Snowball Throw

Let's have a little snowball fight, a little tag I made for the winter season. The snowman was a dancing snowman so we have a little move when he throws the snowball, makes it look real lol

If anyone recognises the snowman would you please let me know, so I may give credit for him

Written by ©Dorothy

Dec 2/2004

Template

Make a folder to save your images

Open your template in PSP

Close off all layers except the bottom layer.....add a new layer and with your text tool set at size 28...stroke set at null...fill set at white....floating and antalias checked....font BaaBookHmkBold...it's in your fonts, or choose one of your own...add an inner bevel with these settings...

Open snowman 1 and place the text at the bottom ...like so....

re name text and drag it to the top of the stack

1)Open snowball layer....snowman 1 layer and background layer... place the snowball in his hand.....layers>merge visible....save as Image 1.... click the undo button

2)Close off snowman 1...open snowman 2...place the snowball in his hand ...layers>merge...save as image 2... click undo button

3)Close off snowman 2...open snowman 3...place the snowball leaving in his hand ...layers>merge...save as image 2... click undo button

4)Place the snowball further towards the first letters of your text....layers>merge....save as image 4...undo

5)Close off snowman 3... open splat...open snowman 1 ........place the snowball in his hand....place the splat where your letters will be....layers>merge...save as image 5

6)Close off snowman 1 and open snowman 2...close off splat.....place the snowball in his hand.....open text... duplicate and close off original.....lasso all but the first 2 letters...delete.... layers>merge...save as image 6...undo

7)Close off snnowman 2 and open snowman 3....have the snowball heading for the next letters. I will take out 2 more of mine....layers> merge...save as image 7....undo

8)Close off snowman 3...... and open snowman 1....place the snowball in his hand.... open splat and place it where the next set of letters are...layers>merge....save as image 8....undo

9)Close off snowman 1 ...delete copy of text.... ...open snowman 2....place the snowball in his hand. close off splat....duplicate text...close off original...lasso all but the first 4 letters ...delete........layers>merge...save as image 9

10)Close off snowman 2 and open snowman 3.... place the snowball heading for the next bunch of letters.....layers>merge...save as image 10...undo

11)Close off snowman 3...open snowman 1...place the snowball in his hand ...open splat and place it where the next letters are ...layers>merge...save as image 11... click undo button

12)Close off snowman 1 and open snowman 2...place the snowball in his hand.....close off splat...delete copy of text..... lasso all but the last letter...delete.....layers>merge...save as image 12...undo

13)Close off snowman 2 and open snowman 3....place the snowball heading for the next last letter.....layers>merge...save as image 13...undo

14)Open splat......place the splat where the last letter will be......close off snowball....layers>merge...save as image 14...undo

15)Close splat....delete copy of text......open text.....layers>merge save as Image 15

And that's all there is to this part

......Animation......

Open animation shop...click on the animation wizard

Same size as first image...click next

Transparent...click next

Upper left corner and with canvas color checked...click next

Yes repeat the animation indfinitely....put 35 in box...click next

Add images...click next

Click finish

That's it! Your all done

Thanks for making my tag, I hope it was a fun one

....Dorothy....

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