Cathy's Corner

Animated Book Tutorial

Page 4

Written for Paint Shop Pro Version 8
(Will also work in PSP7)


(Click on the above graphic for an 
explanation of the FBN skill ratings.)

My thanks to Destiny, who published the original tutorial, and gave me permission to make some adjustments and republish. The original tutorial was designed and created by David L. Mahan in 1997. The original tutorial is no longer available.

 



 

 

*** CREATING PAGE 2 ***

If you decided to add an additional page to your book, but didn't download the "cc_book2.psp" file, you can get it by clicking here and choosing Save.  (Save to your hard drive in the folder you created.)

This section will have very few screenshots, since much of what we will be doing is a repeat of steps we took creating page 1.

1. Create a graphic for the second "page" in your book. This graphic needs to be 138 pixels wide by 195 pixels high. Save this graphic as "page2_graphic.psp".

2. Open your "page1_graphic.psp" image. (You did save this image in the first part of the tutorial, didn't you? I hope so!)

3. Open cs_book2.psp in PSP7. (This is the original file you downloaded.)  Copy this image and close the original. Save the copy as "my_book2.psp".

***NOTE: remember to save as PSP7 compatible.

Your Layer Palette should look like this:

4. Right click on the "page 2" layer in your Layers Palette box and choose View/Current Only.

5. Using your Magic Wand, click inside the right page on the "page 2 open" layer.

6. Copy your page 2 graphic and paste it into this selection.

Save

7. Right click on the "page 2 open" layer in your Layers Palette box and choose View/Current Only.

8. Paste your page 2 graphic into selection on this layer.

9. Using your Magic Wand, click inside the left page on the "page 2 open" layer.

10. Fill this selection with the color/pattern of your choice.

11. Right click on the "page 2" layer in your Layers Palette box and choose View/Current Only.

12. Fill your selected area with the same color you used  for the left side of "page 1 open" layer in your first book.

13. Deselect (Selections/Select None).

14. Right click on the "page 1 graphic" layer in your Layers Palette box and choose View/Current Only.

15. Using your Magic Wand, click inside the rectangle on this layer.

16. Copy your page 1 graphic and paste into this selection.

17. Invert your selection (Selections/Invert) and hit delete.

18. Deselect (Selections/Select None).

Save

19. Duplicate your "page 1 graphic" layer.

20. Right click on your "flip1" layer and choose View/Current Only.

21. Turn on the visibility for your "page 1 graphic" layer and make this your active layer.

22. Click on your deformation tool and using the same method we used when making page 1, deform your graphic to fit into your flip.

23. Right click on your "page 1 graphic" layer and choose Merge/Merge Visible.

24. Rename this merged layer "flip1".

Save

25. Right click on your "flip2" layer and choose View/Current Only.

26. Turn on the visibility for the "Copy of page 1 graphic" layer and make this your active layer.

27. Click on your deformation tool and using the same method we used when making page 1, deform your graphic to fit into your flip.

28. Right click on your "Copy of page 1 graphic" layer and choose Merge/Merge Visible.

29. Rename this merged layer "flip2".

Save

30. Right click on your "flip3" layer and choose View/Current Only.

31. Using your Magic Wand, click inside the shape on this layer.

32. Fill with the color/pattern you used on the left side of your "page 2 open" layer.

33. Deselect (Selections/Select None).

Save

34. Right click on your "flip4" layer and choose View/Current Only.

35. Using your Magic Wand, click inside the shape on this layer.

36. Fill with the color/pattern you used on the left side of your "page 2 open" layer.

37. Deselect (Selections/Select None).

Save

38. Duplicate your "page 2" layer three times. Rename these three layers "page 2a", "page 2b" and "page2c" from bottom to top:

39. Right click on your "page 2" layer and choose View/Current Only.

40. Turn on the visibility for your "flip1" layer.

41. Right click on your "page 2" layer and choose Merge/Merge Visible.

42. Rename this merged layer "flip1".

Save

43. Right click on your "page 2a" layer and choose View/Current Only.

44. Turn on the visibility for your "flip2" layer.

45. Right click on your "page 2a" layer and choose Merge/Merge Visible.

46. Rename this merged layer "flip2".

Save

47. Right click on your "page 2b" layer and choose View/Current Only.

48. Turn on the visibility for your "flip3" layer.

49. Right click on your "page 2b" layer and choose Merge/Merge Visible.

50. Rename this merged layer "flip3".

Save

51. Right click on your "page 2c" layer and choose View/Current Only.

48. Turn on the visibility for your "flip4" layer.

49. Right click on your "page 2c" layer and choose Merge/Merge Visible.

50. Rename this merged layer "flip4".

Save

51. Right click on any layer and choose View/All.

For additional pages, repeat the above, with a new graphic for page 3 and saving your file as "my_book3.psp".

On to Page 5 (Creating our Animation)

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