Pattern Fill to the first frame of your glitter.
Click on the inside of both selected tulips to flood fill.
Go to the second frame:
Change your pattern fill to the second frame of your glitter, same settings.
Click on the inside of both selected tulips to flood fill.
Go to the third frame:
Change your pattern fill to the third frame of your glitter, same settings.
Click on the inside of both selected tulips to flood fill.

On each image:
Selections>Select None
Layers>Merge>Merge All Flatten
File>Save
ok....words only!!
on each image:
Layers>New Raster Layer
Selections>Load From Disk
Choose 3tulips.sel
choose the opacity of your flood fill that you wish.
choose the angle and size of your pattern fill that you wish.
Working with the first image now:
Change Your Pattern Fill to the first frame of your glitter.
Click on the inside of the selected tulip to flood fill.
Go to the second frame:
Change your pattern fill to the second frame of your glitter, same settings.
Click on the inside of the selected tulip to flood fill.
Go to the third frame:
Change your pattern fill to the third frame of your glitter, same settings.
Click on the inside of the selected tulip to flood fill.
Selections>Select None
Layers>Merge>Merge All Flatten
File>Save
Open animation shop,
click the animaition wizard button
. follow the steps like before:)
Ta-Da! you did it!

oh.....you thought i was done, didn't ya? ::grins::
Tip Time!!
check this out.
First make sure your Animation Shop preferences are set like this:

with all your images open in PSP (again) LOL
click on the top bar of image 1 to select it. go to your
layers pallet and right click over the seleced layer and choose:
promote to layer.

click on the top bar of the second image and then click the copy button
click the top bar of the first image and right click choose=paste as new layer.
go to Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom.
click on the top bar of the third image and click the copy button.
click on the top bar of the first image and right click and choose=paste as new layer.
go to Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom.
File>Save
(it should still be saved in psp format.)
Go to Animation shop
File>Open
choose the first image that you just added layers to and click open.
woohoooo! it all opens as an animation in there!
File>Save As
i named mine as easter.gif
make sure you save in .gif format!
ok, this might be confusing... i sure was when i first did it!
Giving Credit Where Credit is due!!
i learned that nifty idea from here:
RD-Tumbling_Sigtag

one i just glittered:

©Bemymind@aol.com
Later in April, 2002