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This tutorial written by Cathy on December 5, 2003.

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1. Add a new Raster layer and name it "mouse1".

2. Click on your Picture Tube tool and set it to your mouse image; scaled to 40%.

3. Click on your canvas to place your mouse image.

4. Use your Mover Tool to place the mouse as shown below:

5. Activate your "message.psp" file and make your top layer (the detail) active.

6. Copy this layer (Ctrl+C) and paste as a new image (Ctrl+V). Save this image as "scroll.psp":

7. Add a new raster layer and move this layer to the bottom (Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom)

8. With your bottom Layer active, select all (Selections/Select All).

9. Apply a Cut Out with the following settings:

• Vertical: 1

• Horizontal: -1

• Opacity: 50

• Blur: 3

• Color: #063E06 (dark green)

10. Merge all layers (Layers/Merge All); deselect (Selections/Select None).

11. Change your foreground to black and click on your Paintbrush tool set to size 1.

12. While holding down your Shift key, click once in the upper left corner, once in the upper right corner and then again in the lower right corner to paint a black edge on your scroll:

13. Copy this image (Ctrl+C).

14. Back to your "my_tag.psp" image and paste as a new layer (Ctrl+L). Rename this layer "scroll".

15. Using your Mover Tool position this scroll as shown below and using the same method as before, erase the portion by your mouse's hands and the corners:

    
  Save

16. Turn off the visibility for all but your "mouse1" and "scroll" layers. Merge your "mouse1" and your "scroll" layers and rename your merged layer "mouse1". Turn on the visibility for all your layers (Layers/View/All).

17. Duplicate your "mouse1" layer and name your new layer "mouse2".

18. Mirror this new layer (Image/Mirror) and move into position as shown below:

19. Duplicate your "mouse2" layer and name your new layer "mouse3".

20. Mirror this new layer (Image/Mirror) and move into position as shown below:

  Save

21. Duplicate your "mouse3" layer and name your new layer "mouse4".

22. Mirror this new layer (Image/Mirror) and move into position as shown below:

  Save

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This tutorial originally posted on December 6, 2003

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All rights reserved.
Revised: April 06, 2008.